Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-05-03
Local Intelligence


Cheney & Clapp open new and elegant
styles of moulding for picture frames this
week.
That Indispensable aid to cleanliness
and comfort, the watering cart, is again on
its travels.
Some new patterns. of picture mould
ings. Picture frames to order at Felton's. 3
Brooks House.
"A good assortment Of ladies' and gem
temens travelling bags and baskets can be
found at Cheney & Clapp's.
The fire observed on Wednesday eve
ming in the direction of Putney, we learn
was only the burning Of brush.
C. Il. Allen has nice healthy stock of
grape vines, which he offers at reasonable
rates.
The morning mails which have here
tofore closed at SIS, A. NJ, now close at
o'clock. Post Office open at A. N. instead
of u.
The annual convention of the Episco-
pal Church in the Diocese of Vermont, is
June 18th.
H. Il. Taylor has just returned from
market, and has a good line of clothing,
gents furnishing goods, hats, caps, &c.
Give him a call.
Farmers in this vicinity are just COM
mencing TO pillow and plant. More acres
will be devoted to tobacco in our river
towns this season than ever before.
-"IIowe's great London circus and San
iuI, Of
mails" is on its way to Bratteboro, and the
day of its coming will be shortly ANNOUNCE
ed.
AT the Baptist church, last Sabbath,
there were eight additional baptsms, maxi
ing the whole number received into the
church by baptism since the beginning of
the present revival, sixty-five.
Fifty tons of maple sugar have been
forwa ded to market through the express
against 100 tons last spring. There is prob
ably some more yet to come from the back
towns.
Rev. n. Cyr, the able and earnest mis-
sionary among the French population in
New England, will deliver his celebrated
lee ture on "Father Hyacinthe, the Bap-
fist church next Sunday evening The pub
lie are cordially invited.
Clean up your premises If you havn't
already attended TO the matter, do so al
once. The indications are that the season is
to be an unhealthy one, and every possible
precaution should be taken TO prevent the
air we breathe from becoming impregnat-
ed with the seeds of disease and death. The
matter is largely under our control, and
delay is dangerous.
Now then for trout fishing. The law
"lets up on this sport from May to Aug
Is; but it may be well to remember thai
the statute doesn't make it obligatory on
the fish to bite even at this period. Better
for profit, read Isaac Walton in the back
| yard and cast your line "where the wood
| bine twineth." At least we hope that ev-
erybody else won't go till we have had q
| chance.
The Republican caucus held on Mon
day evening to elect delegates to the Bel
| lows Falls convention may have been a
"cut and dried" affair, but it could hardly
be considered packed" At least the pack
ing was remarkably thin, but half a dozen
individuals having been in attendance.
Kittredge Haskins, Jacob Estey and Fran
els Goodhue were the delegates chosen.
The concert given on Monday by
Messrs. Barnabee and Arbuckle, assisted
by Mrs. Smith, Miss Clark and Mr.. Fes-
sender, all of Boston, gave delight to q
large audience. Nearly every piece was
encored, and even when the program was
finished the audience kept their seats, ap.
parently determined to have "just one
more" performance. better concert
troupe is not to be heard outside the cities.
The attendance at the Baptist Sabbath
school is becoming larger than the vestry
will accommodate. There were 317 mem
bers present last Sabbath, and committed
was chosen to decide upon the best way o
meeting the difficulty. A relief committee
consisting of Mrs. George Higley, Mrs. l.
X. Fuller, and Mrs. ii. p. Green, was alsC
chosen, whose duty it is to see that children
desiring TO attend be furnished will
proper clothing.
Rev. A. Chandler is canvassing this vi
clnity with very interesting and valuabl,
work entitled 1.-THE Polar and Tropica
w orlds Description of Man and Natur,
in the Polar and Equatorial Regions of thu
Globe, by DR.. q. Hartwig." The work /,
edited by ID. A. ii. Guernsey, contain.
nearly 200 illustrations and is gotten up il
a handsome and substantial manner. 1t |.
a book of standard value, and more inter
esting than novel. We know of no vol
ume which will supply its place in the Ii
brary.
Old Wantastiquet mountain was In,
scene of grand display of fireworks OF
Friday and Saturday evenings of last week
Fire was first observed on the east side o
the mountain, Thursday, but not until In,
next day did it exhibit alarming proper
tons. A large gang Of men from the in
sane asylum worked all Friday night
fighting il with only partial success. On
Saturday ii gained on them and burned
steadily all day, at night presenting to ou
villagers the magnificent and somewha
alarming spectacle of "A line of fire on,
mile In length and steadily advancing. BY
Sunday morning, however, the fire had eli
| ther exhausted itself or been extingushed
except toward the north and east, in which
1 directions also it was at length subdued
The tract burned over is estimated at about
1000 acres, most of which was destitute oil
heavy timber. Some 400 cords OF wood be-
longing to the Woodcock & Vinton estate
were destroyed, as well as considerable
quantity owned by the Vermont asylum
Woodcock IL Vinton's loss is fully covered
by insurance. The origin of the fire is I'M
| known.
The following is the list of letters re-
naming 1.-THE post-office in this village, on
Thursday, May 2, 1872;
Gents.-Chas. ii. Baxter, Gates Ii. Bull
ard, NJ. d., J. II. Blood, 5. A. Banks, VIM.
Il. Clark, Dan Ducello 2, James ID. Daven-
port, Thomas II. Miller, Benjamin Good,
| Rev j. w GUERNSEY 4, A. Holmes Hem