Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-18
Local Intelligence.


The economically disposed should read
an advertisement headed Economy" in an
other column.
N. !. Hawley is making special prices on
cloaks and winter dress goods in order to close
out those lines of goods for the season.
b. II. Spcry has sold the Luther Weld
place which he bought at auction last spring,
to A. V. May of Wardsboro, for $500.
The annual meeting of the New England
Furniture Company will be held at the Brooks
House, Tuesday, Jan %, at o'clock p. NJ.
The gathering of the ice crop has been
commenced. ice on the ponds having formed
to the depth of some fourteen inches
The Brattleboro boys are organizing
professional nine TO contend for the base ball
championship Of the Connecticut valley next
season.
Rev. J. Hilton of Hinsdale, n H., will
lecture in the Universalist church next Sunday
evening Subject, Religion life, not n
special experience"
A sketch of the life and character of the
late DIR. Charles Chaplin, from the pen of a
warm personal friend, which was promised for
publication this week. is unavoidably delayed
to another issue.
From an advertisement in another column
it will be seen that Miss LeFrancs second ex-
hibiton of physical culture in Brattleboro,
heretofore spoken of in our columns. is to be
given on Monday, January %. Mr. Avery
will also give walking exhibition at the same
time.
The railroad party who visited Boston
and the Billorica & Bedford railroad Inst week,
ala 30, L.. hi,
Friday morning by F. w. Childs, who was I'M
Inistakaby in that condition Of beaming
though subdued happiness which is the nat
ural and eninently proper estate of a newly
made bridegroom
1t is now two days more than year since
we have had snow storm of any marked
amount. The last heavy snow of last winter
came one year ago Tuesday afternoon and
night, January Il, and after that time, for the
balance of the winter, hardly more than an
inch or two fell in ALL Previous to that time
however for more than a month, the rule had
been from one to three heavy storms per
week.
The great question which now occupies
the average local mind is whether we are to
say ''two;ftct gauge" railroad or two foot
gauge"-whether we are to speak of the
standard roads as being built on .teet -
| inches gauge, or on I foot, 81 inch gauge.
| The grammars ION general principles), and
common usage in speaking, say foot, but the
best usage in print-ncluding the documents
of eminent railroad engineers, the cyclopedias
and the leading railroad journal of the coun-
| try-says tset viii Richard Grant White
~. IL. II.
Of our cyclopedia men, please to rise and ex-
plain?
Two Of Murphy's temperance workers.
/ DR.. Searle and Mr.. W. NJ. Taylor of Troy, n
| Y. began their labors in this town Sun
| day afternoon. Meetings are held every eve
ming at the town hall, with noon prayer meet
ings at the room of the reform club, and these
will be continued during the present week
| Thus far the meetings have been well attend
| ed, but the result has not been such as to give
hope of general awakening such as has
been wrought in many other places. The
temperance people are however, endeavor-
ing to secure the presence of Mr.. Murphy
himself, at as early day as possible in which
undertaking il is to be hoped they will sue
| coed
The friends of certain prominent and
substantial citizen, whose residence is not
more than a mile from the common, are Just
now anyiously guessing at the cause which
could induce him to appear on Main street of
an evening, rs he has recently done, airily clad
in his dressing gown, with gay scarlet trim
mings an outside and over garment The
gentleman positively asserts that he owns
OK rot Ia.
urged in eNtenuation of his conduct Among
all the possible reasons assigned we prefer to
be charitable and attribute the cause of this
harmless eccentricity to the fact that the mans
wife is absent, SO that he now lacks that CON
slant domestic care and oversight of which he
evidently stands in need.
Col. Hooker, writing from Washington
to a personal friend in Bratteboro, under date
of Jan. II, says Il am in full sympathy
with the new railroad departure, and would
do all III my power to provide an outlet by
rail for the interior Of our county. That the
narrow gauge you propose is perfectly pmcti-
cable, needs no further demonstration and
that it would be ample for all the traffic must
be another conceded point" He then, after
saying that building railroads by town aid is
not, as rule, favored by him, continues
but there are exceptions, and to save our
county from disintegration and depopulation,
all, without regard to race, color or previous
condition. should take hold with a will and
accomplish the desired result" We heartily
second the Colonels suggestion, and trust that
all friends of the enterprise will work with
will" in its behalf
Warrants have been posted for town
meeting, to be held on Saturday. January 26,
ut Il o'clock A. NJ, TO see if the town will vote
to instruct the railroad commissioners to sub
scribe the sum of $50, 900, voted last April
to the Brattleboro and Whitehall railroad
to two-feet gauge road to be built from
BrattlebOro to South Londonderry. Our peo-
pie have already become warmly interested
in the two-feet gauge project, and We are
glad that an early opportunity is to be given
the town to take the first step toward secur-
ing the construction of the road during the
coming season. With Brattleboro promptly
taking the lead in the matter we believe that
every other interested town is morally sure to
speedily fall into line. In such case there can
be no doubt that the opening of spring would
see the road under contract and its construc-
ton begun
On Thursday afternoon of next week, at
four o'clock, the annual business meeting of
the directors of the Brattleboro and White
hall railroad company will be held at the
Brooks House. Parties from all points on the
line of the road will be in attendance and in
the evening, at O'Clock, public meeting
will be held in the town hall for the discussion
of the proposed two-feet gauge project to
South Londonderry. Judge Stoddard of
Townshend E. L. Waterman Esq. of Jamai-
ca, ]. L. Martin ESQ, of. Londonderry, and
several other gentlemen of prominence, will
be present and address the meeting Every
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