Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-11-28

Rev. NJ. III. Harris is expected 10 COM
mence here soon a course Of lectures adapt
ed to the times.
j. II. Henry has nearl y recovered from
the severe injuries he received in being
thrown from his market wagon few week
since.
p. w. Taylor has driven, near the road
leading 10 the depot, the entering wedge
for an important opening to the building
and mechanical interests of our village.
Our village schools are 10 commence
on Monday next. Mrs. f. Stearns will
continue in the primary department. Miss
Kidder will leave the Intermediate TO take
charge of the high school, and lady from
Massachusetts is to take the intermediate.
"A dancing school is to commence next
week in American hall, or rather, series
of assemblies, in which improvement in
the art will be a leading feature. 1t is hop
ed that these may be an improvement also
over the common ways of conducting them.
Under proper restrictions and good man
agement, no reasonable opposition can be
made to them.
George Aldrich of Wapole, teacher of
penmanship, has just closed series of les
sons here to more than sixty pupils. He
has frequently taught here before, and is so
popular that only few hours are required
to get up large class for him.
Skating has been enjoyed here by our
young people for a few days, which has
been fine on the ponds near the village, but
the snow and rain of Monday have ended
the sport for the present.
We have at hand n copy of the YER
MONT PHGNIX bearing date August Goth,
1917. Cd as 1t is, many items of interest
in it have yet charm. Ryther & Plat
were then its publishers, gentlemen en-
shrined in the good will of many readers
of the PHGNIX of to-day. In it the name
of Horace Eaton conspicuously appears as
candidate for Governor and that of Larkin
G. Mead for State Senator. The Wing
party was then full of life and activity; the
Mexican war warmly debated the noUie
old Liberty party berated the VT Asy-
lum highly praised, and important news
from Europe announced. Ia II ~ u copy of
a letter from Gen. II. Taylor and another
from Mai, Jack Downing, and Henry Clay
Is highly eXtoled. Then followed the rec
ords of marriages and deaths, which OF
course are still full OF interest. or the deaths
recorded, we nOtlce dnlShly euloBlsllc OMIT
uary of Mrs Lucretia Martin, wife of Will
lard Martin, Esq, who was long an hon
ored and prominent citizen of Guiford.
Perhaps no part of the paper would afford
greater gen rial interest than the advertise
ments, TO many readers Of the PHOENIX of
the present time. How many WIN, less
than thirty years ago, were in active bust
ness life, as announcements of their bus-
ness in these old advertisements show, are
now among the dead How vividly those
announcements bring them to mind; how
much of sorrow and sympathy they awak-
en- how they bring to mind many joyful
times of the past sternly they remind us
of death aud eternity. o how wonderfully
full of interest Is a good old newspaper
Yet how few preserve their local papers.
If more would peruse these old papers.
more would value az highly as they should
the papers of the present that are constant
record of their towns and neighborhoods.
We invite our people 10 subscribe for the
PHOENIX and will be happy TO forward any
of their names to the publishers at club
price. NJ. n Co.