Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-10-21
T PHq1NIX BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1898.

Durham Brothers have in their show
window an interesting exhibit showing
the qualities of the Sorosis shoe.
Good guessers will have the opportunity
TO exhibit their skill at the grange fair
next Tuesday night.
There was a small attendance at the
first of the series of Masonic sociables at
Masonic hall last evening. The music was
furnished by Leitsinger's orchestra.
The Knights of Honor have paid Mrs.
Charles W. Allen of Windsor Locks,
CDnn., widow of the late Charles w. Al
len, formerly of this town, $1,000 through
the local lodge.
The property of the Milestone Hosiery
company will be sold by public auction by
Deputy Sheriff f. w. Mcclure at 2 o'clock
next Monday afternoon to satisfy person
al property mortgage
The opening dance Of the Odd Fellow
series which was to have been held We'd
nesday evening was postponed on account
of the small attendance. Only few
figures were danced and those present had
their money refunded.
About p Odd Fellows and Rebek abs
called on Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Josselyn in
West Bratlleboro Tuesday. They spent
the evening in husking corn. Refresh
ments were served after the work Of husk
ing was finished.
Joshua c. Stafford, 49, of Guilford, died
at his home on the Bernardston road yes
terday morning after an illness Of several
months with heart disease. Mr. Stafford
was born in Readsboro, but he had been a
resident of Gulford for the past so years.
He married Clarissa Andrews of Gulford,
who died about FIVE years ago. He leaves
one son.
Several of the trotting horses owned in
Brattleboro were entered in the races at
Saugus, Mass, this week, but the events
wednesday were postponed on account Of
the weather. j. A. Taylor returned
from Saugus Wednesday, bringing Frank
K. with him. Mr.. Minor and Mr.. Ellis are
still at Saugus Mr.. Taylor will start
Frank K. in the races at Holyoke next
week if the managers decide to have
a meet there.
"Unce Sans land; its makers and
destiny" will be the subject of a lecture
which will be delivered by Rev. A. j.
Hough of White River junction in the
Methodist church next Wednesday even
ing at S o'clock. The lecture will cover
the ground Of the past and future of Amer
lea, with special emphasis on the divine
guiding through its strange history, and
II will be interpreted with original poems
on its life and men. 1t is patriotic, Opt
mistic and thoughtful, the result OF 20
years of American life from the standpoint
Of "unce was Engishman. Rev Mr..
Hough, who was formerly pastor of the
church here will lpcfura under the ausDicps
OF the Epworth League, and the proceeds
will be used TO procure new hymnals.
Tickets may be procured al the store Of
W r. Geddis or al the door on the even
ing of the lecture.
The American Horse Breeder has the
following In its issue of Oct. Is, in regard
TO one of the ringers at the Valley Fair I:
Secretary Steiner is after the ringers at a
> 90 clip, and once On the trail it is a cut
rascal that escapes him. We learn from
him that the bay gelding which has been
starting in slow classes in Vermont and
New Hampshire under the name OF Norval
NJ. has been identified by the National
rrotting association as the expelled horse
Tar Tartar (2 Is - alias Little Joker.
This horse is owned by 7. Grover OF Mo
ravia, Y. Y While in the New England
states Grover assumed the alias Ladd,
while his driver, Charles or Jack II Alch,
called himself T. II. Howe These parties
landed in Moravla with the horse Tar Tar
TAR Oct ,, and left there for Bloomsbury,
Pa, OFT 10. When they shipped they
had a four year-old in the car with Tar
Tartar, while one Of the members of the
Indiana firm of Black Brothers went along
with Grover