Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-08-29
Local Intelligence.



meadow Sept 18th
Prof. Charlier arrived in town Saturday
from his European visit
-Windham county veterans were scarce at
the Montpelier reunion.
The clam-bake held by the Knights of
Honor at Vernon, on Tuesday, was a success.
Teams viii run from this place daily for
passengers to the camp-meeting at Chester
field lake, which begins to-day
About GO Brattleboro people attended the
Methodist camp-meeting at Claremont juno
ton, which closed on Wednesday.
The Estey Gaurd and Fuller Battery will
leave town next Tuesday morning on IA spe-
cial train, to attend the annual muster at
Bradford
The rock-cutting near the head of High
and Green streets is at length being complet-
ed 80 as TO allow of sidewalk on the north
side of the street.
"A couple of amateur bicyclists arrived in
town few days ago, having driven their ISL
lent steeds" all the way from West Newton,
Mass. The last 81 miles were made in a day.
Rev. G. A. Votey, for six years pastor of
the Baptist society at West Brattleboro has
accepted a call to Charlotte, Vt, to which
place he removes this week.
C. W. Thomas is making quite thorough
work of numbering the village streets, and
expects to finish this week Persons whose
residences have been overlooked or omitted
may call upon him at the Brattloboro House
While Mrs. Abner White and Mrs Noyes
White, with two children, were riding out in
Guilford, Wednesday afternoon, their horse
took fright and overturned the wagon. Mrs
Abner White had both bones of one wrist
broken, and others Of the party were more or
less injured.
The announcement of an excursion to
Saratoga over the Hoosac Tunnel line, at
low rates, appears per advertisement in an
other column. To people in this vicinity
who SO far this season have resisted
the inclination to take respite from their
daily toll this opportunity will offer strong
inducement
-Messrs. Eddy d Fisk have fitted up their
new quarters in Rythers arcade in very
neat and attractive manner. Their business
We understand, will be wholly confined TO the
oyster trade and the manufacture and sale Of
the popular tonic beer Read the ir adyer-
tisement, which appears elsewhere.
Miss Wizards temperance lecture last
Friday evening, was quite well attended
She presented her subject in a manner calcu-
lated to win the appreciation Of all friends of
the cause and awaken a renewed interest in
the work to which she is devoted. As lect-
urer she has few equals in the field.
The article on Filth Diseases" which
we copy elsewhere from the Springfield Re
publican, is one which our readers, We trust
will read and profit by. II is a suggestive
and forcible presentation of subject which
concerns everybody, but which as yet, has
received too little thought aud attention, par
ticularly among farmers and country vii
layers.
The sth birthday of Miss Lem VI. Walk
or was celebrated Aug. 18th, at Centreville, by
large number of her little friends" bearing
with them some valuable presents. The small
tables were decorated with flowers, nuts, can
! dies, and everything attractive for the little
ones. pleasant and an enjoyable time was
had by Miss Lena and all present.
Mrs. Iyes's day school is to open again
~ - AHA AAN-Ao NAAb hthlAt AuItlul IhllA-
ing for their children will, We think, do well
to patronizo this school Miss Thomas. the
preceptress, has had much experience in
teaching. limited number of music schol-
ars will be received, great attention having
been paid to the new methods OF teaching
this study.
The bulk of the drive of logs in the Con-
necticut river reached this point the latter
part of last week, and forming blockade at
the Hinsdale toll bridge, filed the river for n
considerable distance up stream with dense
mas of logs numbering many thousands.
With the large gang Of lumbermen employed
it was not until Tuesday that the number was
peroeptibly reduced. All the logs have not
yet gone down.
During d. L. Moody's stay at Mortified.
this month, many Battleboro people have
made practice of attending Sunday services
there. Last Sunday Mr.. Kimball. the church
debt raiser, preached in the morning Miss
Dryer OF Chicago gave very interesting Bi-
bic exposition in the afternoon: and Mr.
Moody, after preaching at Montague and
Millers Falls during the day, held a service
il the evening, At which Mrs. Holbrook of
Brattleboro sang in very effective manner,
Where is my darling boy tonight ?" Mr.
j. E Hall presided at the organ. The at
tendance was large.
Mr.. W. II. Barnes Of Springfield, Mass.
civil engineer of the Connecticut River rail-
road, lately passed over the line of the Brattle-
boro and Whitehall road. He reports that the
bridges are better than the average on new
and second-class roads, that the grading is
thoroughly done, and that the trestles are
sufficiently strong for the ordinary rolling
stock of standard road. The only objection
he finds Is in the use of spruce instead white
pine IN the Howe truss bridges, though the
iron and timber forming the structures are
abundant enough.
The following is the list of letters remain
ing at the post Office in this village, Aug, IS 4:
Ladies.-Mrs. Sarah A. Chamberlain, Mrs.
Charles S. Day, Mrs. c. Davis, Mrs. Mary /.
Doolttle, Miss Nellie Ferriter. Miss Lizzie
OLeary CD, Mrs. Ellen Powers, Miss Rhoda
II. Pike, Mrs. Mary r. Reed Miss Annie NJ
Sharples, Mrs. F. c. Tucker
Gents.-Edwin S. Atwood. John Corbett.
Orvin g. Ooombs, John L. Fitch, Daniel Ma
hony, John Connor L. II. Reed, Fred Sta
pies, Arthur White.
Miscellaneous Proprietor of Victoria Ho-
tel,
Held for Postage. W. Allis, East Whate-
ly, Mass, DIR. Harvey, West Brattleboro. VI
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