Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-07-25
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Woodstock proposes to hold e-union

Woodstock proposes to hold reunion
of her sons at an early day.
The water works at st. Adams are COM
ple,ed Their cost is estimated at $4,000.
The dwelling of G. Cox at Rutland was
burned by an incendiary fire, Monday
morning. Partly insured.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
the State of Vermont, Is TO be held at Rut-
land on the third Wednesday of August.
-Middlebury talks of centennial cele-
bration. 1t was settled in 1873 by Gamaliel
Painter and John Chapman Of Salisbury,
CT.
"A young lady from the country called
ut book store the other day and asked for
"a deck of them new postal-k eerds-d oub-
le-headers."
H. d. Stevens of Windsor, formerly of
the Greenfield Mansion house, died at
Turner's Falls, Friday night, from an over
dose of morphine.
President Kitche has resigned the
presidency of Middlcbury College, which
he has held for the past seven years. Ill
health was assigned rs the cause.
Mrs. Stanton, the wife of the late Sec
rotary of War, and Mrs. Grler, widow of
the late Judge Grier of the supreme court
of the United States, are spending the sum
mer at Manchester
They tell of an old lady in Middlebury
who walked over a bridge that was marked
dangerous" without seeing the sign, and
when informed of the fact on the other side,
turned back in great alarm and hastily re-
crossed it.
~At STAFFORD, on the 4th, party of %
persons collected in honor of "the day we
celebrate" and had regular old-fashion-
ed sugaring off at the house of Charles Day,
near which was n drift of snow which had
been exposed to the weather the whole sea-
son.
Joseph Bowen Of Bethel, while attempt
ing to secure one of his horses few days
sidce, was kicked by the horse and so seri
ously injured internally that he died in
about thirty.six hours thereafter. The de-
ceased was 50 years of age and leaves fam
lily.
"A Castleton farmer recently discovered
a fox among his hens. 1t had killed one
when it was driven off. He put some
strychnine in the carcass and allowed 1t 10
remain over night. Strange TO relate, on
visiting the spot next morning, nine dead
foxes were found near the half-eaten car
cass.
The Rutland dailies are still busy pick
ing flaws in each other. When one finds
Typographical error in the other, there is
good deal of cackling over it. The Globe
having stated that the passengers of the
wrecked steamer City of Washington would
be forwarded by mail to their various des-
tinatons, the Herald wants to know where
the postage stamps will be stuck.
The foundation of the Congregational
church at Bennington, is now nearly COM
pleted. The cost is to be $4,000, built of
brick with iron trimmings. The tower is
to be on the southwest corner 70 feet high,
which together with the spire is to be $50
feet. The audience room will seat 700 per-
sons, and the building has all modern con-
We niences, minister's study, parlor, kitch-
en- for festivals, etc.
B. b. Choate, of Springfield, has in
vented a suspension bridge which is a nov
city as well as convenience. 1t consists
Of single wire stretched across Black riv
er. and a car that will contain persons,
which travels back and forth on the wire.
The east end of the wire is the highest, and
the momentum of the car serves to carry
it across, distance of two hundred feet, in
fifteen seconds. Returning, the car travels
TO the centre Of the wire without help, and
from thence il is drawn up by cord at
tached TO the car, the entire trip occupying
only thirty seconds.