Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-24

Mrs. n. G. Williams returned Saturday
from two weeks outing spent at the Echo
Lake House in Tyson.
Henry S. Frost and his son Charles went
to Readville, Mass, yesterday to see the
fast horses racing there.
The North Walpole schools will open a
week from next Tuesday, the 4th of Sep
TENDER, one week earlier than those this
side of the river. A new room mas been
added by the school board and two new
teachers will be employed. They are Miss
Thompson of Manchester, n H., and Miss
Lynch of Waltham, Mass, both graduates
of normal schools.
Joe Pasquin. lumberman who has been
employed at Rockingham, was lodged in
Jail at Keene Friday, and he will remain
there to work out his fine and costs. He
boarded the mail train here, under the in
fluence of liquor, and made things lively
for Conductor Boutwell, and the other train
men until he was turned over to officer
Perry at Keene. Mr.. BoutwelIs coat was
torn in the scrimmage, which caused excite
ment among the passengers.
The sudden disbanding of the Hinsdale
base ball team Wednesday was surprise
to local players and their patrons A game
was scheduled to be played here by them
today, but by quick turning of the local
management another game with the Ches-
tiers was arranged in its place, and two or
three of the best Hinsdale men secured to
play the rest of the season on the Bellows
Falls team. Ferry and Morrison played
with Bellows Falls yesterday at st. Johns
bury.
The following from Wednesdays st.
JOhnsbury Republican shows the interest
there in yesterdays game of base ball which
| resulted in a score of 2 to in favor of St.
Johnsbury. This is the first of a series of
| three games to decide the state champion
ship; "The most exciting game of the year
+ will probably be the one Thursday with the
Bellows Falls team for the state champion
ship. The down river bows have been play
ing great ball and will come here with sew
eral crack players. Among them are Crane
and Bacon of Brown, McAllister and Grit
fin of Holy Cross, Chapman of Princeton
and Henkel of Vermont University. This
| is, prospectively, one of the best games
ever played on the campus. Let's see it,"
The base ball team played at BARRIERS
park Saturday with the Claremonts, beat
ing them with score of 20 to /. The To-
cal boys, and some of the visitors, called il
"bum" game and uninteresting. Tues
day the Keene team came here and played,
winning the game 10 to 8. before one OF
| the largest audiences of the year. The
record between these clubs now stands
Keenes four games and Bellows Falls three.
The features of Tuesdays game were the
| pitching of Clancy, the second-base fielding
of Sullivan and the base running of Griffin
of the Keenes; while the interest centred
in the Bellows Falls side in Taylor's pitch
ing, McAllister's outfelding and Bacon's
batting. Another game is now scheduled
with Keene next week Friday, when the
new grounds at the north end of the vii,
! lage are to be used for the first time. A
large gang OF men are at work leveling the
| ground, putting up a 10 foot fence al
around the lot and building a grand stand
1t is on the land owned by the canal com
pany, between Green and Rockingham
streets, where the celebration of the
Fourth of July was held. Yesterday the
team was at st. Johnsbury.