Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-12-13
Local Intelligence.


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Of goods of all grades for the holiday trade.
/ His advertisement viii repay perusal
/ -"Roadside Legends will be the subject
of Mr. Burcharls lecture, next Sunday even
| ing, at the Baptist church.
-Whiumore a Clark's minstrels are TO
make their annual appearance here on Tues
/ day evening Of next week.
Sermon to young people next Sunday
evening. at the Methodist church. Subject,
"The Poor Mans Gospel"
There will be Il service in the Unitarian
church, next Sunday evening, at o'clock.
/ The seats are free and all are cordially invited.
/ The subject of Rev. NJ H. Harris's lee
ture in the Universalist church next Sunday
/ evening will 'Transgressing Gods Laws
The article which we copy this week from
/ the Burlington Free Press is Of special inter
est to all persons in any way interested in
our savings banks.
AT the semi-annual meeting Of the trus-
/ tees Of the Vermont savings bank. held on
Wednesday dividend Of q per cent was
declared payable in January
Miss Marie Vernon who claims to be the
champion pedestrienne Of the world is to
walk 100 miles in p hours at the town hall
this week, beginning Friday evening at 3
o'clock
The old wooden l. part Of the Valley
Mills, which has been considered unsafe for
some time, was rendered still more 80 by the
frcshet and Wednesday afternoon it was
pushed over bodily into the brook
The spaulding troupe of bcll-ringers, al
here on Monday evening next. The compa-
ny retain all their old attractions, with many
new ones and their entertainment promises
TO be one OF the best.
In the way OF elegant and substantial
goods for the holiday trade no concern in
town offers agreatcr variety or greater induce
ments than do Ranger a Thompson at their
old and we'll known stand Read their adver-
tisemept. and call III and look over their
goods
The New London train arrived here
wednesday morning about an hour late
bringing the Bosien mail, but no train came
over the river road until O'Clock in the eve
ming. the delay having been caused by the
serious damage at Northampton. The after.
noon train from the north WAS three hours
late.
The First church of Springfield Mass
voted on Monday evening to extend a unan-
nous call to DR. Geo. L. Walker of this
place, who mas supplied their pulpit for few
Sundays past to become their pastor. Next
Monday evening a meeting of the parish will
be held when concurrent action with that Of
the church will undoubtedly be taken
In tine haste Of making ready for press
last week W, overlooked the fact that the 9TH
section OF our village charter provides that
special meetings may at any time be called
to fill any vacancies which may exist in the
several offices" Under this section a special
meeting has been called for Monday evening
18th inst. to elect first bailii in place Of
Col Fuller, who declines the office
-Signor Patrizios entertainment on Mon
day evening furnished very agreeable two
hours amusement to good-sized audience
His various tricks and experiments" were Of
a character entirely beyond anything of the
kind ever before seen here, and the elegant
and polished manner in which they were per
formed raised them quite among the fine arts
| Perhaps more than of any other one feature
Of the entertainment a majority of the audi
ence would like to know where those several
glass dishes of water came from and to what
wonderful receptacle that one disappeared
which the young man IN the audience stood
ready with outstretched hands to catch
We notice that the business firm which
/ has successfully adapted itself TO tho wants OF
the holidays one year, is likely to make still
greater uKertions and have still larger va
riety the following year. OF this class is the
long firm Of NJ. I. Van Doom Il Son.
They seem TO have surpassed themselves this
year. Their store Is filed to overlooking with
both useful and ornamental gifts. articles
which include some very fine things il
Japanese, Chinese and English F'dieaoe such
as arr rarely obtained outside Of large cities
! III, ir stock OF silver-plated ware Is also very
extensive and is strictly FIRST quality We
hear their prices favorably spoken Of, and
people are evidently surprised to be able to
obtain such handsome articles for so little
money.
The freshet was not entirely without lts
funny incidents. We hear Of one man. a guest
OF the Brattleboro House, who was in the
wash room when the cry came that the Estey
building was going and thinking it was the
hotel which was meant he darted clean through
the nearest window, glass and all, and crawl
ed on all fours, spawhng and painting up the
steep and slippery bank at the east end. An
other case was that of young mnn, not alto
l'gether unknown as a newspaper correspon-
dent and insurance agent, who WAS Just COM
ing up from the railroad station as the build
ing fell. Seeing it totter as he stood near
the bridge, at the opposite side, he threw his
umbrella and started on race for dear life
down the hill Still another is that OF man
who made a somewhat protracted call at d
Flat street house Tuesday evening, and find
ing the house surrounded by water when he
finally thought Of going home, he went back
and put al Il part on his call, which lasted
until the man of the house came home, and
with rubber boots on, backed him ashore
Letters remaining at the Brattleboro post
office, Dec. y:
Ladies-Ph@be Jane Brooks Jaequeline
Haddington, Mrs. J. f. Marshall Mrs W
w. Truax, Miss Eva Wheeler.
Gents.-James Austin, A. W. Banister
j. F. Brooks, S. b. Batchelder, Charlie Clark,
C. C. Corbett, p j. Conway, Thos. Conner,
Edward Dunklee, Joseph s. Deoevin, ]. b.
Giles, Eugene F. Hastings, F. Z. King, T. A.
Lord, J. q. Mcdonald, A. T. Prouty, c. j.
Weston, Labih A. White
Miscellaneous-Br insmaid 4 Hildreth, Peck
Bros, F. +. a ]. NJ. Boyle, American Free
! Press
TRIAL UNDER THE NUISANCE ACT"
A good deal of interest has been awak-
eded during the past week by the trial of a
complaint preferred by VIM. T. Howe, the
town grand juror in the west part of the
town, against Albert NJ. Smith, keeper of the
Glen House at the West village under the