Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-06-25
Local Intelligence.



river one day last week.
Our Brattleboro readers will be inter
osled in paragraph regarding the Char
Tier Institute, which appears in another
column.
Rev. Nj. II. Harris and family will
move into Mrs. Sawyers house, corner of
North and Tyler streets, previous to July
LIST.
Mr.. Herrick's hotel business is falling
of little; during the past week only six
tramps have demanded entertainment at
his hands.
On Thursday night and Friday last we
had the first generous and soaking rain Of
the season. 1t was an occasion of general
and unfeigned thanksgiving.
AT its annual session in bennington,
last week, Dea. Chas. f. Thompson of this
village was chosen president of the Gener.
al Convention of Congregational ministers
and churches of Vermont, for the coming
year.
The party of gentlemen whom we men
toned three weeks ago as having gone on
fishing excursion to MooseheaJ lake have
all returned. They report plenty of fine
sport, good time, and a satisfactory in
caeaso in their avoirdupois.
We learn that L. G. Wilbur, for four
years in the employ Of A. c. Davenport,
and formerly of Townshend, is now in the
cash grocery trade in Toledo, Ohio, in COM
pany with f. T.. Austin, who is also n
Townshend boy.
HnnEnnu ~ a.
Mr.. VIM. $. George, whom some of our
older readers remember as having been
connected with the Ph@air, when the pa
per was under the management of Mr..
VIM. Il. Ryther. Mr.. George is now the
editor aud proprietor of the Lansing Re-
publican, the State paper of Michigan.
For the benefit of strangers and young
persons We are requested to state that that
uncommon looking thing on The corner of
Main aud Hig b streets was originally in
intended for a drinking fountain. Its use
Tor that purpose having become obsolete,
we presume IL will, in due time, be recast
into monument to commemorate the dis
covery and former use Of water as bever-
age.
SHAW DtlIN crop Is lUSt
coming into the market, and the fruit prom.
ises TO be excellent AM abundant. E. NJ.
Wilson of Putney undoubtedly has the
finest strawberry beds in this county, and
his this years crop is estimated at 1000
baskets of berri es which are superior both
in size and flavor. II. G. Willard has the
sale of Mfr. Wilson's fruit yA.RIaldto
receiving '' e--..t 90 "a ''+'titLor",
r,t,la, =, !, lrrsn twice uaily.
We know of a man who has some fine
farms in this town; through these farms
runs a splendid trout brook and when
this man goes forth 10 mend his fences he
takes along his hook and line, and having
caught an abundance orhaudsome and del
icately favored trout he does not selfishly
eat them all up himself. but generously re-
members the printer. OF such man we
cherish very excellent opinion.
Last Saturday night we noticed on our
streets the somewhat novel spectacle of
hand organ man accompanied by woman
of mature years, carrying a tambourine
and in.pail. The man was MINIS the evil
look which marks so many of his class,
while the woman was bright, active, and
shall we say it?-better looking than the
women average. They seemed a happy
pair, and for aught we know, may have
been bride and groom upon their wedding
tour.
Last Sunday was one Of those excep-
tionally rare days when the human heart
beats in perfect unison with Lowells
charming description of our New England
June weather, a quotation of which we
give in our columns to-day. Possibly,
however, the minds of comparatively few
ran in Il poctical vein. Notwithstanding the
balmy air and sunny skies, and it may
even be that the average judgment of tho
day tailed more nearly with Robert South
ey's description of the porridge of the
" Little, Small Wee Bear" which, he says,
twas neither TOO hot nor too cold, but just
right"
o Only two horses trolted at the park last
Saturday-the "Gipsy mare" aud Edw.
Rec DIS "Belle." The latter won in two
st raight half mile heats time 1868 and l:5j
In the foot race Thos. Long took the first
prize, running the 100 yards in IL! seconds;
j. Manning %, and L. Wales 30. NJ. Dom
don won the walking match, his time for
the mile being 10 m. 20 sec. (; Harry Law
renee, I'd. The Brattleboro boys feel good
over the foot-race, as they entirely worsted
a Northampton boy who, il is said, was
brought up here with the expectation that
he would beat the crowd. The attendance
on Saturday was larger than ut any previ-
Gus time this season.
Cats, we believe, are not commonly
credited with knowing a great deal, but
W @ occasionally hear of something which
m axes this idea seem like an aspersion on
the feline character Not many days ago n
family living in the West part of the town
ga We one of their two 'pusses TO friend
in Centreville, and the animal was secure
ly tied up in bag and taken in a carriage
to the friends house, a distance of four
miles. AT the first opportunity pussy slip
ped out and away, and on the second day
thereafter appeared at her old home, wet
and bedrabbed, nearly furnished, and so
glad TO sec the folks that the family won't
be in hurry to send her OF again. The
cat had no chance to note any object or take
her bearings during her fonr-mile ride,
and it would certainly be interesting to
know by what means she found her way
back over so great a distance.
THE BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIvER-
sARY.
The thirty-fth anniversa ry of the
Baptist Sunday school attracted full house
last Sunday evening, and was an occasion
of much interest. The decorations and
notices were ample and appropriate, and
showed not only good taste but considera-
bic labor in arrangement. The exercises
were by members of the school;
not very lengthy but suitable to the time
and place, and while connected in the main.