Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-09-01
BRATTLEBoRO.

Cha rles Stockwell opened his Flat street
fish market and began running his cart to-
day.
A water motor has been bought for use
in pumping the organ at the Baptist
church.
Gustave Hertzberg has bought the Au-
gusta Weber place on the Brook road and
has moved there with his family.
An examination for the Central school
will be held tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 9,
at Brattleboro Academy, West Brattleb oro
F rank G.. Smith of Buffalo, one of the
best professional starters in the country
will give the trotters and PAGERS the word
at the Valley Fair
Labor Day will be observed in Brattle-
boro for the first time next Monday. The
Estey and Carpenter factories, banks and
stores will be closed.
Rev. DR.. Truman johnson, medi cal mis-
sionary in Burmah, will speak in egard to
his work at the meeting at the Baptist
church this evening.
John G.. Chandler had the ends of two
fingers on his left hand cut off and third
finger badly mangled while at work in the
Smith company's plant Monday.
Sheriff Gordon expects to ar range for a
special train, to leave here WEDNESDAY
forenoon at IL, to take jurors and others
who wish to attend county court to New
fame. Court will convene at in the af-
ternoon.
Chas. Miner has just placed a new 60
horse power boiler in his knitting factory
at West Brattleboro. He has an unusually
large number of orders for this season,
and will soon increase his working force
to 30 hands.
c. w. Dickerson, a former Brattleborc
boy, now at the head of the Sterling bicy-
Gle company of Chicago, was elected secre
tary of the bicycle trust, which was formed
yesterday with 100000 preferred and
500, 900, 900 common stock.
The trustees of the Meeting House Hill
cemetery company held a meeting in Yves
Brattleboro Tuesday evening and the fol
lowing officers were elected: President, Ezra
E.Fisher; vice president, o. H. Carpenter
secretary and treasurer, Frank Stowe. Mr.
Fisher will have charge of the improve
ments which are to be made on the ceme-
terry.
Gen. Estey of Brattleboro, and Gen
Greenleaf of Burlington will be Marsha
Hooker's chief aids in arranging the par
ade at the Dewey celebration at Mont
pelier. There will be about 25 other aids
representing all of the counties of thu
state. Plans will be made for organiza
ton by counties, so that Admiral Dewe,
may be seen in systematic order.
G.. II. Smith has bought G. B. Perkins
dye house, and will carry on the bushes
of dyeing pressing, cleansing, ETC., at tn
shop heretofore occupied by Mr.. Perkin
on Elm street. Mr.. Smith has been will
j. d. Rand, the machinist, the past sever
years. He had previously been engages
in other work as a machinst and was for
merly druggist, so that his experience
will be helpful in his new business. Mr.
Perkins will remain with him severa
weeks.
Warren Hescock was seriously injure,
about the head and face Wednesday after
noon by falling from one of the rafter
in the barn of Luther Dustin at Yves
Dummerston. Hescock was mowin
hay when he lost his balance and fell t
the floor, distance of about 20 feet H
was unconscious when picked up. Drs
Webster and Pratt were Immediately sum
moned, and it was found that there wer
severe contusiOns about the forehead.
is thought, however, that the skull is no
fractured.
The Carpenter Organ company has Ell
beIIdlutu Inis week Two agents, III, MOL
ceaux of Trinidad, British West India
who is the largest dealer in Trlnida,
and has been in business there
years; and Fl. S. Wiley of Middle
town, Va, who covers a large teri
tory in the rich Shenandoah valley. TIL
Carpenter Organ company is shippin
more organs now than in any year sine
1893, and is filling an order of a foreig
customer for four carloads of organs fl
immediate delivery.
Old Home Day was celebrated at Silve
dale, Spofford lake, yesterday by gathe
ing Of several hundred residents and TO
mer residents of Chesterfield. The gathe
ing took the form of basket picnic fro
IL to O'Clock. Exercises were held in IL
afternoon from platform decorated wit
flags. Edwin d. Mead, editor of the Ne
England Magazine, presided. Remarl
were made by ex-Lieut. Gov. Halle of Ma
sachusetts, Judge Hoyt ii. Wheeler al
Gen. Herbert Titus. Rev. Mr.. Slime
read poem, and Mrs. @. II. Thompson
Brattleboro read poem written for the o
casion by Miss Helen Fletcher, who WI
prevented from reading It by indispositio
letter written by VIM. B. Mead of Pro
idence was read. The Bellows Falls bar
played selections, and songs were render,
by Miss Ida Partridge and Miss Farr.