Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-06

j. A. Pullen announces a free dance
at Silverdale tomorrow, Saturday, eve
ming.
The contest at the golf grounds to-
morrow will be mixed foursome handi-
cap, ~ holes, medal play.
H. NJ. Bullard, while fishing at West
River Monday, slipped on the rocks
and fell heavily fracturing one rib.
C. c. Miller has bought the Frost
farm north of Williamsville and will
take possession soon, occupying it as
a home.
The Connecticut River Stock farm of
Hatfield, Mass, will be represented at
the Valley Fair this year by IL horses,
headed by Electmont.
The date for the state Christian En-
deavor convention to be held in Brat
tleboro is Oct. $40 The local COM
mittees are making arrangements now
for entertaining the visitors.
The Woman's club will hold a tea
this afternoon at Mrs. o. ]. Pratt's
| from 3 to 5, union session. The year
books are ready for delivery at this
meeting, or may be had of Mrs. Web
! ster on High street.
Col. Thomas Harmon, superinten-
| dent of the soldiers home in Benning-
| ton, has been in town this week to
make arrangements for running the
| dining hall and lunch counters at the
Valley Fair this season.
C. C. Tyler, formerly the local ex-
| press agent, now a messenger with n
run between Boston and st. Adams, is
| n hnrf1a in GrnnnHpld In 10,
| injured hand having crushed two fin
gers in car door recently.
The hour for the church services
was changed this week for the autumn
and winter. Hereafter the Sunday
evening services will begin at Z
o'clock instead Of 7.3O, and the mid
week services at 7,90 instead of 7.45.
The two houses on Hudson street,
nearly in the rear of the Brattleboro
House, owned by the estate of Mrs.
Laura Haskins, have been sold to E. B.
Stewart of Leyden, Mass. who owns
the double building at the corner of
South Main and Canal streets.
Lewis Morrison's Faust opens the
amusements at the Auditorium next
| Tuesday evening. 1t promises to be
one of the strongest attractions ever
presented by the management. The
! reserved seat sale begins at the box
office tomorrow morning at o'clock.
The High school and all graded
| schools in the main building will not
open until Monday Sept. 16. The
! schools in the Canal street building,
and in Esteyville, Prospect Hill, Chase
street and High street will open We'd
!
| in opening is due to the repairs not
being completed.
Carrie Nation is evidently not in
business with her Ratchet for her
health. She wishes to come to Brat
tleboro to speak at the Valley Fair.
All she wants is $3.50 per day, or 5000
and per cent of the receipts if she
has an opportunity to exhibit in a hall.
She also wishes to retain the privilege
of selling souvenirs at the fair. Ne
| gotiations are now in progress with a
view to securing Carrie as an attrac-
ton at the clam bake next year.
Two freight cars on. the Brattlebore
! & Whitehall railroad were overturned
Friday afternoon just below the
| freight house in Brattleboro. The train
was switching, when one of the trucks
jumped frog. Two cars were pulled
off the track. They bumped along
the ties about three cars length and
then toppled over. The damage done
was small, and the wreck was cleared
about s o'clock. The wreck blocked
the broad guage track, but the 5.45
| train was able to pass on side track
and back down to the station so that
no time was lost
Fred Chamberlain, the carpenter.
has made a contract with a New York
corporation which will take him to
| United States of Colombia, South
America, in December or as soon as
the internal dissensions in that coun-
try come to an end. The company
owns 35 square miles of territory on
the Magdalena river, which has been
prospected and found to be rich in gold
deposits. A large force of men will
work mining the gold, as soon as prac-
ticeable, and Mr.. Chamberlain will
have charge of a gang of laborers.
The land is covered with a fine growth
of mahogany and tropical woods which
will be cleared off as soon as the
mines are fairly opened. Mr.. Cham
berlain will receive a good salary.
which will begin when he leaves New
York. He secured the position through
Edgar Holmes of New York. who has
been visiting relatives in Townshend.
Mr.. Holmes is interested in the mines
and is also a railroad manapar