Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-06-24

house on Frost street to Herbert NJ,
IIovghton.
The Univcralist Sunday school will have
its picnic at Central Park m Vernon next
week Thursday. There will be no dance
In the evening.
f. X. Barrows went TO Amherst. Mass.
today to attend the reunion Of the class OF
the Amherst Agricultural college with
which he graduated.
\. w. Childs d Co., state agents for
the Travellers Insurance company. have
paid a policy of 5000 on the lite OF the
late Wheelock q. Veazey.
"Theres music in the air" down in the
Vermont camp al Chickamusa. The
Estey Organ company OF Brauleboro has
sent a small organ down there -Newbury-
port Daily News
John Fessenden and Louis Whitney
started Tuesday on a bicycle trip to Boston
through Maine and New Hampshire to the
White Mountains where they will stop for
a short time.
A children's day service was held at the
Unitarian church Sunday afternoon at
o'clock. MI. Miller and Miss Marion Nj
nor gave special vocal selections and the
lite Of baptism was administered.
Harry P. and Raymond l. Greene, sons
of Mrs. L. d. Greene, went to Rutland
Monday, where they will spend several
days with their aunt, Mrs Emery. The
boys will make the return trip from Rul-
land awheel
Master George Messer gave a birthday
party Monday to 80 Of his young friends,
having reached his sixth birthday ami
versary. Tables were spread on the lawn
in front of the house at the corner of High
and Oak street.
John D. Austin, the well-known book
keeper for O. j.. Pratt went Monday after
noon to Springfield Mass, where he will
become night clerk in the Cooley House.
The position is desirable one with ex-
celent chances for promotion.
The annual election of officers Of the
Baptist Sunday school will be held next
Sunday morning. Instead of the service
in the evening the cantata, THE King
Triumphant" will be rendered by the cho-
rus who rendered it at Easter
The Estey Organ company will move its
Rutland branch store July l to Glens
Falls, \. y, where the shipping point of
the company for that section will be To-.
Gated. Henry Wilkins. the present man.
ager, will have charge OF the new head
quarters at Glens Falls.
c. Z. Allen reports his strawberry crop
better this year than for three years The
Fountain and the Bubach are the leading
varieties The berries are very large, per
fectly ripened and the yield is good. Rob
erts u Co. handle Nj. Aliens crop in
town About One-half the product is
shipped to towns north.
Walter c. Pettee who is a member Of
Troop c, New York volunteers. the only
cavalry from Brooklyn, has been ordered
to join the troop at Camp Alger. As the
federal service only calls for 81 men to a
troop he was left behind at the first calls
Twenty of the reserves were hurried away
last Sunday, he being one OF them. MI
Pettee, who is a well known artist. is a
brother OF Mrs. Fred [. Simpson.
At the semi-annual meeting of the Or
der of Golden Cross, held Thursday night
in Grange hall, the following officers were
elected Noble commander, G. T. Lund-
berg; vice noble commander. Mrs. Cora
Wood worthy prelate, Mrs. Abbie +. Mo
ran; worthy herald, F, A. Bagg; inside
guard Mrs. c. l. Stafford; outside guard
Charles Berry: F. K. of r., Hattie Nc
Clure; treasurer, John A. Stafford: keep
er OF records A. l. Williams; deputy,
Mrs, Mary Currier.
large number of people went to West
Brattleboro Tuesday afternoon and eve
ming to attend the lawn party given by the
Womans club. Ice cream, cake and lem
onade were sold during the afternoon, and
coffee was added to the list of refreshments
in the evening on account of the cool
weather. A concert was given in the eve
ming by the Brattleboro band. Half the
fares taken on the cars during the after
noon and evening went to the club About
$50 will be cleared from the ENTERPRISE.
AT .the semi-annual meeting of Delta
lodge, knights and Ladies of Honor, held
in Red Mems hall Monday evening, these
officers were elected; Past protector. II
W, Sargent; protector, Mrs. j. Z. Law
renee; vice protector, Mrs. Harry Rowe /:
secretary, Mrs. W. Il. Haywood: finan-
cial secretary, L. II. Putnam; treasurer,
Mrs. II. W. Sargent chaplain, Miss Nellie
j. Pettee guide, j. Z. Lawrence: guard
ian, W, II. Cunningham: sentinel, Harry
Rowe; captain of the guard, T. H. Put
nam; auditors, W. II. Haywood, F. X
Barrows, II. W. Sargent. The new rituals
will be used at the next meeting.
The Brattleboro Gaslght company now
has more than so customers who are using
gas for cooking during the summer months
To encourage the use of gas for this pur-
pose a reduced rate is offered by the com
pany, but tits the comfort and convenience
of this method of cooking which make
the change permanent. The heat of a
range is avoided, the expense of fuel be
gins only when cooking begins, and it
stops instantly when the work is done.
The use Of gas stoves by city families has
become almost universal during the past
few years, and country towns begin to real