Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-08-31
Local Intelligence.


market and offers some new styles OF dress
goods.
Phoenix Engine Co., No. 6, have voted
10 attend the muster at Gardner. Mass
Sept. 9th.
The Baptist Sunday school picnicked
nj the Bernardston grove on Wednesdav
and report having very enjoyable time.
The public schools will begin their fall
term next Monday. Miss Perkins's Kin.
dergarten school also resumes It's sessions
on the same day.
John Fisher, one Of the Brattleboro
party that went TO the Black Hills last
spring, is back as far as Detroit, where he
is employed in an organ shop.
Mrs. Dryer of Chicago, one of Moody's
workers, gave some very interesting Bible
readings and expeditions at the CongreRa.
tlonal church, last Monday afternoon and
evening
The Methodist camp meeting al Clare
mont Junction has been largely attended.
some 5000 persons being present last Sun
day, including about finy from Brattle-
boro.
The Hsll-Fuller families from West
moreland, Chesterfield, Keene and Bratle.
boro, TO the number Of about forty, enjoy
ed delightful picnic at Chesterfield lake
last Saturday.
An extra freight train which LEFT White
River Junction Monday night ran into an.
other one which left a short time before, at
North Hartland, and both locomotive and
car were badly damaged.
The new hand steam fire engine, pur-
chased by the village, has arrived and been
placed in The engine house on Elliot street.
1t was built by the Clapp & Jones Manu-
featuring Company, and cost $500.
WIN. Kelley of this town, who has
been Cor sometime under arrest at Green
field for assaulting an old man at Milers
Falls, has been sentenced for sixteen
months to the Northampton house of cor
rection.
The Spiritualist camp meeting at Lake
Pleasant ends this week, and Tuesday OF
next week the Evangelical Grove Meeting
will commence and continue four days.
Mr.. Moody will conduct the services on
Thursday, the.6th.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Dudley, widow of the
late Major Charles p. Dudley of the 9Th
Regt. vi. Vols, and only daughter of Will
lard Frost, Esq, of this village, died on
Wednesday morning ailer long aud pain
full illness. Her death will be mourned by
a wide circle of friends and acquaintance.
%. r. vesper, Vermont veteran whose
PECULIARLY is that he wears coat with
twice as many sleeves as he has use for, Is
engaged hereabouts 10 selling Halls Ex-
celsior Washing and Bleaching Compound
an article for the laundry considered al
most indispensable by housekeepers who
have used it. The article, we understand,
is to be left on sale at Piper's store.
"A fire was discovered, Tuesday eve
ming about half past o'clock, in the base
ment of Prof Charlier's barn, on Western
avenue, but was discovered by the family
and extiDguished before doing damage.
Only the straw in the manure heap was
burned, and the barn floor scorched. The
doors in the rear were left open, as usual at
this season Of the year, and II Is thought
that the fire was started by an incendiary.
H. b. Crosby, Esq, OF Patterson. Nj,
has been in town a few days, stopping at
the Brooks House. Mr.. Crosby is a native
of Brattleboro, a brother OF Mrs. A. d.
Putnam, and comes on a visit TO the old
IL
Crosby went to Patterson some thirty-fte
years ago, where he opened a small grocery
business, in which he was successful, and
now is rated one Of tho heaviest merchants
OF that city.
1t was a very unministerial procedure
for Elder Beemau, at the Clsremont camp
meeting, last Sunday afternoon, during the
services, TO take policeman and go to a
neighborng hotel in search OF the cause of
decentralization among some of The unre-
generate; and when the landlord informed
him in the most positive language that he
had sold no liquor and there was not a drop
on the premises, it was very unreasonable
and impolite in him to insist upon a search,
aud TO draw forth from an obscure hiding
place several kegs and demijohns contain
ing the contraband Guid, to the confusion
aud disgust OF the aforesaid landlord but
then, the Elder is man of practical turn
of mind, and knows thing or two in re-
gard 10 the wiles of The adversary.
The Binghampton IN. ~ Daily Times
of Aug. 9th thus pleasantly a!ludes to an
old acquaintance:
"Re~. DR.. Matteson, Of the Fifth Baptist
church of Troy, officiated at the Baptist
church in this city yesterday morning. The
subject of his sermon was ''The Holy
Ghost" not at first thought an attractive
theme for a sultry summer day. In the
hands of Troy's eloquent divine, however,
the discourse became one of exceeding in
terest. Brief, but pithy and pointed state
ments, apt illustrations, free use of the
plain Saxon words of our language, and an
earnest and vigorous delivery, combined
to make one of the best pulpit efforts Bing-
hampton has had in many day. DIR. Mat
teson has apparently not yet reached mid
die life, aud may look forward to many
years OF valuable pulpit work."
The following Is the list OF letters re-
naming at the post Office in this village
Aug. 80.
Ladies.-Addie l.. Aldrich, Mrs. Ellen
j. Brown, Mrs. Mary Crowniugsbield, Mrs.
Margaret Conner, Mrs. Susie S. Clark, Ell
la A. Emerson. Mrs. II. Estey, Eliza Fem
ton, Mrs. S. w. Farrar, Nellie NJ. Law
renee, Maggie McShane, Emily Nichols,
Maria Rogers, Mrs. Betsey Smith, Mrs.
Sarah Spears, Belle Whitaker, Mrs. Sarah
Winchester.
Gents.-Samuel G. Ball, r. G. Brown;
Thomas J. Cooke 5, II. L. Davis, A. G.
Hill, G. w. Holland, Geo. N. Hills, o. r.
Howard, NJ. NJ. Joslyn, Samuel Fl. Piper,
p. c. Sargent, A. Z. Tillson, N. Z. Taylor,
Andrew Way.
laneous.-Bratlleboro Free Press.
Held for postage.-Joshua Beardsley,
N. S.