Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-01-21
Local Intelligence.


night.
The warm weather has perceplibly
started the buds on some of the trees.
Lecture in the Uniyersllist church next
Sunday evening. Subject, progress of
| Society"
Rev. DR.. Walker will preach, both
morning and evening, in tho Congregation
al church next Sunday.
How shabby tue town hall chandeliers
looked last Friday evening in comparison
with their surroundings
The ladies Of the Methodist society will
hold their annual festival at the lower town
hall on Wednesday evening OF next week.
The average temperature of this month
TO date has been only six degrees below the
freezing point. Last year the temperature
of the month Of January averaged below
zero.
The American cougar, recently killed
in Wardsboro, was sent to Salem, Mass.
taxidermst TO be stuffed and mounted, and
while on lis way home last week was on
exhibition at the lower town hail.
One practical result of Sir Basties in
ventlon in glass is the manufacture of lamp
chmneys that will not break from any or
binary usage. We saw some Of them Civ
en- very severe test at f. G. IIowo's, the
other day.
1t isn't OMEN that parsnips, fresh from
their native earth, are to be had at this time
of year, but VIC notice that they are now in
the market in abundance. A year ago
nothing short Of "A cl arge Of dynamite
would have brought them out ofthe ground.
"A Centennial party is to be given at the
Brooks House on the evening of Washing
toms birthday. Many of the participants
will appear in old-time costume, and the
event will be marked one in our local So
ciety matters.
Meetings are still held nightly at the
Baptist church with increasing interest.
There is quito a large number of inqurers.
Mr.. Burchard is TO preach Friday evening.
Miss f. L. Townsley will probably address
the meeting next Sunday night.
Cheney & Clapp are making a very
han dsome display in their special sale of
photograph albums. As a specimen of
their prices we notice that good album OF
American manufacture, holding fifty pic
lures, can be bought for sixty cents.
The common notion that weather like the
presents unhealthy, because unreasonable,
is disprovod by the fact that there is now
very much less sickness in town than a
year ago at this time, when the weather
was certainly "seasonable" enough TO suit
the most exacting.
1t isn't oflen that country town is ia
vorcd with three fine operas in one season.
| AlthpIol IA l,o 10, Ia, nj, ~
evening crowds closely upon other attrac.
tive entertainments, it viii he an event
which none Of our readers will like TO miss.
The following persons were installed
officers OF Sedgwicll Post, q. A. r., on
Wednesday evening of last week: VIM.
{. Butler, Commander; Il. L. Gordon, S.
'. c.; Oman Prescott, j. V. c.; II. ..
Leonard, Adj. Geo. Il. Greene, @. NJ; G.
|. Pierce, Surgeon Geo. T.. Sellcck, Chap
lain; T.. a. Pufler o. D.; ii. G. Choat, o.
c.; p. $. Chase, Ser2'i Major; T.. l.. Root,
q. NJ. Serg't.
We are indebted TO Mr.. c. II. Stevens,
district clerk, for the following statistics
OF School District Ne. 2 (this villagc,) for
the year 1873: Population, 465l-a gain
over last year Of 2Ol. No. families, 1882.
Persons under twenty, 1890; over five and
under twenty, g7j; under Eve, 355 be-
tween five and ten, 367 between ten and
fifteen, 3lG; between fifteen and twenty,
zI2. Births, S9-maieS, 50; females, 81.
Deaths, Gj-ma!es, % females, 30.
Rev. Frederick FrOihingham, former
ly of Bratiiehoro, and now of Buffalo, y .
Y, preached in the Unitarian church last
Sunday, morning and evening. His SER
mons were marked by 4 rare depth and
fineness of thought, and he was cordially
welcomed Icy all his old friends. Mr..
rockingham was accompanied by his ac-
complished wife, and it was pleasant to see
them both in good health and spirits. They
left town on Monday morning, after stay
Of three or four days.
The continental costume worn by Mr..
Henry c. Willard at the Masonic ball last
Friday evening, when ho appeared as
Gen. Washington, was that in which Gen.
Martin Field, father Of Judge c. X. Field,
was married in 1902, while that OF Mr.. VIM.
Mckeand, in his role of Gen. LAFAYETTE.
was one formerly worn by Consul Jarvis,
father Of Mrs. Hampden Cults. Both these
gentlemen presented an unique and ele-
CANT appearance, and they were the recipi-
ents Of many compliments.
Several Of our business men were sold
last week by Young man who solicited
orders for their cards which he promised to
place in handsomely arranged new mir
ror that he was 10 hang in the waiting room
of the railroad station. He afterward pre-
sented letter saying that The mirror and
ca rds bad been placed US agreed, collected
his money and left. Investigation proved
that the cards had simply been placed in an
old glass which has hung in the ladies
room of the station during the memory of
the present generation.
The following is the list of letters re-
naming in the post office in this village
Jan. 10;
! G ents.-H. d. Ames, Col. J. r. Bennett,
A. Il. Bosworth, d. c. IIowerson, Andie
Johnson, Andrew w. Kezer, II. A. Lyon,
David Long, Elijah p. Miller, Chas. Ray
mond, L. II. Reed, Fred II. Thomos, VIII
lard w. Whitney.
Ladies.-Mrs. A. S. Bartlett Miss Kate
Bunting, Emma r. Carpenter, Mrs. Mary
Duhig, Francis L. Foote, Fanny Howard,
Emma Knight, Nora G. Knapp, Mrs. Eli
"a Liones, Mrs. Ellen +. Smith, 2, Mrs.
Eveo Thompson, Mrs. Eliza b. Thompson.
Misc ellaneous.-Bronson, Weston, Greene
& Co.
Held for better direcllon.-Alrs. Phebe
Martin, Windsor Co., vi.
Valuable letter.-Mrs. Harriet l.. Bard.
we'll.
Held for postage. -Commissiouer of Pa
tents, Washington, d. C.