Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-08-04
MT PHGNIx BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, AUGUST a. 1899.

William Simonds has sold his house on
Estabrook street to II. NJ Whittier.
The Christian Scientists had a picnic
Wednesday in Theodore Chamberlain's
grove.
A bout IS people attended the Rebekah
picnic at Brookside Park yesterday after
noon. Supper was served on the basket
plan at $3.50.
The Episcopal society netted over $25
from the sale of ice cream, cake and candy
at their lawn party on The church grounds
last evening.
p. f. Crown has sold the Rowell place
in Dummerston; formerly owned by Mary
M. Washer, to G. r. wilkins. Mr.. Grown
has bought Herbert Thayer's place in Cen
treville.
The Boston & Maine railroad will run
an excursion to Lake Sunapee Sunday,
Aug. 10. The train will leave Brattleboro
at s A. NJ, and returning will leave the
lake at 5:15 p. NJ. The price of the round
trip tickets will be $1.25.
A w. Childs &c Co., state agents of the
Travellers Insurance company of Hart
| ford, Conn, announce that their company
wrote last month the largest life policy
ever written in Vermont to a resident of
this state. The amount of the policy is
! 100000.
w. II. Cary of Brooklyn, n. Y, will
come next week to spend two weeks or
more with Mrs Cary and son Webster at
| DR.. Webster's cottage at Spofford lake.
Miss Cary came here this week Mr.. Cary
will sail Aug. 81 for Cienfuegos, Cuba,
where he has position on large sugar
plantation. Mrs. Cary and son will join
him there later If the climate is agreeable
to his health.
The corporators of the Meeting House
Hill cemetery company met at the ceme-
terey in West Brattleboro yesterday morn
ing for the purpose of organization under
the charter. Rev. Lewis Grout presided
and K. G. Dunklee acted as secretary. By
laws were adopted and o. II. Carpenter,
K. G. Dunklee, j. A. Goodenough, K. Z.
Fisher and Frank d. Stowe were chosen
trustees. The object of the company is
the improvement of the cemetery, and the
work will be wholly in charge of the trus-
tees. A trustees meeting will be held
soon to make definite plans in regard to
the work.
There was a hearing before j. II. Merri-
field yesterday in an action of troyer brought
by Francis Pond of Dummerston against
Charles G. Bartlett of Brattleboro for the
conversion Of truck wagon. The testi-
mony of the plaintiff was that he sold the
truck TO defendant in 1898, and was TO
take his pay In hay from defendants barn,
but when he went after the hay there was
not enough Of il to pay the debt and IL was
OF poor quality. The defendant testified that
he agreed TO give one good load of hay for
the truck, and that there has been that
amount in the barn ever since. The
value of the truck is from S15 to SIS.
The Olympia Comedy company will be
the attraction at the rustic theatre next
week, beginning Monday night After
Monday there will be performances every
afternoon ats. Is and every evening at g. 10.
The company includes Hal w. Brown in
monologues, banjo solos, songs and paro-
dies; Charles W. Darlington, the noted
ventriloquist, one of the best in the coun-
try in his line; Miss Eta Cushman, in
monologues and dramatic recitations /;
Claude Thardo, who scored a great hit
here last week, in black face work, sing
ing, etc., entirely different from his first
performance. The comedy "a Happy
Pair" will be presented to be replaced by
another comedy later in the week.
Road Commissioner Stockwel has a
gang OF III men AT WOrk widening canal
street between Timothy Fitzgerald's and
Maple street. 1t will be remembered that
the county court did not accept the report
of the commissioners in this matter, but
left it with the side judges to say what
should be done The side judges ordered
changes TO be made according TO plan of
the road commissioner. The road will be
widened about four feet on the point of
Mrs. Laura Haskins's bank, but the travel.
ing surface will be wider as a tile drain
is to be put in and covered over so that
the road will be available for travel to the
sidewalk. A granite retaining wall eight
or nine feet high at the highest point will
be put in to keep the bank from caving.
Mrs. Haskins will be paid land damages
equal in amount to what she has paid out
in fighting the case in court. 1t is estimat-
ed that the total cost of the damages will
be not less than $500.