Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-06-16
Local Intelligence.



-E. L. Emerson has sold his cottage on
Mechanic square TO Myron Corbett, and is
building a two story house on Grove street.
We arc glad to see Mr.. Prescott White
and wife back in Bratlleboro, aud we hope
they are permanently cured of their West
ern fever.
Rev. A. Huntington Clapp, d. D., of
New York, will preach at the Centre Con-
gregNtlonal church next Sunday, morning
aud evening.
Mr.. Lnwton has received his appoint
ment from the government TO have charge
of the soldiers lot in the Brattleboro GEM
ctery grounds.
The Union base ball club of this town
played a match game with the "Centennl-
ais" of Putney, at the latter place on Mon
day afternoon, the Unions winning by the
handsome score of 20 to @.
j. ID. Plummer and Thomas Pellet OF
this town have been awarded the contract
for the brick work on the new Baptist
Seminary at Saxtons River, one wing of
which, requiring 100000 brick, is TO be
built this season.
The Estey Guard will leave for Phila-
accompanied by the Fuller drum corps, and
going by way of New London. 1t Is ex-
pectcd that the Ransom Guard of st. AL
bans will go on the same day aud train.
The annual driveof logs, bound for the
mills at Holyoke, passed Brattleboro on
Tuesday. For two or three days previous
there had been large jam of logs against
the piers OF the bridge, and the operation Of
starting them down stream attracted a good
many lookers.on.
--Chas. n. Davenport's house was struck
by Lightning during the heavy thunder
shower on Friday night last. The fluid
passed down one of the chimnoys and
through the bathroom, cutting some queer
antics as usual, and doing from twenty five
TO fifty dollars worth of damage.
If the theft of plants, flowers and
"slips" from tho Brattleboro cemetery
grounds continues as ii has begun, it is
moie Than probable that some OF these can
didates for the State prison will find them
selves where they belong before the season
is over. Let one ofthese despicable thieves
be caught and he will be dealt with with
out mercy 10 the full extent of the law.
Ilehhy Tue
potato bugs, have made their appearance
hereabouts in sufficient numbers to create
alarm for the safety of the potato crop. Let
everybody having farm or garden see TO
II that these early corners are destroyed
ard so avoid the results of future increase.
The Colorado bug is easily distinguished
fro IN others by his large size and the ten
stripes on his back.
Howe has recently made an excellent
portrait of Hon. Asa Keyes, Register Of
Probate, which is now ON exhibition at
Cheney q Clapp's. The portrait was made
by order of the Windham county bar asso-
citation, and is 10 be placed by them in the
county court house at Newfane-a graceful
compli ment to one who is undoubtedly the
oldest practicing lawyer in Vermont.
Ju dgo Keyes is SO years of age, with all
his faculties preserved 10 a remarkable de-
gree.
L. NJ. Read, Esq, president OF the tenn
per ance reform club at Bellows Falls, adj
d ressed the Brattleboro club at its regular
meeting in tho town hall last Sunday eve
ming. Mr.. Read is a young lawyer of fine
abb lites, and his talk upon temperance,
calculated 10 produce a deep effect. He
was followed by Lewis Putnam, L. X.
Fuller and Rev. NJ. II. Harris. Nineteen
additional names were added TO the pledge,
and vote was passed thanking Mr.. Read
for his cheering words.
An interesting society event this week
was the marriage, at noon OH Thursday,
OF Mr.. Oscar d. Esterbrook, of the we'll
k nown firm of Pratt, Wright & Co., with
Mrs. Ella C. Shumway. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. VIM. L. jenkins,
in the Unitarian church, and was witnessed
by a large company of friends and invited
guests. a reception was held at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. Azor Marshall, and the bride
and groom left on the afternoon train for
Phila delphia. They have the cordial good
wish es of very large circle Of friends.
The committee on the Fourth of July
celebration have not yet decided on all the
details Of their arrangements, but the gen.
eri.l programme will be about as follows
50 guns at sunrise, noon and sunset pro-
cession of antiques and horribles at 8
o'clock a. m. at p. m. a procession con-
sisting of brass band, Free Masons, Odd
-
Bait cry, drum corps, firemen and citizens /;
dinner at 8 p. M, followed by briefspeech-
es fireworks in the evening. To make
long story short, it is purposed TO have a
| genuine, old-fashioned rousing Fourth OF
July celebration.
The ladies aud young people of the
Baptist society gave miscellaneous enter
tainment at the town hall ON Thursday eve
ming of last week. The programme in
cluded music by the Brattleboro orchestra /;
choruses under the lead OF Prof. J. A. Max
ham; solos by Mrs. ]. A. Davis, Mrs. d.
L. Herrick and ]. a. Markham; readings
by Miss +. L. Baldwin and Mrs. II. Bur-
chard; Centennial singing school, in CO.'S
tune, under the lead of Mr.. Perkins dra-
ma, "How TO Pay Debts in Hard Times"
by Charles Miller, Burt Hastings and How
ard White and the pantomime "FiYe too
Many" by several young people, The en-
tertainment was gotten up in too great
haste TO admit OF the best results in the
presentation, but the several features were
indy idually good. The readings, particu-
larly, were excellent, and the solos by
Mrs. Davis-who was encored-were very
fine, while the pantomime caused the long
est face to relax. The entertainment closed
with the singing of Aud Lang Syne by the
audience.
The following is the list of letters re-
naming at the post office in this village,
June 10:
S. S. Allen, A. 4. Bond, Deni Bullard,
Joseph Boutheny, Michael Brosnahan, S.
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