Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-22

A number of the residents of Chaplin
street and vicinity held a neighborhOod
picnic at Brookside park yesterday after
noon.
The ladies OF the Universalist society at
Guilford Centre will give their annual
strawberry festival Friday evening of next
week.
Henry White of New York, secretary of
the Union Garment Workers of America,
addressed the local members at Red Mems
hall last evening.
Z. D. Wilson has filed, this week, a pc
tition in bankruptcy. His liabilities are
S14O0 with no assets. His creditors are
largely Brattleboro men.
One of the most attractive summer re-
sorts in New England is Lake Raponda in
Wilmington, where a new hotel and cot
tages have been opened by H. w. Stearns
of Brooklyn.
Beginning with next Sunday the leading
New York Sunday papers will arrive in
BrattlaborO about o'clock Sunday morn
ing. special paper train will be run 10
weeks from New York city through to the
White Mountains.
The BrattlebOro Overall company has
moved its machinery this week from Har-
mony building to the Centreville factory.
A large part of the stock has also been
moved and the rest will probably be
moved by the end of the week.
About l25 members of the Methodist
Sunday school held a picnic in Central
park, Vernon, Wednesday, leaving Brat
tleboro on the 9 o'clock train and return
ing at 5:45. The day was spent in games,
the younger children occupying the pavil-
lion.
The lawn party Monday evening by the
w. c. T. U. was not largely attended,
owing to the rain. 1t was scheduled to
be held near the Baptist church, but the
dampness necessitated setting the tables in
the church. There was singing by the
Thunberg sisters.
Protective Grange will observe children's
day tomorrow. A basket picnic will be
held in the grove at BIookside park. A
special car provided by the Grange will
leave Prospect Hill at 10 o'clock. This
car will 90 to West BrattebOro and then
return to the park. 1t is hoped that the
older people will make a special effort to
attend.
The summer time table on the Central
Vermont was received at the local station
this morning. The morning south bound
trains will leave at the same time as at
present, s and 1925; the afternoon train
will leave at 4:45 instead of 4:25 Trains
from the south will arrive at $50 a NJ. in
stead of 1925 as at present, and at ! p. NJ.
and at $3.50 p. NJ. instead of $3.50. The
change goes into effect on Monday.
Two Brattleboro men had a trying expe-
rience at the lily pond in Vernon last
night. Their boat was one of those for
which the pond is noted, constructed on
the same pattern as a sieve. Suddenly,
when about in the middle of the pond, the
boat filled and sank, turned over, and bob
bed up serenely from below. Lanterns,
overcoats, lunches and bait did not return
with the boat, however The men chung
TO the overturned craft for some time and
at last were obliged to swim ashore.
The closing exercises of the parochial
school were held in the school hall yester-
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. The hall was
decorated with ferns and roses, and large
number of parents of children in the
school and those interested in them at
tended. The exercises consisted of songs,
Rotations, scarf drill, dumb. bell drill, and
the rendering of the cantata, "May Festi-
val" At the close Rev. Father Cunning
ham spoke briefly to the members of the
school. Grammar school diplomas were
awarded TO Helena Grady, Julia Brosna-
han, Mary Grady, Sadie Young, Katherine
Guiheen, Mary NOLAN, Rita Eckes, Pat.
rick Ryan and Frank Eckles. Prizes were
also given to the following for perfect at
tendance during the year Julia Brosna-
han, John Austin, William Adams, Fred
erick Adams, Mary Boutot Ellen Grady.
Lena Young, Thomas McGraW and Nellie
Austin.