Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-07-23

he liked rain because rain made corn grow,
corn made whiskey and whiskey made Dem
ocrats
About 40 persons attended the Uniyer-
salist Sunday school picnic at Lake Pleasant
Thursday, where they had very enjoyable
time.
We hope to see full and prompt atten-
dance of responsible Republican voters at the
caucus on Saturday evening, the hour for
which is balf-past seven.
-Messrs. J. Estey q Co. are increasing
their business to meet the still growing de-
mand for their organs and are now turning
out fifty instruments per day.
The mail and White Mountain trains
from the North were delayed more than two
hours Wednesday afternoon by freight train
which was off the track at North Charlestown,
N. II.
1t didn't help your case bit, Charles,
to call our admonition TO you on the subject
of stealing our local news "a dirty little lie"
The fact is as your Grandmother stated it,
and you know it.
Compliant is made of the condition of
the West river bridge, upon which repairs
were begun long time ago and never com
plcted Why is this thus, Messrs. Select
men?
-Messrs. Sherman & JENNIE, agents of the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company,
have paid c. II. Cook of Centreville $llOO in
full for the loss on his house, which was burn
ed last April
Sherman n Jennc, who have the agency
nf Mrtu
New York, call attention to the strength and
reliability Of the company in n card in our
advertising columns.
The two canoeists referred to by our
Bellows Falls correspondent, Rev. C. A. Cres-
sy and Judge Rand, of Lisbon, N. H., passed
this place Thursday, on their way down the
river stopping in town for few hours.
Through the faithful and persistent la
bors of the committee having the matter in
charge, the Baptist church and society now
finds itself relieved of its debt of 5000
blessed condition to be in
We learn that Mr.. f. p. White, the eff
cient complementary Of the Garfield
and Arthur club, has refused n very liberal
offer for services as reporter at the Lake
Pleasant Spiritualistc camp.meeting
C. w. Sargent Master of Protective
Grange, gives notice that, on account of the
unfavorable weather last Tuesday evening,
the monthly meeting of the grange will be
held next Tuesday evening, 27th ult
w. II. Alexander brought handsome, we'll
filed ears of sweet corn to market last Friday,
and has since been literally supplying the
local trade. On Monday of this week II. X
Chamberlain also had green corn in the mar
ket
BY some sort of topographic hocus-pocus
we last week converted DIR. Drew, Dr. Hol-
tons new assistant, into a DIR. Brown" of
whom nobody hereabouts knows anything
DIR. Drew's card appears in proper form on
our first page to-day.
We learn that Will Cabot, who, as usual,
is spending his vacation in the wilderness at
the Connecticut headwaters has accomplished
the (sportsman's) desire of his life and, with
his own hand, shot moose-a big old fellow
whose weight was 700 lbs.
The hand fire engines Fountain No. T."
and "Active No. 3, are to be sold at q uotion
Aug. lth, in accordance with the vote at the
last village meeting. rare opportunity is
thus offered to towns or villages DESTROYS of
C. N. Davenport, F. W. Childs, John
Retting, Thos. Judge, W. s. Guild, G. B.
Kirwan and G.. II. Burns were sent by the
Brattleboro Democrats as delegates to the
State convention this week, with the request
that they vote for E. j. Phelps for guberna-
torial candidate.
To-day Hawley opens new Chantilla and
Valenciennes laces belts, bangle bracelets,
ruchings, bows, buttons, diaper, bed-spreads,
and special bargains in fancy sash ribbons.
To close summer dress goods, will now make
special prices Extra bargains in embroid-
cries
Rev. Geo. f. Martin, of the Centre
church. will be absent during the month of
August on his vacation. On the first two
Sundays of the month his pulpit will be sup
piled by Rev. Geo. p. Tyler For the two O r
three weeks following, the church will be
closed for some minor repairs.
One of the secretaries of the Democratic
club in this village came home from the lake
Sunday night with companion, and when
opposite w. H. Alexanders house capsized.
Several bottles rolled out of the wagon and a
general smash-up occurred. One of John
Rays best carriages was used up.
Mr. j. +. Jacobs has finished and moved
into his new house on Western avenue. II is |
a model of comfort and convenience. In |
looking it over one cannot fail to notice the
neat and thorough manner in which all the
work is done, showing that the builder, Mr. |
Thomas j. Knights, is a master at his trade
An employe of the Humphrey Machine
Co. of Keene, named Stearns, while engaged |
in putting one of their turbine wheels into |
the Valley mill, Wednesday afternoon, fell |
from beam backwards into the wheel-pit, a |
distance of fifteen or twenty feet, receiving |
several severe cuts and bruises, but was able |
to be taken home on the cars
A postal card from Rutland informs us |
that the pedestrans-Rev w. Ii. Collins and |
two young friends-who left here on Monday, |
reached that place on Thursday morning at |
. o'clock-a day later than would have been |
the case had il not been for the heavy rain on |
Tuesday. All the party IRE well and in fine |
DIR. ]. E. Prescott, opticRn, will be in |
town over Sunday, and on two or three of tho |
first days of next week, to close up his bust |
ness before going to Greenfield, Mass. DIR.
Prescotts services have never been SO widely |
called into requisition in Brattleboro and yicin-
ity rs during his present visit That the pub |
lie confidence in him is well founded goes |
without saying among all his old-time patrons.
BY provoking error in our local column,
last week, we were made TO say that Harry |
Harris had passed the examination at the |
Worcester chronological school with cond- |
tons, when the truth was, aud is, that young |
Harris was one of nine boys who last week
passed the examination for entrance to that
excellent institution entirely ,oitlOut condi- |
tions-a fact, which, with many other similar
ones, speaks volumes for the breadth and |
thoroughness Of the instruction in our Brat
tleboro High school.
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