Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-03-10


you go to the post office.
Albert Rockwell is preparing to build
house on Frost street.
The prayer meeting at the NJ. E. church
this evening will begin at o'clock.
Five persons were admitted to the Con-
gregational church by profession last Sunday.
F f. Newton has sold his interest in @.
H. Eddy Il Co. g tonic beer business TO Horace
2. Frost
-Frink is showing a very large and attrac-
tive line of clocks, and all of them are in new
and desirable styles.
Ray has thoroughly renovated his hat
and cap store, put in gas, and made it one of
the most attractive places in town.
DR. j. NJ. Clarks Green street houses are
placarded "For Sale"-a good chance for
somebody.
The announcement of the new firm of j.
T. Hildreth Co., grocers, appears among
our advertisements this week.
Rev. j. F. Moors of Greenfield, Mass,
will preach at the Unitarian church next
Sunday.
A. G. White has left the Bratteboro gas
light company and A. o. johnson succeeds
him in charge of the company's works.
The ladies of ST. Michaels (Episcopal)
Church will repeat their "Esthetic Tableaux"
at Crosby hall, on Tuesday evening April
18th
Mr.. Pettee evidently believes in prompt
ly obeying the voice of the town, and he had
his "glass front" in before dark Tuesday
night.
The third lecture of the series on Books
and Reading" will be given in the Universalist
church next Sunday niglA Subject, 1.-The
Benefits of Reading"
Mr. ]. G. Newton is building silo of
about 175 tons capacity in one Of the barns
on the r. Bradley farm, of which he is man
ager This will be the first silo in town.
A choral society connected with the Con-
gregational church and society, and to be I'M
der the instruction of Rev Mr.. Martin, holds
its first meeting next Monday evening.
We hear of two valorous young men,
emulous of Longfellow's Excelsior" who
celebrated March meeting day by planting
flag on the topmost height of Wantastiquet.
Rev. Warren II. Roberts. rector of I'm
manuel church. Bellows Falls will officiate in
St. Michael's church on Sunday next at the
usual hours morning 1890, EVENING" o'clock.
Mr.. Edwin Earle having given up the
New England agency for the st. John sewing
machine, Mr.. J. w. Hosford will continue
the business, and will open Office in Tyler
block.
Tax payers who did not receive their in
ventory blanks at the town meeting should
call at the town clerks Office and get one so
as to be ready for the listers on the first day
of April,
If the pound keeper should find our COW
at large he will please take care of her as the
| law directs, and when we get money enough
we will call around and pay the charges and
| take her away.
Mr.. E. n. Davis, formerly engaged in the
| jobbing business here, came back to his
| friends in this place, yesterday morning,
being undoubtedly in an advanced stage of
consumption.
Willard has a line of the choicest of
Prangs beautiful Easter cards. The cards
are finer this year than ever and many of the
designs are gems of artistic beauty and deli
| cate sentiment.
The spring trade is opening unusually
early and o. ]. Pratt is ready for it with the
largest stock of goods which he has ever
shown. 1t will pay buyers from distance
to make note of this fact.
&C. E. Aliens spring catalogue is out from
the press of D. Leonard and ready for distri-
button. 1t is a handsome and complete little
manual of ~ pages and gives gratifying evil
dence of the rapid and steady growth of Mr..
Aliens business.
Philip Cullinan, of Arlington, an Irish
inmate of the asylum, committed suicide by
hanging on Tuesday. He came from a fami.
ly afflicted with suicidal mania, two members
of which had previously committed suicide.
His age was 60 years.
To those who were so unfortunate as tc
have been insured in the defunct Connecticut
River Mutual Fire Insurance Company Of
Bellows Falls, and who desire reinsurance il
reliable solvent companies, Cudworth 4
Childs offer special inducements.
Some 800 persons took supper at the
Baptist vestry last Tuesday evening, on the
occasion of the last socabe. After supper
there was quartette and solo singing, with
recitations, and a sleight- of hand performance
for the entertainment of the little ones.
VIM. II. Lee, the young tenor soloist Of
the Emerson concert company, which ap
pears here next Wednesday evening, is, oil
was formerly, the well known boy soprano
who sang here as Ralph in PinGt0re, anC
sustained that part in more than 200 presen
tations.
MIR F. L, Sanderson, for eight year
past the efficient and faithful mail route agen
between Brattleboro and Palmer, Mass, hs
resigned to take effect April LIST, and Mr.. L
L. Campbell, for several years employed il
the Northampton post office, has been appoint
ed to the position.
The Murray club gave a very satisfactor!
presentation of the Chimney Corner" oil
Tuesday evening. We have never seen G
F. Miller more entirely at home on the stag
than ON this occasion, when he had the lead
ing part, and the support was good. Tn
club realized $l5 from the entertainment.
Under the statute, where the highway tai
is made payable in money it is collected b,
the collector of taxes instead of the highwa!
surveyor. This being the case, Mr.. Morri
will have the highway tax to collect this year
1t will involve no additional labor, however
except the collection of tax of 60 cents in
stead of 40.
1t is evident that, the town having vote
favorably on the library question, our peopl
will take hold in earnest to give the librar
the largest possible measure of success Tn
, ladies suggest an entertainment for its bene
fit and the young people are discussing fan
cy dress ball as a means Of raising some mon
ey. There is plenty of work to be done AM
, it is desirable that the library should start oil
the best possible basis. We learn that fun
of $3.50, in the hands of R. Bradley and N. F
Cabot as trustees, is all ready to be turned
over for library uses.
-Oudworth q Childs represent the old lin
Hartford, New York and Philadelphia com
, panies, none of which have ever been founI
, wanting Their rates are reasonable ant
their policies protect in every emergency
/ The prudent man gets the best These com
/ panies have written a large amount of insuI
ance within few days past lately held by tn
J insolvent Connecticut River Mutual Fire In
surance company.
! The directors of the National Car Com
pany met at st. Adams on Thursday to con
slider the propositions made by st. Albans
Mortified, Randolph and Richmond for tn
location of the oompany's new shops. TIL
question of location was not decided, but 81
Adams chances for the shops are CONSIDERS
good. The company will retain its office an
, financial headquarters at st. Adams durin
1882. The company have settled last year
taxes on the basis agreed on by the town-b
/, the payment of $5OO7 in full.