Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-07-13

The Brattleboro House and Tyler blocl
are being reprinted
Freeman Scott has recently added new
delivery wagon to his business.
A. G. Barnes is raising up and repairing
the l. of his house on Prospect street.
William Mette has bought half inter
est in John Bissetts barber shop on Elliot
street.
new floor has been laid this week in
the Vermont Loan and Trust company s
office, and the appearance of the office
has been improved by painting and decorat-
ing.
photographer John Howe has on exhi-
bltlon some new styles of portraiture never
before shown in Brattleboro, and requests
the public generally to visit his studio in
Bank block to inspect them.
William j. Mack, whose death is re-
ported from Bellows Falls, will be remem.
bered by many of the older people as A
resident of Brattleboro years ago. He was
the only brother of o. B. Mack of this
place.
Between 30 and 40 persons went down
to Central Park Monday to the Unitarian
Sunday school picnic. During the dav
various games were played and music was
furnished for dancing. All report an en-
joyable time.
The Durgin drug store, which has been
in the hands of F. W. Mcclure, trustee of
the insolvent Durgin estate, since last
winter, was sold yesterday to c.. F.
Thomas of Rutland who took possession
last evening. Mr.. Thomas will give the
store thorough renovating, painting it
inside and outside, and will put it and the
STOCK in first class condition. He has had
10 years of experience in the drug bnsi
ness He was formerly in Plattsburg. N.
T., and for five or six years was a member
OF the hrm of Miner & Thomas of Rutland
lie sold his interest in the Rutland store TO
Mr.. Miner about a year ago.
Will Snow made the biggest catch of
black bass taken from Spofford lake this
season on Monday. His string weighed
80 pounds. Most of the fish weighed from
one pound to two pounds each, but he had
three or four larger specimens. Howard
Rice and Robert Aldrich landed five fish
Yesterday which weighed Is pounds, and
Fred Cressy took three Saturday weighing
IN pounds. Dr. Barber and G. A. Harris
brought back 20-pound string one dav
this week. One day last week Robert AL
drlch took a l-2 pound specimen, and
wy SOoh Ouc WHICH WelgneQ IVe pounds,
Landlord Neal of the Chesterfield House
had exceptional luck one day recently.
getting five FOUNDER, four FOUNDER and
several other good fish.
The thunder shower which visited Brat
tleboro yesterday afternoon was almost a
cloud-burst on Dummerston Hill, more
rain falling in short time than in any
storm for several years. The wind blew
heavily, the hail cut the corn and vines
badly, and brooks ran down the hilsides
where the ground had been perfectly dry
a short time before Some of the hail
stones which fell in Putney street meas
ured five to six inches in circumference.
and they were as large on several farms in
Dummerston. TWenty-eight panes of
glass were broken in Mr.. Whitneys house
in Putney on one of the farms formerly
owned by the late j. K. Parker. Windows
were also broken at the Bennett farm in
Dummerston and in other places. MANY
trees were blown down. All crops were
badly damaged in Putney and Dummers-
ton, some of the tobacco fields being near
ly destroyed.