Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-15
Wilmington.
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Mrs. Samuel Swan, who is at Towns.
bend visiting her daughter, is reported as be-
ing critically i'll.
Justice Stanley is again able to be up
around the house.
Clark Harris meat cart is again on the
street
The Universalist ladies society will meet
next week Thursday afternoon at Mrs. A. N.
Parmelee's.
Lyman Morris takes the place of Jesse
Wilder at the hotel, and Wilder teams for
Rudd.
Henry Riddell takes the place of G. H.
Spencer at o. o. Wares until Mr.. Spencer's
return from the legislature.
d. l.. Stone advertises 40 tons of hay
and several head of cattle for sale.
A buffalo robe belonging to Albert Fox
was lost on the fair grounds fair day.
j. Il. Buell. advertises sum of money
found on high street.
d. Q. Howe of Dover is in town selling
the Robbins Family Washer" Mr.. Howe
is general agent for Windham County.
Mr.. Black of Putney is quite success
fully engaged in canvassing the town for
Naphey's Prevention and Cure of Disease"
valuable work.
Robinson and Buell. have sold fine cot
-
ford.
The quarterly meeting of the directors of
the Wilmington Savings Bank last Tuesday
adjourned to the 3Olh of next December in
order that the dividend may be declared be-
fore the first of January; $40 900 have been
added to the deposits of the bank within the
last year,
j. H. Kidder and N W. Sargent have
been appointed commissioners of the estate
of Henry Bowker. The administrator is o.
b. Lawton. The commissioners meet the
first Saturday in November.
DR. F. j. Swift is executor of his fathers
estate.
The raids of bears upon sheep are be-
coming quite serious matter to our farmers.
Sidney Rich recently found the remains of
one of his sheep destroyed by some wild
beast, and upon investigation discovered that
ten were missing. In the vicinity of Hay
stack Mt. % sheep are missing supposed TO
have been killed by BEARS 10 belonging to
| Samuel May, to Eli Wheeler and three to
Eddie Fox. Let as have a bear hunt.
! The Methodist preachers have had an
interesting series of meetings this week which
| commenced Monday evening and continued
until Wednesday evening.
The following circumstance of recent
occurrence has been related to US by man
| whose nhulet II We were " ElNb w. hOulu DC
sufficient guarantee for its truthfulness, and
we cannot refrain from relating it to your
readers. well-to-do farmer in the edge of
an adjoining town. who counts his money by
the thousands, loaned a wheelbarrow worth
about fifty cents TO his neighbor. After the
| expense of about dollar in repairs upon it
it was used a short time and returned and
nothing was said about it until, at a general
settlement between the neighbors sometime
after their accounts being duly squared, our
neighbor who borrowed the wheelbarrow
rose to go with the inquiry if that was all,
when our friend of the wheelbarrow said,
"Well, have a charge against you for the
use of that wheelbarrow of seventy five
cents" Surprised, but pleased, the debtor
pulled out his purse and inquired if there was
anything more, ''Well, yes, the interest on
that seventy-five cents will be two cents and
a half" The rent and interest on the same
was paid without a word and the half cent
thrown in.