Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-01-16
Local Intelligence.


hall THIS (IhursdIN) evening.
"A good chance rjr a wid,-awakc bust
ness man is offered in our advertising coll
umus to-day.
Henry Campbell, late clerl; Of the Is
land House. Bellows Falls. has become
clerk of the Brooks House.
No dtmagc resulted from the high wa
ter Of last week in this vicinity. the streams
being destitute Of heavy ice.
The adjourned meeting Of the Braltle-
bOro E1s, Society will be held at their chap
81 next Tuesday evening, at u o'clock.
The lecture which was to have been
given at the Cniversalist chuith last Sun
day will be given next sunday evening.
Prof Cruwell Ct Amherst college be-
lug unable to fulfil his engagement last Sab
bath, will preach at the Congregational
church next Sabbath
The choral union are engaged in prac-
ticing upon Bradbury's cdutaia Of Queen
Esther, which will be brought out some
time in the spring.
Read the announcements under the
head Of anew Advertisements today.
Our readers will find this column one OF
the most interesting in the paper
AT the annual meeting Of the New Eng
tand Historic genealogical Society, held in
Boston last week, Hon. Hampden Cuts Of
Brattlel orc was elected Vice President for
Vermont.
A new grocery store. TO be known as
the "Boston Cash Store" will be opened
at No. 8, Brooks House, the first week in
February, by J. G. Taylor, late of the firm
Of Taylor & Noyes.
We are in receipt Of the annual report
OF the Vermont Bible Society. The treas
urer's report shows the total receipts for
the year 10 be S7,63l.S6, of which Brattle-
boro contributed SOO,COl.
Rev. c. II. Moor Of Boston, former
pastor, supplied the pulpit of the Univer-
salst church last Sunday, in the absence Of
the pastor, who was unexpectedly called
upon to attend the funeral Of Major \. Il.
Childs in Wilmington.
The tr- weekly mail bc,Scen Brattlc-
boro and Kcene, via Chesterfield, will be
resumed this week. Mail will arrive here
on Mondays, Wednesdays aud Fridays at
o o'clock A. NJ, and leave At ., p. NJ, of
the same days.
"a
church, while giving his experience, not
long ago, sail brethren, I've been a try
in this nigh onto forty year 20 serve the
Lord and get rich, both at onct, and / tell
yer, it's mighty bard sleddin'."
The money order bushes at the Brat
tleboro post Office for the year 1873 foo,s ~
as follows Nurnb,r Of orders issued 22lT.
amount 3l ,Gi9.2l orlors paid 3jls, amount
S3S, sjO.S2 an incrc sc over 1873 OF s. 900
on orders issued, and s. 900 on orders paid.
The stockholders of tie First ,,atioual
Bank, at Their meeting o. Tuesday, chose
the following hoald of directors: y. i.
WillistOn, Ferdinand Tyler, W. T.. Rich
ardson, J. NJ. Tyler, +. \. Nash, II. c.
Willard, Addison Withheld, Warren Park
er, $. NJ. Waite.
-Greeuticld is now destitute of street
lights, as well as B,aiieboro. The gas
company have rnised the price from $50 to
s2j per lamp pos; (which included lighting
and extingushing) and the town authorl-
ties stand out about it. Braiteboro is ask
ed to pay $50 per post.
Rev. \. u. Graves of New York is 10
aid the pastor OF The Baptist church in a
series OF meetings be ginning this Thus.
day evening. Mr.. GIIves Ia, had sever
al years OF experience rs an evangelist, and
comes to Brit'le5oro from very successful
mestinns held this winter in Chicago and
New York.
The new board Of officers Of the Yer
mout National Bank, chosen on Tuesday,
is as follows: President, Lafayette Clark;
Vice President, w. II. Rockwell; Cashier,
George S. Dowley; Teller, Charles smith;
Directors, Lafayette Clark. w. II. Rock
well, W. p. Cune, c. y. Davenport, George
S. Dowley.
The Erie (Pa.) Morning Dispatch of
Jan. gives ah interesting account Of the
presentation of a superb gold-he Idcd cb-
ony cane, a. New Years gin, to Mr.. r.
Burdett, formerly Of ths pace, by the
workmeu In the Burdeit organ factorc.
Benz. Church aud another Of the proprie-
tors also received similar gins.
AT the annual meeting oc the Brattle-
boro Furniture Co., Wednesday evening,
no business oC importance was transacted
except the olcctioH o. new board ofofi-
GERS, which are as fellows: Directors, +,
w. BROOKS, Jacob Es;ey, John Retting,
Francis Goodhue, Frank W. Harris; Clerk
and Treasurer, c. F. Thompson.
Post SedGwick, g. 4. r., installed the
following officers on Wednesday evening:
Newtan Phillips, Commander; w. T. Al
den, $. V. c.; Horace Meacham, j. V. c.;
L. A. Puiter, Adj; George f. Green, q.
Nj D. D. Ware, Chaplain; Sylvester Burl-
ingame, Surgeon p. S. Chase, o. d.. Rob-
ert Z. Gordon, o. c.; d. w. Hagar, Serg't
Maj Fred E. Root, q. NJ. Serg't.
j. NJ. Tyler, Esq, opens his law office
in Greenfield this week. Mr.. Tyler has
had the reputation of being ono of our
soundest lawyers, while Us town superin-
tondent and chairman of our village school
committee he has rendered efficient SER
vice TO the people of Brattleboro, who will
regret his departure while wishing him en-
tire success in his new field OF labor.
The lecture on dialect Humor," de-
livered last Friday evening by w. $. An
drews of New York, was exceptionally
good. AS a humorous entertainment il
was the best we have listened TO for long
time, and nobody, we think, who was pres
ent, would object to having the name of
w. S. Andrews appear in our next COURSE
of lectures.
-Whitmore & Clark's Ministries are
billed for an entertainment here on Tues
day evening next. This is without doubt
the best anc most popular minstrel troupe
now travelling, and as we know it 10 be
matter Of pride with Mr.. Hardy to give the
public their moneys worth every time, we
think the admirers of this sort of amuse-
ment may depend on a first-class "show"
ON this occasion.
AT the annual meeting of The Congre-
gational Sunday school, the following Off