Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-06

and repair Main street from the top of the
hill to the Milestone bridge was presented
Saturday. 1t contained 12j signatures.
The New York Sunday World supple
ment of last Sunday contained half-tone
portrait of r. S. Childs OF Bratteboro as
one of the Vermont delegates to the ma
tional Democratic convention
The Universalsts held their annual pic
mic last Friday at Lake Pleasant. A fair
sized crowd went, among whom were many
outside of the parish. The day was spent
largely in trolley rides from the lake to
nearby towns.
At meeting of the executive committee
of the State Grange of Vermont held at
Montpelier Friday, il was decided to hold
the next annual state Grange meeting at
Brattleboro, beginning the second Wednes.
day in December.
j. G. Ullery and T. j. Heaphy are
planning to improve their property at
Marlboro South pond, which they bought
of the George b. Hit estate Persons Wis
tied Ames Hill Saturday with view TO Sc
lecting sites for two new cottages.
The open season for black bass in Spot
ford lake began Sunday. The best catch
reported was by two Greenfield men, who
brought to Brattleboro some 80 fish, sew
eral weighing from 1 IL to ? pounds.
Rollin Brown pulled in five FOUNDER and
Beatty Balestier three FOUNDER. Most
of the fishermen were unsuccessful Mon
day, owing to the high wind.
Dennis Calvin, father of John Calvin
of Brattleboro, died Sunday at his home
in Middlebury after long illness. Mr..
Calvin was 70 years old, and was a native
of Ireland, being a Corkonian from the
parish of Blandin-B Band. He had been a
respected resident of Midilebury many
years. He was the father of large fam
lily, of whom only two survive, John Gal
win, and Miss Julia Calvin of Mddlebury.
The warrants for the annual school
meeting of district No. have been posted
today. The meeting is called for Tuesday
evening, July II, at s o'clock, in the High
school room. The district spends about S24,-
600 annually. There ought to be more than
a mere dozen present at the annual meeting
to have some voice in apportioning this
money. A committeeman will be elected
for term of three years, c. II. ThOmpson's
term having expired.
Miss Helen G. Harrington, teacher in
grade in the Canal street school, contrib.
uted to the June number of the Normal
Instructor a column article on "Story Tell
ing" under the department of "Methods,
Aids and Devices for Primary Grades"
She says the story is one of the most val
liable means the teacher can employ for
giving moral guidance and bringing the
force of example to bear upon the child's
intelligence, and, many times, has marked
effect in determining the course of future
life or occupation.
rotriptio or ,oti,rol corr;,, ,.,. t,1l
in the Baptist church Sunday evening, the
subject being "Our Country" The
church was decorated specially for the oc-
casion with long streamers of red, white
and blue bunting and with flags of various
nations. The service consisted largely of
responsive readings and hymns, special
anthems being rendered by a male quartet
and by the regular mixed choir. Rev. DR..
Marbles sermon was of a patriotic nature.
At the close of the service Prof Cramer
played some national hymns, many in the
congregation remaining to hear him.
Rev. H. R. Miles, who sailed for Europe
Saturday on the steamship Aler, left the
North German Lloyd Steamship company's
pier in Hoboken only about three hours
before the disaster which resulted in the
loss of from 200 to 800 lives and three of
Aller was locked directly in front of the
spot where the fire started, close alongside
the steamship Saale, which was destroyed,
and she would probably have been the first
TO have been burned had she not sailed, in
which case the catastrophe would have
been much more appalling, as she had sew
eral hundred passengers aboard.
The officers and teachers of the Baptist
Bible school were installed by Rev. DR..
Marble at the close of the morning service
in the church Sunday. The installation
hymn composed by j. f. Hall was sung.
In behalf of committee appointed by the
school on Sunday of last week, consisting
of the pastor, George S. Phillips and j. +.
Hall, Rev. DR. Marble presented l.. w.
HawleY the first volumes of a magnificent
Bible dictionary which is to be in four vol
umes, two of which have been issued. Mr..
Hawley responded feelingly. The presen-
tation was made in recognition Of Mr..
Hawley's 10 years of service as superinten-
dent of the Bible school.
Ananias would not have been noted had
Stiles McMullen lived in his day. The
venerable liar was in Brattleboro Monday
and Tuesday and RECALLED all the hearers he
could find at Hotel Brattleboro and the
railroad station with the stories of his
great age and his youthful exploits. He
now claims to be 104 years old, says that
when he was a small child Washington
gave him the glad hand; that he fought
with the American troops at Plattsburg in
the war of 1872; that his mother was
waiting maid to the Queen of England,
and so on, ad libitum. AS usual he gave
his abiding place as St. Adams. Some of
the people who talked with him regarded
him as marvel, something like revivi-
fled mummy, and local scribes were asked
to write him up" Mr.. McMullens fame
extended to newspaper offices long ago,
however, and at the present time he only
calls for passing notice."
Michael Conroy, stone cutter, escaped
from the county almshouse at Westmore-
land, N. H., Friday, but he was caught in
Brattleboro Saturday afternoon. Conroy
was arrested on the island week ago Sun
day by Officer Kinds of Hinsdale and
was fined $40 and costs by Justice Howe
of Hinsdale, In default of payment Con-
roy was taken to the almshouse to serve 20
days. He was allowed some liberties, and
on Friday he ran away Superintendent
Whitman suspected that ConrOy would
! seek employment at his trade in or near
| BrattlebOro, and on Saturday he visited