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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23
THE CENTENNIAL cEHEBRlTToN.


The anniversary Of Paul Reveres mem
orable ride on the night before the battles
at Lexington and Concord was celebrated
at Christs church, Salem street, Boston,
Sunday evening. From ten to twelve
thousand persons assembled in the yicini-
ty of the church early in the evening, to
watch the hanging Of the lights, and alter
two hours ringing Of the chimes, two Ian
terms were hung in front Of the tower of
the church. and mighty shout vent up
from the patriotic crowd below. The Ian
terms were hung by Samuel II. Newman,
grandson of Robert Newman, who was
sexton Of the church in 1913. The interior
of the church was decorated appropriately,
and many persons of note were present to
listen to the addresses by Dr. Geo. b. Lor-
ing, Rev. Robert e.. Waterston and Gen.
Joseph II. Hawlev.
At Lexington, services appropriate to
the occasion were held in the Hancock
congregational church, both forenoon and
afternoon, in the Unitarian church in the
afternoon, aud in the Town hall in the
evening. The formal commencement of
the Lexington centennial was TO have been
grand union service in the mammoth
pavilion on the common, but after the tent
was partially filled with people AN adjourn
ment was made TO the Town hall. on ac-
count of the cold. Selections of scripture
were read by Prof J. W. Churchill Of An
dover from a Bible presented TO the Ham
cock church by John Hancock, and a cen
| tennial discourse was delivered by Rev.
DIR. William Adams Of New York city
from Deuteronomy 32:7: Remember tho
| days of old, consider the years Of many
| generations; ask thy father aud lie will
show thee; thy elders aud they will tell
thee" While this centennial service was
going on in the Town hall the Brockton
band gave sacred concert on the common.
At Concord, services were held in the
morning in the Unitarian church, and in
| the afternoon al the Congregational church.
| The morning service was attended by the
| visiting military companies aud by the
President aud his party, Speaker Blaine,
| Gov. Peck Of Vermont. Gen. chamberlain
| of Maine and other distinguished guests
| The afternoon service AT the Congregation
al church was attended by the military and
| by Gov. Peck and others, but not by the
presidential party. The sermon was dcliv-
cred by Rev. Joseph Cook, and it's topic
was The Ultimate Results of the Concord
| Fight" The President and his party, al
ter the morning service, visited the public
| library and the scene Of the battle, and
then returned to- Judge Hoar's house. " here
they were entertained for dinner. In the
evening an informal reception was given
at Judge Hoar's to personal friends and
guests from abroad, and military concert
was given in the town hall.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

The centennial celebrations at concord
and Lexington ON Monday appear from
The accounts 10 have been on the whole
very successful and very satisfactory. The
weather indeed was hardly what tradition
says it was on the day which these exercis-
rs common morated for we are told that
when the great fight took place the sun
was bright and hot and grass and grain
waved gently in the breeze Not much
waving of that kind on Monday, and very
likely more people got their death from
prolonged exposure TO the chilly, biting at
mosphere in attending the celebration than
there did from British bullets 100 years
ago. But none the less the fires Of patriot
ism were kindled anew, and the immense
crowds of people in attendance evidenced
the veneration in which the deeds Of the
fathers are held by this busy. driving gem
GRAFTON.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

The sunday School connected with the
Congregational Society gave an entertain
ment in Academy Hall, Thursday evening,
April 18th, for the purpose Of raising funds
with which 10 replenish their library.
Owing to the bad state Of the roads, and
some other causes, the number in attend
ance was not so large as otherwise il would
have been, yet the audience was respecta-
BILE in size as well as character, and all had
good time" albeit there was much hard
work for few. This entertainment was
sugar, necktie festival; or, it was neck
tie, sugar festival your correspondent is
quite unable TO affirm which of the twain it
was. The facts In the case were, each one
Of those who purchased tickets to the tables,
loaded with hot sugar, and nice clean snow
with coffee, tea, pickles, biscuits, fruits,
flowers, exc. etc., was entitled 10 a neck tie
unseen, with all the fun that might come Of
it, land in several instances the fun was
exceedingly funny; while those who pur-
chased neckties were entitled TO all the
privileges of the table. In both cases, each
gentleman holding neck-tie was bound
by the occasion, to seek and lind the lady
holding a neck-tie like his own, and escort.
her to the table. OF course, many queer
matches were extemporized, and no small
amount of sport was enjoyed. The net pro-
ceeds of the festival were $40.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

brideed, was awarded TO Master Johnny
IIorner; the third, picture aud frame, TO
Miss 4. Putnam; the fourth, glove
box, TO Miss May Edwards; the hnb,
toilet set, to Miss Eta Clapp; the sixth,
toilet set, 10 Miss Ina Bement; and the
seventh, set of alphabet blocks, TOR
missing the first word) to Master Frank
Magoon. The words missed were the fol-
lowing Rinse, scythe, chyle, feud, chyme,
cyst, cynosure, halibul surclngle, chuH,
syllogisni. silicate, albinos, miaul, bivcu-
acked, dyeing, hying, raillery, ciliilorm'
referrable, finesse, vassal, cinque, excheq-
uer. hemistitcb, scissible, punlice, ciliary,
chiccory, triassic, ierquing, coraliforin,
shinney, schnapps, schlich. The hour be-
ing yet early, a class Of volunteers were
called for, with the offer Of Il cory Of Web
sters Unabridged az prize to the best
speller. About n dozen persons respond
ed, but only three or four words bad been
put out and spelled when there came one
that floored or frightened Off the entire
class-the word oxymoron. All were there
fore allowed another trial, and the words
ON which the different spoilers successive.
ly tripped were-sacrleglous, sacrlfcial,
rhetorician, sergeant, gneiss, solfeggio, alb
session, te-hec, sidereal, vying, ebert,
steering. Miss Anna Kellogg proved her
self mistress Of The situation, and took the
prize.
"A second "spell' was had on Wednes-
day evening of this week, at which the at
tendance was even larger than on the first
evening. Prizes were offered TO tho ten
! best spoilers, and the contestants num-
bered upwards OF tilly. $. NJ. Waite, Geo.
| i. Crowell aud Is. -. Harris were chosen
umpires by the class, and the words were
| pronounced by Rev. NJ. II. Harris, who
selected them at random from a New York
! daily paper. The words persistence, u
| nique, marvellous, wealthiest, ostentatious,
! filial, centennial, colossus, physio'Ogically &,
missionaries, conservative, gorgeous, Kai-
serstadt, occurrence aud description were
missed and arrested without exciting much
CONSERVATION. Several tripped on Gotter-
halle, but Miss Aggie Gale quietly remnv-
ed this stumbling block, arter which one
fell \ victim TO awnings, and several were
so frightened by Shanks (the name of a
Genera1 that they surrendered at dlscre-
ton. Tie retreat, however, was arrested
by Dir. ChaS. $. Wheeler. and the contest
went on. The remaining words that did
execution were drought, DAlham, sacri-
feed, barricaded, aud Wollman-the last
sweeping the platform. The following are
the names Of the ten winners, in their or
der: Charles :. Wheeler, group Of statua-
| ry Dennis Tasker, set Of Shakespeare
Matt sullivan. Websler's Unabridged ;
Miss Rowland, chrome in frame George
Clapp, toilet set Geo. 4. Hines, glove box
Miss Lizzie Frost, chrome; Miss Aggie
! Gale, - doz. choice perfume; d. W. Leon
ard, Golden Book OF English Song; d. l..
Crandall, pocket album. Some confusion
was created at one lime through misun-
derstanding Of the rules governing the con
test, but matters were at length amicably
arranged with the promise OF another tri-
al to he given at an early date. The con-
test occupied two hours and half
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

the muster-tents, with their gay decora-
lions, flags and streamers fluttering from
every house, presented most CHEEKY and
inspiring sight.
The arrangements in every particular
were most complete. The mammoth tent
in which was served the grand centennial
dinner was one OF the most perfectly ar
ranged aud literally supplied ever seen on
similar occasion. 1t was 40 feet long and
70 feet wide, with Il wing 80 feet long, and
plates were laid for 3,74O persons. The
main tent in which the Grafton, unwilling
Of the statues, Ne, took place was provd-
ed with seats for 1900 people. When, in
accordance with the published programme,
the procession began to move from 10000 To-
10000 were in the village, whose popula-
ton is but 200. The consequent crowd
ing can be imagined. At GA. IN. the SUI
perintendcnt of the Lowell road telegraph
ed To Boston to sell no more tickets for
Concord, the single track being so blocked
up with the immense trains that il was inn
possible 10 transport passengers beyond
this point.
Promptly at ~ o'clock The ceremonies in
the tent began, the immense pavilion being
crowded TO overlooking. and thousands
surging about the entrance unable to gain
admission. The army trophies used in the
battle OF Lexington were on the platform.
The pavilion also contained the yelled stat
ues of John Hancock and Samuel Adams.
These statues had uccasioned no small So
licitude TO the managers of the demonstra-
ton, as neither of them arrived from Eu-
rope until the Saturday night previous.
The meeting was opened with religious eX-
ercises and the address Mt the unveling of
the statues followed. The Grafton of the
day was delivered by Richard II. Dana, Jr.
At its close poem written for the occasion
by John q. Whittier was read, and the for
NAL proceedings closed with military mu-
sic, the singing Of hymn written by Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe, and the beuediction.
After the procession had been reviewed by
the President the dinner took place, fol-
lowed by toasts and atter-dinner speeches.
The celebration concluded with brilliant
display of fireworks in the evening, follow
ed by n promenade concert and ball.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

A stakeholder in the New York and New
last Week restraining the officers of that
road from issuing free passes to members
OF the State legislature, State and Govern
nent officers, and others. One effect of
this, which probably was not in the origin
al intention, was TO compel the President
aud his party, when on the way 10 the CEN
tennial celebration, to pay full fare like
other passengers and 10 buy their tickets
before they entered the cars. They did not
know of the injunction until they attempt
ed TO enter the cars at New York, and the
party were by the means placed in an awk-
ward position for few minutes.
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The spelling match of last week drew
a large crowd, and some thirty or forty la
dies and gentlemen we're ranged OH each OF
the competing side. An hour aud Il hall
was spent in throwing hard words at them
before the last one was put out. Mr.. Charles
X. Sargent carried of the honors OF The
champion speller. We understand that
the ladies realized hty dollars FROM the en-
teriainment.
The spelling mania seems TO increase
by exercise. Now it j. the ladies vs.. the
gentlemen. saturday evening the public
are invited To participate III spelling
match in American Hail. Rules govern
ing the exercises are published, and judges
appointed. \ prize Of the North American
Spelling Book is offered 10 the first one
down, and Webster's Unabridged Diction-
airy to the champion.
business activities are reViving more
and more every week. Mr.. y. L. Pratt has
commenced the cellar of house near his
pain1 shop. Elder II. b. Streeter is re-
modelling his house, adding largely 10 its
capacity. We hear Of other enterprises
under consideration which promise well
for the growth and prosperity of our viii
la2e.
Depth of snow here this winter, as
kept by Mr.. n. T.. Pratt, nine feet, eight
and half inches.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

high wind, and the two have dried up the
sugar making, quite efiectnally for the time.
and probably FOR the season unless the Tree.
are bored over.
A large tumOr, of several Yeas growth.
on the side Of the face of Mrs. Seneca Nil.
Ter Of this town, was successfully removed
on the 10Th inst. by the sSillml manipua.
lions of DR.. II. j. ITolton of Brattleboro
II ~ said that part of the lower Jaw bad to
he removed.
The Record aud Farmer j. requested
to inform the people of this town who "Mr.
Moses Proud of Townshend' il, who is
suspected Of having purchased farm In
Newfnue. We have but one "Moses" In
town, and he like his illustrious predecess.
or OF ancient tints, is too "neek" TO be
'suspecled' Of doing any such foolish thing
as that. "Our Moses" is not proud" II
anybody who is re,y proud, we are will.
ing to spare him,-lhat Is, IL his other nau G
il not Moses. We wait for information.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23


Legislature has been voted $500 for having
prayed "wth credit to himself and salts
faction to the House
1t is now stated that the Official canvass
will show Republican majority Of $4,000
at the recent Michigan elcction-a gain Of
1000 over lat fall.
A patent medicine house at New
York which spent $3.50 900. last wear, in adj
vertising, divided among the proprieors
5000, GOO as the profits of the years business.
The dam at Writings pond, near the
centre of the town OF 'Wrentham, Mass.
burst early Saturday morning and washed
away about SlOO,OO0 worth of property.
Travel over the Hartford and New Haven
Railway was seriously interrupted.
Mrs. j. j. Astor sent recently to the
office Of the Childrcn's Aid Society in New
York $50 TO convey fifty homeless boys to
homes in the West. ON Tuesday fifty of
these little waits, well clad and comlorta-
bly, fed, started out for their new home, un-
der the charge of an experienced agent of
the society.
AT Avlmer. Canada, a girl of SeVen-
teen hcroically sacrificed her own life TO
save that of her little brother, who fell in
to creek. She plunged in after him, and
pct,inp him whore bs couid vrasn soma
thing on the bank, calmly babe him brace
his feet again>, her and Chamber nm. The
frightened hoy did 60. and the nressure
forced bor henea,h fine loo whore her hodv
was aflerward found.
--Itornor,s weol,v says ..xo,hin,, IN
,bo noli,ic,l ru,uro ia clearer than ,hat II
fine Renuhlcans cannot shake off the ipcu.
bu.or !, third form, mr. establish tbo,.,bov do
NOT sock ,ho,r nurnose. nv questionable
constitutional means the result i'm ,,opnec.
ticnt roreshadows that in the country -
would he wise Tor a score or two of Presi-
dental aspirauts. who are now understood
to he in training for the nomination of their
respective parties, TO consider the history
or Presidential nominations C,r tho Iost
thirty or r,rtv ve,rs Wherein II annears
,,a, tbo.o ,,bo tool, tho moot maine 60 m,
u,o ,,,oo ,,o,,o,o,,,, GILL ho;nc, hoo,o,, I,,.
u,o.a uro,na,,oit, hro,ah, G,rua,1 h,.
,bo uoorIe
The t;de nr .,,i.ration UPWARDS thc
Rlark Iulls countrv has fairly begun
Over Inn mon with 81 ,vacous lon Siou1
CIV Ia Tuesday FIR tho Hills and in
,,ta, lia.o,,,., oc an ,h,o,,. or ,,o,o,,-
,,ort i,,orforouco a ronr a~nross win horo-
affair ia,,,o STONY City o,,or,, Ntor1ay oar
iSI"S 'e''cls "n" i"cA"ses' II u eNPec'eu
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

The public were treated to four days
rest, last week, from the Beecher scandal,
on account of the illness of counsel. Mr..
Beecher's cross-examination was resumed
on Monday and is still in progress, with II
prospect of an early conclusion. Mr..
Beecher's friends claim that he has stood
the test without finching, and that his
testimony is essentially unbroken, while
on the other hand the Tilton side say that
he has been badly confused. 1t is said that
Mr.. Cleveland will succeed Mr.. Beecher,
and that Mrs. Tilton will undoubtedly tes-
tiiy, and also Florence Tilton, who will
show that her father made the full accusa-
ton against his wife in her presence, which
the defence in turn claim that Mrs. Tilton
denied. 1t is believed now that Bowen
will be called upon to speak for the plant
III in rebuttal, so that hiS testimony can lie
controlled.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

The LOUISIANA foMPRoMIsE.--Wo sim
cerely trust that the affairs of Louisiana
are at last put upon such basis that that
state will no longer be source OF disturb
ance and anxiety to the whele country.
The Wheeler compromise has been practi-
eally accepted by both parties, and the Leg
islature, reconstructed in accordance there
with, resumes work in harmony with Gov
ernor Kellogg. The result, as is probably
well known, is 10 make the House Demo-
cratic and the Senate Republican. Kellogg
remains Governor without question Till the
legal expiration Of his term in January,
1877. Thus sort of truce, or, II may he,
IAN armed neutrality" between the par
ties, prevails in the meantime. 1t is, how
ever, the best thing that can he done. II
secures peace and order, and it allows tho
well disposed OF all PARTIES 10 unite in such
financial and general measures as are need
ell to repair the gross abuses of the past
and TO meet the current demands of the
State. 1t would seem that there must he
citizens enough who are tired of the profit
gacy and corruption which have been run
ming riot with the public interests so long,
to Join in earnest efforts at amendment ;
and the very undertaking Of the Wheeler
compromise, against the reckless spirits of
both sides, guarantees that ii will he
thoroughly tried. n so, we have not the
least doubt that such measure of success
will be attained as will put new face on
the prosperity Of a State Astounding in such
splendid resources as Louisiana. Then
when the time comes for resuming the or
binary relations of the political parties it
can be done, but the people will have had
a salutary lesson on the subject Of forbear-
ance and cooperation which they will new
or forget. - Boston Journal.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

Real estate in New York is fearfuly
low. Elegant houses can he forecloSed for
the mortgages. The Insurance com panies
and savings banks are overloaded with real
estate, which they have ioreclosed.
flow long did it take the British to 20
10 Conc ord?" inquired a knight of the
pencil IF an old citizen Of the historic town.
~ don't know replied The old gentle
man, "but they returned 10 Boston IL -
sight quicker than they went out. - Dos
tim He1did.
The Jurors in the Beecher trial, having
failed TO get from the local authorities more
than the s. day allowed for their regular
pay, have appealed 10 the Legislature.
Their petition is Endorsed 10y The chief jus
lice and all The counsel engaged in the
trial.
Henry W. button, senior proprietor OF
the Boston Transcript, died last Thursday,
aged ~. His son, W. ID. button, died
March l 1879, and Daniel y. Haskell, ed
itoria manager Of the paper, died last
November. Mr.. II. W. buttons wife also
died last November.
Information from middle and northern
Georgia i, 10 the effect that - Ter cent
more Of corn will be planted this year than
heretofore. This will not Interfere with
cotton, but is simply for economical pur-
pc, es, owing to the high price Of corn and
bacon supplied to Georgia from the West.
Investigation Of the frauds in the re-
pair of mail bags AT the Indianapolis deposit
tory show that the total amount of material
purchased and labor paid by w. c. Mason,
the repairer, in ten months, from May 6
1874, cost him SI,07G. lie charged The Post
Office Department with. and received for
the same, slS,4IS.ij.
The removed Postmaster at Atlanta,
Ga, went to see Postmaster General Jewell
and asked him the cause of his removal.
Said Mr.. Jewell: "Well, that's pointed
question, and ] will give you a stralghtlor-
ward answer. You were removed because
you were altogether too unanimous; : YOU
talk TOO much, write too much, aud slash
around generally too much for the good of
the service" "We!l, Governor" said Mr..
Hard, sis there any hope Of reconsldera-
tl0n of my nase ?" "None in the world so
far as am concerned" was the Postmas-
ter Generals reply
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

That portion Of the public who are in the
habit of paying the money on their high
way taxes, or hiring others 10 work them
out; those who have felt for years that
quite a portion Of their money was wasted
by the forced system of labor and a want
OF proper implements TO make the work
easy aud attractive, will he pleased 10 learn
and not slow TO avail themselves OF the
benefit of the late improvementin the tools
necessary to the work. Our attention has
been more particularly called to this sub
iect by reading statements ofselectmen and
other reliable parties who have used Fish
ers Road Machine. Some twenty-ti We
towns in southeastern y. H., are now the
owners Of them and their selectmen can
not say too much in their favor, all agree
ing that One-half or more of the expense of
repairing old or building new roads can be
saved, aud the roads put in much better
condition than they have been. Our town
has one which they used last season and
found ii everything the inventor claims.
The most of the towns are using them
under the district system, by passing them
from one surveyor 10 another at such times
as the men are warned out TO work. Those
wishing to give them a days trial, address
G. Fisher Walpole, y. H.-BeiiOWs Fdhis
Times
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john -. Morse, Superintendent fcom.
mon Schools will hold public examlns-
tiou Of teachers at the town hall t'elect
mems room on saturday, May lst, com.
menring Of . O'Clock, .. m.
The ladies social circle has presented
to tue Congregational church beautiful
marble TOP. black walnut communion Ia
bile with chairs To match.
ON Saturday last live men who met ae-
cidentaly at the post Office, stepped upon
the scales. and turned the beam at 1852 lbs.
There arc said to be forty men and women
in the eat parish OF Westminster who will
weigh in the aggregate four tons.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

When Mr.. Jewell entered upon his du.
ties as POstmaster-General and took hold
as though he meant business in trying to
secure an honest and economical admins
traton of the mail service, knowing ones
shook their heads and said, "New brooms
sweep Clean" thus broadly intimating that
that sort of thing would soon become an
old story. But Hon. Marshall Jewell don't
prove to be that sort of man. He has per-
sistently followed up and unearthed every
thing that looked like corruption and dis
honesty in his department, and every av-
enue of expenditure is faithfully guarded.
lie has broken up n system Of dishonest
letting of mail routes, and has just exposed
the dishonesty of the man who had the
contract for repairing the mail pouches.
The result Of this will be, not only a saving
of money aud a greater efficiency in tho
service, but it will deter post ONCE officials
and employees from continuing practices
that may bring them to grief, and will
tend to keep all who are in any way con-
nected with the department from wrong
doing.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-04-23

The New York Times, after carefully
forecasting the amount of gold to be paid
out Of the treasury in this month and the
three next following, together with the le-
gal tenders which will flow in from the
country. concludes that there is every
prospect for a great increase in the strength
of the banks and consequently assured ease
in money Tor legitimate and speculative
purpo rs. The voice of croakers is gradu-
ally growing fainter, and we are likely to
enter the centennial with degree of pros
perity that will reflect credit upon the en-
terprise and rcsuperative ability Of the
American people"