Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-03-25
Local Intelligence.



The household furniture belonging to
the estate Of the late John @. Tyler will be
sold by auction tomorrow. See advertise
ment
w. L. Eason will probably soon go TO
Illinois as supervisor Of sub-contractors on
Harris Bros. q Co.'s railroad job.
-NextSunday night Rev. E. W. Whitney will
give the last Of a series of lectures upon the
Bible, "Subject; SIS the Bible Inspired ?"
Plenty Of anonymous communications
this week-cooking receipts, marriages.
deaths, etc. What was the remark we made
last week?
DIR. Chas S. Clark was made member
Of the executive committee Of the Vermont
state dental society at the annual meeting
held at Burlington last week.
Quarterly meeting, with love feast, at
$3.50 o'clock, and sermon and sacrament at
the usual time of church service, at the Meth
odist church next Sunday morning.
The Sovereigns and Patrons had q very
enjoyable time at their sugar party ut Grand
Army hall on Tuesday evening. A party of
about so persons were present
w II. Amsden, who has been in the
watch repairing business at Van Doorn's
store for the last four years, is soon to take
the position Of head clerk in jewelry store
at Portsmouth, N. H.
--Rev. Mr.. Cows lecture on "Christ and
the Canon of tho Old Testament" announced
for last Sunday evening, was postponed on
account of the storm, and will be given next
Sunday evening at s O'Clock.
Rev. John Wills of Portland, Me-, will
preach at the Unitarian church next Sunday,
morning aud evening Morning subject,
Immortality :" evening, The mystery of
evil and the omnipotence Of good"
The Travellers Insurance Company,
through their agents, Cudworth 4 Childs,
have paid my claim in full, and to my entire
satisfaction, for disabling injury covering
two weeks and three days. DYER w. PERRY.
An unusually large number of logs will
be sent down the river this spring. An i'm
mense drive is waiting at McIndoes for the
ice to go out. The Holyoke mills are now
waiting for logs and quick drive will proba-
bly, be sent down to supply them.
The ladies of the Methodist society
don't scare worth a cent" when threats are
made that they will be eaten out. They were
on Wednesday evening and such manifesto
ton Of cordial good feeling. One more such
a lift at the new church in q few weeks will
help them well on in their church furnishing.
Last week was the best one yet for the
nRrrow-gauge passenger business. The
whole number carried on the regular passen-
ger train was $50, distributed among the sew
eral days as follows Monday 30, Tuesday
A. -. q On - N
Saturday 6S. The largest number carried on
any single day as yet was 115 on Wednesday
of this week.
Tho sugar season is proving an excellent
one and sugar makers are everywhere on the
drive. The quality of the crop is above the
average and there is brisk demand through
out the state which keeps prices well up.
| From present appearances the farmers will
derive greater profit from their maple or
cbards this year than in any recent one.> To-
cally good article OF cake sugar sells for 10
and IL cents, and some extra nice lots bring
II and l2l cents
"A rich musical treat is in store for Brat
tleboro and the adjoining towns in the com
ing at Crosby opera hail. ON Tuesday, April
9TH, of the Boston English Opera Company,
comprising thirty five people, with fine or
| chestra, in the celebrated PIRATES of Pen
zauce," which is conceded to be Gilbert 4
Sullivan's masterpiece, rivRlling the popular
''PinafoTe." This opera company has a rep
utation second TO none, and has some Of the
finest solo voices in New England. Tickets
will go on sale at Wizards soon, and we be-
| speak large audience.
The Murray Clubs rendition of Bakers
new domestic drama, 1.-THE Comrades," at
Crosby Hall last evening, was very pleasing
and successful. ID. Z. Tasker appeared as
Royal Manning, G. F. Miller as Matt Win
sor," the tramp, o. NJ. Thomas as Marcus
Graves" b. G. Colby as Simon Stone" Miss
Nellie Perry as May Manning" Miss May
Simonds as Bessie Bradley" and Miss Annie
Spencer as Nancy Nipper" The characters
were sustained with credit throughout and
the musical selections rendered by Knapp d
Burnetts orchestra added to the evenings
entertainment
On Thursday evening of next week we
are to have one of the most attractive enter
tainments of the season, in the presentation
by Bennett d Moulton's Juvenile opera COM
pany of Planquettes comic OPERA the Bells
of Bonneville. The opera is in itself a charm
ing production, and we are assured that this
company of little folk render ii in very de-
lightful and perfect manner. OF the star of
the troupe the Boston Sunday Globe says:
zone OF the greatest phenomena OF the age is
| without doubt little Harry Hamblin, the marvel
| Interpretation OF the Admiral In 'Pinafore" and
| the Marquis in the BELLS Of Corneville' elected
| EuCh well-deRerved encomiums at the performance
of Bennett Mouton's juvenile opera company at
| the Novelty theatre during the past week. The
| grace and ease with which he sang and acted his
| solos were the admiration OF ALL"
Rev. E. W. Whitney's lecture in the citi-
zens course on Wednesday evening was "a
plea for the study of Nature" in the broadest
sense of the term. In opening Mr.. Whitney
spoke of the great advances which have been
made in the development of natural science in
all its branches in recent years, and instanced
our railroads, steam engines and telegraphs as
practical and tangible results of the observa-
ton and study Of natural forces and phenom-
ena. Passing from this more material as
pect of his subject, the lecturer referred TO
the advantages to be derived in a recreative
point of view from the love for and habit of
observation of things in the natural world.
As a means of mental discipline, of moral
strengthening and of spiritual development
he believed nothing could exceed the endur-
ing and constantly renewed benefits to be de-
rived from a fixed habit Of study of nature,
either in general or in some special direction.
Such study was invaluable in developing the
judgment il compelled the mind TO a habit
OF QlbcrluluhtlOnt huu WAS hu tHeCluhl Dhr 10
idleness and vicious courses. II was possible
for narrow mind to become so devoted to
one thing or subject az TO see only the ma
terial side of things, but the greatest and
truest scientists had been those whose study
and understanding of natural things led
them TO an unfAItering faith in the truths Of
religion. The discourse was clear and con-
nected in thought, and deserved the full
house which, in common with all the lectures
of this course, it did not receive. A concert
week after next will close the course.
THE SCHOOL MEETING.
The annual meeting Of school district No
2 occurs next Tuesday evening. Both hem
bers of the present board of school commit
tee wilf-positively decline reelection should
it be rendered, and the consequent necessity
| of choosing an entire new board renders the