Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-01-21


Unitarian church will be on some of the
prominent characters in the early Church.
Perry & Greasy are understood to have
effected a settlement with the greater part Of
their foreign creditors at 80 cents on the dol
lar.
The chief engineer of the FIRE depart
ment has named L. L. Davis, John G. Howe,
T. J. Turner, aud W. II. Kinson as his assist
ants
As elsewhere stated, the trial OF s. NJ
Waite goes over to the regular February term
of the United States court to be held at Bur
lington.
Mr.. A. F. Hescock, who formerly drove
the village coach and previously kept meal
store on Elliot street, died at Wilmington last
week, of diabetes.
The Congregational Sunday school last
Sunday voted contribution OF $40 in aid of
Miss scofeld's school for colorcd children at
Aiken, S. c., mention Of which was made in
last weeks PHmNIx.
The narrow gauge business has held well
up to its average during the past week 1t is
no easy matter setting telegraph poles at this
season, but the line will undoubtedly be COM
pleted through to Londonderry early next
week.
The Unitarian sociable, held with Mrs.
G.. II. Ryder on Tuesday evening, was largely
attended, and after tea a company of the
young people gave their elders a pleasant
surprise by the very successful presentation
of the little play, "The Country Cousin"
The body of Mr.. U. A. Budd was brought
TO Brattleboro on Wednesday night, and the
burial took place on Thursday, the service
being, performed by the Rev c. b. Smith of
New York, who performed the marriage GER
emory Of Mr. Budd and Miss Cults two years
ago the present month.
Through mail service over the narrow.
gauge road to South Londonderry began on
Tuesday. The contract with Mr.. Knowlton
having been annulled, the mail pouches are
now carried by the baggage master 1t is
announced that Henry NJ Currier of this
place has received the appointment of route
agent over the line, but it is not now known
when the regular agents distributing service
will begin.
Charles has paid that box OF cigars
thanks to our paragraph Of last week. There
II hLlhil NOuhOihAlOu lot US III lut IhcI, now
ever, for we have the best of reasons for be-
lieving that the payment of the money de-
stroyed the Defdmer Office sinking fund
which was to apply toward the payment of
that 800 reward which was offered 'for any
reliable, tangible evidence" etc.
At the annual meeting Of the Brattlebo
Savings Bank held ON Thursday, b. d. Harris
was elected president. The old board Of
trustees and other officers was reelected, and
four new coTporators--Geo. L. Crowell, E.
W. Stoddard, Geo. +. Gale and ]. II. Pratt -
were chosen. The semi-annual report of the
institution makes very satisfactory show
irg, there being handsome increase in the
amount of deposits and surplus and reserve
fund.
The annual fair given by the ladies of the
Universalist society on Wednesday evening
was great success in every way The at
tendance was very large, upward of $50 tick
cts having been sold. The supper tables were
crowded throughout the evening" and the sup
per itself left nothing to be desired. A party
of some 10 couples Joined in the dance at
the close. Delegations from Uniyersalist So
cietes in neighboring towns were present dur
ing the evening, a. usual. The gross receipts
were $3.50.
A new boring machine Just completed at
Barrett's machine shop is fine specimen of
mechanical skill. 1t is of original design,
and was made for the Domestic Sewing Ma
chine Com pany of Newark, N. j., to be used
in the manufacture of sewing machine tables
1t bores fourteen holes Zone of which is an
oblong SLOT at one time, and it is calculate
that it will save the work of ten men. The
machine was photographed on Thursday, and
to- day or tomorrow it will be shipped TO its
destination.
Miss Addie Reed, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James A. Reed of this village, and a
graduate of Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary,
is to start next week for South Africa, where
she has engaged to teach in school for col
onists on the Mt. Holyoke plan, at Gnfreinet,
Cape Colony. She sails in company with the
lady who is to have charge of the school, and
on the way (Which will occupy over month
will make short visit to London and Edin-
burgh. She expects to be absent about three
years.
The HinsdAle bridge has been sold to l..
1. Winslow Of Newfane. The price paid was
Ss5 per share for the ia shares, or $l4, 100
in all. The sale includes the two bridges,
toll house and roadway, but not tho island or
accrued earnings of the bridge. Mr.. Wins
low, it is said, stands ready to buy the island
as soon as he can obtain a clear title to it.
This ut the appraisal, $780, and the $1,000
of accrued bridge earnings, will make the
bridge property net the stockholders the sum
of SlS, 900.
Beginning with next Sunday evening,
Rev. G. E. Martin will deliver, on three sue
cessive Sunday evenings, a series of discourses
on the history of the English Bible and the
need of its revision. Mr.. Martin has devoted
much special thought and preparation to this
subject, and these discourses are sure to con-
tain large amount of valuable and interest
ing instruction. The delivery of the series is
especially timely in view Of the approaching
publication of the revised New Testament,
which is expected to make its appearance
about the middle of February. At the re-
quest of some of the resident pastors, and
many others who desire to be present, the
hour for the beginning of tho services has
been fixed at o'clock.
The eternal fitness of things was never
better illustrated than in the recent exchange,
by staunch Guilford Republican, of an owl
for copy of the Detdmer for a year. We
pity the mans wife aud children, to be sure
but there is great compensation in remem-
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to sit on the DetaHer Office desk and main
tain the dignity of the concern in the absence
of the senior and responsible editor. We
congratulate our awkward but well-intention-
ed grandson on this happy freak of fortune,
as well as on the keen sense of perception
which he has thus displayed in securing so
perfect an emblem of the "I-told-y you 80"
wisdom of his nondescript sheet.
In response to a petition, numerously
signed by our business men and others, a
special village meeting has been called for
Monday afternoon, Jan. 3lst, to see whether
the village will vote TO accept the proposed
amendments to the village charter. Our own
view of the matter, as stated last week, was
that it would be better to wait until sufi-
oient time had elapsed to wipe out all per-
sonal and angry feeling on the subject before
second meeting was called. II ought TO be
possible now, however, to drop all such feel