Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-09-17
Local Intelligence.



If you want TO hear good music listen
TO the Philharmonic Club next Tuesday
evening.
DIR. S. n. Bemis of Dummerston bid
of the Church Miller farm last Thursday,
for 1915.
"A large number of Brattleboro people
went TO n lrthiield, Mass, Sunday, to hear
Moody and Sankey.
--Whitmore & Clark's minstrels had a
good audience Monday night, and gave
tip top entertainment.
Some very satisfactory improvements
have been made by the selectmen on Green
street and Western avenue in the way Of
grading, dltching, etc.
II. G. Barney of Guilford has left in
our Office several fine specimens OF black
tourmalinc, or schorl, obtained from
ledge in that town.
Rev. c. w. Wallace, ID. D., Of Manches-
Ter, n. H., will preach in the Centre Con-
grcgational Church next Sunday morning
at 100 o'clock. Sabbath school concert in
the evening at o'clock.
There was a slight frost on Saturday
morning, Sept. 1ltb, and Sunday morning
little tobacco has been raised hereabous
was mostly cut in time to save il.
The Montreal excursion seems 10 have
proved very much Of success, judging
from the number of people going from
this section. Those who have returned ex-
press themselves highly pleased with the
trip.
AT Wizards drug store there was the
other day on exhibition, a cluster of toma-
toes, of the General Grant variety, raised
by ii. L. Smith Of Guilford, which weigh
ed seven pounds and numbered thirteen
distinct tomatoes.
An interesting feature of the firemen's
visit TO North Adams was the trip through
lIoosac tunnel. On entering the tunnel,
the boys, who rode on platform cars, lit
their torches, and thus illuminated the
whole vault so that every feature OF i, was
plainly visible. The effect was grand and
striking. Something over half an hour
was occupied in the passage.
We antclpa lie much pleasure and prof
ii in listening TO Prof. DEMONS course Of
scientific lectures, which opens next Mon
day evening, at Harmony ball. Through
the liberality Of some of our citizens, a sum
of money has been raised sufficient to de-
fray the expenses of the lecturer, and the
entire course will be free. Should the hal
prove too small 10 accommodate the alten-
dance on the first one or two evenings, the
course will he completed at the town hail.
The Greenfield Gazette tells the follow
ing little incident which occurred the other
u II I no lot Il
his wife came to BrattleJoro, shopping
Not being particularly interested in the
purchases she was TO make, he took a walk
along the street, and when passing the
store where his wife was engaged, one
clerk called TO another to come TO the door
and see the famous preacher. The knight
Of the yard stick waiting upon Mrs. NJ.
81 id: There goes Moody, the revivalst,
would you like TO see him? There are a
plenty of better looking men than he is,
amt there?" The lady relished the joke,
and of course had good laugh over it With
her husband.
The following is The list Of letters re-
m aiming in the post office in this village,
Sept 18Th:
ents-Wilard Arms, George Butler,
Robert II. Baker, Edw ard p. Craven, Shu-
bel CrowniDgshield, A. NJ. Davis, c. a.
Dennison, T.. A. Davis, r. s. Dana, A. NJ.
Foster, II. $. Freeman, S. a. Fish, Richard
Fleming, +. II. Fletcher, T.. l.. Holley,
II. ii. Houghton, Truman A. Howard,
w m johnson, Asa knight, Fred b. Miller,
A. NJ. Macdonald, o. S. Reed, Clark Stark,
Matthew Sullivan, +. L. Upham (2), Gill
bert Worden, MIR. Wilson, Insurance Agt.
Ladies' Eliza Bodwell, Mrs. Chas. NJ.
Cutler, Miss Hannah Coli MS, Mrs. Charles
Dustin, Mrs. VIM. Dakin, Miss Addle NJ.
Hopkins, Miss Belle a. Hodgkins, Mrs.
+. S. Hill, Mrs. o. L. Hill, Mrs. S. p.
Houghton, Miss Lila Knowlton, Mis-. ].
+. Mansfield, Miss Katie Murray, Miss F.
A. Wheeler.
Held for postage Miss Mary Fitzgerald,
Mortified, Mass.