Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-07-27

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Col Austino is enjoying his annual yisi
to Block Island
W. c. Doolittle has sold hi5 house OF
Frost street to Charles w. PuiIor.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. +. Houghton have gon,
to Saratoga Springs to spend few weeks.
Union gospel temperance meeting i'm Tia,
Methodist church next Sunday at & p. NJ
--Myron Corbett has bargained for the sal,
Of his house on Forest square to VIM. Steers
New potatoes Of home production ar,
now quito abundant, and retail Mt 30 cents t
: bushel.
There are no members Of Post Sedgwicl
in attendance on the national oncampmcn
Of the Grand Army at Denver.
0. l.. Miner has already handled somt
| 10000 to $4,000 pounds Of wool purchased
in this vicinity since the seasons clip.
The rear Of the Connecticut river log
drive passed Bellows Falls last Monday aud j,
expected to pass here in a day or two.
Rev s. NJ Crothers preached on Thurs
day morning Mt the Unitarian grove meeting
held annually at Wiers, N. H., on Lake Win
npisaukee.
A large wntor cooler has been placed in q
conspicuous place in the rooms of the Y NJ
| G. A. All who seek a draught Of cool water
are welcome.
A cable despatch from Col aud Mrs D.
| j. EStey last Saturday announced their antic.
| ipatcd arrival at Geneva Switzerland, on the
! following day.
Fred Putnam. who went to Texas a year
or two ago to engage in herdng has lately
| gone into the livery business on a large scale
at Colorado City
The family of Rev. james Ilerrick. the
returned missionary, are having reunion
here, and will picnic to day Mt Barna Cark'e
farm, on Ames hill.
The New London Northern railroad now
offers excursion tickets TO Block Island OF
Watch Hill and return for : a. and to Lake
Pleasant and return for 90 cents
Rev. Jas. Eastwood, of Newport. n. H..
formerly pastor Of the Brattleboro Universe.
list church, is spending his vacation with the
Cuttings in West Bratteboro.
For the next four Sundays there will be
no service in the Universalist church. the
pastor, Rev Mr. Whitney, having gone to
Massachusetts, on his annual vacation.
Sylvester Miner, the 15.year-old son of
Mr. o. l.. Miner, while sporting o revolver
last Monday, discharged ball into his foot,
which, fortunately, produced only n flesh
wound and was easily extracted.
Geo. Simonds, son of Mr. Harvey ST.
monds of this place, who has lately been in
town on visit to his relatives, met with a
brilliant reception on his return to Maysville,
Ky, where he is running hotel
The First Congregational society Of
Brockton, Mass. at meeting held last Friday
evening, united with the church in extending
call to Rev. Geo. f. Martin, of this place.
Mr. Martin has not yet signihed his accept
ance.
Assurance has been received of the an.
pointmeut Of the Braitleboro Military band
as the regimental band Of the state-a tribute
most justly deserved. 1t is expected there
fore, that the band will attend the annual
muster to be held at st. Johnsbury in Sep.
TENDER
Returned members Of the Block Island
excursion party bring very favorable reports
The largest gain in flesh Was made by H. j.
Bangs who has long been an invalid. and
who, during his brief stay, increased his
avoirdnpois from ~ to 100 pounds
If the weather permits, there will be an
open-air meeting under the auspices of the
Y. NJ. G. A, in Esteyvlle, near the school
house, on Thursday evening, Aug. "a. at :
o'clock. Good singing will be provided and
the meeting will he.short.
Mr.. E. 4. Knowlton of Rochester. MINI.
sends us copy of the Rochester Post extra.
dated Sunday, July %, giving an account of
the cyclone which visited that section the pre-
vious day, causing the loss of many lives and
large amount of property.
The Windham county association Of Con-
gregational clergymen met with Rev. Mr..
Martin on Tuesday aud Wednesday Of this
week the only public exercises being ser
mon in the church Tuesday evening by Rev.
Mr.. Metcalf of Londonderry. The several
sessions were very fully attended and profit.
able.
Theodore Barber, who has been clerk in
Houghton Kuech's dry goods store for sew
eral years past, in company with his brother
Frank, formerly clerk for Barna Clark. and
more recently at Saxtons River, has bought
A. X. Pierce's stock Of goods at West Towns
bend and will 90 into business there Sept.
lst the firm being known as Barber Brothers.
Two young bicycists from NORTHAMPTON
stopped ut the Brooks House Wednesday
noon, having made tho run from home-some
10 miles-atter o'clock A. NJ. One of them
rode Star bicycle, having the small wheel in
front-s style rarely seen here. After dinner
they resumed their journey with little appar-
ent fatigue, their contemplated route being
via Spafford lake, Keene, Concord and Forts
mouth, n. H., TO Boston
Tho Congregational Sunday school had a
very pleasant picnic yesterday afternoon at
the Cascade, near the John Hunt place.
About 1850 young people were in attendance,
accompanied by the military band The
school desires TO acknowledge its obligations
to MIR. and Mrs. Hunt for the en- oyment af
forded by the use of their grounds on the oc-
casion.
Geo. Colcord, a one-armed painter who
has been living in town for tho past wear and
half, after getting into debt to the grocers
and others to the tune of about 500, ended
his career here last Saturday by borrowing
some $50 in small sums from different jndi
viduals and taking his departure ostensibly
for Waltham, Mass. lie is said to have
played tho dead beat previously at Bellows
Falls and Vernon.
The witty repartee OF the insane is re-
markable. Indeed, insanity sometimes seems
to sharpen the intellectual faculties. As an
insane woman vas being transported to the
asylum at Brattleboro the ether day, she no.
ticed young man who was bald headed hur-
rying across the street in a gale of wind.
She hailed him, young man, next time YOU
come out put on your hat, or the wind will
take all the hair of your head "-Argg.
The total receipts of the Brattleboro
post Office during the last quarter were S3.-
800 of which amount 50, 40 was for stamps
and stamped envelopes, $500 being postage |
paid by publishers on forty-four and one .
half thousand pounds of second class matter.
The gross receipts for the fiscal year ending
June 30th were Sl4, G77, or 81, All more than .
ten years ago, The past years net revenue
10 the government, over all expenses was
nearly $40, 0O0 an increase of S2,5OO in
1--WE years
Last Saturday was a fine day for the
Grand Army picnic at Bernardston grove.
and it proycd very gratifying success. Six
carloads OF people vent from this place by
'ail, and the total attendance vas not less
han 300, including members of Post Sedp.
wick, Tyler Camp, Is. of ", ladies and citi.
.ens generally. Music was furnished by the
Military band, and with dancing and games
md amusements of various kinds for which
he grove is remarkably well fitted, the hours
passed pleasantly.
Mr.. e. p. Carpenter of Worcester. Mass.
he organ manufacturer whose failure and
imposed flight was announced last week. has
published card in which he says his absence
vas cepsed by his being called to New York
0 preside at the meeting of corporation of
which he is an officer the pTesideEt being un.
yoidably absent. lie adds; II returned
'hursday, and have come TO stay, and shall
o glad to see my friends every evening. and
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at three
clock. He does not explain the absence
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