Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-09-21

The free library will be closed both af-
ternoons of the Valley Fair.
George W. Pierce was judge of the Hol-
stems exhibited at the Greenfield fair
Wednesday.
Several of the trotters entered for the
Valley Fair races are now In training at
the fair grounds.
The Congregational Sunday school voted
Sunday to send $50 for the relief of the
Galveston sufferers.
The Central Vermont railroad officials
passed through here Monday in Gov.
Smiths private car, Mansfield.
The Canal street school building has re-
ceived two framed pictures from Emerson
& Son for the decoration of the walls.
The 18th annual reunion of company
X, 9th Vermont Volunteers, will be held
in Grand Army hall next Tuesday at IL
o'clock A. NJ
The usual Saturday night dance will be
given at Brookside park tomorrow. There
will also be a dance there next Tuesday
evening.
A. ". Mays agency has sold for Chief
of Police K. S. Hail. his house on Western
avenue TO Mrs. Persis A. Eames. The
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Will Allen, who has run the hotel and
farm at West Chesterfield, owned by G. P.
ellison, the past two or three years, has
bought the property of Mr.. ellison.
Rev. II. r. Miles and Deacon G. f.
Thompson met with the ecclesiastical
council in West Brattleboro yesterday as
pastor and delegate from the Centre church.
Donnell & Davis have returned from
their visit to the New York market, and in
their advertisement elsewhere they an
nounce the opening of their special selec-
lions.
Rev. j. P. Marvin, pastor of the Uni
versalist church at Winchester, has re-
ceived a call TO the church at Derby Line,
this state. Mr.. Marvin is brother of
Rev. r. K. Marvin Of this place.
"Poets Day" will be observed by the
evening session of the Woman's club Mon
day. The club is invited to meet with
Miss Minnie Brasor on Canal street at 30,
and the roll will be responded to with ia
vorlte quotations.
The Brattleboro Jelly company has been
obliged to stop taking apples for the pres
ent on account of the inability to handle
them. The company has been receiving
nearly 1000 bushels daily. The concern
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a day on Sept 20.
Charles S. Conant, formerly with Rock
well & Sherwin, who is now running a
farm in Jamaica, dug from his potato field
this week a potato true to its name-Pro-
life. 1t weighed two pounds, two and a
half ounces, and consisted of one large po-
tato with family of nine little potatoes
growing from it.
uauiltnpfe horso bacar na friuhtapal
at some flowers in flower-bed near Mary
Putnan's house on Prospect street Wed.
nesday afternoon and jumped. The doc
tor was obliged to upset the carriage tC
prevent going over the bank, and luckily
eacaped with no damage but broken
cross bar and broken harness.
William P. Williams, SO, the we'll known
slater, died at his home at 10 Frost place
Friday after an illness of several month!
with tumor. Mr. Williams was born in
Wales ia 1888. He came to this country
when a young man, and for many years ht
was engaged in slate quarrying in Gull
ford, quarrying some of the best quality Of
slate to be found In this part of the country
From Guilford he came to Brattleboro and
has since been engaged as a slater. He
leaves a widow and four children, Mrs
Fred G. Leitsinger, Mrs. Charles Lang anC
Miss Ada Williams of Brattleboro, anC
Edgar Williams, who is employed by vii
cox & White of Meriden, Conn. The fu
neral was held at the house at O'Clock
Monday, Rev. r. F. Lowe of the Methods
J church officiating. The burial was IL
I Christ church cemetery in Guilford.
} Rev. H. R. Miles, of the Congregations
church, and his brother, II. E. Miles o.
: Racine, Wis, returned Saturday from theil
European trip of 10 weeks. They sailed
! from New York June 80, and after
smooth voyage arrived, July o, at Gibral
! tar, where they spent the day, and arrived
at Naples July II. They spent two week.
: in Italy, visiting Rome, Florence, Venice
and Milan, going thence through tn,
! Italian lakes TO Switzerland, where they
spent two weeks in mountain climbing
+ From Switzerland they went to Northern
Austria, thence to Southern Germany
, visiting the Passion Play at Oberammer
} gau. They spent a week in Paris, where
they visited the exposition, week IN
Belgium and Holland, and the rest
of the time they spent in London and
: in the cathedral towns In Southern Eng
, land. They sailed from Havre on the new
French liner La Lorraine, arriving in New
York Saturday Rev. Mr.. Miles came dir
ectly to Brattleboro and his brother went
to his home in Racine.
The WomGn's club have engaged Lyman
| d. Howe's Moving Pictures for presenta.
ton at the Auditorium on the evening Of
? Oct. 2. Mr.. Howe has gathered for thi:
seasons exhibition many new scenes in
foreign lands as well as in America. Al
the present stage of the golf fever In Brat
teboro one of the most interesting feat
ures will be the exact reproduction of q
championship game of golf which wa;
played at the new Luffness Links, Scot
land, between Harry Yardon (the English
| ex-champion), and Benz amin Sayers (the
crack Scotch GOLFER. The picture open.
with view of the arrival at "tee' Of
: about 5000 spectators, who follow Tn,
players around the course, the picturesque
: moors and Scotch hills where the links ar,
! situated, adding much to the interest oil
the picture. Benjamin Sayers and Harry
: Vardon are seen in the foreground max
, ing marvellous and successful putt" fol
, the hole. Various interesting views o.
the game are shown, and the picture close!
: with each of these crack golfers mackine
one of their wonderful "dIiVes."
". M. @. A. Entertainment Course.
The dates for the attractions in th,
coming winters course of entertainments