Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-10-06

The first snow fakes of the season were
seen in the air NJ )nday, Oct. 2.
Chas. Berry has taken the authorship of
the Episcopal church in addition to his
work as jlnitor of The Congregational
church.
The Brooks House barber shop has been
given a rejuvenated appearance by liberal
applications of paint and varnish and
new coat of wall paper.
The October term of the Federal court
opened at Rutland Tuesday afternoon,
Judge Wheeler presiding. District At
torney J. L. Martin and Kittredge Haskins
were also present.
Robert Gordon Harde has been invited
by Gov. Wolcott to paint the portrait OF
the late Gov. Morton. 1t will be placed
with collection of the pictures of the gov
ernors of the state in the state house.
Another auction sale of building lots on
Western avenue will be held tomorrow
| afternoon at O'Clock as announced in
| these columns last week, and there is said
to be a good prospect that several sales will
| be made.
Frank 4. Davis of Newfane has filed
petition in bankruptcy with liabilities OF
about S1400. His assets are 1868, of which
about 5000 are exempt, and the rest is Gov
cred by mortgage. Mr.. Davis is the jailer
and the manager of the county house.
T. C. Rand of Townshend lost a pocket
book containing $40 or over Wednesday
morning. He laid the book down on his
wagon near the barns on the island and
drove off without thinking to return the
book to his pocket 1t was recovered
later in the day.
One of DR.. G. S Pratts horses, which
was left standing in front of the Clark
farm Tuesday morning, broke the halter
with which II was hitched and INDUCED
i'm lively run down Canal street. The
animal was stopped near Clark street with
the remains of a once good looking buggy
dangling at its heels.
The south bound freight on the New
London division Of the Central Vermont,
which leaves here in the afternoon, ran
over and instantly killed a man named
Frank Martin, near Amherst, Mass, Sat
urday night The train was in charge of
Conductor George Blake. The engineer
was George Alger.
Richard Fitzgibb1n of South Deerfi Id,
Mass, was arraigned before Justice w. S.
Newton Saturday on the charge of intoxi-
cation. He pleaded guilty and was fined
So and costs, amounting TO SlO.5l. He
disclosed that he got his liquor on the train
from persons whom he did not know
Fitzgibbon was arrested by Chief-of-Police
Hall.
The body of L. L. Nichols, who died re-
Gently in Inverness, Fla, was brought TO
Brattleboro Tuesday and taken to Hines
burg for burial. Mr. Nichols was ma
tive of Halifax and had lived there and in
Hinesburg until about Is years ago. He
was by trade blacksmith. He is surviv-
ed by two brothers, A. S. Nichols of Brat
tleboro and Herbert Nichols of Hinesburg,
and two sisters, Mrs. Frances l.. Miller Of
Greenfield, Mass, and Mrs. Ella Pease of
Halifax.
The San Francisco Chronicle of Sept. is
contained a two column half tone portrait
of Rev. Z. b. Leavitt of Washington and
a column abstract of the sermon which he
preached in the First Unitarian church of
that city. The Chronicle said: "He has
an interesting, forceful and cean-cut de-
livery, and brings out the full significance
of the good everyday message he has to
tell" In an interview Rev. Mr.. Leavitt
is quoted as saying that he would not
know what to say were he called TO the
/ pastorate of the First Unitarian church OF
, San Francisco.
The Brattleboro Retreat farm will ship
| 10 the Jau1dlCd tNesl lDules) BOFcluthcu1
some of their notable farm products ex-
! hibited at the fair last week. Among
these exhibits are 10 pumpkins which only
lacked 1-2 pounds of Weighing one ton,
the heaviest weighing pa pounds, while
! the smallest weighed $50 pounds. In addi-
ton to these exhibits, Mr.. Douitt, secre-
e tary of agriculture, who attended the fair
= in his official capacity, secured number
e of farm implements and quantity OF
S maple sugar, and will probably send back
= some of Vermont's choice live stock.
s The Murray club gave a reception to the
d new Universalist pastor, Rev, Reignold X.
= Marvin, in the church vestry Tuesday
e evening. 1t was very generally attended
s by the members of the parish, and It was
. a very pleasant affair. The vestry was
U decorated with autumn leaves, ferns, flow
ers aud clematis, and music was furnished
l. by Leitsinger's orchestra. The guests were
s received at the door by G. L. Stickney who
:, presented them to the ushers, Lucien Sted
o man, Frank Burnett and Arthur F. Rob
a erts. Col. II. E. Taylor, for the parish
I Mrs. G. L. Stickney for the Murray club
e and Mrs. r. II. Harris for the ladies' circle
assisted Mr.. Marvin in receiving. Re
q freshments of cake and coffee were served
e The regular meeting of the Woman!
= auxiliary OF tue . M. ". a. WAS uelu III
! the rooms on Tuesday afternoon with al
n unusually large attendance. Mrs. Averlll
the treasurer, made her report showing al
Ia bills paid, and after paying 500 over u
= the Y. NJ. G. A. leaves more than 500 il
- the treasury. Mrs. Fraser, membership
q secretary, reported 1866 members on tn,
!, roll, an increase of so per cent over the las
% two years. The auxiliary Is taking on new
: life and the ladies who attended the meet
. ing were enthusiastic and hopeful A yer,
y pleasant surprise was the serving of cak
, and coffee at the close of the meeting ant
q a social hour was very pleasantly passed
"a Miss Cora Liscom sang sweetly a solo a
- the devotional meeting and Mrs. Wilson
led the Bible reading.
Thirteen resident members and two non
( resident members were voted into the Yer
g. mont Wheel club at the regular month";
t. meeting Tuesday night. The club mem
bership of $50 is now full and there ar
e about 80 nonresident members. 1t wa
y voted to have banquet Nov. 10, on tn
d anniversary of the organization of tn
/ club, and G. II. Thompson, George Z
ID Foster, G. A. Boyden and L. D. Taylo
D, were appointed a committee of arrange
or ments. The club will have billiard an
IS pool and card tournament during the win
RS ter, d. p. Dewitt, A. e. Wood and J. "
y Austin being the committee on billiard
10 and ,Nool and 1, Smith and n A HaY