Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-06-06

tho State Convention to DO held at burlington on the
18th Of June, inst.
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JOHN II. WR1oHT, : conDi,,.o
Brattleboro June 6, 1884.
BratueDOrO.
Geo. Spaulding, barber, has gone into
business at Bellows Falls.
The White Mountain express will 90 on
the road this year July Z.
Six persons received the rite OF INNER
sion at the Baptist church last Sunday.
Rev Mr.. Tower will preach on 1.-The
Growing Virtue" next Sunday morning.
"A W. Childs, agent for the Columbia BIZ
cycles, has sold 20 machines this season.
Knapp, the halter, has a handsome and
conspicuous new sign out. S. @. Davis did it.
Gen. Frank P. Merrill of Maine, com
mander.in chief Of the Sons Of Veterans,
was in town few days since on matters of
business.
A f. Rogers caught pound-aud a. half
trout in Marlboro pond, Monday, while fish
ing for pout
The adjourned annual meeting Of the
Unitarian society takes place at the church
next Tuesday evening at 1880.
The warrant is up for the special rail
ANhA AOhh hlbolAuB W bt utlu On nlOuuhy
afternoon, June lG, at 2 2. NJ.
-Messrs. Herrick and Boydcn have bought
building lot on Grove street of L. +. Ad-
ans and will remove the Gen. Phelps house
thereto
The ladies Of the Congregational society
are TO have theiz annual strawberry festival
next Thursday evening, as per notice pub
lished elsewhere.
DR. G. s. Blakeslee Of Williamsyille. who
took unto himself wife last Saturday, is
credited with the purpose Of making Bratile-
boro his future home.
A. w. Kezer has taken the agency for
Salt Lake Fruit" the new story OF Nor
mon life, which promises to rank as one OF
the leading novels Of the day.
-Sedgwick Post G. A. L., voted on
Wednesday evening to hold a campfire on
the Fourth Of July at some convenient place
probably at Bernarlston.
Sixteen members of the Brattleboro Con
grcgational societies East aud West, were in
attendance on the Sunday school convention
held at Windham on Wednesday
Francis Goodhue was reelected one Of
the directors Of the Vermont & Massachu-
sets railroad company at the annual meeting
held in Boston on Wednesday.
At the annual meeting Of the Vermont
Homeopathic medical society, held at Mont
pelier this week, DR.. Henry Tucker of Brat
tle5oro was elected president for the ensuing
year.
j. X. Osgood, the well -known temper
ance reformer aud lecturer, is reported to be
sick and destitute at his home in Maine The
Bellows Falls temperance people have sent
him substantial aid.
The Vermont Valley railroad company's
annual meeting will be held at the Brooks
House June 3, A proposition TO increase
the capital stock so that it shall not exceed
81, 900, 600 will come before the meeting.
The home strawberry crop will probably
sell at an average of three to five cents
quart higher this year than for several sea-
sons, thanks to last weeks freeze-but the
growers would rather have had a full crop at
a smaller price.
The logmen are promptly on hand to
prevent jam at this place this year, and
have stretched a boom from opposite the
head Of the island down inside the bridge
pier. few stray logs have been running
down for three or four days past.
The Charlotte, N. Q. journal of May 81
mentions that IS =. Landlord, formerly of
the revenue service, who forged a govern
ment draft in 1881, passed through the city
yesterday in irons under the charge Of De-
tective Lamson."
Hon. Jacob Estey, vino was called to
Owosso, Mich, last week 10y the illness Of
his nephew, d. NJ. Estey, who is in charge
OF important manufacturing interests there,
returned on Wednesday. The deacon thinks
the young mans recent election as mayor
was too much for him.
Last Monday evening pleasant surprise
was given Miss Zilpha Jones at her home on
Birge street, by her classmates and teacher,
the party numbering 10. The evening was
passed in plays and story telling, after which
refreshments were served. The occasion was
the tenth birthday of the little hostess.
The festival and entertainment held by
the Good Templars on Monday evening at
Grand Army hall proved quite successful.
The strawberries and ice cream were abund-
dant and the music recitations, ETC., afford
ed much pleasure to those assembled. The
receipts amounted to about S25.
Edwin Earle, formerly of Brattleboro,
has recently become associate proprietor with
A. H. Harvey in the Newoomb House, Dav-
export, Ia, and has removed there for per-
manent residence. Mr.. Harvey began life
as Brattleboro printer, and his wife Miss
Lila Simonds) is Brattleboro girl.
A very large and handsome granite mon
ument-the largest on the grounds-is now
being erected on the cemetery lot of the late
Wright Pomeroy. The shaft alone weighs
eight tons aud required five pairs of Stock
wells heavy horses to draw it up from the
railroad station. The monument was cut at
Lyonss Dummerston quarries under contract
from W. A. Dutton.
Another lawn tennis club, called 1.-THE
jolly Racqueters," has been organized, with
Miss Nina Deyens Rs president, Charles
Thompson vice president, Sam rockingham
secretary, Addison Hall treasurer The club
intends 10 have several tournaments during
the season, in which it will play the Wantas-
tiquet club. 1t also proposes holding dance
at an early day.
Wanted in Brattleboro--a good book.
binder. For two years and more the place
has been without bindery, and it is strange
that the opening has not been discovered by
some enterprising man who knows his bust
ness and is ready to come here with modern
appliances and establish himself permanently,
with good run of work assured It speak
ing far within bounds to say that $4,000 worth
OF work is now waiting to drop into such a
mans hands.
Under an arrangement which went into
effect on Monday, the afternoon passenger
train from Palmer is restored TO its old sched-
ule above Millers Falls, and now runs directly
through to Brattleboro, arriving at ago, in
stead Of waiting at South Vernon for the ar
rival of the afternoon Connecticut river train
Nhlcn reAche6 mere al o;04. This restores one
of our convenient Boston connections and
enables passengers leaving that city at 1l:2O
to come directly through without tedious
wait at South Vernon.
On Sunday last (Whitsunday) the Right
Rev. W. H. A. Bissell, D. D., visited st. Mi
ehaels church in this place and held services
in that parish and IN Christ church, Guilford,
catechising the children, preaching and cele-
brating the Holy Communion in the former
church in the morning, baptizing, preaching
and celebrating the Holy Communion in Gull.
ford in the afternoon, and confirming and
preaching at St. Miehaeps church in the even.
ing He was assisted in all these services by
the rector OF the parish.
Doctors are not much In the habit of
staying their patients with malice afore.
thought, the popular belief to the contrary
Notwithstanding but that was what DIR.
Gregg did few days ago, when he doctor
ed" Z. G, Crosby's l9-years old mare which
had manifested symptoms Of an incurable
disease for some months. The poor beasts
and hEa ,.a l..