Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-08

Forty thousand letters addressed to
Francis Truth (Bemis), divine healer, have
accumulated since truths arrest two
lieve that these letters contain $4,000 in
cash.
The vesper service at the Congregation
al church Sunday will be devoted to Child
ren's day exercises, largely by the primary
department. The girl from the Westmins-
ter Home, who is being helped by the
primary classes, will take part in the exer-
cises.
The 25th annual convention of the
Windsor County Sunday school association
was held in Springfield yesterday after
noon and evening. On the program for
last evening was an address by Rev. F, E.
Marble of Brattleboro upon 1.-THE Twen-
tieth Century Bible School,"
D. A. Taggart, assignee of the Granite
State Provident association of Manchester,
N. H., has issued an extended statement
in regard to the organization, in which he
expresses the opinion that members will
receive dividend of 2j to 80 per cent, and
that it may be paid this fall This organ
ization had many members in Brattleboro
and Putney.
Rev. C.. n. Thomas of Bristol, who was
robbed of about SO at the Essex Junction
station a short time ago by pickpockets,
was in Burlington Saturday afternoon and
visited the Jail, where he saw the three
men who were arrested at Brattleboro,
charged with the crime. Rev. Mr. Thomas
stated that he was positively able to iden-
tify the men as those who jostled against
him at Essex Junction, and whom he sus-
pected of having taken his money at the
time.
The San Francisco Post of May 20 con-
tanned half tone portrait, in costume. Of
Messrs Boyce Schuster and Fogarty. who
have the three leading roles in the new op.
era. Three Guardsmeu. to be produced
during the summer season at the Tivoli
theatre in that city On a page of iluls
trations entitled Local Actors and Their
Hobbies" in the Evening Post Magazine
was a representation of Schuster leading a
particularly pugnacous specimen of a
! bull dog.
The case of Reuben Clark, administrat-
or, VS.. +. G. Smith and c. NJ. Hays, re-
ceivers of the Central Vermont railroad,
will be tried at the term of the Benning-
ton county court now in session, The ac-
ton is brought to recover $1,000 damages
for the death of Mrs Clark, which, it is
claimed, was caused by negligence of en-
| ployes of the Brattleboro e Whitehall
railroad. Mrs. Clark was injured while
/ here TO attend the Valley Fair, and her
death took place at Jamaica few days
! later.
David 5. Carey, for several years the
| genial efficient and accommodating bag
| gage master at the Central Vermont rail
| road station, has been succeeded by +. j..
Fitzgerald, formerly member of the trans
fer force. The change has occasioned
some indignation as it is apparently in line
with the Grand Trunk railroads policy of
arbitrary, long-distance management. Mr..
| Carey is undecided as to his future course,
although he has received several offers of
positions superior to the one which he
held at the local station.
Railroad men believe that when the
| summer schedule of trains is changed June
% the Boston Il Maine passenger train
men will run from Springfield, Mass, to
White River Junction, without change,
and that they will collect the fares over
the Central Vermont railroad between
South Vernon and Brattleboro and Wind
son and White River Junction. 1t is also
expected that the through freights OF the
| Central Vermont road will be run from
White River Junction to Bratteboro in
charge of the Central Vermont employees.
Della Fox. former favorite in comic
opera. has been admitted to a private asy-
| lum on Long Island. Her mind has be-
come affected through the use of drugs
and stimulants, and for some time she has
| imagined her friends were her enemies and
that they were trying to steal her jewels.
valued at $4,000. Miss Fox collapsed in
Bratteboro year ago last winter and her
company disbanded here. Miss Fox was
| critically i'll some time. but recovered suf-
| ticiently to appear as star at the leading
vaudeville theatres the past season at a
salary of $1,000 week.
Charles Brown of Lebanon, y. H.. has
| been in Brattleboro, Greenfield and Shell
burne Falls recently endeayorng to learn
the whereabouts of Miss Nina Aliston
Miss Aliston has been employed by Mrs.
Blake in Shelburne Falls but she left last
week, it is supposed for Greenfield, with
the intention of looking for a place where
she could earn more wages. On the day
that she left, her mother, Mrs. Mary Ais
ton, died at her home in Lebanon and a
telegram was sent to the daughter at Shell
DuIut ais, Dul IOl uulll AFTER Tue RlTl naO
left the town. The funeral was postponed
several days in the hope of finding the
missing daughter.
Dr. A. e. Willis of Shelburne Falls,
Mass, former resident of Brattleboro,
who is called the Jack knife artist" has
| just completed fine piece of work in the
shape of mahogany case for tall clock
like "my grandfather's clock" In this
word, which has occupied him for the past
| five months, what time he could spare, he
has made use of other tools than his Jack
knife. The "motif," as musicians would
say, is Liberty" At the base is Father
Time, with his scythe swung over his
shoulder, and the hour glass near by, On
the front door is the Goddess of Liberty
The upper part, technically called the
''hood," is surmounted by sphere repre-
senting the world, on which is perched the
American eagle, with serpent in his beak
The idea is that treason is being choked
in the Philippines, The work is admir-
ably executed, and is a fine example of the
carVer's art. The movement is fine
Waterbury, one that will probably last
longer than the clock mentioned in the
song. The doctor will give the clock to
his son, who now lives in Fitchburg.
Circus Follower Got 100 Days.
A follower of Wallace's circus was ar
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