Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-01-05
Local Intelligence.


Lecture III ine OHlNcIsdIlsl CuuiVh
next Sunday evening. Subject, "Provent-
atives."
Mrs. Hudson and Miss Crossett, dress
makers, have dissolved and retired from
the business.
The Universalist society will hold their
annual fair aud festival at the town hall on
wednesday evening. Gath inst.
Next week, "the Week OF Prayer"
will be observed by services every evening
at the several evangelical churches.
The village police are to be paid S75
this year in addition to their legal fees for
arrests, etc., instead Of 500 as heretofore.
The Star minstrels gave very credita-
BILE amateur performance at the town hall
on Thursday evening last, which was high
ly enjoyed by good-sized audience.
Our old friends, Mcknight, Norton Il
Hawloy OF Springfield, Mass, advertise TO-
day their great semi-annual sale, with
which many of cur readers are already IA
miliar. Cash will do wonders, they say,
this year.
Frank 4. Horton has bought the inter-
est of the elder Mr.. Baker in the Brattlebo-
70 bakery, and the new proprielors are
about TO put in an improved oven, by which
they will be enabled TO produce the very
best quality of crackers.
II. G. IIardic, who last week clused his
Bratteboro studio and went 10 New York
for the winter, did some very fine and sat-
isfactory work before going. We learn
that lie has several local orders for portraits
to be made on his return in the spring.
The Methodist Sunday school re. organ
lied last Sunday with the following OFF,
Gers: d. n. Tolles, superintendent; S. o.
Miner, assistant superintendent; w. New
comb, librarian ID. a. Henry, secretary
and treasurer.
beginning with January first the wages
of all the Central Vermont employees in the
master mechanics department are to be
reduced ten per cent and upwards. This
class includes engineers and firemen, shop
hands, etc.
We have still on hand several copies Of
the PhGSIx supplement, containing the
laws passed at the recent session of the leg
islalure, which are at the service or any of
our friends who have not yet obtained
COPY, or who may need another for any
purpose.
We learn that the bailins have given
orders that all the bars in the village shall
be closed every night ut 10 o'clock and that
they SHALL lie Kept closed from Saturday
night till Monday morning. The police
are instructed 10 see that the regulation is
enforced.
i. b. Thorn, son Of 1. N. Thorn, drug
gist, has lately returned from a three years
cruise on the U. S. war steamer Crank
ill.," which on her return voyage brought
back Boss Tweed" Young Thorn served
as assistant apothecary on board the Frank
liu-which much Of the time cruised In
Eastern waters-and returns with an hon
orable discharge.
Joseph Chandler, son Of Rev. J. Chaud-
Ter of West Brattleboro, who is In the senior
class at Yale College, is one OF the seven
teen students composing the "Yale Cleo
Club" and on Monday left home where
he has been spending the holidays-to join
the club in concert tour embracing the
Giles of Chicago, Cincinnati, Buffalo, FL
mira, and Brooklyn.
On Monday Geo. johnson OF Guilford
made an entirely unprovoked assault upon
hith Va tusS lONu III htuDeTH
meat market, striking and scratching him
in tie face severely. Johnson was COM
planned OF by b. A. Clark, town grand ju-
ror, and in the evening had his trial before
Justice Newton. He was fined $40 and
costs, amounting in all TO $40 AZ.
Tho legislature having enacted at its
recent session that the standard measure
for milk in this Stale shall be wine meas
ure, we learn that all but two OF our local
milk men changed TO the wine measure on
the first instant, dropping their price one
cent per quart. This seems 10 be the fair
and proper way OF making the change and
complying with the law, as the difference
in price fully covers the difference in guam
tity. Give us uniformity, gentlemen.
The following persons were installed
officers Of Wantastiquet Lodge l. o. o. F.
on Monday evening, by d. d. q. Master
ii. X. White: N. g., II. NJ. Cook V. g.,
c. r.. Stevens; Rec. Sec'y, d. w. Tenney;
Per. Sec'y, d. A. Henry Treas, L. w.
Marshall; Warden, a. W. Phillips; Con-
duclor, w. Underwood; II. S. of N. c., J.
w. Knight; l.. S. OF n. c., J. w. Simonds;
Il. S. of V. c., c. ]. Root l.. S. of V. G.,
c. b. Fairbanks; /. S. c., T. s. Cline; o.
S. g., II. =. Frost Representatives 10 Or.
Lodge, II. p. Frost, II. X. White, T. Han
non, L. l.. Davis.
Ono of the most valuable mementoes
of the great Exposition which we have yet
seen is little volume of 1877 pages reprint
ed from the Philadelphia Public Ledger's
description Of the display of the United
States Government. This account takes up
in succession each separate department OF
the governments unrivalled display and
under the headings 1.-THE Signal Service
Bureau" "The War Department." "The
Navy Department." 1.-The Lighthouse Ser
vice." etc., gives complete description of
ex hibits in each. The book is neatly print
ed and is sold for % cents. Copies may be
obtained of c. w. Wilcox at the post office.
Many persons will be glad 10 have it as
pleasant and inexpensive Centennial re-
minder aud aid 10 the memory.
-Unquesiionably one of the most charm
ing childrens' services of the year was the
rone held by the Sunday School OF st. Mi
chaol's Episcopal church Thursday even
ing of last week, 1t being Holy Innocents'
day. The children had been for some time
previous TO Christmas under careful music
al training, and rendered their selections in
highly felicltous manner. After this lit
tie service at the church the school adjourn
ed 10 Harmony hall for their usual Christ
mas tree, supplemented this year by a dis
lribution Of prizes by the rector for regular
attendance and exemplary conduct. This
interesting and satisfactory event over, re-
freshments were served, and tho evening
was given up 10 games and dancing.
The snow and wind storms OF the past