Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-16
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

Yesterday being the feast of the AS
sumption mass was celebrated at 9
o'clock at st. Michaels Roman Catho-
lie church.
The Y. NJ. c. A. meeting Sunday af-
ternoon will be held on the common
and will be led by Rev. Frederick H.
Mathison. There will be gospel sing
ing.
A delegation from Brattleboro join
ed with a large number of Guilford
people yesterday in a clam bake on
the Broad-brook road. The bake was
in charge of the veteran dispenser of
sea food Mr.. Leach.
A fine span of cross matched horses
| bought by Will Amidon of Hinsdale in
Vergennes passed through Brattleboro
yesterday. They were formerly own
ed by D. H. Lewis of Farmers Ma
tional bank fame.
HUM & Eaton's Coon Carnival drew
large audiences in Brookside park
Monday and Tuesday evenings. but
the conditions Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings were not favorable for
large attendance. There will be a
free dance after the performance to-
night. The Carnival probably will
be the last theatrical attraction at the
park this season.
A special Mortified day" service
will be held in the Congregational
church tonight in place of the usual
Friday evening service, and the other
churches will join in the meeting.
Rev. F. H. Jacobs, the widely known
gospel singer. will be one of the speak
ers and will lead the singing. Every
body is invited. There will be no col
lection.
DR.. f. A. Smith will leave Lake
Pleasant with special car for Queen
City park, Burlington, Tuesday, Aug.
81. The tickets will be S. for the
round trip. good going on that day
only, but good returning on any day
or on any train within two weeks
The train will leave Lake Pleasant at
10 o'clock, noon, and will take on
passengers at any station between the
lake and North Bennington, or Rut
land
Bingham chapter, Order of Eastern
Star. gave a picnic in Central park
Vernon, Tuesday to the Masons OF
Brattleboro and their families, invit
|
Putney and Hinsdale. About rs per
sons were present, and thoroughly en-
joyed the day. Dinner was served or
the basket picnic plan, tables being
spread in the grove. In the afternoon
there was dancing, music being fur
nished by Brattleboro musicians, A
H. Hines prompter.
The body of William H. Cary, who
died in Cienfuegos, Cuba, July 20, ar
rived in Brattleboro on the Afternoon
express train Saturday, Mrs. Cary ant
relatives from New York arriving OF
the same train. The funeral was hel(
at the home of Mrs. Cary's father
Postmaster D. P. Webster, on Higl
street at 4 o'clock Sunday. Rev Ed
ward T. Mathison and President Altar
D. Brown officiated, using the Episco
pal service. There were many beau
tiful floral pieces. The burial was II
Morningside cemetery, the bearers be
ing L. D. Taylor and w. F. Root o
Brattleboro, Oscar F. Benson, Harry
X. White, James Beverage and A. l.
! Squiers of New York.
One of Groceryman Scott's horses
ran from the top of High street hill
to the corner of Oak and Chase
streets Monday, but so far as could bt
seen there was nothing to disturb hi
tranquility. The wagon was overturn
= ed and righted again during the run
At Chase street the horse freed him
self from the wagon by running be
tween a tree and a post and ran int
yard, choosing the alternative o
stopping rather than to jump tn,
= fence. The wagon was damaged Il
the amount of $40. A driver of on,
of Liveryman Stoclwells teams drov,
too near another team Sunday after
noon and the wheels collided. TIL,
whiffietree broke and the horse cam
home, leaving the carriage north o
the village. Little damage was done