Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-05-28

] hlnhuhit Aht D. htlll III progress. ana lut
/ knowing SAY that the road Is certainly to be-
/ built
We learn that Mrs s l. Howard aud
daughter are visiting friends in town The
/ Captain has located il Geneseo, H. for the
/ present.
In accordance with their established
precedent the member Of the Grand Army
/ of the Republic will attend the Universalist
church in body next Sunday morning
/ Complaint is made that the potato bug
are now turning their attention to the tomato
plant, If they cannot have the potato they
( will take anything that rhymes with IT,
The ladies Of the Congregational society
/ will hold their annual strawberry festival at
/ the town hall. OF Thursday evening, June 8,
when all the usual attractions will be offered
Miss Blanchard. the first assistant in the
/ Grammar school who has been detained at
/ home by illness for fortnight past. will
/ probably be able 70 resume her duties next
/ week
! A merciful veil OF clouds oyerspread the
sky thA- morning with IA slightly cooler at
mosphorr. and go to press the rain Of
which vegetation stauds il such urgent need
is beginning to fall
Correspondents who ind th, names Of
census euumerators omitted from their com
muuicAtous this week will observe that full
list for the county is given under AL appro-
PIRATE heading IN editorial columns
A very wide circle Of devoted friends are
panied to learn that Madam Gardner c. Hall,
who Ia. been suffering from a severe attac K
Of pneumonia Is in IA failing condition aud
can probably survive but d very short time
In the present advanced state Of the sea-
son. there should be al abundance Of flowers
sent IL tomorrow for the USE OF the Grand
Army. IL answer TO the request for such con
tribuuons elsewhere published
Our thanks are due to very many OF our
friends for their prompt Response to the
special notice which appears at the head
o! our editorial column. Their, are some 9th
err, We fear. who need "a more decided nudge
10 Remind them Of a neglected duty
The Boston Globe seasonably Remarks
that the fancy cardboard notices with
Scratch my Back worked Oh them and
hung IL all sorts Of impossible places IL a fell
low room may now be removed and others
worked IN red silk to read Wipe my brow.
may be hung IL their places
- 1t Is hoped but not yet definitely settled.
tina, William Henry Claiming OF England.
nephew Of Willlaia Eliery Charming will
preach the sermon OIL Wednesday evening
June &c., preliminary to the meeting here OIL
the following day Of the Connection, Valley
Conference Of Unitarian churches
-Deunis Iasker who las been expert
Meu,iu4 during the spring with III incubator
Of Ais Invention. Is rewarded to-day by seeing
chickens begin to pick and kick their way out
Of til, shell two day ahead of time The
principle involved IL the construction Of the
incubator lis "a novel oue and will be desery-
ing OF a description hereafter
The union religious services which Mr.
Fisk announced to be held IL his tent last
Sunday afternoon, called out a congregation
/ OF from 800 TO 500 people who were address
cd by Nh. Fisk ". Il. Alexander. and one or
two others, none OF the elergymen finding il
/ convenient TO attend The services were Of
about al hour length, singing being furnish
/ ed by volunteers FROM the audience
The gang Of men who have been clear
/ ing ny the Brattleboro ~ Whitehall road-bed
uhls week and are now engaged in laying the
/ ties in readiness to receive the rails Oh their
arrival L. ) Stafford. the chief engineer of
| the New London road is now permanently
Oh the ground 10 superintend the completion
of the road, with his office temporarily estab-
lished at Fayetteville
1t Is not alone to the Estey cottage organ
/ that Brattleboro owes its musical celebrity.
Mr.. William A. ConRnt has been engaged in
the manufacture of violins in this town tor
nearly forty years and stin follows the busi-
ness in a ieisurely sort OF way. His instru-
ments rank among the best produced in this
country, and are in demand from Maine to
| California. Testimonials from eminent mu-
sicians abundantly attest their quality
Letters received from Mr. H. r. Law
renee, since he went to Grand Island Neb
/ 10 attend the trial Of Frank Lawrence, state
that he found there marked change in the
/ local feeling favorable TO Frank. and that full
/ confidence was felt by his attorneys of his &c
/ quittal. Last Tuesday was the day set down
! for the trial 10 commence As no intelli-
/ genoe in regard TO it has been received up 10
noon to-day, it is evident that no result had
been reached up to this morning.
For the information Of local readers it is
hardly necessary to say that since Tuesday
the weather has been entirely phenomenal
Tor the season, IN the extreme and protracted
heat which has prevailed-the mercury rec
ord being each day from W. upward, with
little relief from the heat during the night
/ hot wave Of such intensity, and extending
over so many consecutive days, Is not often
/ experienced, even il midsummer II is a
noteworthy fact that this high temperature
has been confined to the Northern and East
ern States and by way of showing what d
variety the United States can furnish in the
way of weather on the same day. it may be
said that at Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Wednss-
day morning the thermometer marked 80
or Just one degree above the freezing point
all OF which confirms the wisdom of Horace
Greeley's advice 10 GO West
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ORDER or To-MoRRow's
EXERCIsEs
I In accordance with orders issued from
the Grand Army headquarters the members
Of sedgwick Post, with other old soldiers and
sailors OF BrattlebOro, will decorate the
graves of their fallen comrades, with suitable