Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-07-07
JACKSONVILLE.
Hail Storms Fusillade.
A Barn Spotted with Hail Merks---
Bark ON Fruit Trees Cut Open and
Fruit Cut TO Pieces.

A Barn Spotted with Hail MRrIts---
Bark ON Fruit Trees Cut Open and
Fruit Cut TO Pieces.
We have read some skepticisms about
the reported size of hail stones in the two
late hail storms. The first or Tuesdays
storm had more hail and the second or
Saturdays storm had larger size stones
One young man, about three miles south
of this place, asserts that in the Tuesdays
storm there was such quantities that he
could shovel up five cart loads, and that
the ground was covered the next day at
noon, and his neighbor said as late as the
next evening. l saw this young mans
barn after the second storm and there are
thousands of marks of hail stones. Had
the boys spent July 4 shooting with shot
guns at that barn it would not be more
marked than now. On many of his young
fruit trees there were many marks where
the stones had split the bark open, on
some trees as many as 20 such splits. His
fruit was marked so you could count 10
distinct marks on a small apple three
fourths of an inch in diameter. Some
fruit was split in two His neighbor picked
up and measured stones that were four
inches in diameter. If marrowfat peas
grow that size in Albany then they are
hoggish there and ship all the small peas.
Many members of the Roberts family
from this state and Massachusetts spent
the Fourth with II. NJ. Roberts of this
place.
Again we are indebted to DR.. Oscar
Roberts of Pittsfield, Mass, for pleasant
evening spent on the grounds of his
brother, Henry NJ. Roberts, in this village,
witnessing a fine display of fireworks.
This time our band helped in the enter
tainment, which was enjoyed not only by
the people of this place, but by many from
surrounding towns.
More than 100 couples attended the
dance at Canedy's hotel Monday evening.
The young people like to attend dance at
this house, and, Notwithstanding the Ar
gus and Rutland Herald, this is temper
ance hotel. There are no spirituous liquors
sold 'any public house in this town.
This is not pleasing to rum drinkers, but
very gratifying to our better class OF citi-
Zens.
The Kickapoos have come and gone.
The evening entertainments were short,
the harangue about the medicines long,
and such harangues The entire English
language was destroyed-and many statis-
tics. The Kckapo0s are MOTTO blame that
our people would go out to hear them two
or more hours on cool, damp evening,
but in those evenings more sickness was
contracted than all the Klckapoo medicine
sold here will ever cure.
We noticed last week in some paper an
article about some ones roses. We have
not seen a finer lot this season than Mrs.
Butterfield's. Many have come TO see them,
and probably she has given away more
than a thousand blossoms TO those who ad-
mired them. Some 80 or 40 of the dancers
last Monday night were adorned with
roses from her yard. Notwithstanding the
dry weather there are some very fine house
plants in gardens and on piazzas, particu-
laIly noticeable are those of Mrs. Vesta G.
Brown and Mrs. Ella A. Pierce.
Some years since this village boosted of
very good county base ball nine. The
other boys were also anxious to show
themselves in the national game until the
toddles formed nine called brownies"
July 4, some of this last clan sought to
conquer the enemy, and started for Hall
fax, some on bicycles, some on foot. After
walking three miles three or four of the
smallest boys fell out. The Others pressed
on, found the Halifax nine and played
them. During the first four innings the
Brownies had only four men, but later an
other came up. AS there we're only five of
them they had no one in the way and won
81 TO 81.