Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-11-27
Local Intelligence.


Thanksgiving services will lie held in
the Univcrsalist church on Thursday, at
II O'Clock 4. NJ. Preaching by the pastor.
-Esteys shops, when lighted up in the
early part Of the evening, make splendid
sight rs seen from Green and Elliot streets.
ON and after Dec. 1st, the morning mail
train going south on the Central road will
leave Brauleboro at s:25 4. NJ, instead of
s:42 MS heretofore.
The best steel pens we know of, and
the ouly kind which We fud it economy to
use, are the "L,va' pcus, for sale by T.. j.
Carpenter. Ink doesn't corrode them.
The public examination Of teachers for
the town of Brattleboro will bc held at the
High School building in Brattleb1ro viii
ldgc on Saturday the tilh day OF December.
II. X. BarroWs is buying coal this year
Of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co., di-
rect. Ry this means he obtains prime ar
ticle, which he sells at a reasonable price.
See his advertisement.
The time for our animal village meet
ing occurs Monday, Dec. 7th. The street
light and village police questions will
come up for action, and We hope to see
them settled in u manner that Will guaran-
tee us both light aud protection for the
coming year at reasonable outlay
Owing to chan" , titne of leaving OF
the first ,rd,u going South aud East. ION
! aud after Dee. lst,l mails for that train will
close fifteen minutes earlier than hereto
fore. All letters must he in the Post Office
at 3 o'clock A. NJ, or they will be delayed
until next train.
The "leclure" bv Geo. w. Davenport,
Esq, last Saturday evening, in Harmony
ball, is said to have been decided success
considered as celebrity deserving eff
fort of unpublished genius. Though good
manvipeople are said to have attended, we
somehow haven't been able to find out
| who they were.
The first snow of the season came on
Friday morning, Nov. 10Th, accumulating
to the depth of about five inches aud on
Monday morning last about six inches
more fell. This was followed 10y rain,
which, however, didn't spoil the sleigh
ing entirely. More rain is greatly needed
before our coolest weather comes on, rs
| our wells, cisterns and streams are very
| low and in many eases quite exhausted.
|
Fountain Engine Co., No. 4, at its an
nual meeting last week, elected the follow
! ing officers for the coming year: Foreman,
| C. u. Fairbanks lSt asst, J. -. Cutfin I'd
asst, W. g. Atwood clerk. John Howe (;
| engineers, J. g. Howard, w. II. Smith, 4.
! +. johnson, q. A. Hines hosemen, T.. e.
! Crosby, II. T.. Meacham, o. II. Willard, A.
J. willard; aVenien, +. II. Bingham, ID.
T.. Dowuer; stewards, II. =. knowlton,
N. Hart; surgeon, g. +. Gale.
The Record earns that the commits
sioncrs appointed upon the appeals of Hon.
| u. Kellogg aud J. II. Pikin, from the de-
cision ofthe selectmen. lavinga street from
| the Unitarian church on Main street TO Oak
street. at point between the dwelling
| house OF T.. &. Crosby and said Pitkin,
have iilod their report and confirmed the
action of the Selectm en-. They decline to
raise the award Of damages to Mr.. Pitkin
from 500, but increase Judge Kellogg :
damages from Sl00 to $3.50.
| -Brattleboru people have rich aud un-
expected treat in store for them in the com
ing Of the Adelaide Phillips Italian Opera
Company, VIII ch will perform "The Bar
ming Of Dec. 9th. This is the first genuine
opera troupe, as Miss Phillips is proba bly,
the most talented musician. that ever an
| peared in Brattle boro, and the opportuni-
| ty afforded by their visit will no doubt be
| appreciated by our music-loving citizens
| The east Of characters is given in the adj
vertiSement on another page.
A copy Of The Reporter, published 10y
William Fessenden. and bearing date
"Brattleborough, Monday Morning, Au-
| gust -, 1903" has been laid on our table
| by Mr. :. W. Kimball. 1t is sheet meas.
uring II by p inches, subscription price
Sl.50 per annum, aud Its contents consist
of political, foreign aud general news, mis-
cellanoous literary matter and advertise
ments-everything but home news, which
nowadays, is considered the most essen
tial feature Off country newspaper. Now,
seventy-one years after its publication, the
most interesting feature of The Reporter
is Is advertisements. Will it be so with
The PhpniX seventy-one years hence ?
We hope everybody won't answer yes. If
they do, We will commence repuhlishing
the claws" at once.
Lyman Powers, the we'll known con-
ductor on the Central Vermont railroad,
running latterly on the mixed train be-
| tween this place and White River June
| ton, had both his legs cut OF by backing
train, al the latter place, last Saturday
noon, and died three hours after the acct
dent. He was on board the train going
from White River Junction to Lebanon, \,
H., with his wife, on his way to his home
in Lebanon. He got off the train before it
started and stepped ON to side track,
when another train came unuoticed to him
from behind, knocking him down and
| passing over him. His wife stood on the
car platform and witnessed the terrible
scene. Mr. Powers had been employed on
the road between White River Junction
and Brattleboro for nearly twenty i've
| years, and was considered by his employ
ers aud those who knew him best as one of
the most reliable men on the road. Deceas-
ed was about finy wears of age, and leaves
a family.
Mrs. LivermOre's lecture at the town
hall last Thursday evening was an intel
lectua treat such as 1t seldom has fallen TO
the lot offs Bratteboro audience to hear.
| Her subject, "What shall we do with our
daughters ?" was one on which she, of all
American women, is perhaps bsst quail
fled 10 speak, and few who heard her, we
imagine, felt like taking exceptions to her
remarks. Her advocacy OF some sort of
technical training for every young woman,
that she may or at least may be able to
nush of into the stream and naddle her
own canoe, instead of waiting passively on
the bank for the coming man TO sail down
aud invite her to ride with him, 10 borrow