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


merston, for $3.50
The meeting Of the Fort Dummer rifle
club, appointed for Wednesday, was post
poned on account of the storm.
The afternoon mail train from the South
now reaches here at $40, instead of 6 o'clock,
as for the past few months.
At n meeting of the Brattleboro Band
held Monday evening, Messrs. N. l. lIawley
and II. G. Willard were elected honorary
members
The ladies of the Centre Congregational
society are to hold their annual strawberry
festival at the town hall on Wednesday eve
ming, 18th inst.
The agent for that excellent book for
housekeepers, Buckeye Cookery has
placed the work on sale at Mrs. J. b. Walk
ers dressmaking rooms.
The annual meeting of the Windham Co.
Baptist Sunday School convention will be held
with the school at East Dover Wednesday,
! 18th inst, at 10 o'clock A. NJ
Orion Clark has "put up Leonard's
monkey, that died last winter with great
skill and ingenuity, and in q style which shows
a correct appreciation of monkey nature.
Furniture buyers will have an opportun-
| ity to secure some rare bargains at Rettng ~
Co. 5 closing-out sale at their Flat street fac
tory on Thursday and Friday of next week
See their advertisement.
We hope our readers will bear in mind
| that Mr.. Alexander offers a varied and attrac-
! tive programme for this evenings concert,
suited to all tastes. The entertainment will
deserve a full house.
We understand that n certain BrattlebOro
newspaper man has devised "a new form Of
| lemonade, in which salt is substituted for su-
gar We have no doubt that as a Temperance
drink" it is hard to beat but not any for US
thank you
The Grand Army post paid their accus-
| toned compliment to the Decoration Day or
ator last Sunday morning by attending the
Congregational church in n body and listening
to Mr. Martins sermon, which was appropri-
ate in character to the occasion.
Next Sunday will be observed as Chill
drons Day, with Quarterly Meeting, at the
Methodist church. Loyc-feast at 9:3O o'clock
A. N. sermon to the young at 1890 by Rev.
| II. A. Spencer, the new presiding elder after
which the sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be administered. In the evening there
will be a Sunday school concert
The Franklin County Mass. Gospel
| Temperance Union are planning for a grand
temperance rally at Lake Pleasant on the
| Fourth of July. Mrs. NJ A. Liyormorc will
| give an address and other prominent tenn
peance workers viii be present. The rail
roads will carry for reduced fares and the
temperance people all about are urged 10 raj
| ly for the occasion and "help push the cause. -
At least four communicates are sure tD
| be present at the annual conclave of the
Knights Templar of Vermont to be held at
! Burlington next week, viz Those from
Swanton, Middlebury, Burlington and Brat
tleboro and there is a prospect that two 9TH
ers, those from St. Johnsbury and Northfcld
will also be there. II will in any case be the
largest and most interesting gathering Of Sir
| Knights ever held in Vermont.
An illustration Of the manner in which a
| large amount Of reading matter is packed
into the PHOENIX, may be seen by referring to
our issue of last week and the R---r of the
week before. The story WAS he a Trai-
tor :" which in the latter paper makes six
columns, only makes four and half in the
| PHOENIX. In order to give as much reading
matter as the PHOENIX, the other paper should
contain some % columns. 1t only gives %
or "a
During the past week St. Michaers Epis-
copal church in this village has received very
valuable gifts from Mr. Frank L. Draper of
New York in the shape Of a beautiful eagle
lectern Of polished brass and chancel rail of
the same, together with rich Wilton car.
| pets for the chanccl. The loctem bears this
| inscription upon its base, which indicates the
memorial character of this and the other
gifts Presented 10y F. f. D. to st. Mich
aels church, Brnttleboro Vt, Whit-Suuday,
A. D. 1879. In memory Of Mary Goodhue
Cune Draper At Peace, May II, A. D.
1879.
The campfire held at Grand Army
hail last Friday evening was quite fully at
tended, several clergymon and ladies joining
with the old soldiers in reyiying the memo
rics OF the war. Interesting "reminiscences
were INDUCED in by several Of the veterans,
remarks We're made 10y Rev. Messrs Miller.
Burchard and Martin, songs were sung by
Messrs. Taft, Stevens, Taylor and Maxham,
and by Miss Addie Currier, and poems were
read by G. l.. Piper and DIR. Tucker. Re
freshments a Ia Uncle Sam were also provid-
ed, and everything conduced to make the
gathering both pleasant and profitable.
A hot wave rarely strikes us with greater
suddenness than did that of last Saturday and
Sunday, on the latter of which days the Their
mometer reached an elevation, "a to 9G7,
Monday evening a warm, gentle rain set in
and continued with but little interruption
until Wednesday noon-the total rainfall dur
ing the time being, probably, not less than
inches, and every drop of which went where
it would do the most good" bringing the
crops forward with a rush. and delighting the
hearts of the farmers beyond measure.
On Wednesday night young Canadian,
named Joseph Freeman, who came up on the
owl train from So. Vernon, was arrested at
the station by John Wood OH charge of the
theft Of some $50 in money at So Vernon.
Froemaus employers So. Vernon missed the
money on the day previous, and, suspccting the
Canadian had taken it, and knowing he was
on the train Wednesday night, got on himself
unknown to him, and on reaching Brattleboro.
caused his arrest as stated The man was
taken into the baggage room and searched,
and upward of S37 found secreted in his pants
leg and ticket for Montreal. He was put in
the lookup and this morning was bound up
in the sum of $500
On Tuesday evening about half-pa Z,
as officer John Wood was attempting to take
care of Patrick Mcguire who was on the
street in an intoxicated condition, he was in
terfered with by railroad laborer named
John Burk, who succeeded in getting Mcguire
away, and then ran away himself Although
he kept an eye out for Burk, Mr. Wood saw
nothing more of him until about half-past
nine, when he met him in front of the Brooks