Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-04-04
Local Intelligence
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linues The business. A.t.
Money deposited in tho old savings
bank on or before April 10th, will draw in
terest from April first.
The First Unlversalist parish have rails
ed the salary Of their pastor. Rev. NJ. II.
Harris, TO $4,000 per annum.
ID. s. Pratt has sold his celebrated short |
horn bull, Lord Mansfield to the Prince |
ton (Mass.) Farmers Club, on private
terms.
Il. p. Webber has re-opened his dining |
saloon on Elliot street, Mr. Whitcomb hav-
ing withdrawn from his agreement to pur
chase.
Potter & Barnard's advertisement in
this weeks PHOENIX, shows that they are
not to be caught mapping when the word is
"busness."
"A singing school was started last week
under the instruction ofMiss NJ. A. Sprague.
Meetings are held every Tuesday evening
al The Congregational chapel.
j. C. Newton has disposed OF his inter-
est in the milk business to his partner, Ell
Sergeant, and bought 30 acre farm in
Winchester, N. H., to which place he has
removed.
The roof of F. w. Brooks's wagon
shed fell in, Saturday, owing TO the weight
of snow on 1t, and some half dozen vchi-
cles stored beneath were damaged to the
extent of about $500.
BY advertisement elsewhere 1t will be
seen that NJ. T. Van Doom, crockcry deal
err, has taken his son, Edwin IT. Van Doom,
into business coparihership, the firm name
being NJ. It. Van Doom & Son.
Rain and sun are wearing away the snow
considerably, but wheeled vehicles have
not yet come into use even in this village.
The ice in the Connecticut is fast wearing
away, and the prospects of heavy freshet
are diminishing.
We learn that Rev. Thomas j. Halpin,
the priest lately in charge OF ST. Michaers
Or. c. church in this place, died at Nice,
France, on the 18th of March, Of consump-
tion from which he had been long suffer-
ing. He was about 80 years of age.
The militia bill passed at the last se>-
sion of the Legislature provided for the
consolidation of the three existing militia
regiments into one, and directed that the
| Governor select from these regiments
twelve companies with which to form the
new one. Co. G, Sd Reg't, of this place, is
one of the companies selected.
People passing by Trips jewelry store
will be likely to notice several elegant
pieces of statuary in miniature. They are
| Excepting two or three bronze pieces) OF
genuine italian marble and were executed
with the chisel by European artists. No
handsomer pieces of statuary, we think
have ever been seen in Brattleboro.
Post Sedgwick, G. A. r., held ''camT
fire" on Wednesday evening of last week
at which number of invited guests were
present. Over twenty regiments were
represented. Speeches were made and an
ecdotes related by many present, and The
"war times" were brought back to memo
ry in most enjoyable manner. We un
derstand that these camp fires are to b.
made regular Constitution" by the mem
bers of the Post. The next one will b
held on Wednesday evening, April %.
The new illustrated monthly entitled
American Homes, published by Charlie
II. Taylor q Co., Boston, Mass, seems Il
be gaining n permanent foothold amoni
the periodicals of tho day. Its cheapnes
as compared with the value of its content
readily accounts for this popularity. Il
addition to tie magazine, subscribers 70
the current volume receive two elegan
chromos, alone worth the $500 for whic
the whole are furnished. Mr.. c. A. Dur
: fee of Brattleboro, is the general agent 70
= Vermont, and canvassing agents are want
] ed in every town.
French roofs have other drawbacks
! than that of being specially favorable
, the spread of CONGREGATIONS. Some pei
sons living in the vicinity of three stor
French roof house on Oak street in TIL
village, were Mortified on Monday last,
' see two children of the proprietor, aged re
n spectively two and three years, runnin
> around the roof on the eave-jet, projet
ton few inches in width beneath the NJ
per windows. They had contrived TO III
!. fasten one of the windows. raised the sas
" and walked out, and were having a joll
: time, racing about without thought
!, danger, and throwing snowballs down VI
on the heads of passers by. The moth'
being speedily informed of their where
,. bouts, they were enticed into safety, and
l. the Danbury sage expresses 1t, they a
now ''saddest when they Sit" We net
2 not add. those windows have been nail,
10 down.
- Tho track of the Vermont Central lin
> at least the southern portion, including Il
VT. Valley and Now London Northe
'r roads, now under the Central managemeI
10 is in deplora lie condition, and We sh
n. not be surprised to be called upon any d
d to record one of those terrible slaughte
IN which so often result from criminal neg
IN gance or inefliclency on the part of IA
u road managers. The only reason why su
an accident has not occurred in this VIGIL
ly ty lately, is because the trains are run slo
h. The rails seem to be entirely worn o.
n, and many Of them are broken. We are
he formed by one of the conductors that the
r. were no less than five 'offs," last Saturdi
ly between Brattleboro aud New Londt
People intending TO travel by this Ii
Is, should fortify themselves against sea si'
ed ness and have their lives well insured.
pr, have no personal feeling against the maj
I'd gers of the Central line, but we insist Il
at they have no right to jeopardze the lii
he of passengers hy such shameful neglect
ic, duly.
on Among the several publications
IN, which agents are now canvassing this toy
of we know Of none more worthy of patr
Dr. age than the new illustrated weekly, :"
Day." edited by the celebrated Dio Lev
who writes exclusively for its columns.
contains in addition, choice serial stor
TO- sketches, poetry. art and scientific no
20 items for the housewife, and much OF
nm interesting matter. years volume C
~ | ,o{na oyori INN naons and 200 illusi ratio