Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-23

| will be parish festival at the rectory on Ty-
| Ter street to which all members OF the parish
are cordially invited
We beg our readers pardon for mention
ing vonnor's name, but we really cannot help
remarking that the great Canadian weather
prophet predicted EIGHT snow storms" in the
| first three weeks Of December, and said that
the outlook for the month was ugly and
smacked Of "cold bitter biting north and
south. east and west winds" II the fellow
could have contriyed 10 get farther out Of the
way in his guessing we fail 10 discover how.
At the annual meeting Of the Soyereigns
of Industry, at Grand Army hall, Tuesday
evening, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year e. W. Fox president
Il. E. Gordon, vice president U. +. Nasn'
seoy; i. l.. Davis treas E. A. Matthews,
steward; A. o. johnson, asst steward +.
w. Fox, J. O. Howe, e. II. Harlow, execu-
tive committee.
There ia no question that the Bierstadt
artotype Of President Garfield, elsewhere
mentioned, has the best possible recommen-
dations as 70 It's correctness and general ex-
oellenoe. We have no selfish interest in any
| portrait or life Of the late President, but we
cannot help once more reminding our read
| ers that they cannot be too careful how they
are imposed upon by cheap and trashy lives
and portraits Of a man of whom every indi-
vidual or family wishes 10 own either life
or portrait or both.
Perhaps ''the oldest inhabitanv remem-
bers more sunny, warm and delightful day
| for the first day OF winter than last Wednes-
| day. II so, he is entitled to the floor. Ac-
cording to the almanac the FIVE days, ending
with to-day, are the shortest of the year, and
tomorrow the increase begins with length
ening Of one minute.
"when the days begin to lengthen,
Then the cold begins 10 strengthen"
Wonder il 1t will hold true this year.
Last week boy at Mrs. Ives's school.
| from New York was attacked with diphtheria
and on Tuesday or Wednesday Of this week,
the same disease developed in little son Of
| Mrs. Ives The boy first attacked has near
| ly recovered, and the remaining case is not
Of severe type, but it was nevertheless
thought best for the members Of the school
TO go TO their homes for the present, and they
accordingly left on Thursday. DIR. Holton,
| the physician in charge, does not anticipate
further spread of the trouble. The disease
was undoubtedly brought from New York
city by boy who had just recovered from an
attack Of diphtheria.
There was a lively blaze in the action
room (frst floor of No. y at Estey Co.'S
last Saturday. Some repairs had been made
| on a gas pipe in one corner and Harry Rowe
applied a match TO see If there was a leakage,
aud there was a leakage, and the gas took fire
and streamed out and set FIRE to some paper
which had been tackled up against the floor
| timbers to catch the dust. The result was
the ruin OF some 80 actions, involving dam
| age in all Of about a thousand dollars. Mr..
Rowe was badly burned in the face and one
hand, 80 that he has not yet been able to re-
| sumo his work. The fire was extinguished
without general alarm.
| The fifteenth annual meeting of the First
Baptist church was held on Tuesday evening,
when these officers were elected: President,
Jacob Estey vice president, s. Ii. Sherman
secretary, II. b.. Chamberlain treasurer, E.
H. Van Doom; collector, s. II. Sherman
auditor, E. w. Stoddard trustees, j. j. Es-
tey, II. d. Holton b. N. Chamberlain, II. II.
/ Hackley, ID. A. Abbott. The financial con-
dition Of the church was shown to be in a sat
isfactory condition. 1t was voted TO continue
the system OF monthly pledges The sale Of
choice OF seats will be held at the church
next Wednesday evening.
The plan Of getting the benefit of great
| variety of reading matter at small cost, by or
ganizing neighborhood reading clubs, is be-
| coming quite popular in town. The payment
of a small sum-generally about two dollars
by each member, returning them the reading,
during the year, Of seven to twelve standard
| periodicals, and in some clubs many bound
books. There are now six such organizations
in this village, (three formed this season. and
| two at West Brattleboro. Besides the origi-
nal "Brattleboro" and the New" there
have been added the "Green Street." Canal
Street" and Mechanics Reading Club" Of
Esteyville, having from thirteen to twenty
members each.
-Iu a notice elsewhere published @. E.
Allen calls attention to his complete facilities
for furnishing fruit trees shrubs and plants
| Of 10 has in al
all standard goods Of this kind, and can
promptly furnish any desirable novelty,
whether foreign domestic. 1t is only an
act Of ordinary business prudence for our To-
cal people TO let alone agents, with their
snowy colored plates and glowing misrepre-
sensations, aud give their trade to q man who
has grown up in the community, whose reli-
ability is unquestioned aud who can furnish
any goods that an agent can, and who is fix
ed here TO stand or fall on the merits Of his
wares. People who let alone tree agents will
not be 'gulled" by them. and those who buy
of Mr.. Allen can reach him any day il his
goods, through any mischance, do not prove
as promised
Telephone conn ection with Jacksonville
| by way Of Wilmington was completed Satur-
day morning. Mr.. Clary, the electrician
making the connection at about 1890. The
line worked perfectly from the first, and
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to the Brattleboro exchange and the operator
at the instrument in Stetson Il Jones's store
with perfect ease. The distance to Jackson
vile by the wire is ~ miles. The line from
North Adams to Jacksonville was completed
some days previous. The terminus for that
line is also in Stetson 4 Jones's store, and
Saturday evening q temporary connection
was made between the two lines and CONVEX
sation was held with perfect distinctness be-
tween North Adams, Brattleboro and Ches-
terrified. The distance from Jacksonville TO
North Adams is 25 miles, making the tele-
phone distance to Brattleboro 90 miles and
to Chesterfield Ga. A little later Adams,
six miles beyond, was connected, and after
that connection was made with Pittsfeld, 22
miles further on. The Pittsfeld operator s
voice was heard distinctly at Bratteboro,
the distance being nearly so miles. For an
hour high carnival was held all along the line
from Brattleboro to Pittsfeld, and there was
more rejoicing done by telephone than we
have space to put in print, though We heard
and joined in it all at the instrument in our
Office.
SUNDAY EVENINGS TEMPERANCE MEETING.
"A large audience was in attendance at the
town hall last Sunday evening" to listen to
the third of the series of temperance dis
courses being given once a month by the res
ident clergy. Rev. A. b. TruaK, of the Meth
odist church, was the speaker. After singing
by large choir, reading Of the Scriptures by
Rev. ]. b. Green, and prayer by Rev. G. f.
Martin, Rev. Mr.. Truax delivered his dis
course. 1t was a vigorous plea in behalf of
total abstinence-faithful execution Of the
prohibitory law, which the speaker believed
ought to be not only state law. but ought to
be incorporated into the constitution of the
United States. He thought drunkards should
be punished by fine and imprisonment as
well as illegal sellers. He did not believe in
the responsibility of those, even, who in