Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-08-11

MIR. ana MIS- " Nj. huSsell allenu Iue
state teachers institute at Castleton.
-Udell Batchelder and wife return to their
home in Hartford, Conn, this week.
M L. Kidder and family of Northamp-
ton, Mass, are visiting his brother, j. II.
Kidder, at the Vermont House.
-Delbert Ware of New York is in town,
and Mrs. Lucina Tenney of North Adams has
been visiting her sister, Mrs Gins. Taylor.
Miss Cora Livermore of Mendoza, ILL.,, is
spending a few weeks with friends in town.
We are glad to see our old friend, S. B.
Deming back again. He has been travelling
in the South the past year, and spent part
of the winter in Washington, d. @.
Parties connected with the U. s. coast
survey are camping near Haystack spring, to
which a road has been cut and made passable
for teams It will take several weeks to com
plete their work from this point, which is all
done from the top of the mountain.
The missionary concert at the Methodist
church last Sunday morning was unusually
interesting, the exercises including appropri-
ate and wellrendered selections, talk to the
children on Missions" by Mrs o. e. But
terrified and reading by Mrs, Prof. Butter
field. The pulpit and altar were tastefully
trimmed with flowers, and the attendance was
large.
j. G. Batchelder has bought a machine
for threshing grain, to be attached to his por-
table horsepower, aud is ready to do thresh-
ing for those of his neighbors who desire it.
A select school will be opened by Mrs. j.
D, Lamb of Chicago on Monday, Sept 4, and
continue eight weeks. For terms, etc, apply
to Mrs Lamb at the residence of j. II. Dix.
When are we to hear more about the pro-
posed railroadP Delays are dangerous.
We understand that all the Brattleboro d
Wilmington telephone eompany's stock held
by Wilmington people has been purchased by
Brattleboro parties.
The village schools closed last Friday
with public examination and prize speaking
both of which were creditable to teachers and
scholars alike. The latter exercise was under
the management of @. NJ. Russell. The
judges, selected from the audience, were Mrs.
j, ID. Lamb and Miss Mabel Emery of Chica-
go, and Mrs Robert Fisher of Warrington
non residents and consequently disinterested.
There were about 20 contestants, including
pupils from both departments, the successful
ones being, (lst) Mabel Hamilton, cd Attic
Dennison, C3d) Johnnie Ballou-the first and
third from the primary school. Pupils OF the
lower school having neither absent or tardy
marks; Mabel Hamilton, Della Swift, Maud
Ayerill, Orrin Buell., Johnnie Ballou, Herbert
Swift, Don Rutterfield, Freddie Averill, Ed
die Hamilton absent only ono day, Laura
Haynes, Alice Dickinson, Forest Rarberi moi
tardy, Herbert Haskell, Dorr Fox, Ernest
Hamilton, Katie Harris, Florence Wellman
Ellen Ware, Genie Ray.
That no Misunderstanding may arise, tina
the item in last weeks issue may be corrected
and that the former item alluded to may be
interpreted Alright and its truthfulness proved
it may be proper to refer to Webster, who
says that "engage" means ito bring in as as
sociate or aid to enlist, as to engage frlend
to aid in u cause to gain over to win anC
attach to attract and hold to draw; to EN-
ploy the attention and efforts of to take
part; TO devote attention and effort, etc
The matter of remuneration or pay does no
enter into the definition at ALL No one ha
said or implied that the engagement was TO
remuneration or pay, and it is to be hoped NJ
person will be mentally exercised or depriye'
of necessary sleep, ON that account. nde
such conditions the engagement" was made
which fact, of course, no one will attempt L
deny and the item of last week was un
doubtedly written under misapprehension
which it is to be hoped this will set right.
In the account given two weeks since @
the ordination and installation of Rev. IL. Il
Titus, an omission was inadvertently made
Rev @. H. Merrill of West Brattleboro wa
the moderator of the council, aud Rev. o. 6
Baker of Jamaica scribe The Ordainin