Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-06-13
Local Intelligence,


The logs are beginning 10 run uOWn inc
river in considerable numbers.
New carpets and cushions are being
placed in the Congregational church this
week.
Melancholy effect of that now-fangled
lemonade-see the obituary poetry in the
R---r of last week.
Rev. d. Il. Miller will preach ut the
Methodist church next Sunday evening on
paul at Athens" the discourse being the
second of series on the great apostle.
The ladies of the Baptist society are to
hold their annual lawn party on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, June 18th and 2Gth,
on the grounds Of Col. J. J. Estey.
The annual June training was observed
by the Estey Guard and Fuller Battery last
Saturday-the Guard drilling on the vacant
lot on Oak street. and the Battery on the old
camp ground
Rev. j. b. Green of Montreal will occupy
the Unitarian pulpit on the next two Sundays.
On Sunday evening next the subject of his
discourse will be Unitarian Afiirmations.'
Mr. Martin will continue his lectures on
Romans at the Congregational church next
Sunday evening, when he will speak in the
audience room of the church, instead of in
the chapel as heretofore.
There begins to be decided movement
ia the White Mountain trayel-somr three or
four different parties having already stopped
at the Brooks House on their way up to make
arrangements for the season.
DR. Draper is in Providence, II. l., this
week, accompanied by Mrs Draper, TO at
tend the aid annual meeting of the Associa-
ton of Medical Superintendents of American
! Institutions for the Insane.
- }rattleboro has another promising young
artist in the person of Willie Stewart, a butch
er's boy some Is years of age, who draws
blackboard exercises every week for the use
of the NJ. +. Sunday school. He has pro
duced several portraits of Brattleboro people,
which give excellent satisfaction.
A party of four from this pace-Dr.
Gale, II. Il. Lawrence, aud +. W. and w. II.
Childs left Monday for fishing trip to
Moosehead lake, Maine. They were joined
! by friends from Bennington, Meriden, Ct,
and Boston, making company of a dozen in
all.
The annual strawberry festival given by
the ladies of the Congregational society will
occur at the town hall on Wednesday evening
of next week. Supper will be served at >
o'clock and during the evening, the Brattle-
boro brass band will furnish music, the Ia
BILE of japanese wares which proved 80 at
tractive last year will be reproduced with
many novelties, aud the evening will close
with al original entertainment of popular
and amusing character
The marriage Of Mr.. c. X. Jones and
Miss Jessie Adams Of this town, on Wednes-
day evening, was an occasion of special hap
| piness to a large number OF relatives and
friends who assembled to witness the cere-
mony, which was performed ut the residence
of the BRIDES parents, 10y Rev. NJ. II. Harris.
After the conclusion of the ceremony the
band, of which the bridegroom is member,
| gave the young couple serenadc, and in the
morning they departed for Saratoga via
Hoosac Tunnel.
| The annual examination of the High
School will take place on Thursday and Fri
day of next week. at which time the principal
and his assistants will be glad to see a full at
tendance of the friends of the school. Friday
afternoon will be especially devoted to exer-
cses by the graduating class, which will in
clude the reading of essays, select readings by
the young ladies, declarations by the young
men, singing, etc. The full programme for
the Grammar school examination is published
farther on in this column.
-Children's Day was observed at the Meth
odist church last Sunday in connection with
the quarterly meeting Rev. H. A. Spencer,
the newly-appointed Presiding Elder, preach
ed to the children (old and young in the
morning, showing them some very life-like
pictures from the Bible. Tasteful decora-
tions and singing birds made the room at
tractive, and the presence of friends from
other churches, which had no service on that
day, was pleasant feature The Sunday
School concert given in the evening was very
enjoyable.
From the quantity of gas which bubbled
| up in last weeks Record we Judge that our
shaft struck the pOcko at which We aimed
Brother Chandler, who still continues to oc-
cupy the editorial chair" hands over the
cudgcl to his wicked partner" who beats
his own brains out in an effort to ward off the
blow aimed by the PHGNIx. All that we can
gather from the Records attempted denial of
our charge is that the 81 90 dodge is dscon-
tinued for the present, and henceforth nobody
subscribing for that paper must have the i'm
pudence to offer less than the advertised
| price-at least, not to the managing edi-
tor
The fires on and beyond Wantastiquet
the present season have been more destruct-
i've and covered n much greater extent of ter
ritory than persons who have not visited the
| spot have any idea Of The burned district
extends over the entire northern end of Wan
tastiquet and eastward to considerable dis
lance beyond Mine mountain, embracing hun
dreds of acres in all. A second fire which
broke out or was set fortnight ago destroy
ed some 400 cords of wood belonging to the
asylum which had been cut and piled ready
| to be drawn to the institution. As a rule the
standing wood and timber is not materially
damaged, but the underground is almost en-
tirely killed.
Some 20 members of Beauseant Com
mandery went to Burlington on Monday, ac-
companied by the Meacham drum corps, to
attend the annual conclave of the Knights
Templar of the State. They returned ON
Wednesday morning and report large gath
eringand enjoyabletime. The Free Press
warmly praises the drumming by the Meach-
am corps, and has the following very compli-
mentary reference to the appearance of the
Brattleboro men in Tuesdays procession 1T
is no discredit to the rest to say that altogeth
err the best drilled Commandery was that
from Brattleboro. Their discipline was good
and their drill magnificent; and they well de-
served the hearty applause that greeted them
along the line of march,
An important patent case against the
United States government will be heard be-
fore Judge Wheeler at the Brooks House
next week, beginning ON Tuesday. The suit
is test case against the government through
Thos. L. James, postmaster at New York,
and involves a sum not less than $225, OOO-
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