Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-07-04
Local /nteMgence


sallst church next Sunday evening.
Farmers will do well to call and SEQ
the new Eagle mower at i. ID. Thayer's.
Novel; Brush, late clerk for Charles
s. Perry, Is about to open a watch and Jew
elry shop at Essex Junction
The graduating class of Massachusetts
Agricultural college are TO sup at the Brooks
House this Thursday evening.
"A cow belonging TO John II. Stone Of
Centreville was killed by lightning in the
thunder shower last Saturday evening.
The strawberry crop has been greatly
reduced by the protracted drouth, and lew
will be seen in the market after the 4th.
Co. /, National Guard of Vermont,
took the owl train, Wednesday night, for
Burlington, with full numbers and In high
spirits.
considered as an imitation of the "IIay.
makers " thunder shower, the one which
followed the next morning was a "gratify-
ing Success"
g. H. II. Randall, an employee at the
Household Office, on Saturday had one of
his fingers badly crushed in job press
which he was feeding.
-Hammocks are the latest household
necessity" Half the piazzas on Green
street are furnished with them, and the
mania seems to be Catching"
George Plummcr, young man of IS
years. in the employ of Geo. ii. Salisbury,
fell from horse which he was riding, last
Friday, and fractured his collar-hone.
The rite of immersion will be admins
tered next Sunday morning at o'clock, at
the usual place on Elliot street, by Rev.
M. II. Harris of the Universalist church.
The Greenfield Turn Verein are to have
apicnic at Norville Grove, in Vernon, on the
4th, and they would like to have all the Ger
mans OF this vicinity meet with them there
on that day.
"A Brattleboro fisher man last week caught
trout in the Deerfield river at Searsburg,
which weighed 2 lbs. 10 OF. A number
were caught weighing in the vicinity of two
pounds apiece.
Rev. NJ. ii. Harris and wife leave town
next Monday for vacation of five weeks,
during which time there will be no public
services in the Universalist church. The
Sunday school will hold its session as here
tofore, at IL NJ.
"A little girl seven or eight years old,
daughter of Joseph Pierce, who lives in
the south part of the village, had the thumb
of her left hand entirely taken off last
Thursday, Ivy Ratchet in the hands of an
elder brother with whom she was playing.
The bailifIs give notice that the village
bylaw prohibiting the firing of guns, pis-
tolls, hre-crackPrs &C., in the streets of this
village will be strictly enforced on the
Fourth. Should the weather prove rainy,
however, the notice will probably be an
nulled.
"A party consisting of the Directors OF
the Vt. and Mass. Railroad, with their la
dies and invited guests to the number OF
about forty, after visit to Hoosac Tunnel,
came to Braitleboro last Friday and stop
ped at the Brooks House, where they had
dance in the evening.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. have
made another reduction in their rates, be-
ginning July l. For all distances within
two hundred miles, reduction OF fifteen
per cent is made, and for all distances over
that limit, reduction of from twenty-five
10 fifty per cent, and in some instances
more.
Rain at last Saturday evening, at Q
o'clock the welcome drops began to fall,
and light thunder shower followed. The
rain was sufficient TO lay the dust, and what
with several subsequent showers which
have served TO revive vegetation and the
farmers hopes, we have confidence that
the spell-the dry spell-is broken.
The Fourth will probably pass off pref
ty quietly in town. Only the usual sus-
pension of business, few quiet social pic
mics, and the inevitable clstter OF
Young America will mark the day. Quite
number of people, aside from the
militia, will ate d the grand celebration at
Burlington, and good many will accom-
pany the Grand Army boys in their picnic
at Lake Pleasant.
The Good Samaritans last Sunday eve
ming altered their constitution so as to elect
officers semi-annually, and elected the fol-
lowing board for the ensuing term: Presi-
dent, G. l.. Brown; Vice Presidents, Geo
L. Higley, C. b. Rice, Luke Ferriter Sec
rotary and Treasurer, T.. NJ. Douglass Ex-
| ecutive Committee, l.. ii. Dearborn, II. l..
Franklin, C. S. Perry, j. Il. Hill, Charles
Van Doom. Hereafter meetings are to be
held on the third Sunday in each month.
A young Frenchman named Joseph
| La Roe, last Sunday afternoon, climbed in
| to tree in the rear of the old Lawrence
| water cure, and undertook to "show OFF, q
| little at gymnastics, at a height of % or &c
| feet from the ground, when by the break
ing of rotten limb he was precpltated to
| the earth, striking upon some blocks OF
wood and stones. He was picked up in an
| it was found that the bones of one leg were
broken in three or four places and the an
kle put out of joint. He also received spin
| al and internal injuries, and his present con-
dition is quite critical.
| We are indebted to Cheney * Clapp for
very fine stereoscopic Views OF Brattleboro,
| embracing our principal streets and public
buildings, and many choice landscapes for
which the vicinity is noted also including
Guilford mineral springs. The name OF
| the photo grapher, C. l.. Howe, Is a suifi-
ciont guarantee of their artistic excellence
| and whether interested in local scenery or
not, these pictures will make a valuable
addition to any collection. The negatives
are all new and taken from points chosen
with great care and pains. In consequence
of extensive changes since most of the
views now extant were taken, the new Sc
| rles will doubtless meet with a great de-
mand. A list of the different subjects will
be furnished on application to Cheney &