Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-23
Local Intelligence.



To get all the news, read our New
Advertisements this week, and every
week.
Rev. j. w. Bemis, agent Of the YER
mont Bible Society, will occupy the Meth
odisi pulpit next Sunday evening.
The Methodist festival on Thursday
evening of last week was a very pleasant
affair and melted the society about $780,
Henry Burnham has bought the old
Unitarian church. lie will probably have
it moved back on to his lot, convert it into
a shop, and have the old one removed.
The series of revival meetings in prog
ress at the Baptist church, under the min
istraticns of Rev. a. p. Graves # New
York, are well attended, and apparently
good degree of interest has been awakened.
George w. Washburne Of Marlboro
has exchanged his farm for James Hern-
ey's cottage aud lot on Forest square, and
his brother.in-law, II. Clark Adams, has
bougl the lot adjoining.
j. II. Simonds has sold his leather
store, of which he has been proprietor for
over thirty years, to Charles Fowler. Mr..
Smonds sells on account Of his health, with
the idea of engaging in some out-of-d7or
employment
The Old Folks Concerts given here last
winter were 50 much Of a success, that it is
proposed to try again; and a concert will
accordingly be given on Wednes lay eve
ming next, at the Congregational church,
which will probably excel all previous
one, in interest. Forty singers In costume,
will take part, under the direction Of DR..
Tenney; and our readers will need no hint
to induce them to fail not in attendance.
Thursday evening OF last week, some
Of the young people connected with the
Universalist Sunday school gave a dramat-
ic entertainment at the church hail. which
drew 50 much OF crowd that many who
came were unable to gain admittance. The
play was three act drama entitled "My
Brothers. Keeper" and the several parts
were sustained exceedingly we'll. The
performance will be repeated this (Thurs-
day evening, and the proceeds are to go
toward furnishing the hall.
--Whitmore & Clark's minstrel concert at
the town ball, Tuesday evening, drew an
audience Of about 500 people-which tends
. to prove that the day OF "nieger min
strels' is not yet oyer. Indeed, since this
troupe have dropped their Coordination"
r performances, and become ringers" pure
"''i -i'nple- their success, the manager 4
surcs Us, has pcrceptibiy increased. Tho
cog dancing was very superior, and George
! Clark and Hank White, as humorists, were
Is irresistible a ever.
AT the third annual meeting Of the
Bratleboro Savings Bank, held on the 18th
=. inst, the following officers were chosen
- i ,l...,
Il. w. Clarke; Secretary and Treasurer, ;.
. y. Herrick Trustees, Geo. J. Brooks. b.
ID. Harris, John W. Burnap, Farley Starr
y Edward Crosby, PelcG Birrows, o. d. Is
tcrbrook, II. +. Smith, J. J. Estey, Fred
- IL. Harris c. W. Wyman. Brattl eboro
VIM. W. Lyndc, Marlboro; VIM. o. Mil
: Ter, Dummcrston; ID. 4. Dickinson, New.
II fame S. L. Wheat, Putney.
C. II. Stevens, clerk of school district
:, No. 2-embracing Bratteboro east village
has completed his annual census, will
the folio wing result: Population Of The
>, district, ASH increase 1873, 203; whole
number of fI miles, 953; children under
20, 1892 under 5 years, 392 between AMI
= 20, so; births 92 males 81, females IL
~ pr. twins; born in one family same year
|
:, Ill of consumption. Of old age. O
:. heart disease, o: apoplexy. No one dis
ease very prevalent during the year 1873.
! The present, in many respects, remark
:, able winter is not without its curious eff.
fects on animal life. We have now in ou
Office a d zen or more small but lyely
GrasShoppcrs, which Mr.. Jason Knight o
Putney found upon bare hilock on hi,
:, farm on the 9th inst, which will be remem
=, berel as one of two or three exceptionally
- warm and bright days for the season
40 They were at first thought to be n new va
a riety Of grasshopper, but Mr.. c. C. Frost o
this village, recognized authority in en-
-, tomological matters, informs US that the,
II arc simply tue Larvae of two common vari
etes-the brown and the green grasshop
- per-the eggs of which are deposited in tn
>, fall, and they ordinarily remain dorman
"a through the winter, but in this case tn
h. warm weather gave them the use of thei
:, legs prematurely. The little fellows seen
!, to enjoy themselves and apparently nee
n. only little green fodder and the warn
., sunshine to make them perfectly resigne
n. to this novel vicisstude Of their insect life
g Last Tuesday, certain parties, not be
|
ia tunities," ired to have general GOO
time by getting up surprise party on tn
occasion of Tho twonty-tiflh anniversary {
n the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. John Pele
n, Mrs. Pellet having been willy beguile
no away TO a neighbours to spend the after
Of noon, and Mr.. p. being at his labor, thos
10 who knew what they were about proceede
:. to take possession of the vacated domicilt
~ Carrying in with them of the good thing
-, of the world, they quietly removed tn
~ baked beans that Mrs. p. had prepared 70
:. Mr. P.'s tea, extended the table and set ii
- their own taste: then they audaciously SCI
-, for Mrs. p. to como home, as she had con
- pany. At six O'Clock an order was give
to clear that table. Five times it wa
- charged upon, and five times did they ia
=. back, all in good order, however. ExceI
:, in the clearing Of that table, the plot wa
II ca rried out with success; that was an ute
failure. Panic, the subject Of so man
- newspaper items Of late, was not known c
- felt there, unless the victims were littl
IS panicky on returning to the homo they ha
= left SO quiet TO find 1t so miraculousl
'"' changed TO a house of feasting and hiiarity
There were about seventy-five of the pal
a." ty, including conspirators, innoconts an
victims, and Mrs. p. could hardly expires
her emotion, claiming them all to be "co;
." ems in her ecstasy. There were represent
ed in the party those whose hair was whit
'e' with age, Joined with Young America
sts the bud, by youth and middle age, but al
Id were young in the enjoyment of the fei
h tivites. At an early hour the party, n,