Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-29

E. w. Trask has been appointed as mail
carrier to Gageville, where free delivery
will be instituted July l. Deliveries will
be the same as in the village. A. G. Hal
laday will take Mr. Trask's place as sub
stitute.
The sidewalk in front of George An
drews's bicycle shop on Canal street is be-
ing relaid and other improvements being
crete walk and curb has been laid from
Gray's block to the bridge on Bridge
street.
The ball game for Saturday afternoon
at BARRIERS park will be between the Yer
mont Farm Machine company and the
Sullivan Machine company. There will
also be tug of war between the Bellows
Falls Machine company and team COM
posed of farmers from the neighborhood.
The Seventh Day Adventists have been
holding a camp-meeting in small grove
near Barber's park, and have drawn good
crowds. Services are held at l0:30 A. NJ,
2:3O and $3.50 p. NJ, speakers being pres
ent from different points in this state and
others.
Owing to low water all the mills were
shut down Monday to allow of the pas
sage of the logs. AS consequence the
town was in darkness during the evening,
and the street railway was without power
| from II \. NJ. until the middle of Tuesday
forenoon. Monday afternoon, the storage
batteries at the car house were sufficient to
run two cars, but they gave out before
night.
Willard II. Bacon, who graduated from
| Brown university last week, is in Tarboro,
| n. c., where he will play with a ball team
until September, when he intends to enter
dental college. He was presented with a
handsome gold watch aud chain by mem.
beers of the Fourth Baptist church in Prov.
idence, where he sang in the choir during
his college course.
/ Michael p. Harry in the employ OF
Francis Reynolds in his grocery store, and
Miss Mary Keane were married in ST.
Charles's church Tuesday morning. Mis-.
Ellen Keane was bridemaid and Edward
Harry best man. The bride and groom
are spending two weeks near Montreal
after which they will occupy apartment:
in Maynard's block.
During the month of July the service.
at the Baptist church will be of unusua
interest, the sermons being upon out o.
door subjects. The first of the series, mex
Sunday, will be upon lessons from Ny
Garden" This will be followed by "a
Walk in the Woods, "Out in the Night
time" and others of equally great interes
and attractiveness for the hot weather.
Barber's park was the centre of attrac
ton last Saturday afternoon on the occa
sion of the first field meet of the Vernon
Farm Machine Athletic association. TIT
cars were crowded all the afternoon, SOM
carrying as many as 122 persons, Th
was the first attraction at the park, ant
fully 1900 were present during the after
noon. AS both the Vermont Farm an,
Bellows Falls Machine companies are hav
ing Saturday afternoons off it was the oc
casion of many family picnics, In tn
base ball game, the team from the machin
room was victorious by large score. y
records were broken in the 100-yard dash
but considerable fun resulted TO both par
Elephants and spectators. The result o
the tug-of-war was tie. Enough lemon
ade was sold on the grounds to cover al
expenses of the meet The expenses O
the first day were greater than they wi
be hereafter, owing to the purchase @
paraphernalia.