Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-07-03
Local Intelligence.



suffrage lecture this Thursday evening.
d. II. Silsby & Co. this week announce
complete new stock Of desirable summer
goods.
High street sewer was 90 mnonced On
Monday. Tim Shea has taken the job ut
2.G2 per rod.
"A Pullman car commenced running,
Monday, from Springfield, Mass, to Lit
Teton, N. II.
Judge Royal Tyler, who has been CON
fined TO his house by sickness for some
weeks past, Is now convalescent.
The s. NJ. Waite hose company of this
village are making preparations to take a
$50 prize at the Bethel muster on the 4th.
About 25 patriarchs of Oasis Encamp-
ment !. O. o. f., will attend the odd Eel
lows procession 10 he held at Kecne, July
4th.
The Connecticut River Valley Medical
Association will hold its July meeting at
the Brooks House, wednesday, July Slb,
at 0 o'clock, A. NJ.
The straw berry festival held al the Bap-
list church on Thursday evening was at
tended with II fair degree of success, and
the occasion was well enjoyed.
Newton Il Rose have new advertise
ment this week. We are glad to observe
that they appear To have become well es-
tablished in their business here.
We republsh in another column a let
ter written by Rev. l.. J. Malteson during
his late vacation and published In the
Waterman and Reflector OF last week.
The Universalist Sunday school have
decided 10 hold their annual picnic At Lake
Pleasant next Wednesday, the Sth inst.
Both bands will probably accompany
them.
Monday the hottest day of the season,
thus far-and we hope we shan't have any
hotter-the mercury rising 10 "a aud l02
degrees in the shade. A thunder shower
toward evening gave relief
The survey of the West River Railroad
was commenced on Tuesday, by Robert l..
Harris, G. r., with the necessary corps Of
assistants. 1t is thought that the survey
will occupy about a month.
The Directors Of the Vermont Swings
Bank declared a dividend OF - per cent
from the earnings Of the Bank for the past
SIX months, at their semi-annual meeting,
July LIST. This is the Seth dividend.
AT meeting Of Wantasliquot Lodge,
10. q. r., held on Monday, June -, the
following officers were elected: Il. X.
White, N. O.. T.. Harmon, V. o.. Leo
Retting, Sec'y; II. n. Cook, Treasurer.
Misses Helen T.. Thompson aud Mary
w. Clarke of this place, daughters,
respectively, of G. +. Thompson aud X.
w. Clarke. will enter Vassar College next
fall, having passed the necessary examina-
ton.
AT meeting OF Oasis Encampment, !.
o. o. f., held OH Thursday, June Is, tho
following officers were elected: &. X.
Briggs, G. p. T. Harmon, II. p. II. p.
Frost, :. w; II. NJ. Cook, J. w; J. w.
knights, Scribe J. w. simonds, +. $.
Dennis Lodge, |. o. o. r., at a meeting
held on Tuesday, June 80, elected the fol-
lowing officers: Mason Lamb, N. g.. Mrs.
Mrs. #. J. Royce, v. g.; Mrs. q. Cot,
Sec'y; Mrs. e. Stewart, Asst Sec'y; Mrs.
o. q. Wheelock, Per. Scc'y; Mis-. ID. Smith,
Treasurer.
james II. Cspen, who has been iele-
graph operator here ever since the line was
opened, twenty live years ago, has resign
cd, and A. T.. Cutter, late operator at White
River Junction, has been appointed to sup
ply his place. "Jim" was the oldest oper-
ator on the line, ~ we'll ~ one of the best
aud as an Constitution" Of the place, will
b5 greatly missed.
-Brattleboro is not to be left out in the
cold, it seems, after all. Sighted by Barn
um and the OF her man-whars his name ?
who came so near US aud yet passed by,
we are cheered by the promise OF soon re-
ceiving visit from "Maginley 4 Co.'s cir
Gus, menaeerie, museum, trained animals
and Roman hlppodrome," which will
doubtless east Barnum and all the rest in
the shade.
The Congregational festival held at the
town hall on Wednesday evening was more
than usually successful, the gross receipt,
: amounting To over $3.50. A novelty which
attracted much attention was aye ancient
portrait gallery" The rofreshmei tables
were well patronized and articles az sub
: startial value met with ready sale, the
"apron table" being considerable source
of income.
A subscriber who went from Brattebo
TO last year to reside in California, writes
to us as follows: ave have straw berrie,
t fresh from the vines from the first Of MAY
to November potatoes fresh from the
, ground from Al ril to November (; peaches
in July and August; pears, pluuIs, grapes
and apples in August, September and Oc-
tober; garden vegetables fresh from the
ground every week in the year. Plant Que
bed and harvest another in the same gar
den the same day, every month in the year
When bed is harvested, dig up aud SOW
again. We raise but one crop of grain o
hay, except on overlooked land, in tn,
year"
= The "trot at the Park grounds, arrang
a ed for the Fourth, promises some sport
f Entries for the three minute trot have beef
o made as follows: Geo. SimOnds, Green
+ field, Mass, b 4 Little Joker l.. NJ. Kent
a Shelburne, Mass, b g Ben Butler; c.
n Miller, Wilmington, VT, C Glen; Henr,
Mute, BrattlebOro, b & Claude; J. Joslyn
= New Haven, Coun., & Dan. For the "a
# trot, the entries are Geo. Simonds, Green
, field, Mass. blk Fred; f. s. Hagar
o Greenfield, Mass, br g Brown George; 4
= p. Reed, Brattlebnro, b IN Belle; j.
J. Whipple, Brattleboro, b & Fannie. In ad
dition TO The above there will be bag rae
= and foot race. The trotting will begin q
: 2, p. NJ.
n West DrattIebOrO.
-, Tho Sunday school connected with th