Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-26

IOT llD uDutnN VI tAllth AAlNAlAAH ~ A'NNNA
Carolina, Florida and southern California we
mention that the thermometer record in this
vicinity this Friday, morning is as follows :
Brattloboro lG' to 2O' below zero West
Brattleboro % below jacksonville 29' be-
low; Wilmington 81 below Dover 80 be-
low Townshend lG below Grafton % be-
low Wilamsvio 2O' below Newfane Is
below Bellows Falls % below Chesterfield
- below. Tho morning is the coolest Of the
season thus far, though for eight weeks past
zero temperature has been the rule. In
this connection we may mention that we be-
Heve that the "oxles' aforesaid who write
home Of roses, oranges, walks on the beach,
and the delights Of outdoor life in general,
draw on their imaginations for their facts
ut stands to reason" that it should be 30.
The Keene, N H., Sentinel of this week
prints the following as an illustration of what
compound interest will do "An incident
which took place at the Cheshire Provident
Institution on Friday of last week, illustrates,
forciby, the result attained by allowing II
small sum of money to lie Mt compound inter
est for a long time in a savings bank. In
1888, Mr. f. w. Brooks, now a resident Of
Brattleboro, Vt, was given a small piece of
land to cultivate, by his father, upon which
he raised a crop Of potatoes. From the sale
of the crop Mr.. Brooks realized fifteen dol
he deposited the fifteen dollars thus acquired
in the Cheshire Provident Institution jan.
u. 1889. eight dollars more was deposited
upon the same account. Years passed aud
nothing further was seen Of the deposit
book, but the account was carried along upon
the books of the bank, the interest being
credited as dividends were declared The
book was presented to have the interest cred
tied at one time previous to last week On
Friday last Mr.. Brooks presented his book
again to have the interest added which was
done the account amounting to the neat sum
Of S3Ol17. OF this sum, S27s.17 is Of course
accumulated interest"
The death Of the Rev. Samuel Fish, d.
D., took place at the residence Of his son.in-
law, Mr.. o. p. Niles, early on Thursday
morning Although the venerable man had
long been in feeble health, there had been no
special reason to anticipate his death at this
time. A week ago he was threatened with
lung fever but recovered from the attack at.
ter two days lie retained the full use Of his
faculties and to the last made regular entries
in the diary which he had kept for years On
Wednesday evening he took his supper as
usual and retired early About / o'clock he
awoke and remarked to his daughter that he
had been preaching a sermon all night. Soon
after he raised her hand to his lips and kissed
it. Death came half an hour later The funer-
al will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Baptist church. the Rev. Mr..
Shepardson of Greenfield, Mass. officiating
The burial will take place at Halifax on Sun
day morning at II o'clock. Mr.. Fish's age
was - years, 3 mos, - days. He was born
and raised in Halifax, and the 80 years of his
devoted and successful ministry was spent in
that town. A full sketch Of his life by an in
innate acquaintance will be given next week.
The following is the list of letters remain
ing in the Brattleboro post office, Jan. 2G;
Ladies-Augus,a Anderson, Mrs Mary C Cook, L
Edredge, Mrs Sarah Goodnow, Clara Guellow, Mrs
Hattie + Haines, Mrs Julia Hunter, Ida John son,
Mary Lloyd, Alice I. Mcclure, Cora p. Miller Mrs
Minnie Powers, Mrs Ralph Root, Mrs Stevens,
A Underwood, Mrs LorainR walker.
Gents-S Adams, Jr, J Brainard, Chas Collins,
Edward Conant. Frank Cummings, Jos Convey,
VIM Fuller, Goodale, John GlayiD, 2 VIM Lee,
Henry Ryder, John I Roy, VIM stinsou, Thayer,
II NJ wilder. r. L Crowell & Son.
Held for postage-Carl HaRelin, Gull River, MINI.
Soderstrom, Escanaba Mich.
THE HOME MISSIONARY MEETINGS.
On Tuesday afternoon and evening of
this week Home Missionary meetings were
held in the Congregational church in accord.
ance with the notice previously given. Rev.
C.. S. Smith of Montpelier, secretary OF the
Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, Rev.
J. Is. Clark of New York secretary Of the
American Home Missionary Society, and Rev.
Alr. Pudderfoot of Northern Michigan, were
present and made addresses. Mr.. Smith
spoke Of the great need Of sustaining the fee
BILE churches in our own state. These church
es are constantly weakened by emigration to
the West and it is of the first impor-
tauce that they should be sustained as nur.
series of true religion and in order that
the emigrants going to build up new coun-
try may be men of the right stamp. These
. l1,bt ,l.ar al I.,-, -, Al. F.
nished q large number of the foreign mission
aries and herein is another reason for their
support. Mr.. Clark, in a very spirited and
impressive manner, portrayed the great work
to be done in our western country, illustrat-
ing by aid of large map the vast extent of
the country to be covered. This address is
elsewhere given in full Mr.. Pudderfoot gave
an account of his personal experience among
the lumbermen of Michigan, where, within a
comparatively limited area are to be found not
less than 100 900 men Of the rough unculti-
waited class, men broken down in character,
or fortune, or both, and foreigners who have
little or no sympathy with or appreciation of
our American ideas. Many touching Incl
dents were given of experiences with these
people in times of death and affliction and
the imperative need Of throwing about them
some sort of outstanding and humanizing
/ influences not alone to save them, but as
matter of selfprotection for the country at
/ large, was forcibly dwelt upon. There was a
| good attendance both afternoon and evening,
and deep interest was manifested in the re-
marks of the speakers.
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