Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-09

u. Is. Rice leaves Tor the South next
Tuesday.
Miss. E. NJ. Brooks spends the winter at
Aiken, S. @.
Low ellis Christmas cards, a novelty, at
Cheney * Clapp's Christmas card store.
-Geddis Il Newcomb's big doll is at once
the delight and the despair of every little girl
in town.
The winter term of the Centreville school,
under the charge of Mrs Warren, commenced
on Monday.
N. J. Hale is in Ansonia, Conn, with
a view TO the possible purchase Of a furnish
ing goods store there.
The ladies' of the NJ. E. church viii hold
their annual fair and festival at town hall
Thursday evening, Dec. 10. All are invited.
Rev. Mr.. Green's lecture at the Unitari.
an church next Sunday evening will be on
Theodosius the Emperor and Ambrose the
Bishop.
Next Sunday evening Rev. E W. Whit
ney will give the second of the series of lee
lures to young people. Subject: "Hints
about Health"
Van Doom & Son call attention to their
immense stock of silver ware. Everyone
may be sure that in buying of them the
quality will be the best and prices low.
Col. Fuller, chairman of the fire depart
ment committee has asked the foremen of
the several companies for an expression of
opinion on the question of reorganization.
"A museum of art and natural curiosities
will be leading feature at the Christmas sale
by the ladies' of the Unitarian society, to be
held at the town hall next Tuesday evening
Cheney Clapp, Geddis 4 Newcomb,
N. l. Hawley, J. A. Taylor. Sherman 4 Jen-
ne, and s. II. Sherman are new subscribers
to the telephone exchange during the past
week.
At the regular meeting of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union it was decided
to change the time of meeting for the winter
from Tuesday to Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
David Perry was struck in the wrist by a
splinter from plAner at Estey q Co. g shop
on Thursday. An artery was opened causing
profuse bleeding from which Mr.. Perry faint
ed, but the injury is not serious.
Ranger q Thompson's handsomely ar
ranged window gives hint, as usual of
choice and desirable Christmas goods to be
found within. Their store has been thorough
ly renovated and made very attractive.
&C. A. Trip a Co. are just opening a
line Of desirable Christmas goods, to which
their new advertisement this week calls at
tention. The stand is an old one and goods
bought there are always reliable and satisfac-
tory.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Huntley were the
happy victims" of surprise visit from a
company Of about fifty relatives and friends
who called at their residence Tuesday even
ing TO congratulate them on the arrival of the
tenth anniversary OF their marriage. Valua-
BILE and appropriate gifts were presented and
the evening passed very pleasantly.
Mr.. L. l.. Davis, the new Chief Engi-
neer, has for q years past been actively con
nected with the fire department. and for eight
years has served one Of the assistant en-
gineers. He is good fireman, as well as a
courteous, intelligent and responsible citizen,
and will command the confidence aud respect
of the community in his new position. Mr..
Davis has appointed as his assistants j. G.
Howe, w. N. Kinson, W. M. Z. Adams, aud
@. @. Turner
As Hannibal Hadley was engaged in
hitohing up the horse of his son-in-law, Geo.
E. Selleck, on Thursday morning. the horse,
in an excess of good spirits, started out of
the yard, and Mr.. Hadley, in attempting to
seize him by the bride, was thrown down
and the buggy passed over him. The horse
broke away, smashing one wheel against a
stone post and, crossing the street, cleared
himself from the buggy against tree, and
took an excursion down into Main street
where he was caught without trouble. Mr..
Hadlsy, though famed and bruised, did not
receive severe injuries.
-Hawley has wrought a complete trans
formation in his store by recent re-arrange-
ment of the several departments, and visitors
will find the place more attractive than ever
before. By the change his cloak department,
which contains some elegant goods, gets the
benefit of a show window, while fabrics
which require less light are sent TO the rear.
Customers will find Hawley's headquarters
for silk handkerchief and all sorts of Christ
mas goods are shown in profusion. His five,
ten, and twenty-five cent counters never con-
tanned so great variety of articles as now.
On the day after Thanksgiving rife bull
let was fired into the Esteyville school house,
entering through the porch, SCATTERING slate
blackboard in the front end of the school
room, passing across the room and lodging
in the wall at the opposite end. The COM
mittee looked after the matter sharply and
finally sifted the matter down to two BOYS,
aged about IA, who were called up and made
to confess. They will be properly dealt with,
and their case ought to be a warning to other
reckless boys that the business of mutilating
school houses isn't always a safe one.
The Murray clubs presentation of the
popular comedy, "Our Boys" at Crosby hall,
Tuesday evening" was an unqualified success.
The play was well cast, Mr.. O., W. Henry APP
pearing as Sir Goeffry Champney's; O. F.
Miller as Middlewick B. @. Colby and Aus
tin Russell as their respective sons; Miss A,
P. LaughtOn as Violet Melrose Miss Annie
Spencer as Mary Mrs. G.. e. Warner as Sir
Gooffry's sister Miss Myrtle Cox as Belinda;
j. L. Goldsmith as Poddlesi and A. @. Ad-
kins as Kempster. Not only were all the
characters well-sustained, but the entire en-
tertainment including the music by Knapp
and Burnetts orchestra, was OF high order