Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-09-12

are admirably lighted, and the cellar un-
derneath affords ample conveniences for
storage and freightiug. Altogether the To-
cation Is one which could hardly be better
ed.
We wero very glad, on Saturday last,
to receive Il call from our brother Swain of
the Times, and TO see that he retains his us
ual no ,undity of person, as well as his old
time cheerfulness and benignity of coun-
tenancc. lie has recently resigned the po-
sition of postmaster at Bellows Falls, which
he has so long and so creditably filled, and
in n delicious and pointed paragraph, in
last weeks issue of his paper, he graceful
~ bids adicu TO his official connection with
Uncle Sam's mail bags. In dcvoting him
self exclusively to editorial duties we trust
that he may enjoy as great a degree Of
earthly peace and prosperity as newspa-
per man can ever expect to, so long as
"devis' exist to frantcaly shout for "more
copy" rollers refuse TO "work," and the
best item of local news comes in just after
the paper has gone to press.
Dog days went out with a vengeance
this year, as if determined TO make amends
for any discomfort which they had failed TO
| inflict on perspirlng humanity in their six
weeks stay. Indeed, we are very sure that
no respectable, well-meaning dog would be
willing to have his name used in connec-
| ton with such a day as last Thursday, but
that IL was rather the representative of some
detostable cur, fiji only for the sausage ma
| chine aud soap-maker. Tho day was hot,
| as such days always are, and in tho after
noon and evening the air was saturated
with moisture to such an extent that even
the "oldest inhabtanr' remembers no pre-
vious day worthy of comparison with it.
Everything out door and in was complete
| ly covered with coat of dampness-a fact
| which the senses became aware of whenev-
or the hand touched a smooth surface, and
which we were painfully conscious of when
we put our forms to press. Friday the last
of the dog days, according to the almanac,
was an improvement Oh its predecessor,
and since then it has been evident that the
| reign of the dog star is over.
In view of the fact that Brattleboro is
credited with having the handsomest and
best built and arranged hotel in New Eng
land, it will be gratifying to our readers to
know that the Brooks House has done a
successful and paying business the present
season, and that the daily arrivals continue
to be largo-while its guests, whether bent
! on business or pleasure, have expressed
themselves SO invariably well pleased with
their treatment at the hands of Mr.. Chas.
G.. Lawrence, its widely-known and popu-
| lar landlord, that the future success of the
| house is assured. Beautiful and attractive
in its outward appearance, the internal fin
ish and arrangement leave nothing to be de-
sired. Its spacious and pleasant parlors
are model of luxury and good taste the
furnishings of its sleeping rooms and suits
of apartments arc uniformly frst-class ;
and the appointments, cuisine and manner
of service of its dining room a:e unexcep-
tonable. The building of so commodious
and expensive hosiery as the Brooks
House in a country town was TO great ex-
tent an experiment, and its success is a
credit TO Brattl eboro and may justly be re-
garded as contributing materially to the
welfare and prosperity Of the town.
The following is the list of letters ie-
naming in the post Office in this village
Sept. II, 1878:
| GentS,-L. l.. barry, w. NJ. boutwell,
Chas. Cushman, A. w. Gage, a. w. Haw-
kins, Richard Jones, V. B. Keith, Michael
Martin, f. N. Perry, Lewis Pinot, (2) Phil
ip Potter, ID. G. Roberts, John A. Snow
Robert j. Stevenson, VIM. Strong, George
st, a. A. Wheelock, L. H. Wilcox.
Ladies.-Miss l.. Il. Billings, Miss Ellen
Downer, Mrs. Lydia A. Davis, Miss Han
| nah Fletcher Mrs Sarah Winchester Mrs.
Julia Hart, Miss Nellie c. Horton, Mrs
Miranda Knapp, Margaret Morley, Miss
Maggie Mailey, Mrs. Mary Norcross, Mrs
Jesse Ross, Miss Mary Richardson, Mrs
j. S. Wheeler.