Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1874-05-01
Local Intelligence.
Drattleboro.
The poor birdsi

Bear in mind the adjourned school
meeting next Tuesday evening.
Rev. Edward Smiley, former pastor
! of the Universalist church, is stopping in
| town a few days.
Philip Phillips, the talented singer,
will visit Braltlcboro for an evening of sl-
cred song, May eth.
Father l.. n. Ongo is intending TO take
a trip to Europe, in few weeks, as COM
panion Of young physician of Montreal.
John Retting, lessee OF the Brattleboro
! Furniture Company's property, commence
/ cd running the shop last Monday with 10
hands.
DIR. Henry Tucker, a young homeopath-
lie physician of Claremont, N. H., is about
to commence practice in Brattleboro as an
assistant of DIR. Dearborn.
The examination Of teachers will he
held at the High school building on Satur-
day, May I'd. The examination will COM
mence at O'Clock, A. NJ, and close at ],
=. NJ.
Rev. Mr.. Bass is re.appointcd to the
pastorate Of the NJ. l.. church in this viii
lase. Subject OF sermon next Sabbath eve
ming: "a religion for the common peo-
pie"
An interesting and entirely reliable ac-
count Of the "New Hampshire volcano
myth appears in our columns to-day, from
the pen of one of our wel.knowu resi-
dents.
The listers OF Bratlleb)ro have COM
! pleted their work, and will be in session at
room NJ. 8, town hall, next Monday eve
ming, to hear grievances and correct errors
in the list, If any there are.
Any of our readers who may feel called
upon to go and listen to an Eek pose" of
spiritulism, and call other isnis" at any
! time in the near future. are referred to an
item touching upon this subject, under The
! lIinsdalc, y. H.. heading in to-days issue.
The anniversary exercises Of the Uni
vcrsal>t Sunday school will take The place
Of the morning service next Sunday. All
the members of the school are requested to
! be present.
-Messis. j. Estey d Co., who now man
ulacture their own gas, have decided to lay
pipe from their works through Main
street TO the Baptist church. People who
desire 10 obtain their supply of gas from
! them, VIII, we understand, be accommo-
dated. Work will he commenced in few
weeks.
DR.. v. W. Blanchard Of Middebury,
formerly OF this vicinity, has invented a
lamp chimney which seems to he decid-
ed Improvement on the brittle cylinders
now in use. Il is made of the best flint
| glass, and is tilled with corrugatons, which
allow Of increased expansion when heated,
without liability 10 fracture.
The lifly-iiflh anniversary OF the insti-
tuition OF Odd Fellowship was observed in
this place by lecture at the town hall on
Saturday evening last, from Hon. Henry
| Clark of Rutland. The lecturer gave an
interesting review Of the history, progress,
and character of odd Fellowship, but ow-
ing 10 the storm the attendance was small.
a collation. was served at the Revere
House at the close of the public exercises.
Attention i called TO the advertise
ments Of the Platlsburgb, n. ", Nurser-
les, which appear in our columns to-day.
We are assured that Mr.. Bailey, the pro-
prictor, has full aud well eli osen stock Of
trees, vines, greenhouse and bedding plants
&c, and his customers will, we believe,
find themselves well and carefully served.
The snow storm last Saturday night
vas too much for tho mixed train from the
north, and the engineer had To run back
from Norcross ferry to DumMerston depot
and wait for the night express up, before
| coming on Ia this place. \ similar delay
o? train by reason Of snow occurred in
this vicinity but once during the past (?)
winter.
We are informed that our statement
made two weeks ago, 10 the effect that the
portraits of Judges Shafter and Howard,
lately completed by c. l.. Howe of this
place, are 10 be placed in the county court
house in Newfane, 10 a mistake so laras re-
la.es to that of Judge Howard. However,
we trust tho Judge will not he disturbed
by an announcement which is only prema-
| ture.
We feel that we should be wofully un-
mindful OF our high and noble calling as
public Journalists, it we failed to note in
hitting terms the-weather. How stands
the recUrd1 Snow, snow !-siOrm succeed
ing storm every few days-a greater snow
fall in April than in any month of the past
winter April 18th, the heaviest storm of
the season-snow lying to the depth Of
twelve 10 eighteen inches, though much of
it melting as 1t came-railroad trains delay
ed by the storm. What a record is this to
hand down to the ages, o April of 1874!
-Henrie (alias Hazen) +. Sergeant, the
young fellow arrested for stealing o. l..
Miners horse and wagon few weeks since.
has been released on $3.50 bail, and there is
no probability that he will be brought 10
trial. He has sleadiastlv refused through
out 10 acknowledge that he stole the horse.
He has admitted in conversation that he
drove the team from Winchester to Bright
on, where ii was found, but claims that in
doing so he was acting as agent for another
man, In whose employ he was, and who
delivered The team to him at Winchester.
His story in some respects Is highly i'm
probable, and there is little doubt that the
job was one of his own contriving. From
information in the lands of the officers,
there Is little doubt that Sergeant has been
guilty of like offences before, aud sharp
eye ought TO be kept upon his movements.
The Brattleboro Gas Company" rises
to explain, this week, In a communication
under the local heading. The public will
be glad to have an inside view of the pas
business, and, we presume, will readily ac-
knowledge the force of Mr.. Waite's figures.
II seems to us, however, that Mr.. w. has
mlsiudged the tenor of the criticism, in
which certain recent writer's on village mat
tiers have INDUCED, If we understand the
point, the Brattleboro Gas Co. is not charg-
ed with intentional fraud, or with demand
ing rates which yield an exorbitant profit;
but the charge is that the gas furnished is
deficient in quantity and Illuminating pow
er, aud not worth the money. These writ
erS. in nnr nnininn- Marn nnIiralu rinhA La,