Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-09
Local Intelligence.


ny block.
u. NJ. Burzcl has odd his house on
North MAIN street 20 Br. l.. p. Dearborn.
for $50.
Wellington White has bought one Of
George Illness houses On Brook street Tor
about S25po.
Charles T. Wheeler has bought Of VIM.
Ward The house at CenirevHIe occupied by
the former. Terms private.
Union services will be held Al the Com
er' saii5nal church. Fssi day. a. II 4. NJ.
sermon by Rev. Mr.. Mighiil.
The Choral Union have Discontinued
their rehearsAls. 10 meet At the call o. The
executive committee next autumn.
The snow hasn't We, disappeared from
Main street, bat mud predominates. aud
the travelling generally is execrable.
y. +. Cabot has retired from The firm
Of Es,ey. Frost & Co. proprieiors OF The
Valley Mis-. snd Mr.. g. j. Brink takes
bis place.
-BrAileDprO. with population Of 500,
Supports > niue firms 10 the hos, and shoe
trade. besides half dozen c-oblderS add
manufacturers. \ money making busi-
ues- that.
Our obligius friend Siesrns. Of the
HInsdale express, reports tie travelling on
his route abou; a. bad a. it could well he.
A. the lesser u two evils he commenced
wednesday running on wheels.
A ten wears old son Of {. l.. Fisher. The
Ceutrey.lie sap man. wss driving his "a
theirs team on Tuesday afternoon. when
tie horses ran aud be w4s thrown oui and
run over, receiving severe injuries.
A meeting Wi. ~ held Al the Brooks
House o. saturday evening. Apr. Ion. at
.: O'Clock. FOR the purpose Of forming an
association for the prytec;ioa Of fish in
Braitleboro and vicinity.
-Brsiueboro has caugh, ii. anu will have
a spelling match at the town hall next
Tuesday evening. SIX handsome prizes
are offered. and a small admission Zee will
he charged 10 pay expenses. Now hunt up
yonr old spelling bo0ks
john Fisher. an employe al Asa Mil
Ter Co.'S carriage shop. has invented an
improved bii-stock. which il pronounced
patsntsbie. snd j. ssid ~ be much superior
to any now in use. He has also made sn
improV ement on the Wheeler countersink.
Miss Ella Bacon, former teacber in
one Of our village schools, now teaching in
the Union school at Kalamazoo. Mich. was
presented with valuable napkin ring by
her pupils al the close Of the last term.
Miss Bacon was formerly from Pu,nev.
Alterations are being made 10 the Brat
tleboro House which viii greatly improve
the accommodation. The ofice viii lie
removed to the hrsi door. west side. and its
present location converted into a parlor 70
by - feet. The tOnsorial artist will have
his room on the mt floor. and other i'm
provements will also he added.
We are glad to learn that Rev. DR.. Mat
teson has consented to repeat his excellent
lecture on parsons" in the town hall on
Wednesday evening Of next week. The
repetition is given al the earnest request Of
many persons who were unable 10 be pres
ent when the lecture WAS delivered in Har-
mony hall in February last.
Mr.. Madison delivered his lecture on
Parsons in the chapel OF the insane asv.
lum on Monday evening. The patients
appreciated all the good points and evil
IDENTIFY regarded the leciure a. one Of the
best entertainments with which they had
ever been favored. The lecture was given
in Putney on wednesday evening.
Not a pound Of new maple sugar was
expressed from this pla<e during the mouth
Of March, and not more than two tons have
been sent away this month. il comes into
market slowly. Last year at this time the
sugar season was nearly over with.
II you are thinking Of laying any new
paper hangings this spring, read Van Doom
& sons new advertisement in thi. issue
And while you are about it, crafty your
patriotic impulses by stepping Into their
store and looking at the new "Centeuuial-
pattern in crockery.
A year ago the annual last was appoint-
ed for April 3, and on that day, the bows.
as usual, set ire on the mountain, which
spread rapidly, and It required the timely
efforts Of considerable force Of men to
seasonably arrest its progress. At This
date, April ;, hre over there would have
10 do battle with about four feet Of snow Ie-
fore making great progress.
WIN. Hudson, one Of E.tey's work. |
men, was offered by a brother workman a
1J-pouDd bag Of meal II he would carry Il
four times up aud down the G4-s;ep stair |
way in front Of the shops, Withou, sion |
ping. He did it Wednesday evening. in |
his stocking feet. AFTER his days work was |
over, in about seven minutes, and besides |
his meal received handsome contribution |
from the crowd who enjoyed the sport.
st Aichsel's Temperance and Beney- |
olent Society held their semi-annual meet |
ing on Tuesday evening and elected the |
following officers for the ensuing term: |
President, ID. W. Brosnahan; vice presi.
dent, john Berrie; secretary, p. J. sullL |
van; treasurer, Timothy Fitzgerald libra |
rian, James o'Neil; committee, Charles
AcMiniman, Luke Ferriter, Martin Au-
stin; color bearers, Cornelius Brosnahan.
Cornelius Flanagan. The society is renort-
ed to be in good financial condition. and
meetings are held regularly.
A friend in New York sends us a sin
from one Of the papers OF that city, an
nouncing the death of john Hickman Of
Pennsylvania, a man who was at one time
a prominent member OF Congress and
whom some Of the older residents of Brat
tleboro will remember as having formerly
been an occasional visitor here. Mr.. HEX
man was in Congress when the kansas
troubles formed the disturbing element i'm
our politics, and broke from his support OF
Buchanans administration because OF his
,Buchanan'sl course in that important is
sue. Mr.. Hickman was a brother-in-laE
Of Gen. }. w. Phelps Of this village.
The Connecticut river is now clear ar
Ice at this point and for several miles up
The river. Saturday the ice came down
from West river, and most Of the smaller
streams are pretty well cleared. On Sun
1ay a large cake of ice raacbins, f-r,,, - |