Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-02


Y. M. G. A, rooms Sunday.
Principal II. X. Whitaker will be one of
the instructors at the summer sch COL in
Chester in July and August
Two sisters from the orphan asylum of
Burlington have been in town this week
soliciting funds for the institution.
Granite curbng is being laid on both
sides of Depot street. New sidewalks will
be laid there when that work is done.
General Secretary Wilson of the Y. NJ.
G. A., is making arrangements for a sum-
mer camp at Mortified, Mass, some time
in July.
About 10000 trout fry have been re-
ceived from the state hatchery in Newport
this week for distribution in the streams
throughout this county.
lions Herald says ID wight L. Moody,
the evangelist, has accepted an invitation
to conduct revival meetings in Glasgow,
Scotland, next October
Danny Maher, the jockey who rode the
winning horse "Banastar" in the Brook
Ign handicap race Saturday before $4,000
people, was one of the iockies in the rum
ming races at the Valley Fair in 1896.
The children from the Judson Home in
New York, who have been at one of Geo.
K. Crowelps houses on Myrtle street dur
ing the winter, moved into the summer
home in Crowelrs park yesterday.
Several members of the Junta and few
of their friends gathered at the Brattle-
bOro House last Saturday and partoOk of a
trout supper The fish were furnished by
the contingent of native sportsmen new at
Willoughby lake.
+. w. Gibson. of the office of Water
man IL Martin, has been appointed deputy
clerk Of the United States district court
for the district of Vermont by Judge
Wheeler. The appointment will do away
with the necessity of sending legal papers
to the district clerk at Burlington and
will be convenience to Judge Wheeler
and to United States District Attorney
Martin. Mr.. Gibson will take the place
of the clerk at certain hearings, and he
will have short sessions with Judge Wheel
er two or three mornings each week. The
appointment was made because of the in
creased amount of business made by the
bankruptcy law.
The annual meeting of the Rural I'm
provement society was held in the Brooks
House reception room last evening when
these officers were elected: President, II.
F. Jordan; vice presidents, l.. +. Adams
and g. c. Averill; secretary and treas
urer, c. l.. Stickney; corresponding sec
rotary, O. l.. French; executive commit
tee, G. II. Pratt, G.. /. Durham, II. X.
Lawrence, c. II. Thompson, l.. NJ. Stick
ney, Z. W. Fox, c. K. Crosby, John
Dewitt, F. r. Vaughan, Mrs. A. d..
Wyatt, Mrs. &. f. Barber, Mrs. +. d.
Whitney, Miss Helen Emerson, Miss Cora.
bel Coates, Miss Addie Burnett. The
question of the caterpillar pest and the
means of fighting it was discussed. The
usual measures for raising funds will be
taken this year.
The May term of the probate court
was held last Saturday. The will of
Laura Prentice of Brattleboro was
allowed. License was granted to Her
bert l.. Andrews and George w.
Andrews of Guilford to sell the real estate
belonging to the Sanford Andrews estate
OF Guilford. The account of Reuel g.
Boyd, executor of the will of George r.
Boyd, was allowed. License was granted
to Hollis c. Squires to sell the real estate be-
longing to the Simon W. Houghton estate
of Brattleboro. The account of r. E.
Gordon, administrator of the Nehemiah
johnson estate of Marlboro, was allowed
The account of J. II. Mortified. admins.
traitor of the estate of Emeline Morse of
Newfane insane. was allowed. O. j.
Hale of Guilford was appointed guardian
of Alonzo II. Whitney of Guilford, insane
in place of the late j. H. Richmond
Joe" one of the famous giant Holstein
oxen, owned by j. d. Avery of Buckland
Mass, that have been exhibited at practi-
cally all the fairs in New England, Can.
ada and the East, was killed Tuesday. For
some time he had been troubled with
rheumatism in his stitle joints and finally
was unable to get up OFF the floor when
lying down without assistance. His body
was sent to Boston. In hight he was III
hands, in girth 10 feet, three inches, in
length - feet and II inches, and he
weighed more than 1000 pounds. "Joe"
and his partner Jerry held the record of
hauling on the ground, dead weight of
II, 06l pounds, feat which has never been
equaled. Mr.. Avery has received more
than $4,000 in admission fees at fairs and
exhibitions to see his giant oxen. The
oxen were exhibited at the Valley Fair a
few years ago in charge of j. p. Nichols of
Brattleboro.
Miss Anna Maude Wood daughter of
E. A. Wood of Springfield, Mass, and c.
F. Hunt of S. NJ. Hunt d CO., were mar
ried at the home of the bride at SO Jeffer-
son avenue at o'clock Wednesday after
noon by Rev. f. c. Davis. The ceremony
was witnessed by only few friends and
relatives. The bride was dressed in brown
silk crepon and was attended by her grand
mother, Mrs. Dolly Farrar Stevens, SO, as
matron of honor. Z. w. Wood was best
man. The house was prettily decorated
with ferns and flowers. Among the pres.
ents were toilet set from Forbes & Wal
lace, by whom the bride was employed,
and silver water set from the commercial
travellers club, of which the groom is
member. Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt will take
two-weeks' trip in the South. On their
return they will live at II Worthen street
in West Springfield. Mr.. Wood was for
merly business man in Brattleboro. He
lived in the Stevens house, which stood on
Western avenue on the site of L. F. AID
ams's new house. He moved to Spring
field few months ago.
The Fitchburg Railroads summer
Schedule.
The Fitchburg railroads summer sched-
ule will take effect June 3, when several
important changes will be made. The
continental limited" fast express will
leave Boston at IL A. NJ. daily, arriving in
Chicago the following afternoon at 3
O'Clock and at st. Louis the next day at
6:30 p. NJ. Sleeping car service to both
places, and parlor car will be attached to
this train week days only arriving in
Troy at 4 .15 u NJ The aXnress train