Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-12-05
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
orR HorELs On Saturday evening the doors
and windows Of our hotels were closed, and the
fires aud lights in the public rooms extinguished.
At the same time plscards announced to all out
sders the fact that none but Irregular boarders'
would he accommodated Many aveieran who had
done an enormous business at 'bo;toming chairs
sround the fires in the public rooms Of the hotels,
could be seen casting wistful glance at the for
bidding aspect Of the exterior, and essaying in
vain TO obtain the ''opsa sesame" TO interior COM
fort. To their deep chagrn and bitter disappoint-
men, they were compelled to return hoDeward
wondering wha, all these things meant. Much to
their qualification the placards removed on
Monday morning, and business went ON in the
tenor Of its way The action ofthe "town Fathers
in licensing eating saloons is said to have OCCASION
ell this demonstration; but waggish friend Of ours
suggests that the hotels were thus closed to give
their kesQers an opportunity Of attending church
on the &bbaih. much to their own bench, and the
Improvement Of village morals.
HrDRorArus' ANNUAL MrETIxo.-The annual
meeting Of Hydropath Engine Company. No. 9,
held at their engine house on Tuesday evening,
when the following officers elected for the year
Foreman. Francis GoOdhue Isl .ssi.iaat, Ben
h Chase I'd do. George b. Kellogg Clerk and
Treasurer, Robert B. Arms Engineer, Geo. II.
Newman LIST -istisidni do. Sidney A. Miller 2d
DO. Willis Bemis Sd do. J. W. Burnap; Hose man.
Nathaniel Stearns LIST Assistant do. Charles
Knight I'd do. n D.. Haywood /; Sd do John Wal
len -aremsn. Hinsdale Arms. Tbos. L. Miner
Sie~drd, W. L. Eason Surgeon, DR.. C. W Hor-
ton Collector, F. Dickinson Signal Bearer,
Arad Howe
RoBBERr TX WEST BrATTLKBoRo.-On the night
OF the 18th ut., the house Of Judge Pratt, in West
Brattleboro, was entered by a burglar. The Judge
was awakened from sound sleep by noise In his
Kitchen which he supposed was occasoued by dog
lie arose, struck light and proceeded to the ki,cb-
en- Instead of the dog he there found large, ath-
etic man just emerging from his pantry, laden with
such plumber as pork, butter, crackers, sc. Upon
meeting the Judge so unexpectedly he was obliged
TO suspend operations. To effect reconciliation he
proposed an assignment Of his wifes silver spoons.
But the Judge was inexorable. lie invited the Wis
itor into the sitting-room gave him chair, took
his hat and deposited il in the cupboard under lock
and key, and then proceeded to the solemn duty Of
'aooring with his pupil The amount Of good u,or-
al and Christian adN ice inculeated in the succeed
ing two long hours, is not exactly known, but any
one knowing the Judge can estimate il himself
When this was concluded the culprit was given his
hat and plumber aud allowed to depart under the
the solemn assurance that he would surely by ex-
posed if any more deprcda,ions were committed in
'h"' neighborhood We think that pork will rath-
er stick in the threat when il is eaten
fLEcTuRKs.-- invite the attention of IN. c,;
1en' of this village to the Course of Lectures ad-
'ertsed in this paper. As it is quite unlikely that
We shall have any other Course Of Lectures deliy-
cred here this winter, it seems desirable that the
present opportunity should be improved The Lee
urers are all men Of ability. and the subjects of
heir discourses, far as announced. are of ipter
'st to ALL We hope there will be a very penera,
especially as the Object Is one tbat
must commend itself to every inhabitsnt Of our VIII
age.
THOMAS HALE, Esq, late Of the Windsor yo,,r
nal has purchased Of Messrs. Hopkins, Dridgmap
Co., one half Of the Hampshire Ga.e,fe and
printing establishment. lie will succeed Mr.
Frumbul in the editorship of thar paper after jan
larry Let. We commend our friend Hale to the H.
'orable regards Of eur editorial brethren in the
'Old Bay State,' to most of whom he needs No in
reduction We cannot afford to lose him from our
'wn ranks, but il he must 20 we are glad that he
to remain in the pleasant valley of the Connec-
icut. Rumor has ii that he has other PARTNERSHIPS
n view.
Tax LAws.--Last week we gave the first install
nent of the Laws enacted at the recent session of
he Legislature, and the series is completed in the
PRESENT issue. As many of our readers NAV do.
ire to file the copies containing the Laws for h,.
ure reference, we preferred to condense their pub-
icatiOn into as limited space AZ possible. even at
he risk Of making the paper less interesting to the
General reader. The list is unusually long, but
omething suited to the.wants of all classes of read
rs may probably be extracted thersfrom. If any
re SO unfortunate as not to find any provision made
or their necessities therein we refer them TO the
Ten Commandments.
APoLooEricAL.--The paper upon which the
'honiI is now printed is of too dark color to suit
nr taste Our paper-naker has been repairing =