Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-04-19
Local Intelligence.
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The shop of the New England Furniture
Company at Centreville is to be sold at auc-
ton on the 3Oth inst
The ladies will all be interested in Haw-
ley's new spring announcements which APP
pear in our columns to-day.
beginning with next Monday the morn
ing owl train will leave Brattleboro at l;20-a
few minutes later than heretofore.
Work is brisk ut the Bickford Knitting
Machine Mandatory, the orders largely
coming from Russia, Germany and the West.
-Wantastiquet Lodge, I. o. o. F., will
celebrate the 59th anniversary of the order by
II supper and sociable, on Friday evening,
April 20.
At the Methodist church next Sunday
evening, in place of the usual prayer-meeting,
Rev. Mr.. Perry will deliver IN address to the
young.
At st. Michael's Roman Catholic church
on Easter Sunday low mass will be celebrated
at A. NJ, and high mass Mt 1880 4. NJ. ben
cdicton at 1880 p. NJ
Rev. N. G. Clark, secretary OF the Amer
lean Board, will preach at the Congregational
church next Sunday morning, and an Easter
Sunday school concert will he held in the
evening
Rev. c. A. Paddock of Hinsdalc preached
at the Baptist church last Sunday morning,
and in the afternoon spoke upon temperance
Mt the town hall, to large and interested
audience.
Rev. w. II. Collins, superintendent Of
schools announces that the public examina-
ton of teachers will take place on Saturday,
April 27th at . o'clock 4, ~, in the High
school room.
If any our readers have copies of Walton =
Vermont Register for the years 1920, 1921 or
1928, which they would sell for n reasonable
price, they will confer favor by communi-
eating the fact to this Office.
Rev. L. c. Bass, who for three years la
bored so successfully with the Methodist
church in this place. has just been appointed
by the New Hampshire conference to the pas
torate of the church in Lebanon, n. II.
Good Friday services will be held in the
Universalist church on Friday evening at 1870
o'clock. Easter services will be held in the
same church next Sunday morning. and an
Easter concert will be given in the evening at
I o'clock.
w. G.. Veazey of Rutland, register in
bankruptcy, has been holding bankruptcy
court here for the past three days. in consid-
Grafton of the cases of Henry S. Smith and
Henry c. Squiers of Guilford, and J. G.. Tay-
lor ( Co. of Brattleboro
The members of the Centre Congrega-
tip,,u1 po.tat,. 30 T..
day evening ito hear the report of the trus-
tees in regard to supplying the pulpit, both
temporarily and permanently, and take such
action thereon as the society may see fit
The meeting of the Reform Club last
Thursday evening, ut the Universalist church,
was well attended in spite of the rain. and
there was some interesting speaking by n la
dy and gentleman from out Of town The
meeting this evening will be held at the Bap-
fist vestry.
The notice of the death of the venerable
Peter Hammond, which appears under our
Wardsboro heading to-day, is a refutation, in
one instance Mt least of the statement which
has been often made, that there is no we'll
attested case on record where a person has
lived TO the age of one hundred years or more.
j. ]. Rays stock of spring goods COM
prises every thing desirable both in standard
lines and novelties in hats and caps neck
wear, gloves, underwear, etc Advertisement
in another column. Visitors to Mr. Rays
store will find it painted and rcftted in a
manner to give n very pleasing and harmoni-
Gus effect.
As the season advances We hope to have
more of the outdoor performances by the
boys cornet band, such as we were given n
taste of on Main street on Tuesday evening.
The boys have been in dlligent practice
throughout the winter, and we trust they may
find encouragement to keep up their organi-
cation.
A grand lodge of the Knights of Honor
will be instituted at Grand Army hall next
Saturday, at O'Clock =. NJ, by Supreme Die
tator J. A. Eye, of Pennsylvania. Seven
subordinate lodges of this order have now
been established in different parts of the
State, the first having been instituted in this
town last December.
C. Z. Allen reports brisk trade for the
past few days in fruit trees of various kinds.
and says that he still has left fine lot of
pear, apple, peach, plum and cherry trees, to-
gether with Towering shrubs, etc, in variety.
Mr.. Allen also calls the attention of farmers
to the fact that he is prepared to furnish good
seeds of all kinds which can be depended up
on to be fresh and to come true to name.
There will be the following services in
st. Michaels Episcopal church on Easter day,
April 2lst; AT A. NJ, Morning Prayer and
Litany; 1915 A. NJ, Holy Communion and
Sermon; , p. NJ, Children's service. with
Carols, Catechism and Address; 73O p. NJ,
Choral service. Friday, 18th inst, being
Good Friday, there will be morning service at
IL A. NJ, and evening service at 1870; Satur-
day, Easter eve, services at the same hours.
The annual conclave of Beauseant Com
mandery X. T. No. :, was held Wednesday
evening, when the following officers were
elected; A. L. Clark, E. c. VIM II. Vim
ton, Gen. j. l.. Simonds, C. G. Henry W.
Simonds prelate; A. G. White, S. W ]. G.
Rice, ]. W.; Geo. S. Dowley, treas d. A.
Abbott, recorder. Installation next Tuesday
evening.
Mr.. Dorman Eaton of New York mot
outstanding Gail Hamiltons castigation) has
engaged rooms for himself and wife at the
Brooks House for the coming season, begin
ming about the middle or last of June. Mr..
Eaton's contemplated improvements on the
Pettes place are already in progress, the old
barn having been torn down preparatory to
the erection of new one.
Last fall Hiram Matthews of Centreville
found huge worm some three or four inches
in length, which, out of curiosity, he pre-
served and exhibited to his fellow workmen
at Estey's shops, The worm wrapped him
self up for the winter in the form of CO.
coon, and one day last week awoke to astonsh
his captor MS m enormous but modest-hued
butterfly, whose extent of wings measured 81
inches.
The store in Fisk block now or lately oc-
cupied by c. A. Gridley's peoples Shoe