Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-03-30
Local Intelligence.



give an Easter concert on Sunday evening.
Maple sugar comes into market In
small quantities, as yet, and brings from 10
to 10 cents.
Drum Major Frank Putnam, John
Fisher and 7. s. Cline set out for the Black
Hills on Tuesday.
1t is announced that ID. b. Sisby & Co.
are about TO remove their dry goods bust
ness TO Greenfield.
"A telegram from Il. Crosby, ESD, last
week Thursday, announced his safe arrival
at San Francisco.
The ladies Of the Methodist society
will hold their annual festival on Wednts-
day evening, April IL.
Sherman Warren was chosen Supelin-
tendent Of the Baptist Sunday school al the
annual meeting held last Sunday.
Pages Dramatic Company played
1.-Two Orphans to a well pleased and fair
sized audience Saturday evening.
There will be Easter services in the
Universalist church next Sunday morning,
at which time the lite Of baptism will be
administered.
Blue glass lamp chiInneys are the latest
novelty, aud Frank Howe has them. They
are an excellent thing for weak eyes, and
will undoubtedly have a large sale.
low Mass will be celebrated in the Ro-
man Catholic church at o'clock and High
Mass at II o'clock or Easter morning, with
Nespers at hall-past three IN the afternoon.
A. c. Davenport, tho well-known and
always reliable grocer, has an announce
ment in our advertising columns to day of
the truth of which every reader will do
well 10 satisfy himself
The Dartmouth College Glee club will
give a concert at the town hall this Thurs
day evening, consisting Of college songs,
quartettes, duets, solos, &c, with instru-
mental music. Go and hear them.
The announcement that concert soon
TO be given by local talent, was to take place
at the Town Hall is an error. If given at
all, it will be as originally intended, as a
private musical, al Kindergarten Hall.
The Easter services at st. Michael's
(Episcopal) church will be as follows: Ear
ly morning service at a. NJ; Holy Com
mnnion, anthems and sermon at IL a. NJ;
children's service, with Easter Carols, at
y - We, iNNtueOuB AZ IL NJ
Rev. l.. II. Stone of Castleton, the well
known temperance lecturer, is announced
TO speak in Braltlcburo ON Thursday even
ing Of this week at Fayetteville, Sunday,
April lst; on the "a at Townshend, on the
4th at Jamaica, on the 9Th at Wardsboro
on the Sth at Grafton, on the 10Th at Sax
tons River, on the 18th at Bellows Falls.
Some boys, the other day, found on the
river bank, near Richards Bradey's resi-
dcnce, valise containing several articles
Of gentlemens underwear, chidren's
stockings, etc. The valise and some OF the
articles bore the initials &C. w. f." APP
p,arances indicated that the valise had re-
manned exposed 10 the weather u good
while, but the circumstances surrounding
it are a mystery.
The announcements for religious ser
vices tomorrow, which is Good Friday,
and also the annual Fast Day, are as fol-
lows: At the Episcopal church, in the
morning at IL O'Clock and in the evening
at $780, with a sermon at the latter service.
AT the Roman Catholic church, sermon on
the Passion Of our Lord, and Vespers, at
I 80 in the evening. At the Uniyersalst
church, sermon and communion at IL o.
clock in the morning. Union service at
the Baptist church at the same hour.
"A rain storm set in Monday morning,
which continued with considerable severity
until Wednesday morning, with occasional
showers following, and changing Thursday
morning to snow, which whitens the ground
as We write. 1t is the heaviest storm we
have had for a long time; the ground is
saturated as it has not been before for years;
springs and wells which have long been
dry are filled, and the streams are overflow
ing their banks to some extent. Little or
no damage is reported in this vicinity, save
from the washing of the roads.
Rev. NJ. II. Harris OF the Uniyersalist
church closed his Winters course of lee
lures last Sunday evening with a very
earnest and outspoken discourse on "Rum-
selling" in which he gave concise and
vigorous statement of the reasons why the
traffic in intoxicating liquors should be
abandoned in all its branches. Mr.. Har-
ris's lectures during the past Winter have
been even moro fully attended than ever
before, and wO trust that they have been
appreciated by his hearers TO degree COM
mensurate with the amount of hard and
untiring work which he has bestowed upon
their preparation and delivery.
Last Sunday, which was known to
the church as Palm Sunday, celebrating
Chrisrs trumphal entry into Jerusalem,
received appropriate recognition in nearly
all our village churches. The sermons at
the Episcopal, Uniyersaist and Unitarian
churches had special reference to the beau
tiful lessons which the day calls TO mind.
DR.. Walker delivered an address suited to
the anniversary at his evening service, and
at the Roman Catholic church the morning
service opened with the blessing Of the
palms by the priest, followed by their dis
tribution TO the members of the congrega-
ton. High Mass was then observed, cele-
brating the Feast of the Annuuciation, and
the service ended with the Holy Commu.
MON.
The evening of Palm Sunday was COM
memorated at the Centre Congregational
Church by a familiar narration of the
events of the last few days of the Savior's
life. DIR. Walker selected no text, but read
selections from the several Gospels, and
pointed out upon large map the location
of the towns or villages mentioned. He
traced the journey of the Lord from his
home in Galilee along the Jordan to Jeri-
cho, then up the lonely ascent to Bethany.
From the home of Martha and Mary to his
ancestral city Christ was surrounded by an
exultant throng who, casting their gar
menls and branches of palm in the way,
sang Hosanna to the Son of David. Round
ing the side of Mt. Olvet the procession
paused to gaze upon the splendors of Jeru-
salem; but Jesus wept over its approach
ing downfall, and prophesied the woes