Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-04-22
BRATTLEBORO.

Rev. Z. y. Day Will preach at Amherst,
Mass, next Sunday.
The postponed annual meeting of the
society for the prevention of cruelty to ami
mails will be held at the Brooks library
next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Rev. L. D. Temple has declined the call
which he received two weeks ago from the
First Baptist church of Sioux City, Iowa.
one of the leading Baptist churches in the
state.
c. F. r. Jennes agency has paid c. B.
Lamson S425 indemnity in the EMPLOYERS
Liability insurance company. Mr.. Lamson
broke his leg by a fall last January. He
expects to be able to work next month.
The Cheshire couRty grand Jury found
an Indictment against j. A. Taylor for
leasing property for the purpose of having
liquor sold on it, but, singularly, did not
bring in bill against the lessees, or sellers
VIM. A. Jackman, who will open train
ing stable at the Valley Fair ground the
coming season, trained for the Narragan-
sett Stock farm at Providence last year,
and brought out Willie Mead, 2.1S IA, and
others.
Arrangements will be made soon for the
production here of the comic opera
"Pym," which was recently given by the
Monadnock Cycle club in Keene, N. 81.
The cast will include Miss Alice Holbrook,
who took part in "Zephra.
Road Commissioner Stockwell is doing
good work on the west end of Washington
street. New drainage tile is being laid,
new man holes are being put in and the
side walk is being raised preparatory to
receiving coat of concrete later on.
Members of the Bratteboro commanderv
of the United order of the Golden Cross
were visited last evening by delegation of
10 young people from the Bernardston COM
mandery. Several speeches were made,
and the evening closed with social hour.
At meeting of the Estey Guard last
evening every member voted to volunteer
provided the company can have its own
officers and go as part of the Vermont
regiment. The army reorganization bill
now before Congress will allow this to be
done.
The women of the Congregational
church are recarpeting the church this
week, and other repairs are being made, in
GLIDING the Tedecoration of the walls where
the frescoing has been damaged by rain
The pews are stored in the Sunday school
rooms, and on that account there will be
no preaching or Sunday school service
there next Sunday. The rooms will be
ready for use week from Sunday.
II. n. Wilder of Guilford, the carriage
maker, found pocket book beyond the
Clark farm while he was riding from Gull
ford to Brattleboro yesterday morning. 1t
had evidently been rfled of cash and then
thrown away. 1t contained a bank book
belonging to Chester person, showing a
large amount of deposits, and papers of
value TO their owner. Mr. Wilder gave the
book and its contents to Cashier W. H
Bracket to be returned to their owner.
The High school base team will play its
first game of the season Saturday with the
BrattleboTo Academy team on Clark's fiat
in Centrevlle, The High school bows
have been practlcing regularly for the past
two weeks and will do their best to win.
The make up of the team will probably be
as follows: Catcher, Sanders; first base,
Allen; second base, Parkess; short stop,
Guy Tasker; third base, Wellman; field
ers, John Tasker and Ferriter; pitchers,
Brasor, Whitman, and Willard.
A portrait of John l.. Sullivan of heroic
size draped in the national colors, on the
front of the town house balcony, burst on
the astonished gaze of this community
Tuesday morning. 1t was a vision of manly
beauty, but the public was unappreciative.
Some even thought it an uncommonly bad
break against good taste. The forenoon
wasn't many hours old before the vision
disappeared, few representations upon
this particular style of art having first been
made to the chairman of the board of Sc
lectmen.