Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-11-19

The primary department of our district
school closed last week Friday.
The election being over, the attention of
the people is again turned to business, which
now assumes an unusual activity.
Campaign flags have been taken down
and laid away for the present.
Efforts to count out the electoral vote of
New York, or by any unwarrantablo means to
deprive Mr.. Garfield of the position to which
the people have called him, receives no ap-
proval or encouragement from Democrats in
this section.
e. E. Putnam has his new water-wheel
in operation this week.
Rev. f. S. Morse of Wardsboro is ex-
pected to preach at this place next Sunday.
The Universalist Sunday school had
very interesting concert, at the church, last
Sunday evening. The exercises were con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr. Byram, and consisted
principally of recitations by the pupils of the
school. who, though some of them were
young in years, acquitted themselves finely.
The exercises were interpreted with excel
lent music by the choir. The house was well
filed. 1t is pleasant to see people interested
in Sabbath school work. and encouraging it
by their counsel and presence. H.
Samuel Wheeler is buying poultry for o.
L. Miner.
C. H. Dix has moved to Nottingham
Centre.
Mrs. r. @. burlington is sick with ty-
phoid fever.
Many farmers are proftably improving
the fine November days in fall blowing.
H. G. Porter on Tuesday slaughtered a
porker, heretofore referred to, about one year
old, that weighed when dressed SOP pounds.
Who beats it2
The winter term of the school in District
No 3, taught by Miss Emma A. Griffin of
Halifax, commenced last Monday.
Miss Cora 1. Tuttle, a successful school
teacher, has recently purchased one of Esteys
most valuable orgsns-a very fine acquisition.
The singing school at village hall, taught
by Mr.. King, will be held next Saturday at 4
o'clock p. NJ. for the Juvenile pupils, and in
the evening for adults. There will also be a
school on Sunday evening next.
The apple jelly works have recently been
running rapidly, but were in a measure OBJ
structed in the earlier part of the season for
want of water, in consequence OF the extreme
drouth They have worked up IL 900 bush
els of apples, and used 100 barrels Of cider
made by Stotson Brothers, from which they
have made $500 gallons of excellent jelly,
which has been sold for the pretty sum OF
about $4,000. The business will probably be
closed for the season the present week.
Several items of interest in connection
with the procuring of the Nottingham cen.
tennial bedquilt are worthy of note. The
names of subscribers include residents and
non-residents, and several hundred have al
ready been secured The largest number OF
names has been put in by Mr.. A. j. Tucker
of Halifax. The oldest mans name is thai
of the venerable Hosea Ballou of Whining
ton, and the next is DIR. W. Gillett. The cid
est lady is Mrs. Adeline Russell; the young
est child, Laura E., daughter of Selah Hol
brook, and others of all intervening ages
By favor of respective friends the names o.
Garfield and Arthur, Hancock and English
go upon the quilt Any persons name, O.
that of friend will be put upon the quill
by passing in the requisite ten cents. Z.