Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-11-14
Local Intelligence



stock Of illustrated books for children and
adults.
-Nlessrs. j. Estey Il Co. have reduced
the time of work at their shops to eight
hours.
-Peltee ~ Green keep the finest of fish
and the best OF oysters for sale al their mar
ket on South Main street.
No services were held at he Unitarian
church last SUNDAY, on account Of the i'll
ness of the pastor, Rev. Mr.. jenkins.
We publish elsewhere an abstract of
the sermon on "Tho Panic-Its Lessons
and Duties" delivered at the Baptist
church last Sunday morning, by Rev. Mr..
Mattcson.
Temperance meeting next Sunday eve
ming at town hall at 81 o'clock. The Chris
tian men and women of the village are es-
pecialIy invited TO be present, as matters of
Importance TO them will come before the
meeting.
The new tomb at the cemetery will be 1
completed next week. Its capacity will be
more than double that of the old tomb, rs
it measures some IL by 10 feet, and is o feet
high under the centre of tho arch.
The Montpelier Waterman says of the
late officers reunion at Brattleboro: ave
never remember 10 have attended re-un-
ion where the sentiments were so good.
and the responses so spirited and enjoya-
BILE as at this
-Brattleboro people woke up last
Wednesday morning, 10Th inst, and found
FIVE inches Of snow on the ground, and
more coming. 1t soon turned 10 rain, but
many people brought out their sleighs, and
for few hours the runners slipped quite
finely.
Asa Miller Il Co., the new firm Of car
rage makers, located on Flat street in this
village. have Just built new shop "a by 40
feet and two stories high, on land adjacent
TO their main building, TO de used as a
blacksmith shop and for storage. Their
business at present gives employment to
ten men, and they find no difficulty in dis
posing of all the wagons they can manu-
facture.
1t will doubtless interest the friends of
Riley Burdett, Esq, to learn, as we are
credibly informed that the Burdett Organ
Factory at Erie, Pa, is running with the
same working force as before the panic,
and that The present demand for Burdett
organs greatly exceeds the supply, thus
evdencing the great success of the Burdett
Organ Company.
Gen. Banks had an engagement to lee
ture at Bennington las. Friday night, at s
O'Clock, but being detained II hours at
White River junction, he found himself at
Brattleboro at $50 p. NJ, with AZ miles of
I1p nj a hot, D.
nington. But be Conquered it, with a pr-
waite team, in the remarkable time Of five
hours, stopping haitian hour for horseshoe
ing too.
The road commissioners, after nine
days session, adjourned on Wednesday.
Their decision, as indicated at the final
hearing, is ayerse to the building of the
'cave bank" road, provided tho town
makes sufficient improvements in the ex-
listing roads which run in the same direc.
| ton. The commissioners decided, also, to
discontinue the street recently laid by The
selectmcn, which was to run from Main
street, opposite Walnut, TO Oak, on the
q ound that another location would he
preferable. The street laid by George
Hines, TO run from Birge street to Canal,
was reported upon iavorably, and will be
immediaty laid.
Tie Baptist Sunday school held their
monthly Sunday school concert last Sab
bath evening, the occasion proving very in
terestng to the large number OF friends of
the school who filed the audience room.
| The class exercises We're even more than
usually appropriate and enjoyable, being
in terspersed with singing by the school
and songs from the members, among which
latter was the beautiful song, zone day
nearer home," which was excellently rem
dered by Il quartette of male voices. At
the close of the exercises the pastor occu-
| pied few moments in an interesting de-
scription and history of Jerusalem, around
and in which the scenes Of the next few
SaGbaths' lessons were enacted.
Mrs. Livermores lecture last Monday
evening was one of the finest to which we
| ever listened, and the impression made up
on the large audience which assembled
was in the highest degree favorable TO her
self and the cause TO which she is devoted,
namely, the elevation Of woman; though
in her lecture, which was upon "The Bat
| VIC Vi -hoHtN, tue Nouidll QUESTION WAS
but briefly alluded to- and that only in its
industrial aspects. She spoke for two full
hours, without notes and the manner in
| which she handled many of the prominent
| questions of the day, and pointed out
wrongs which need to be corrected and
dangers which We need 10 avoid, the earn
| estness, candor and courage of the woman
could not but I've felt by all who listened to
her. The more OF such women as Mrs.
| Livermore in the lecture field the better,
say We.
Under our head OF marriage notices
will be observed that of DR.. Chaplin and
Mrs. Bull, parties well known in this neigh
| borhood, and known only to be loved and
| esteemed. The wedding took place at the
| house Of Mr.. Frank Goodhue, the brother
| of the bride, precisely at noon of Wednes-
| day, the 18th inst. At that moment tho
sun burst out from behind cloudy cano-
py that had given US an early snow storm,
and lighted up the windows at which the
couple were standing, seeming like an au-
curry of happy and smiling future. Sell
dom has more elegant party, or more
numerous one, been assembled at private
wedding in Brattleboro, or one where the
congratulations for the newly married were
were more sincere and hearty. We have
| in former times done our part in congratu-
lations on such occasionS-have been pres
ent at the launching of many matrimoni-
al ship, ollen under the pleasantest circum-
stances, but never at one where that ship
g,ided more beautifully into lavoring seas,
fair winds and inviting prospects for hap