Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11
Local Intelligence.


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The ladies are all invited TO visit Iiaw-
leys opening Of spring styles on Saturday.
The accounting before ex-Goy. Stewart
as master in the organ case was resumed at
the Brooks House on Wednesday.
The Methodist Sunday school will have
an Easter concert next Sunday evening in
place of the usual monthly sermon.
"A timely word from the well known and
reliable stove dealers. Wood a Marshall, will
be found in our advertising columns to-day.
There will be Easter services in the Uni
versalist church next Sunday morning. In
the evening at o'clock there will be an Eas-
ter concert.
The Metropolitan Telegraph Company of
this place are about to extend their line to
West Bratteboro, the necessary funds having
| been subscribed
Sugar weather seems to have at last come
in earnest and the farmers are reported busy
in their orchards Only small quantities have
been shipped as yet from this point.
The Fort Drummer rifle club will have
! target practice at their SO. Vernon range on
Fast day beginning at 10 A. NJ. Trains leave
| for the range at 9:2j and 1905 A. NJ
Union Fast day services will be held with
the Methodist church on Friday at II O'Clock
a. NJ. The subject Of Mr.. NIller's sermon
will be National Vigilance, q Cor. xv1l3)
! Columbian Lodge, F. a A. NJ, elected
officers Tuesday evening, as follows d. l..
Herrick, W. NJ. c. b. Dickinson, s w.
F. A Walker, J. W. Geo $. Dowley, Treas
urer c. L. Piper, Secretary.
Taylor had too good au offer to resist,
from birmingham Mass, man. for his
! dapplc-gray span, and sold them last week.
| He refuses to tell what his margin was. but
the knowing ones say it was at least &C"
-Rav. Hobart Clark, who occupied the
Unitarian pulpit last Sunday, will preach in
that church again next Sunday, morning and
evening. The Sunday school connected with
tho church will have an Easter exercise at
o'clock =. ~
Til. Swedish ladies drew a large and APP
| pIcciatiye audience at their concert on Thurs
! day evening Of last week With the fine mu-
sic Of the Blasdell orchestra Is an adjunct
this entertainment was undoubtedly the most
| pleasing Of the three which the 81 Indies have
| now given in Brutleboro.
| Notwithstanding the many unfortunate
ventures in that direction. life insurance is
not altog- Their fraud or a swimdle On Mon
| day Of this week \. Baldwin. agent, received
a check for 5000 from The National Life In
suranca Co. L. 5. \, payable to Jacob E,tey,
administrator it being Cor the full amount Of
the late 7. :. BHcketts insurance in that
company.
A small buiiling on the old camp ground
| owned 10y the Frost estate, and occupied AS a
| dwelling by William Bennett was discovered
| to be on fir, about io'clock Wednesday morn
ing, and tn family, including Mr.. Bennett
| his wife, aud four children. narrowly escaped
with their lives, losing nearly all their cloth
ing furniture, etc. The building was insured
| for SO
There will be Divine service in st.
| Michaors Episcopal church Oh Good Friday
at II A. NJ, and 1870 r. N. This day has also
been appointed by the civil authority as a day
of fasting and prayer. On Saturday Easter
even services will be held at the same hours.
On Easter day the early service will be held
at O'Clock A. ~. second service at II A. NJ.
with Holy Communion and sermon; at 3
p. N. children's service, and at 1870 evening
prayer.
We have no doubt that all our village
readers will be glad to learn that we are TO
have another representation of III. NJ. S.
| Pinafore" at the town hall on Tuesday evening
OF nextweek The Boston English Opera CON-
pany which then appear in this delightful bit
of nonsense so aptly described by Geo. VIM
| Curtis as "a good-nGtured laugh set to mu-
sic, Ia made up Of well-knowu Boston artists,
and We are assured that their presentation
will be frst-class in every respect. The full
cast Of the opera is given in the announce
ment IN our advertising columns to-day.
The young peoples literary and musical
society gave another Of their popular enter
tainments at the Congregational church
Wednesday evening The programme en-
bracrd quartettes part songs, childrens' and
| full choruses, etc, with readings by Rev. Mr.
Martin altogether forming an entertainment
worthy Of more than local patronage. A strik-
ing feature of the evening was The Old Oak
en- Bucket" sung by thirty children. under
the charge Of Prof II. W. Alexander, which
received an encore, as also did the The
| Twenty third Psalm" rendered with rare ef-
feet by quartette of Indies voices
| The bright sun and mild air of last sun
day afternoon called out a good-sized army
! of pedestrians, who braved the mud and slush
| for walk to the West river bridge to see
what progress was being made on the new
railroad at that point. They found the bridge
abutment on this side of the river well ad-
vanced and looking as solid and substantial
as it could Wen be made. On the farther side
of the river considerable progress has been
made in the rock cut which when completed,
will be about 10 feet deep and seven feet
| long.
| 1t is announced this week, by way Of the
Burlington aud Rutland papers, that Col
| Hooker generously withdrew last week from
the contest for the United States Marshaship
for this State, when ~ learned that MAORI
ty Of the Vermont delegation in Congress ia
yored the candidacy of Gen. w. w. Henry
of Burlington, This lett clear field for Gen.
| Henry, and the President sent his name TO
the Senate for the position on Monday. 1t
will be seen by the way, from paragraph
copied in another column to-day. that an oc-
casional visit to Washington does not by any
means rob the colonel of his Characteristic
humor or versatility
The Boston Journal in speaking of the
Liliputian Opera Company which is to perform
here next week Saturday afternoon and eve
ming says; General Joseph Totman, Press
| Agent Of the Liliputiau Opera Company. is
tweuty-nine inches in height, aud pulls down
the scales at thirty-oue pounds Col Fitzger-
aid, coachman, who holds the ribbons over
the pair of diminutiye shetland ponies, is less
than yard in height The combined weight
of the eight dwarfs is $50 pounds, : FL" Space
fails to tell of all the amusing incidents, but
none should fail to them. They are the
musical sensation Of the season" The Boston
Sunday Courier says of them; The Lilipu-
tians have fairly captured the town, and have
been induced to remain longer.
The following paragraph from a recent
| number of the Railroad Gazette will interest