Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-05

AT q meeting OF tue members OF inc
Windham county bar, held at Newiano on
Tuesday evening, a resolution Of thanks was
adopted upon the acceptance Of a finely exc
cuted and handsomely mounted crayon like
ness Of the late Charles X Field the work Of
a Montpelier artist and the gift Of Mrs. /. =.
Jewett Of that place. daughter Of Mr. Field.
The presentation was made by Hon. James
NJ Tyler in behalf Of Mrs Jewott Mr.
Fields portrait now Rraces the walls Of the
court room, aud it is understood that as a com
panion piece a similar liie-size portrait OF the
late j. Dorr Bradley, who was Mr. Fields
companion in friendship and fame, will be
presented to the bar at a future term.
Can any one tell why Brattleboro and all
this section Of New England country shouldn't
have cheap grapes Of the best quality for the
present and for the next few weeks The
Hudson river crop has ripened perfectly, and
is 90 per cent larger than ever before Ship
ments are made TO market by the steamboat
and car load to the amount Of 500 tons daily.
A despatch from the grape region says "For
fully three weeks yet a delugo Of OOncOrds
may be expected to reach New York every
morning. The grapes have sold as low as .
cents per pound at wholesale, and out OF
that sum the shipper has to pay freight, cart
age and commission The crop all along the
river is q phenomenal one. Wine il being
made 10y many growers, and tons Of fruit are
being stored IN cold storages, IN barns and in
cellars" There is a wide margin between
grapes at cents pound and grapes at o
cents and 20 cents
The following item from a Worcester,
Mass paper, refers 10 a native and former
resident Of Brattleboro The largest regular
meeting Of Pearl Lodge Of Knights and Ladies
OF Honor that has occurred since It's organiza.
ton was held last evening Tho OCCASION was
a 81 r.r l.
and Mrs S. L. Sargent spread was given
in their honor and very fine silver cake
basket with suitable inscriptions and cngrav
cd with Jewels Of the order was presented TO
them. The daughter and son were also re-
membered by useful presents. Protector
Sanford made q happy presentation speech,
which was feolingy responded to by Mr.. and
Mrs. Sargent Other speeches Of regret for
their departure were made by members Of the
order Mr.. Sargent has been resident Of
this city about 2j years, being employed most
Of the time at the Court Mills He goes TO
Castletou. Vt, to engage in the manufacture
Of agricultural implements, and hi. many
friends here wish him a hearty farewell and
success in his new enterprise.
Rev G. Z. Martin closed his labors with
the Centre church on Sunday with "a sermon
founded on the parable Of the unjust steward
in which be illustrated the lessons Of shrewd.
ness, earnestness and attractiveness which
the church may learn from the world At
the conclusion Of the discourse very few
words Of farewell were addressed to the con.
gregaton On Monday evening al oppor
tunity was given all who wished to meet Mr.
and Mrs Martin at the chapel, and a large
number Of their people gathered there to say
good bye and to express 10 them their sin
cere good wishes for their future happiness
and success. AS al earnest Of these good
wishes a purse containing 500 in gold
coin was presented to Mrs. Martin and a set
Of the new Imperial Dictionary, in four vol
umes was given to Mr.. Martin-the gifts IN.
GLIDING also a bible and atlas The presenta.
ton was made by Dea. j. a. Clark IN few
happily chosen words and Mr. Martin re-.
piled felicitously, suggesting as he closed
that the company join in tho hymn "Blest
be the tie that binds" An hours social en-.
joyment followed Mr. and Mrs Martin
took their final departure on Wednesday
driving il their own carriage and intending 10
visit friends on the way at Athol, Worcester
and Westboro, Mass Mr. Martin will preach
in the lss;-named place next Sunday aud his
installation over the Brockton church will
take place OF Thursday evening Of next
week Several Of his friends IN the Brat
tleboro parish intend to be present Oh the
occasion.
The report OF the State Inspector Of Fl
nance on the condition of savings banks and
trust companies on june 3Oth shows that the
Vermont savlngs bank still leads all similar
institutions in the state handsomely. its depos-
it amounting to 81 O2g, 600, and the banks
which follow II most closely being the Rutland
savings bank with : ., Gj7. DOG. the Burlington
savings bank with 81, 45G, 27l and the Pas
sumpsic, ST. Johnsbury. with SI,lgl 900.
The Brsttleboro savings bank had deposits OF
eI14 Att .lnue .s.fth the Jamaica hank haA
Sl35,3 $50. the Windhsm Co. (Newfauel had
$3.50, 291, and the Wilmington bank S23G,
/ Al. The per cent. of dividends paid by the
Windham county banks for the fiscal year
was Brattleboro /. Vermont B, Jamaica
Newfane D. Wilmington .. II IS of interest
to note that the deposits OF the BrRttleboro
Savings bank fell of between Jan LIST and
April LIST last in the sum OF Sllu3sI. and
those OF the Vermont savings bank IN the
sum Of SlOG, 7G3-a little matter which was
! due, it Is needless TO say, to the operation OF
/ the new tax law The Newfane deposits fell
! of 81 1OJ, while those in the Wilmington
bank increased S2,Oj7, and in the Jamaica
bank SO, O66 IN the same period. Between
April list and June Both all the Windham
county banks show an increase IN their depos-
its-the increase at the Vermont savings bank
being about SJ3. 600 and at the Brattleboro
savings bank about S47. 900. The report
q -
her share Of the direct tax paid by savings
banks and trust companies for the si1 months
ending Dec. 3lst last.
BASE HALL-DKATTLEBoEo VS.. AMHERST col
LEGE.
The Brattleboro nine had their first
match with the Amherst college club on Frost
meadow Wednesday afternoon. considers-
/ bic number of spectators were on hand expect
ing TO see some good playlng-and they did
before the game was over, Unhappily for the
home club, however one OF its best men
proved unfit for duty, and through consequent
errors the Amhersts scored eight runs during
the first two innings to their opponents none.
/ This Of course amounted 70 a give away,
though during some OF the subsequent inn
ings the contest was exceedingly close The
Amherst club numbers some fine players.
though as an organization it is inferior TO the
Dartmouths. Below are the scores
BEATrLBORos.
Strikers In L