Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-11-19
Local Intelligence.



The mercury Thursday morning was
II degrees below the freezing point.
Mr. L. Streeter, agent for the Elastic
Truss, is coming. Read his announcement.
The tine of the public examination of
teachers has been changed from the Goth TO
the 9th inst.
F. A. Wells has bought the house adj
Joining his residence on High St., occupied
by II. II. Miller.
There will be divine services in the
Unlversalist church on Thanksgiving day,
at eleven o'clock, a. IN.
Union services will be held al the Bap-
list church Thanksgiving day, with SER
mon by Rev. II. Burchard.
-"The Springfield Bulletin" is the name
of new paper just started at Springfield,
VT, by o. A. Libby, formerly of this town.
The bnrning out of a chimney on Clark
street called out the fire department,
Wednesday morning, but no damage re-
suited.
-Messrs. j. Estey Il Co. have reduced
the pay OF their employees ten per cent, and
j. Retting Co. have made reduction of
twenty five per cent.
The New York Manufacturer and
Builder has the following:
As Elihu Burrilt is the "Learned Black
smith, Riley Burdelt, inventor of the
Burdett Organ, is the "Ingenlous Black
smith,"
B. r. JENNIE has sud the lot owned by
Mrs. L. Allen on Elliot ST., TO L. NJ. Fox,
on private terms. Mr.. Fox Is one of our
enterprising mechanics, and will CONNIE
rebuilding on his site at once.
The new bank will be ready to COM
mence business next week. The safe pro-
cured is of Herring & Co.'s manufacture,
64OO lbs. in weight, and was raised to its
position in the second story of Crosby
block on Saturday,
ALI those who heard the able sermon
on Working for Jesus" at the Universal
ist church last Sunday morning were deep
~ interested. Rev. James Eastwood-a
former pastor-was the preacher. Evident
ly Mr.. Eastwood believes that it is necessa-
ry for man 10 work to obtain salvation.
The February term of Windham coun-
ty supreme court commences February Il.
There are thirty cases set for hearing. The
j Judges assigned for the term are Hon.
John Pierpoint, Chief Judge; Hon. James
Barrett, Hon. Hoyt II. Wheeler, Hon. II.
Henry Powers, Associate Judges.
The Northeastern Mutual Life Associa-
ton of Brattleboro has paid over to the
heirs of Mrs. Julia j. Page, of st. Adams
deceased, one thousand dollars on her poll.
cy for that amount, dated July 7, 1875. Age
over go years. Total cost from date of pol
icy, s6l.ls.
"A neghbor hands US the following rec
ipe for brown bread: -Four cups Of Indian
meal, two and one-half cups of rye meal,
two.thirds cup of mOlasses, one teaspoon
fu! of saleIatus, one quart of water. Stir
well together and bake three hours. If the
crust be too hard, dip a sponge in boiling
water and wet it, and wrap the loaf in a
linen cloth.
Fountain Engine Co., No. 4, elected the
following officers at their annual meeting,
Monday evening: Foreman, C. b. Fair
ba INKS; lst asst, J. ID. Coffin; ID asst. G..
ii. Hinesi clerk, J. c. Howe; engineers,
j. G. Howard, VIM. Smith, A. y. johnson,
H. NJ. Clay hosemen, l.. c. Crosby, II. T..
Meacham, o. ]. Willard A. r.. Willard;
axemen, d. L. Downer, G. T.. Warner;
steward, Morris Hart.
1t is well-recognzed ~ rule among
bak ers that ''lhe poorer the flour the better
the bread" but Brattleboro bakers are
notional set, and one of them unfortunate
y not now in the trade,) having lot Of
flour on hand which had acquired more
than usual Ve, actually bought a sieve and
sllted all the worms out OF il before using.
Now where, outside Of Bratlleboro, lives
the baker who would have put himself to
all that trouble and expense, just for a no.
ton?
The following is the list of letters re-
naming in the post office in this village,
Nov. Is:
Gents.-Simion Adams, Jr., Arthur
Brown, Abiel Codding, Elmer Crosier,
Willard Ellis, p. Fisher, William Gordon,
+. II. Howe, John Houghton, William
Hamilton, Sheldon S. Howard, Asa Kin
sou, Genet Moran, c. II. Pettee, Seymour
G. Philips, Moses Reneard, o. NJ. Reed,
Cornelius Sullivan, II. Salisbury, c. b.
Shepardson, Martin Sumner, VIM. SOM
ers, Henry Tyler, Frank Wheeler.
Ladies.-Miss Alice Burnham, Kate Bak-
er, Louise Cleveland, Mrs. A. Estey, Cor
della Freeman, Miss Kit Foster, Mrs. Hen
ry Hescock, Mrs. S. b. Houghton, Miss
Susan l.. Johnson, Eliza Lamountaigne,
Miss Jennie Mason, Miss Lila Mackswell,
Miss Emma Potter, Mrs. A. J. Streeter,
Miss Anna Stickney, Mrs. Margaret Stew
art.
Held for postage.-Mrs. L. NJ. Powers,
Bellows Falls, VT, A. j. Gorden, Rapidan
Station, Culpepper County, Virginia.
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