Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-02-20

FITzvILLIAM a. H. lTEMs.-We learn that a
company of Ice merchants from Boston have been
cutting out ice in large quantities on lockwood
pond, Immediately bordering on the grade Of the
Cheshire Railroad A large force Of men, horses
and oxen were very actively employed for a week
or more previous to the present" cold snap" This
significant wintry hint, however, now leads them
to expect greater supply than they anticipated at
their usual localities nearer the city. Accordingly
they have ceased operations here for the present
Another company have also teen getting ice at
Wnchend0n.--It has already been announced that
the gncss Of Phillips Hill IA kind u strati6ed gran
ite) has been largely sent abroad from this town in
all directions, AS has also the common boulder gran
lite, even up the steep grades Of the Cheshire and
Rutland railroads for the public buildings IL, the
latter place. With the two great articles Of ice
and granite, the only staples of export from New
England, as has been tauntngy said together with
the wooden nutmegs for which the town has long
been famous, Fitzwiam may yet become quite
seaport
An abandoned man, Philip Lynch, living by him
self in shanty near the Winchendon line died
few days ago under rather singular circumstances.
One of the neighoors passing by when Lynch
came to the door and requested him to ask another
neighbor, at whose house he had his washing done,
TO come and carry him there ms he was sick He
thought he needed some porlidge. Accordingly in
a short time the neighbor to the shanty, when
opening the door he found Lynch dead upon the
hour by the side Of the stove. His sickness is not
supposed to have been Of long duration. A little
salt fish and beef were the only articles Of food
there. The means Of livelihood of the poor wretch
was the surreptitous selling Of bad rum. lie had
sunk so far below the common aspirations of hui
manity that year or two ago, on being arraigned
and fined he laid in Jail until the court saw fit to
let him out, being, as he said, perfectly satisfied
with his quarters, with no desire to be set at lib
erty. On coming out of Jail he Immediately return
ed to the same disgusting traffic. Only few quarts
of rum found out Of barrel it is believed he
had obtained within week or so. One of his Gus
toners came by his death few months ago by
too free patronage Of this man $ contrabsnd Com
ment is unnecessary.
A matter q good deal talked about in FIwlliam
is the recent sale Of the Protective Union Store to
A. A. Parker, Esq. The "Unon" had we'll nigh
become Of the constitutions" of the place 1t
was probably one Of the most successful concerns
Of the kind in existence. 1t had wound up three
rival private stores in the village, some of them
previously Of great popularity. Of course it must
have done very large business. Discord among
the proprietors was the cause Of closing up. That
one hundred persons should agree so long as they
did is perhaps somewhat strange. Great diversity
of opinion existed IS to the utility of such con-
Germ. On the one hand it greatly cheapened many
kinds of goods, for a time, at least; while on the
other much capital. enterprise and business talent
were thereby driven from the place. Could that
capital and enterprise have been retained and EN-
poyed in other fields of operation, perhaps oil OBJ
lection to the place would have ceased. A.