Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-06-28
TONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, JUNE %, 1901

Quonektacat tribe of Red Men will
hold its semi-annual election of Off
GERS tonight.
The Y. M. c. A. is planning to hold
field day exercises soon on the Valley
Fair ground.
The Congregational Sunday school
voted last Sunday to equip the church
and Sunday school in North Hlnsdale
with hymn books.
Fifty years ago Ga young men grad
uated from Harvard college. Today
there are only 10 survivors, one of
the number being William G. Bradley,
librarian of the Brattleboro Free IL
brary.
The round-trip ticket recently is
sued by the Brattleboro Street Rail-
way company is apparently winner.
over 100 were sold last Sunday. The
railroad carried about 1900 passengers
during the day.
Francis Truth (Bemis) is now re-
ported as doing a thriving business as
divine healer" in Denver. After he
was fined in Boston for Illegal use of
the mails, he went to Jacksonville
Fla, but was compelled to leave there
city fathers.
Prof. Sheldon, professor of theology
in Boston University, preached in the
| Methodist church last Sunday. Prof.
Sheldon has been a guest at f. f.
Gleason's. Rev. II. Il. Rouillard of
Westmoreland, N. H., preached in the
| Universalist church in exchange with
Rev. r. X. Marvin.
The suit of e. e. Perry against
! Charles Deyo, Miss Ella Stebbins, trus-
| tee, to recover $40 for goods sold, was
! set for trial by jury before Justice
! Stowe this morning but was contn-
ued.. Judgment has been rendered in
favor of the plaintiff. but a question
has arisen as to the liability of the
| trustee.
Mrs. J. Lyman Bliss has issued invi-
tations to the marriage of her daugh-
! ter, Grace Pierce, and Alonzo Hopkins
! Stewart, the event to take place in
! Trinity church, Atkinson, Kans., We'd
nesday, July 10. Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart
will be at home after Jan. LIST in Wash
ington, ID. c. Mr.. Stewart is assistant
door keeper in the United States
! Senate. His mother, Mrs. Mary c.
Stewart, whose maiden name was Hop
kins, was a native of Hinsdale. Mr.
Stewart and his mother and sister
have spent several summers recently
at Silverdale. Spofford lake.
Childrens day was observed Satur
day by many of the children of the
| Grange, but owing to misunderstood
ing the attendance was not as large as
otherwise it would have been. The
/ In fnc DO
seem advisable to the managers Of
the affair to postpone the festivities
and notice to that effect was bull
letined. Many did not see the bull
letin, however, and they went to
Brookside park as planned and had
good time, although the provisions
for their entertainment were not so
ample as they expected to find.
Miss Ethel NJ. -Lynde of Brattle-
boro gave the seectmen official no.
tice this week of an accident on the
highway June IS, in which she was
hurt, and further notified them that
she should demand satisfaction from
the town. The notice sets forth that
while riding across a stone bridge in
the southwest part of the town Miss
| Lynde was thrown from her bicycle on
to some rocks on the bank of the brook
which flows under the bridge, that
both legs were bruised and TANNED.
that several teeth were loosened and
that she received a nervous shock.
She alleges that there was no railing
to prevent person from being thrown
on to the rocks, that the roadway was
not in proper condition and that a
stick protruded into the road in such
a way as to throw her from her BIZ
cycle.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Y. NJ.
c. A. served a delightful strawberry
tea in the rooms Wednesday evening.
which was in every way a success,
despite the extreme heat. Tables
were laid in the reading room and IL
brary. the parlor being reserved. The
room committee of the Womans Aux
Hilary have spent a great deal of time
and thought upon the renovation of
the rooms. Nothing but praise can be
said of the result. The new art square
and window hangings were greatly ad-
mired, and the light paper and paint
add much to the homelike appearance.
A beautiful chandelier an appreciated
gift from an unknown friend. has
tahen the place of the old gas pipes.
Both the association and the auxiliary
have started out with good prospects
tor a successful year. which will GER
tainly follow if they have the con-
tinued cooperation of the people of the
town.
The Brattleboro society of Colonial
Danes will hold a meeting at the
Brooks House Saturday afternoon
firm three to five O'clock when they
will decide upon the form of inscrip.
ton for the tablet which is to be
placed by the Brattleboro Danes, aid
ed by the subscriptions of Brattleboro
citizens, on the granite boulder, which
is to mark the site of old Fort Dunn
mer. The boulder of four tons weight
has recently been selected at the West
Dummerston granite quarry and will
be brought to Brattleboro in course
of few days, when c. H. Grant will
prepare a foundation for it and fit II
for the bronze tablet. The inscription
will embody the facts that Fort Dunn
mer was erected by the province of
Massachusetts bay in 1924. and was
dismantled by New Hampshire in 1868.
The marker will be dedicated at the
time of the annual meeting of the Co
lonial Danes of Vermont, which Is to
be held in Brattleboro in October.
HUM & Eaton's coons have been