Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-06-08
Local Intelligence.


The Estey Guard and Fuller Battery |
will hold their annual muster and June |
tfaiuing on Saturday Of next week, June |
10.
We learn that the ladies of the Centre |
Congregational church will hold their an
nual strawberry festival about the 18th
inst.
The Bratteboro savings bank declared |
semi.annual dividend of per cent. on
Wednesday, payable on the first wednes-
day in July.
Mrs. Daniel Long, accompanied by her
son Patrick, late in the employ Of Frank
Howe, lefl town last week on visit TO the
old country, after an absence of thirty one
years.
The members of the Grand Army and
old soldiers attended the Methodist church
last Sunday morning in a body. Mr.. Per-
ry's sermon was an able effort and happily
adapted 10 the occasion.
"A meeting OF the Reform Club will be
held at their room this, Thursday, evening,
at which an important matter of business
will be considered. A prompt attendance
of officers and members is desirable.
Edward Harlow of Keene has bought
Hlodgman's cleaning and dyeing business,
and will put in steam apparatus for color
ing and pressing dress goods, etc.
Work was begun, Monday, on the new
bank wall on Green street, near the old
Baptist church, by which the street is TO be
widened and the grade reduced, in accord
ancc with the decision of the commission
ers.
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the reading room of the Reform Club,
Thursday evening OF last week, the COM
pany being entertained with singing, rec-
tatons and remarks of an interesting char
acter by members OF the club.
Some Of the Brattleboro Odd Fellows
have been victimized by fellow styling
ing himself Henry Chase, and claiming to
be member Of Stella Lodge, ]. o. o. F., of
Newark, y. j., but who proves TO be a
fraud.
Owing to the rainy weather only
small audience was present at the town
hall on Wednesday evening to listen to w.
G. Mallory's talk on temperance. AT the
close Of Mr.. Mallory's address Mr.. James
Fisk made a few earnest remarks.
We hear very iattering accounts of the
way in which Mr.. Kilburn treats his guests
at the attractive and commodious Prospect
House at Chesterfield lake. Many Brattle-
boro people will take occasion to av all them
selves OF his abundant hospitality before
the season is over.
The new High school bell was placed
in position 80 as to be rung for the first
time at the beginning Of this week. lis
tone is exceedingly pleasant aud musical
and can he heard throughout the village.
The bell is Of bell metal, weighs $50 lbs,
cost $780, and is from the well-known Me-
nicely bell foundry, West Troy, N. Y.
AT the annual meeting of the Western
aqueduct association, held on Tuesday, it
was voted to raise tax of ten dollars per
share, payable July LIST, TO liquidale the
debt of the association. The following Of
ticers were elected for the year W. L. Ea-
son, president; S. NJ. Waite and C. +.
Thompson, directors; Malcolm Moody,
secretary and treasurer.
One half of the sum Of $500 which it is
hoped TO raise in Windham county for the
Bennington centennial celebration has
been apportioned 10 Brattleboro. The sub
scription started off with four of $50 each
by leading citizens; upward of $500 has al
ready been secured, and there is a good
prospect that the whole sum of $50 will he
promptly subscribed.
After a few days Of warm and pleasant
weather another welcome and plentiful
rain set in on Wednesday morning. Up
to this time the season in this vicinity has
been remarkably favorable for the growth
of crops of all kinds. On the west side of
the State, from Rutland north, complaint
has been made of a protracted drouth
which threatened serious injury to vegsta-
ton.
The death Of Mrs. jacob Marsh, an old
and respected resident OF Green street,
which is noted under our obituary head
ing, occurred very suddenly from heart
disease last Friday morning. On first
awaking in the morning she seemed to he
feeling better than for some weeks past,
but when her husband went 10 her few
minutes later he found her lying upon her
LEFT side with one hand under her heart, and
life was extinct.
oil stoves for use in hot weather by ex-
cursionists, or by persons having small
families, or limited room, are coming into
common use, and really have been brought
to high degree of perfection. Probably
the best pattern yet devised is the "Flor-
ence," manufactured by the Florence Sew
ing Machine Company and on sale at Wood
& Marshal's. 1t bakes bread in thirty
minutes, is admirably adapted to all varie-
lies of cookery, and costs but So.
The potato bugs are diligently at work
throughout the county and in many cases
~ hav Ihai Ia do full
their vines, but from present appearances
it is safe to predict that those who persevere
in fighting the enemy, and thus secure a
crop, will get a price for the tubers which
will repay them for the time and labor
spent. The mischief from the second crop
of bugs is what is most 10 be feared, and
hence the necessity of killing the first COM
ers aud, especially, of destroying all their
eggs.
We learn that the various roads inter-
ested contemplate putting on a fast through |
express train at an early day, for the &C.
commodation of the White mountain sum-
mer travel over The Connecticut river route.
The train will probably leave New York at
o.. NJ, Springfield at 1880 P. NJ, Brattle-
boro at p. NJ, and reach Fabyan's at 10 |
o'clock the same night. A meeting of the
managers Of the various lines over which |
the train will pass is soon to be held 10 COM
plete the arrangements.
The eastern and larger portion of the
express Office is being converted into a
billiard room for the accommodation of the |
guests of the Brooks House. The other |
part of the room will still be used as an
express office, au entrance to which has