Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-11-03
Local Intelligence.

Choral Union rehearsal this evening.

Brattleboro House, took possession yester-
day, 1st inst
The last gun In the local campaign will
be speech by Clias. N. Davenport at the
town hall Saturday evening.
j. @. Taylor & Co. have opened a
branch store al So. Vernon, which will be
run by II. Il. Taylor and Chas. 1. Pierce.
We learn that the knitting machine
works will probably be removed from Cen
treville to tho second floor OF Harmony
block in the course of few weeks.
Every legal voter should at once see
that his name is on the check list No one
can vote whose name is not on the list, and
no name can he added after next Monday
night.
There has been marked falling of In
the rush 10 the Centennial. this week. About
ten car loads went down Monday, but since
then only few, comparatively, have gone
each day.
Owing TO the lack OF patronage we learn
that no further attempt will be made TO sus-
tain regular lyceum course during the
winter. Two or three first class musical
entertainments have been engaged and will
be given 10 due time.
Mr. VIM. w. Jackson, Jr., of The Fan
euil Hall reform club of Boston, will adj
dress the reform club of this place at their
reading room this, Thursday, evening at
n o'clock. As this is tie semi-annual
meeting for the election of officers II is de-
sirable that there should he a fnll attend
ance.
The legislative committee on the In
sane Asylum arrived in town Monday af-
ternoon, and on Tuesday made careful
examination of the institution. They were
also driven about town and shown tho vari-
Gus points of interest, afler which they took
the afternoon train for Northampton TO Wis
il the asylum in that place.
The next lecture by Rev. j. +. Moors,
in his course at the Unitarian church, will
he given on Thursday evening Of next
week. At that time Mr. Moors will un-
doubleday he the Standardized from the
Franklin district to the Massachusetts leg,
islalure, but VIC don't think that fact will
deteriuIate at all from tho quality Of his
lecture. Seats free.
The old oak tree in front of the FELTON,
place on Main street, which has been stand
ing since a time 10 which the memory of
man runneth not back, has been cut down
and is being removed by order of tho bal
lifts. Ninety-eight rings have been count
ed on its trunk aud the old veteran was un-
doubtedly over a hundred years old. 1t
stood directly in the sidewalk and lis re-
moval can hardly lie considered clear case
Ct tree murder, though many will regret TO
see it 80.
"A truant COW, fUraging for fresh sup.
| plies, without any fear of the law against
Sabbath breaking before her eyes, walked
into The barn Of a well-known citizen on
Walnut street, last Sunday, and made her
self perfectly at home. After devouring
pears, squashes, ETC., sailed 10 her taste, she
stepped, pensively Illuminating, on an limo
cent-looking trap-door, and dropped quiet
ly into an ice-house ten feet deep, whence
she was eventually dug out with consider
able trouble. Query: Under the circum-
stances, is it not fair 10 presume that tho
well-known citizen aforesaid deliberately
contemplated serious rivalry with Cooper
in the ice-cream business?
Tho location on or near Western ave-
nue., known as Forest square, seems TO be
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in the village as place of residence. Dur
ing the past few seasons new dwellings
have been constantly going up on the
streets bounding the square, all of them of
a handsome and substantial class, and hav-
ing ample grounds about them, and We no.
lice that c. L. Thompson q Co. are now
putting in the foundation for a new house
on one of their vacant lots, of which, we
believe, they have several desirable ones
for sale. All tie land in the vicinity lies
high and dry, with fine stretch of open
country in the rear, aud as the locality be-
comes yearly more populous it is probable
that at an early day we shall see the street
which has been laid cut through 10 Asylum
street opened TO the public use and occupa-
ton.
The following is the list of letters re-
naming at the post Office in this village
Nov. q:
Gents.-E..S. Buck, o. A. Beebe, VIM.
p. Boyden, ]. Crosier, Chas. Denvers, ].
w. Estey, Dennis Farmer, J. II. Fowler,
S. L. Gilbert, Edward Howe, Abram II.
Stewart, Il. NJ. Hosford, Thos. Hill, John
]. Lee, II. w. Putnam, Adam Roeder,
Chauncey Stowe, J. p. Sargent, Watt
Smith, J. l.. Whitaker.
Ladies.-Mrs. Mary b. Adams, Ellen
Duggin, Mary Fitzgerald, Kate NJ. Huber,
Mrs. Rose Hunt, Mrs. Robert Hildrelh
Mrs. c. II. Kellogg, Belle Montague, Josie
Morse, NJ. l.. Newton, Maud Somers, Lila
NJ. Thayer, Mary Walsh.
Neutrality-suspicious. Black & Co.,
James Fugle & Co.
MRS. LIvERMoRE's LECTURE.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore opened ana
closed the regular course of entertainments
before our Citizens Lyceum on Thursday
evening, Oct. 10Th. The interest in the
course and the inaugural lecture was man
ilested by an attendance of about $50 peo-
pie. The audience was excellent in mate
al, but shamefully small, considering the
occasion and the well understood merits
and abilities of the speaker. As the lecture
announced, "Supertluous Women" hat
been substantially given here two year;
since, Mrs. Livermoro took the liberty to
introduce instead fresh discourse, entitled
Concerning Husbands" No one coulC
possibly take exception TO the change. Tit
essay was Il spirited, pregnant aud eloquen
review of the marital relation from pre-
historic times up 10 The present day. L
evinced deep research, profound study,
practical knowledge of human nature and
the influences that have moulded II in all
, ages, aud tender, pure solicitude for The
best welfare of both sexes. While it threw
out in bold relief the wrong done TO wo