Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-06-09

Guard and Fuller Battery occurs on tue 24th
inst
-Chas. A. Trip & Co. are having quite a
sale in ladies' watches. Drop in and see
them.
Mr.. II. Jaynes of the Cambridge Divin-
ity school will preach at the Unitarian church
next Sunday.
In consequence of the lateness of the
season, farmers hereabouts are planting their
tobacco lands with other crops.
1t may be well to set IL down in the note
books that Wednesday, June Z, 1882, brought
the first real summers day Of the season.
H. c. Clisbee has bought the South Main
street grocery store OF j. Il. Hildreth & Co.,
aud will sell his store in West Brattloboro.
The long continued cold, wet weather
through May has broken the price on some
fabrics at Hawley's See his advertisement
to day.
A matter for future remembrance that
Brattleboro were in full blossom the first
week in June.
The Bratteboro listers have begun their
quadriennial appraisal of real estate which
must be completed on or before the first
Tuesday in July.
AT the annual meeting of the Western
aqueduct association held on Tuesday, the
old officers were reelected and an assessment
OF 75 cents on a share was voted.
Geo. w. Fishers fftieth birthday was
the occasion Of a large and pleasant assem-
bage of relatives and friends at his residence
on Western avenue, Wednesday afternoon.
The Brattleboro members of the Moose
head fishing party this year will be DIR. Gale,
w. II. Childs, +. W. Childs and IL. II. Law
renee. The party leaves next Monday.
The ladies Of the Congregational society
feel themselves under especial obligation TO
Mr. George j. Brooks for his very handsome
and acceptable gift of 500 toward their Or
gan fund.
We wish tho writer of an anonymous
paragraph, "A Disgrace" had enclosed his
name with his communication. We should
like TO make n few remarks on the subject
which he refers to.
Clarence Wheeler, formerly book keeper
for the Brattleboro sewing machine company
goes to Atlanta, Ga, to take position in the
branch Office of the Gold Medal sewing ma
chine company of Orange, Mass.
Rev. G.. f. Martin returned TO Brattlebo-
70 with his bride on Tuesday evening. At
the festival given by the ladies' of their socie.
ty last evening. Mr.. aud Mrs. Martin received
the congratulations Of many friends.
--Childrens day will be observed with APP
proprate exercises at the Methodist church
next Sunday. The morning service will be
devoted to the children, and in the evening a
Sunday school concert will be given.
The annual convention OF Episcopal
church choirs in the diocese of Vermont will
be held in St Michaels church, Bratteboro,
on the 18th and 18th of October. Prof Whit
ney of the Church of the Advent Boston,
will direct as usual.
mo living American cornet player could
have conferred greater honor upon his coun-
try than did Walter Emerson with my band
in is tour OF Europe" So says p. s. Gilmore
OF the solo cornetist who reappears here in
the Molly Stark concert combination next
Tuesday evening.
The Argus Of this week mentions that
&C Severance, for years on the Central Yer.
mont railroad and brother of Conductor NJ.
Severance, OF the Brattleboro and South Lon.
donderry route, is now yard master for the
Southern Pacific railroad at FL Paso, Texas, "
at a salary of 1920.
james Manning, one of the Irishmen en-.
gagged in ''hindering and impeding" the vii.
lage police one night some three weeks ago,
made his appearance in town last Saturday,
and was brought before Justice Newton and
held in $500 bonds for trial at the county
court. His father furnished bail
On Tuesday night Willard's drug store
was burglariously entered and silver in the
money drawer and tobacco taken to the val
ne of about $40. The party or parties en-.
tered the store by breaking pane of glass in
the back door and drawing the bolt. On eav.
ing they carefully bolted the door after them
This season it is the best which comes
last. We hope none of our readers will for.
get this and so deprive themselves of the
pleasure of attending the "Molly Stark" con.
cert to DO given at Crosby hall next Tuesday
evening. The company has been largely
strengthened and increased since its eminent
ly satisfactory appearance here last March
The fair and festival given by the ladies
of the Congregational society on Thursday
evening was an exceedingly pleasant occasion
and was pecuniary success, the gross re.
ceipts being 1851. The vote ON the silk bed
quilt stcOd-for the Methodist minister l7G,
Unitarian ~ 353!, Universalist 1884.
Arthur Adkins, a young man employed
in the bakery, had his hand caught In the
cracker breaker on Tuesday and badly crush
3D. though no permanent disability will re-
suit. The iron rollers were set at q distance
of about one-fourth of an inch apart at the
time and the fingers were drawn in to the
knuckles.
Il. w. Hawley, E. H. Van Doom and O.
+. Il. JENNIE were the delegates from the Bap.
fist Sunday school in this place to the Baptist
| Sunday school convention held at Rutland
this week, allusion to which is made else.
where. Col. Estey was present and presided
One of the most valuable papers of the SEES
sion was given by Mr.. Hawley, on "The Re.
aex Advantage of Sunday School Work"
Compliant is made Of the theft of valua
BILE plants from various cemetery lots. 1t hai
been suggested that few Of the owners who
have thus suffered, with others interested
should unite in establishing a special watet
| for the detection of the vandals. Should they
be caught they would get the term in STATE
prison which the law provides.
The public library books have been SCI
up according to the old catalogue, and the
work of cataloguing under the new system i!
ready to begin. 1t is hoped to have the libra
| ry ready for the use of the public by July l
| A list of new books for purchase is being
made up, and it will be in order for any per
son who has a preference or suggestion Il
make on this point to let it be known to the
trustees.
Mr. John r. Cow, of BrattIeboro, son o.
Rev. DIR. Cow, has received and accepted
call to the Baptist church in Fairhayen, thi
state. Mr.. Cow will be graduated al tht
Newton theological school on the l4th inst.
and will begin his pastorate July 1st. TIT
FairhRven church are to be congratulated OF
securing the services of a young man of ad
mirable qualities and unusual promise
The Yorktown celebration does eppear to hay
been rather Of q rum elbow out in the light OF to-
itemLed bill OF $6529 for wines, liquors aud cigars
win make good many abstinent patriots almost wisl
CORVALLIS had rot surrendered when they learn tina
1t required 70 gallons Of whiskey 1870 OF cham
payne, over 10000 cigars, and almost "no end" o
brandy, rum, gin, wines and fancy drinks, to enabl
the government party and its invited guests to cee
| brate tue eVent.-BostOn Herald.
1t is needless to say that none of the Brat
tleboro delegation participated" in thos
supplies, unless it was-but Capt. Bond Nigh
not like it if we should tell all we know abou
the way he and the distinguished Colonel
@. spent their nights.
The Diocesan Convention Of the Protes
tant Episcopal church will be held in Trinity