Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-03-07
Local Intelligence


ed.
Albums of all styles and qualities at
Feltons.
Cheney q Clapp are prepared to frame
pictures In superior manner at short no
tice.
Nine persons were received into the
Baptist church last Sunday--four by bap-
tism and five by lotter.
%. J. Pratt Is receivinga very attractive.
stock Of dry goods and carpets this week,
as per advertisement.
-Messrs. j. Estey & Co. have shipped
an assortment of their cottage organs for
exhibition at the Vienna fair.
Rev. s. s. Fletcher OF Waterbury, Ct,
will lecture in the Universalst church next
Sunday evening. Subject, "Heaven-what
and whereP"
Another praise meeting will be held at
the Congregational church, in connection
with the Sunday school concert, next Sun
day evening.
The concert announced to be given on
Wednesday evening next will not come off
according to program, but will probably
take place in April.
"A new dry goods store Is to be opened
about The LIST of April by David Rosenberg
of St Adams, at No. 3, Union block, the
location formerly occupied by Perry &
Taylor, grocers.
-Messrs. Smith & Coffin have hired
room in Hgley & Churchs planning mill
on Flat street, and are engaged in the man
ufacture of veneer doors. They are at
present filling large order from Keene.
"A dance was held at the dining hall of
the Brooks House on Monday evening last,
in which about sixty couples joined.
A Lowell band furnished the music, which
was of the choicest quality, and the occa-
sion exceedingly delightful to those weo
participated
Register Underwood of the U. S. Dis
trict Court, in the case of Perry IL Hold
ing, bankrupts, has declared dividend of
% 9-100 per cent, and J. NJ. Tyler, assign
ee, has this week paid the same, The a
mount of debts proved was SlG, sO5.04; net
assets, si,276S0.
-Barnum's circus will exhibit here again
during the coming season, with greater at
fractions than ever. Among the novelties
session is Prof. Faber's talking machine"
which distinctly speaks all languages with
perfect intonations Of the human voice.
This achievement of ingenuity has been
pronounced to be the most extraordinary
invention of modern times.
New claimants upon the estate of James
Fisk, Jr., have appeared in an unexpected
quarter of the globe. S. N. Herrck, our
first seectman, has just received a letter
from the u S. consul at Helsingfors, Fin
land, directed to the "Hon. Mayor of Brat
tleboro," and making inquiries concerning
the above estate in the interest of certain
"poor relatives" of Fisk residing in that
country, whence Fisk's father is said to
have emigrated. As the father of 'our
James" is a native of this country, the case
appears to be one of mistaken identity.
"A miserable one-armed vagrant, giving
his name as Murray, and claiming to have
been soldier and to belong at St. Adams,
has been about town for some days, beg
ging money from the benevolently dispos-
ed and squandering the same in drink.
Tuesday night, that bitter cold night-af-
ter having been kindly relieved of his su-
perfiuous Accommodations, and his skin filled
with liquor, at one Of our thriving man
traps, he was politely turned out and allow
ed to shift for himself. Naturally enough
he chose the railroad track for his couch,
and but for the engineer who discovered
him the next morning, while switching be-
low the depot, that sleep would have prov
ed his last. He was taken in charge next
morning by the authorities, and the parties
who sold him the liquor will probably be
made to suffer-
The Old Folks Concert at the Congre-
gationalist church, last Thursday evening,
was a very gratifying success. Some forty
singers participated, under the leadership
of DR.. c. ii. Tenney. The songs and cos
tunes of rye olden time" were reproduced
with rich effect. Solos were sung by Miss
NJ. A. Sprague, Rev. Joseph Chandler, f.
A. Wood, and Mrs. Jonathan Smith, all of
which elected warm applause. washing
toms Lament was so finely rendered by
the last mentioned lady that the audience
called her out again, when she gave them
"Blue Eyed Mary" which brought down
the house with vengeance. "Old De-
light" sung by quintet under the lead of
DR.. Horton, was another feature of espec-
ial merit. The number of tickets sold was
over 600, and the receipts amounted to a.
bout $3.50.
-Messrs. Leonard & Roess, our enter
prising cigar makers, count themselves 81
in, on recent venture in the benevolence
line. They relate the anecdote with con-
siderable gusto. 1t appears that, with 9TH
er merchants here, they were called upon,
not long since, by lady who was solicit
ing funds for religious festival to be Civ
en- by the Methodist society at Bellows
Falls. The society were getting up a
newspaper" and she wanted their card
for publication, with dollar to pay for the
| same. Our weed-dealers, standing in prop
| err awe of female canvassing agents, and
being gentlemanly fellows withal, very
readily least their bread Tor billy upon the
waters" not anticipating, however, so lit
eral fulfilment of the ancient promise as
was manifest when, few days after, the
| bill was returned with thanks, explaining
| that the solicitation of the said advertise
ment was n mistake-character undesira-
BILE, etc. Well, it is refreshing, in these
| days, to know that some people are consci-
| entous.
Town meeting passed off with remark
| able quietness. But few voters were in
attendance, and the old officers were most
| ly reelected with unauimity. Not bal
lot was cast, and the entire proceedings oc-
cupied just one hour and eight minutes, by
the watch. The only unsatisfactory iea-
ture, with many was the vote liking the
amount of taxation for the current year.
Forty cents on the dollar was the rate a.
dopted-a sum barely sufficient to delray
| the ordinary expenses of the town. For