Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-08-26
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Mrs, Harry Rowe, Mrs G.. l.. Reach
and Mrs. A. o. Currier are attending the
Uuiversalst state convention at Stowe.
There will be no preaching service at
the Methodist church next sunday. ley.
Nil Beemau will be at Claromout, y. IT,
Bert o. Ware OF company who reached
home Tuesday morning, is Iu serious
condition He is delrious and has high
fever
The work Of mastering out the mem
bers OF the First Vermont regiment began
Wednesday. The process is a long one.
however. and all the boys Will not he al
home for two or three weeks.
Rev. Dr. Henry Anstice of Philadelphia
will preach on Enthusiasm in Religion
in ST. Michaels church Sunday morning,
and in the evening the service will be mu-
steal with a brief address.
MI and Mrs W F. Root went today to
Boston, and from there they will 60 to
Baltimore. where Mi Root, as delegate
from the Vermont Pharmaceutical associ-
alton. will attend the meetings OF the Ma
tional Pharmaceutical association.
Lieut. f. Il. Putnam returned to Brat
tlehoro last evening on The mixed train
from the north. He came to attend Lieut..
Curiins funeral, but will remain here un-
til Monday III is in excellent health, al
though he has lost 30 pounds in weight.
Daniel F. Grout, formerly in the employ
of c. Il. Eddy d CO., is the new propr.c-
tor at the American House. O. F. Know
ton, formerly Of Windsor, who arranged
to take the house has gone to Ludlow as
the proprietor Of the Ludlow House,
The bal. game on the island grounds
Saturday between the keene and Hins-
dale teams will begin at O'Clock. A
special train will leave keene, stopping at
all way stations, McKenDa and Kenney
will be the battery for keene and McCarly
and Bergen for Hinsdale.
Two carloads of Polish Jew emigrants
passed through Brattleboro on the early
train this morning en- route for New \ ork.
Their baggage came down on a later train
and had TO he transferred here making
the largest amount of baggage handled at
the local station this year from any one
train.
Frank \. Dewitt, treasurer of the saw
ings bank at Newfane, and Miss Lena
Ware Of brookiine, were married at Ches-
ter, Vt, Wednesday morning. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewitt are now spending a few days
at Sw2mpscott Mr.. Dewitt is a brother
of y. C.. Dewitt and d. =. Dewitt Of
BratllebOrO.
The official premium lists of the 18th
annual Valley Fair have been issued
day from The PLWuiX Job Printing office.
The pamphlet is OF larger size and more
attractive form chan in previous years, and
contains several half tone pictures illus
tratng previous fairs and parades. The
premium list gives full particulars regard
ing premiums, entries, etc., IN all the de-
parlmcuts Of the fair
Ms Flora Ciary and daughter. Ruby,
Uiaut last week with Nj and Mrs C.. Is.
Titon In Deerfield, Mass. The correspOn-
den. of The Springfield Gazette records
this pleasant no Ident which occurred dur
inc their visit. One of the oldest inhabi-
lars OF the town is Dea Cephas Clary
of Pine Nook, who, though 81 years Of
age. is still comparatively smart and active
both in mind and body. He has spent
nearly if not all his life upon the farm
where be resides and is personally inter
ested in the daily labor of carrying 1t on.
A very pleasant hour was spent with him
and his family the past week by some Of
his friends, among whom were Miss Ruby
Clary of BratJleboro, Vt, and Miss Hattie
TihCu whose home is in Wyoming, both
of whom are great-great grandchildren of
the late Apoios Cary, and to whom, con
seQuently, Cephas Clary is great-great
uncle Few of the Young people have the
pleasure of seeing one 80 far ba k In their
line Of ancestry.
Foot Ball Players from windham
County.
The Barre Eveune Telegram has the
following as its Introduction to an article
on the prospects for an excellent foot ball
team az Goddard seminary this year:
every indication points To having a win
ming foot ball team Bush, Lamb, Ten
ney and Flagg, the star backs OF last years
team will return. and HOughtou, Lawson,
Cook and Bushnell will also be in the
game The new men who promise well
are Wan oi Hanover, n. H., brother OF
the famous league pitcher and an expert
euced foot ball player having learned the
game under the shades of the Dartmouth
pines. Captain Aver Of the base ball team
will try for position and ought to make
a good player
Bush is a Brookline boy, who made a
reputation the past year as pitcher for the
Goddard team. Viau formerly lived in
Bellows Falls, and played on the base ball
team there: he is a singer an the choir Of
Bethany church at Montpelier. Aver is a
well known Putney base ball player, who
is 10 take course in law after his gradua-
tiOn from Goddard.