Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-08-28
Local Intelligence.
HrattlehOrO.

stand lately occupied 10y Frank Holding,
jeweller.
--Phmnix aud Western engine compa-
MICS and Waite hose company will leave
for the burlington muster on the owl train
Wednesday night.
The Vermont National Insurance Com.
pany have paid l.. a. barney 1924 insur-
ance un his buildings, which wore de-
stroyed 10y lightning July 3lSt.
COL, V. n. O., are To como out this
(1hurslay) afleruouu aud have their pho
tographs taken by Howe. They win leave
for Burlington Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Nellie j. 7. Brigham, the well
known imprcsSinnal speaker. will address
the people ~ this vicinity on Sunday, Aug.
80, nj , and O'Clock, Z. NJ, at Upper
Town Hall.
The gross receipts at the Fair given by
the ladies OF the Unitarian society last
week, were siOO7,5j, aud the halarcr, after
paying all expenses, amounted to the
handsome sum of S90i.
Next Monday will he the last opportu-
atty for voters Ia have their names enroll
ed upon the check list. Nobody has the
right to enter his own name upon the list,
but he must call upon the se!cctmen.
The nag Of truce ON the top of Wantas-
tiquet is plainly visible when the sun is
"Wesering," and slight breeze is stirt-
ing. 1t IL hoped that no one will stretch
his neck out OF joint, or look his eyes out
OF focus, on account Of this item.
The road commissioners in session
here last wcck-Messrs. j. II. Phelp, OF
| Townsend. ii. G. Lane of Westminster,
aud S. l.. Hunt Of Guilfurd-did not conf
clude their hearing in the case Of the "caVc
bank" road, so called, but adjourned till
Octobcp
In trial, on Wednesday evening,
preparatory to the Burlington muster, the
as. NJ. Waite" hose company of this vii
lage ran distance Of 1920 feet and laid 800
feet Of hose in one minute and thlrty-three
seconds, which beats their time at Bethel
muster 10y twelve seconds.
Malcolm Moody's wife formerly Dora
wyman) died very suddenly, Monday
afternoon, at her residence in Cenirevillc,
and a medical examination failed t. reveal
the cause. Her funeral, Wednesday fore
noon, was largely attended 10y many
mourning friends aud relatives Of the de-
ceased aud her prief-slricken husband.
Tho greatest slaughter OF the inno-
cents "f which we have recently heard &C.
CURED on Wednesday Afternoon, when MIR.
w. +. Richardson's employees repaired to
his slaughter house. and with the assistance
OF dog, killed 2O9 rats. A few scattering
killed the day previous brings the total up
to 23j, which will answer very well for
fresh meat in hot weather.
-Elijah Wales had three or four fingers
Of his lett hand badly mutilated by a >ha-
ping machine which he was running at
Aliens planning mill. Saturday afternoon.
The fingers Of his other hand were similar
ly mutilated II few years ag", 50 that hc
now has only one perfect finger. AZ SOL
dier in the war, "LiGe" received hi- share
of bodily mementoeS, but OF the two he
thinks fighting safer cmpluym, nj than
+, kwofkiuG in n planning mill.
" 4 finger was broken from one Of The
statues on the Fisk Monument, last sun
: day, by some person who is either sneak
Z or william. The fac, that the piece broken
! off was either carried oil or thrown away
looks as thureh the act was malicious
one, and we hope the perpetator may be
discovered and punished to the full extent
Il Of the law. Any human being who will
4 in any way iniure, icface, or wantonly
! tamper with anything which the living
r having thoughtmlly aud tendcrly placed
. on the graves Of the dead, ought TO be han.
i.hed from decent suciey, and TO be him
., self denied christian burial.
" The anti-eIcmption meeting held in
the town hall last Saturday evening wa
I quite fully attended, aud the proceeding
! evinced a good degree of interest in thu
I movement Afcr some discussion an in
/ formal ballot was taken for a candidate TO
y town representative, which resulted il
e tho choice Of John :. Cutting of West Brat
l tleboro (Rcpnblican) lay vote OF 50 10 2
scattering. II was announced that Col. Al
bert Clarke or the 81. Alhans Messenge
was expected here next Saturday eveninI
to address the people Of Brattleboro on III
4 subject of equal-taxatiou, but a letter Ia
since been received from him stating hi
: inability to lie here at that time. A meet
= ing will be held, however, when some G
T. our prominent citizens who have hilbert
: taken no active part in this movement ar
!. expected to hold forth.
: The Greenfield, Mass, Gazette an
If Courier recently contained an item in re
!, gard to large turtle having been caught &
Il "Pascoag," which weighed twenty-thre
If pounds, and said TO lie the largest eve
known 10 have been caught in Massachu
It sets. Twenty-thTee pounds of turtle
y very good, but DIR. Whitney, assistant ply
lf scan at the Vermont Asylum for the In
n sane, thinks he knows turtle story wort
10 at least three Of this, as he says that in III
g. Sdmmer Of 1864 he caught, from the edg
D of woodward Pond" in RoXbury. \
sr H., three turtles, weighing respectivel
, thirty-four pounds, thrty-seven pound
and thrty-nine and a half pounds. Eitht
0, of them could easily sus tain and carry OIL
10 hundred and fifteen pounds weight on h
back. These are the heaviest turtles I,
ported TO have been caught in fresh watC
in New Fngland-and "a wasn't a vei
good year for turtles, either.
in The fair and festival given by the Ii
aS dies Of the Unitarian society on Thursda
Va evening last, was even moro than usual
"a attractive and successful-the net proceed
n having been upward of 5000. The supp
n tables were literally supplied with ever.
n thing that the most fastidious disciple
al Epicurus could wish, and during tho who
et evening this department of the entertain
IN ment was literally palrouized. The di
q. play of fancy articles was larger and fin
an than ever before, and all the arrangement
nd for the occasion evidenced careful al
es painstaking preparation. The most fas
- | ionable lady prescnl was unQuestionab
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