Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-21
VERMONT PIENIX BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, AUGUST

No. of the Estey organ. works
The annual meeting of the Windhlm
County Baptist association will be
held in Townshend Sept. ?.
C.. f. X. JENNIE. agent. has this week
paid to Mrs. W. u. Stockwell $4,000
u. amount of an accident policy held
by her husband in the Employers
Liability company.
The afternoon meeting of Friday.
the 2Sth, in the series at Dummerston
Hill. will be memorial service in
memory Of Walter u. Stockwell. late
president of the association. Rev. L.
5. CHATTER will give an address and
there will be special singing.
The ferry near the Brooks farm is
beng used frequently by people driv-
ing between Brattleborc and Hinsdale.
Il has been found by measurment that
the distance between the two villages.
going via the ferry, is a mile shorter
than the route over the toll bridge.
John b. Smonds, the piano tuner. is
out after being housed with injuries
several days. He made misstep in
the darkness at the head of the stair
way at his home on Grove street and
pitched headlOng the entire length of
the stairs His wrist was dislocated,
his neck sprained and he sustained
several bruises.
The annual reunion of the regimen
tai association of the 14th New Hamp-
shire Volunteers. of which Capt c. p.
ellison of Brattleboro is president. will
he held at the Weirs, n. H., August %
%. Gen. Miles and distinguished
guests of the New Hampshire Voter
ans association will be present Half
ate tickets to the Weirs and return
viii be sold from South Vernon.
II is expected that Clarence Miller
G. +. Bingham, Fred Harris John
Taskor. Harold Whitney and Hayes
Bigelow will represent Wantastiquet
Golf club i'm the match against The
Keene Country club at Kcene next
Wednesday. and II is probable that in
the tennis events the players from
here win be James f. Hooker. c. II.
Thompson. II. c. Rice and Dr. \. l..
Pettee. Many club members are eX-
pected to accompany the players.
Fuller c. Smith OF St. Adams and
Henry :. Bingham of Bennington, mem
bers of the state railroad commission.
accompanied by several railroad men,
arrived heTe Monday night in the OBJ
serNation engine st. Lawrence. They
found here i'm waiting the other com
0ner. Horace W. Bailey OF New
bury. Tho tlree spent Tuesday in g1-
! ins over the Brattleboro 4 Whitehall
railroad. and also the Central Vermont
read from Brattlehoro to South Vernon
and the Boston & Maine from Brattle-
boro to Windsor.
Rev. Guy G. Lams0u OF Montpelier
son OF Mn and Mrs G. b. Lamson of
! H,attlohoro. has hec0 notified tina, hr
! the viii of Rev. a. }. huntington. ID. ID.
! late Of Washington. D. g.. he is Ca r.
.,ito Dr. HuutingtCu's valuable theo
logical library For many years Dr.
! huntington was professor Of Greek
! lnd later dean of Columbian Ulyer
| sity Washington. He was the father
! in-.aW of William l.. Wilson. aVth0,
If the Wilson bill and postmaste,
general under President Cleveland
Mrs. Lams0n was his grand niece.
The Evening Telegraph of Colorado
Springs. Colo. contained Aug. a four
column halftone illustration Of the
new lGstoy pipe organ In the Fist
| Methodist church in that city. which
was used that week for the first time
| After describing in detail the organ
| and prOnOunCing it the finest in the
city, the Telegraph said: The in
strument cost in the neighborhood OF
$4,000, and was built by the Estey Or
gan company. OF Brattleboro VT.
whose superintendent. w. +. Haskell
personally superintendod the installa
ton. The Estey Organ company Is
one of the best known in the country
The organ is the gift Of Mr.. William
LennoX to the church"
The fall term of Brattleboro Acade
my in West Brattleboro will open
Sept. > Willis II. Hosmer of Mason
y. H.. a graduate of Cushing Academy
and Williams College, has been en-
gagged as principal to succeed f. b
Perkins, who will become principal OF
the Chester, Mass. High school. Mr.
Hosmer taught with great success
while pursuing his college studies and
comes here with high recommends
tons. Miss Anna X. Perkins, A. b
(Smith). who rendered such valuable
service to the school last year, vii
return for another year. The academy
| DlltIS fOlltSe preparatory. Lat iu-ScltU
tifc. English and elective courses
with special instruction in elocution
drawing and penmanship. The schoO
grounds have been drained and grad
ed, and the building will be heated by
furnace and equipped with fine ven
tilatiOn.
"T'riss," or Beyond the Rockies,
Justin Adams's four-act comedy drama
was presented at Grange hall Friday
and Saturday evening by Messrs. Strocl
and Evans. assisted by local amateurs
The actors were younger than the PEG
pie who appeared as support to the
professionals earlier in the season, bu
they acquitted themselves very credit
ably, particularly Helen Reyes in the
title role. Mr.. Strock as the Old judge
furnished the comic element to a large
extent. The stage setting was excel
lCnt. Specialties We're introduced
during the play. including songs by
Arthur Hyde, Helen Reyes and Mr.
Strock and the Salvation Army trio
The attendance was small Friday
night, but Saturday a large audience
was present, and many remained tC
join in dancing after the performance
The young people who appeared in the
cast to assist Strock and Evans were
Frank Crosier, Arthur Hyde George
Hail. Clarence Hobart, Rose Willett
Daisy Wells. Louise Davenport ant
Helen Keyes.