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

II. X. Brown has decided not TO run his
stage this year between here and Spofford
lake because If insufficient patronage.
The first tea of the Wantastlquet Golf
club will be held Saturday afternoon, July
7, from until 6 o'clock If rainy the tea
will be postponed until the first pleasant
day.
Rev. Lewis CIRCUITS crltique on Bishop
Hartzell's lecture on 1.-THE Briton and the
Boer" is still on sale at both the Bratte-
boro bookstores, and is meeting with good
demand.
The machinery in the Centrevile fac
tory, owned by the electric railroad, was
started with water power Monday. Steam
connection was established Wednesday so
that both steam and water power are now
available.
The First Regiment band won new
laurels for itself at Bellows Falls on We'd
nesday by the strength and precision of its
playing. The band has never been in
better form on such an occasion.
The Bird club will meet with Mrs. Geo.
e. Crowell Monday evening at 1880. The
special subject OF the meeting will be
"Nests, >" and notes will be given of some
nests which have been watched during the
season by some of the club members.
j. O. Mcdonald and William A. Hall
of Bellows Falls passed through here Mon
day in a large Winton automobile, which
Mr.. Hall bought recently in New York for
his own use. The automobile appeared in
the parade at Bellows Falls Wednesday.
The boom stretched from the toll bridge
to the engine house parted Wednesday
afternoon, and 40 logmen were sent from
Bellows Falls to break up the jam Of logs
which had collected in the cove between
these two places. The logmen came down
on the early train and completed the work
so that they returned at 1907.
The pine woods belonging to Charles F.
Wheeler just above the suspension bridge
caught fire Thursday afternoon from the
spark of passing engine. The flames
spread through to j. L. Hildreth's woods.
Mr. Hildreth's cottage on the edge of the
woods was saved only after two hours of
hard fighting, during which most of the
woods was burned over
A concert by local talent is being planned
for July II at Brookside park. There
will be selections by a male quartet, violin
selections by Miss Grace Hurley of North
ampton, Mass, humorous readings and
popular songs by Myron p. Davis, original
sketches by John Stewart and Perley
Holmes and popular songs by Miss Grace
Eels. Mrs. A. V. McLane will be the ac-
| companist
George w. Tyler, 3D. formerly of Brat.
tleboro, died suddenly in Fitchburg, Mass,
! Monday of heart disease. The body was
brought to Brattleboro yesterday after
noon, accompanied by two members of the
! Grand Army post in Fitchburg, and was
taken to Prospect Hill cemetery by dele
! CATION from Sedgwick post The bearers
were Gen. G. II. Bond, Col. II. Z. Taylor,
| +. Haskell and A. b. Ashley. MIR. Tyler's
wife was Miss Julia Wood of West Brat
| tleboro.
The Elite Stock company which has been
| playing to good sized audiences at Brook
side park, disbanded Saturday night. The
actors intended to stay here through the
summer provided their support was suffi-
cient to make the engagement profitable,
but owing to some disagreement as to
the terms the breakup came after the
nights performance, The next company
booked is the Standard Theatre company,
now playing in Connecticut. This aggre-
CATION opens two weeks engagement
here the 10th.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. W. Thomas returned to
their home in East Hartford Conn, Mon
day after visit with Mr. Thomas's BROTH
|
June "a Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Thomas and
Mr.. and Mrs D. w. Thomas visited their
brother, Amos f. Thomas, at the old
homestead in Chesterfield. A niece of the
| brothers, Mrs. Addie Nichols, and her
| daughter of this village, were also with the
family party. On the day of the visit A.
| +. Thomas went out and took a seven
| pound pike from the river, which was
| served for dinner The Chesterfield home
! stead has been in the continuous posses
| sion of the family for four generations,
the great-grandfather of the brothers
| Thomas moving there from Hardwick,
Mass, in the last century. The three
| brothers mentioned are the only survivors
in family of ten children, all of whom
were born on the old farm.
A blaze which started from an oil stove
in the Park cottage at the Brattleboro Re-
treat Sunday at IL. 43 gave the tiremen an
| opportunity to demonstrate their ability to
respond to an alarm in short order, and
| furnished few moments of excitement to
some 1900 people, who hurried toward the
Chase street box, from whence the alarm
was rung, Most Of the spectators turned
backward after reaching the common and
learning that the flames had been subdued.
! Probably the draft from the window
caused the flame of the stove to ignite the
oil in the tank of the stove. The nurse
who had been using the stove, on discover
ing the stove ablaze, shut up the room and
arranged for the removal of the only patient
in the cottage. There was no necessity
for giving an alarm, but person who was
near the cottage ran to the Chase street
corner and pulled in an alarm from box
No. 20. The chemical engine was on the
scene in five minutes, and the fire quickly
extinguished, with only slight damage in
| one room. The fire was out when the fire.
men of the other companies arrived. The
chemical engine used only 80 gallons of
! liquid.
Quiet Fourth.
The night before the Fourth was the
| quietest July Sd night for years. Young