Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-16
Local Intelligence.


-Forepaugh's menagerie Is 10 visit Brat.
tleboro soon.
Unitarian services in town hall Sun
day morning at 1890.
Advertisement of an attractive sum
mer resort in another column.
The Methodist Sunday school picnick-
ed at Simon Brooks's on Wednesday.
-Bratteboro Savings Bank declared a
semi-annual dividend Of three per cent,
on Wednesday Of last week.
The Conn. River Valley Association of
| odd Fellows have their annual picnic at
Lake Pleasant on Thursday of this wock.
Trinity College, Hartford, has bostow-
ed the title of A. NJ. upon Rev. w. II. Col
lins, rector of st. Michaels (Epis.) church
in this place.
THE Rt. Rev. Bishop Bisscll will visit
st. Michael tEpiscopaD church on Sunday
next at p. NJ. Morning service as usual
No service in the evening.
e. +. Emerson has sold his dwelling
house, corner Of Organ and Estey streets,
to Il. A. Foster, and has bought G. w.
Washburn's house on Forest Square. Price
of tho latter, $3.50.
AT meeting of the Union base ball
club Of this place last Thursday evening,
IL was voted to change tho name t. the
Fisk Jr. base ball club, the former club of
that name having been dsorganized. All
challenges must be directed to the secreta-
| ry, =. j. Sullivan.
The coming Of the Barnabce Operelta
! Company is fixed for Monday evening,
Aug. 3, when will be given the musical
comedy entitled "Sir Marmaduke, or Too
Attentive 10y Half" The company en-
braces the following array of talent: Mrs.
! ii. NJ. Smith, soprano; Miss Alice earle,
contralto; Mr.. W. i. Winch, tenor; Mr..
ii. c. Barnabce, Casso; Mr.. Howard NJ.
Dow, pianist
-Windham county liens will now please
take back seat. Witness the following:
MURDOCH, I'LL, July 3, 1875.
Mr.. Editor You having published
| within the pas few weeks instances of large
eggs produced by Yankee hens, allow me
to inform you what Illinois biddies are ca
| pable of doing. One of those denominat-
ed the common kind, and owned by Ed
win III. Farr, "A few days since stepped forth
from her nest, and LEFT therein an egg meas
uring % by 7s inches. Hope this will not
discourage any ofOur former biddy friends
bat only serve TO induce them to try again.
w. G. Convey.
vERMoNTANDNoEr NEW YORK TRoT-
TING CIRCUIT.
An organization with the above name
was formed at Rutland last Friday, with
Herbert Brainard of st. Adams for Presi-
dent and Geo. J. Standard for Secretary.
Six meetings are TO be held in Vermont
and one at Plattsburg. n. Y, with premi-
ums aggresaing $4,000, Of which Braltle-
boro will give $4,000. 1t was decided to
hold meetings as follows: Brattleboro, Au-
gust 10, II and Il; Bethel, August IL, Is
and 10; Morrisville, August p, % and 20;
ST. Adams, August 81, September and 2;
Burlington, September s, o, 10 and IL;
Platisburgb, September II, 10 and lG Rut-
land, September 81, - and %.
REUNION MATTERS.
Vice President Wilson has been inyit-
ed to deliver the Grafton at the Soldiers
Reunion to be held here in August, and
has accepted the invitation.
Notices have been issued calling upon
the old soldiers of Brattleboro and vicini-
ty TO meet at the town hall, Friday eve,
July 10, 1879, al y o'clock, TO organize and
prepare for the coming reunion of Veter-
an soldiers, to be holden at this place Aug.
l7th, 18th and 10Th.
-9nartermaster Wales has issued tho
following order:
HEADQUARTERS VETERAN SOLDIERS RE-
UNIoN-QUARTERMAsT DEPART
MENT. Brattleboro, W., July 18Th, 1875.
Gen. order
No. l.
The following arrangements have been
made for the accommodation of the SOL
diers attending the reunion encampment
in August.
Tents, straw and wood will be furnished,
also transportation of camp eQuipage to
and from the grounds.
Companies furnishing their own rations
must bring cooking utensils.
Arrangements have been made for good
substantial board on the ground at 81 per
day.
Please inform me on or before Aug. 10.
il shall make any arrangements for your
men, aud if so how many, and whether
you will want dinner on tic first day of
the cncampment.
L. WALES, @. NJ. GenI
Reunion Forces.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE COMMANDER OF
VETERAN SOLDIERS REUNION, Mont
PELIER, VT, July 10Th, 1875.
Gen. Order
No. 2.
The following officers are announced up
on the staff of the General commanding:
n. c. Sawyer, Acknowledgment; Elijah
Wales, Quartermaster-general j. Halsey
Cushman, Commissary-g Sam'l j.
Allen, Medical Director; Fred f. Smith,
Inspectors general; Barney Cannon, Jr.,
Asst Acknowledgement; Geo. L. Greene,
Asst Quartermaster-g general; Aldice +.
Walker, Chief Of Artillery; j. ii. Gould
ing, j. c. Stearns, Theo. S. Peck, Il. q.
Buttertield, Fred NJ. Kimball, Geo. b.
French, j. ii. Culver, r. J. Coffey, Darius
Martin, Horace X. Ide, Aids-de-camp.
They will be obeyed and respected ac-
eordingly. By order of
STEPHEN THOMAS,
General Commanding Reunion Forces.
n. c. Sawyer, AdJt-gen'l.
West BrattlebOrO.
H, C.. Shepardson, whose dwelling |