Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-25
Local Intelligence.


jerome Knight, with his wife, left town
last Friday morning, for Germany in the in
teresl Of Messrs J. Estey d Co.
Cheney d Clapp have Rogers latest
group, the photographer and his Sitter"
which is fully up to his usual standard.
'-Burnetts band gave a dance at North
field, Mass, Thursday night of last week,
and an extra train was ran from this place.
The affair was quite a success.
j. r. Hildreth is preparing to build a
dwelling house on Frost street. 22x25 feet,
two stories, with I'll and barn attached.
Posi- Sedgwick No. s, G.. A. r., will hold
a camp fire at their hail on Wednesday even
| ing Of next week. to which all old soldiers
aul their families are cordially invited.
by reference to a card in our advertising
columns it will be seen that Sherman ~ Jcnne
have taken the agency for the old and emf
nently substantial London Assurance Cor
| porntion'
Thorough work is being made Of the re-
pairs on the Main street bridge and, when
completed the improvement will be one
which the whole community will appreciate
in more ways than one.
The wonderfully beautiful October wealth
err. which has prevailed since the month came
in, was interrupted on Wednesday by soak
ing rain such as the farming community have
been hoping for for some time.
A considerable interest is being awakened
at the Baptist church by the iabors Of the re-
yiyalist Dewitt. Meetings are held every
evening during The week and on Tuesday and
| Thursday Afternoons. Several Of our we'll
known business men are classed among the
converts. .
At the meeting of the Fort Dummor rifle
club. on Wednesday. the contest for the club
badge resulted in It tie between Mason Lamb
and f. L. Hawley, each making 81 points
out of possible 20, in ten shots. The ref
cree gave the badge TO Mr.. Lamb, he having
the lowest cutters. Distance, 200 yards.
Competition FOR the Hooker badge, at 400,
800 and COO yards, was postponed on account
of the rain. till Saturday. at . o'clock A. NJ.
Pomona Grange will hold its last quar-
terry meeting for the year in Brattleboro, on
Thursday Of next week, at half past ten, in
the hall over Pettee's dental rooms. 1t is ex-
pected that President Buckham, or some one
from the agricultural college, viii be present,
and the public are cordially invited to attend
in the afternoon. The presence of all inter-
ested in agriculture is especially hoped for
Doors open for the afternoon session at half
past one o'clock.
The memorial services at the Universalist
church last Sunday morning called out a
large congregation. The decorations were
never more artistic in their arrangement.
Many offerings were brought and placed upon
the altar Of the church, in memory OF dear
ones gone Over the pulpit was a large crown
and harp wrought of white flowers and ever
green on either side were two beautiful stars,
while in front Of the pulpit hung a golden
harp, wrought Of immortelles and grasses
which was given in memory of little Cecie
Cook. A beautiful pillow with the word
Mother on it, lay upon the table in memory
of Mrs. Childs. A large white cross was re-
clining on the pulpit, in memory of Mrs p
Barrows. There was also a cross and crown
in memory of Mrs. Luke Weatherhead. and
many other designs in anchors beautiful bas-
kets, and bouquets, were given in memory of
| friends. The pastor stated that u persons
had passed away during the year The ser
mon was from the words, The things which
are seen are temporal, the things which are
unseen are eternal, showing the necessity
of loving the things seen and temporal more
truly because by SO doing we making the
best preparation for the unseen and eternal.
The only preparation for dying is living, be-
ing faithful to dUty and to Cod
Tho following is the list of letters remain
ing at the post office in this village, Oct. y.
Ladies. Hattie Amsden, Josie F. Amsden,
Mrs. Ella Butterfeld Carrie NJ Coburn. Mrs.
| Il U~rr
Louisa Hoose, Lena Hall Mrs. Ashley NJ Par
malice, Ella A Tracy.
Gents.-Fred Adams, Burt Bell, C. +. But
Ter, T. Burnham John Crowie, Edward
Grcenloaf, G. Z. Greenleaf Doctor Harvey.
Saml L. Harvey, D. W. jackson, II. L.
johnson, W. q. Leray, John Moore, s Stew
art Asa Winchester John W Williams
A SHORT SERMON INTENDED TO HIT EVERY MEM
BEE or THE CONGREGATION.
The audience which gathered last Thurs
day evening to hear the fifth lecture in Prof
Cummings course was so small as TO entirely
discourage the professor in his purpose to
complete the course. and by unanimous
vote OF the ticket holders it was agreed,
though not without many expressions of re-
greet, to release Prof Cunning from all fur
Their obligations in the matter. We must be
allowed to frankly say that result like this
Of an attempt to give our people thoroughly
scientific course of lectures, is not creditable
to this community. From Prof Cummings
own expressions the subject it was evident
that he felt that the failure of the course was
largely due to the course taken by some of
our clergymen, or other religious people, who
feared that his lectures might in some way
disturb or undermine established religious be-
lief. For our part We seriously question
whether this influence had more to do with
the failure of the course than several others
and, notably among them, "a marked and
incomprehensible failure to appreciate the
opportunity thus offered to the community
The plain truth in the matter is this Prof.
Cunning came here, as he has gone to hun
dreds of other places, to give course of
purely scientific lectures which should unfold
in an entertaining manner the latest develop
ments in geologic research. AS we stated on
his first coming, there is no man in this coun-
try who is better qualified from natural quail
ties Of mind, from patient study, and careful
original investigation, to perform such an Of
flee than is he. Whatever Prof Cunning has
to say upon his chosen subject has nothing
whatever to do with spiritualsiu, atheism, or
any other 'sia, or with the belief of any sect
or denomination. He simply states scientific
facts without individual bias or coloring of
any kind, and without for a moment branch
ing on into any rial or supposed yagaries of
religions or non-religous belief or specula-
ton. We may be still further permitted to
say that sp-aking from our own experience
with Prof Cunning through three separate