Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-16
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''roof night" gathering the 22d.
The opening dance will be the attrac-
tion at Silverdale, Spofford lake. tonight.
The graduating exercises of the Gram
mar school will be held this afternoon in
High school hall.
The Brattleboro and Hinsdale base ball
teams will cross bats on the island tomor-
row afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The directors of the Vermont Savings
bank met Wednesday and declared the
semi-annual dividend of l Sd per cent,
payable July /.
j. H. Frost announces the opening of
Central park in Vernon Friday evening of
next week, when there will be a dance to
which all are invited:
F. j. Bailey & Co.'s agency has sold the
grocery business of Harry G. Goodell &
Co. in Greenfield, Mass, to E. L. Roberts,
who made the purchase for P F. Crown.
Lightning struck three trees in front of
the hotel at Vernon yesterday afternoon.
Landlord Pratt was partially stunned by
one of the shocks but recovered in short
time.
The ladies' circle of the Universalst
church gave a strawberry supper in the
vestry last evening. The storm nterfered
somewhat with the patronage, but the sup
per was successful socially and financially
The third band concert of the season by
the First Regiment band will be given
from the Brooks House balcony Tuesday
evening. The one for this week was post
poned on account of the graduating exer-
cises.
A. V. Mays agency has sold for B. H.
fHrnpnslpttp his farm stock and tOO1e in
Green River, known as the Aldrich place,
to William H. Hastings of Brattleboro
Greenslette takes Hastings house on Fair
view streer in part payment.
VIM. Rankin saw fawn in W. H. But
ler's pasture at Chesterfield a few days
ago. He touched it with an AK handle,
thinking it calf, when it sprang up and
ran short distance, meeting two large
deer, and the three disappeared together.
Several people who have examined care
fully the cotton bands on their foliage trees
have found them to be filled with cocoons
of what is probably the forest tent cater
pillar. No better way can be found of get
ting rid of part of next years crop than
by tearing the bands off at once and burn
ing them.
The long drouth was broken yesterday
afternoon by heavy thunder shower,
which began about l o'clock and contin-
ued Internationally through large part of
the afternoon. The total rainfall was
3.42 inches, or more than has fallen in all
the time since April l. The rain came
just in time to save many of the crops.
The hay crop, however, is practically
ruined, and only small per cent of the
usual yield will be harvested.
Mrs Mary HOua-T win apd roio,,
Howe will sail from Hamburg for New
York June 20. Mrs. LAWN is having an
eminenty successful season in the ROYAL
opera house in Wesbaden, and al its close
she and her brother will take a pleasure
trip down the Rhine, after which they will
go to Hamburg to sail on a Hamburg
American liner for home. Mr.. LAWN,
who has been singing with the Bostonians,
but who is now at his home in Detroit,
Mich, will meet them in New York and
will probably come to Brattleboro to spend
the summer
G. O. Barrett, whose residence is given
as Brattleboro, has been one of the largest
winners at the interstate trap shooting
contest at Bellows Falls the past two DAYS.
The feature of the shoot yesterday was
the match for the $50 cup presented by the
Bellows Falls Gun club, in which were en-
tered Leroy Woodward of Campello, Mass,
q. X. Dickey of Boston, Benjamin Norton
OF New York, "Swveller' Powell Cald-
well of Batavia, N, Y. The cup was won
by Woodward, with a score of 3lS out of a
possible 340 This covers both days of the
tournament.
A special train will leave here at
O'Clock next Tuesday morning to carry
delegates to the department encampment
of the Grand Army, to be held in Montreal
Among those who intend to go from here
are: Col. and Mrs. Kittredge Haskins. Col.
HE. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs.J. p. Elmer, Mr.
and Mrs. G. NJ. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ephraim Haskell, Mr.. and Mrs. W. C.
Stone, Mrs. E. II. Putnam, Mrs. L. j.
Retting, Mrs, j. NJ. McQuaide, Mrs. H.
s. Goodenough, A. B. Ashley, Capt. f.
4. Gleason. The return tickets are good
TO and including Monday, June 26.
The 50th wedding anniversary of Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Bardwell was celebrated
Wednesday az Montague, Mass, in the
house into which they moved one year
after their marriage, and which they have
occupied ever since They have six chill.
dren: Henry W., express agent at North
field; James A, manager of the Western
Union telegraph office in Brattleboro ~
years; Emma A., nurse in Boston; Ed
ward S., station agent at Mortified; Julia,
wife of Otis Farwell of Turner'S Falls:
Charles NJ, telegraph operator at Orange