Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-05-29


PICTURE FRAMEsare cheap at Cheney Capp's.
BrattIebOro.
There will be no service in the Unitarian
church next Sunday.
The rite OF baptism was administered to
ten persons at the Baptist church last Sun
day evening
Rev. f. E. Tower and Deacon E4tey
have been in attendance upon the Baptist an
niversaries at Saratoga this week.
An interesting feature Of the Memorial
exercises to morrow will be the reading OF a
poem by Mr.. Geo. A. Hines.
Chief Engineer Howe has appointed
luke Ferriter and A. l.. Shackford assistant
engineers in place Of Newell Lindsey de
ceased, and q. O. Turner, resigned.
Mrs. Lydia A. Allen OF Dummerston, for
merly OF Brattleboro, has been granted
mothers pension (Ss per month"; with back
pay amounting 10 about $500.
Contrary to general expectation. this
years grand list which WAS completed yes
terday, shows an increase of S2G, 600 The
total list amounts to So 6G5, 7i9.
The new ice cream rooms which Messrs.
Batchelder q Simonds have been fitting up in
connection with their confectionery estab
lishment, will be thrown open to morrow.
w. Il E,sou declined TO servo on the
police force on the terms arranged 10y tho
bailifs for this years SERVICE and Isaac A.
Williams has been appointed in his stead
The executive committee OF the state Ed
itors and Publishers association have decided
TO hold the annual meeting here July Sth, to
be followed by an excursion TO Block Island
A meeting OF the Brattleboro East Con
gregational society will be held next Monday
evening to consider the question of extend
ing call to Rev. Mr. Lee TO settle as pastor
| of the society.
DIR. Draper is announced TO read the es-
say at the June meeting Of the Connecticut
Valley conference Of Unitarian churches to
be held at North6eld on the 9th aud 10th
proX.
| Miss Barnard Of tue grammar school has
been at her home in Wilmington this week,
called there by the death Of her father, Mr.
Seth b. Barnard, a leading aud respected citi-
zen Of that town.
Allen Turmage, the black man whose
letter we printed last week, writes Judge
Clarke that several Vermonters, resident in
Philadelphia, who read his letter, have since
taken pains to call on him.
An are invited to attend the anniversary
exercises OF the Young Mems Christian As
sociation to be held at the Congre gatiOnal
church next Sunday evening and bring Cos
pei Hymns.
Next Sunday Trinity Sunday the Sun
day school Of st. Michaels (Episcopal)
church will be held al $50 A. NJ, and on the
following Sunday ut the same hour. Divine
service at 1890 A. NJ. and 1880 P. NJ
"A union gospel temperance meeting will
be held in the rooms Of the Y. NJ @. A. next
Sunday at $50 p NJ Next Tuesday after
noon at O'Clock the w. q. 4. u. will hold q
prayer meeting at the same place.
Mr. and Mrs. j. +. Hall are attending
the musical festival at Rutland. Misses
Howe and Brssor, who are also in attend
ance, are mentioned by the Rutland Herald
AZ among the soloists Of the occasion.
The White Mountain train will begin il,
trips this year on Monday, June 80. A new
equipment of coaches and parlor cars will be
put on, and the trains will pass BrattleborC
at substantially the same time az last year.
The annex OF Crowells old melodeor
shop on Flat street has been detached from
the main building aud removed to the site OF
the Frost barn which was burned few year
ago, where il is to be fitted up for use as
carriage and sleigh repository.
AT Herricks auction sale of real estat,
belonging to the late Alvin Hescock, las
Monday, the 40-acre lot near ID. l.. Crosierl
was struck of to Frank II. Morse for $500
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Mr. Betterley for $3.50.
Report comes from the Connecticut rivei
headwaters that a log-famine is feared be
cause there has been no high water TO star
the drive down. Fifty million feet OF log
are said to be waiting, and only few mllioE
feet have been set ahoat
The new reservoir for the fire depart
ment, TO be located near L. f. Stock wells oil
Forest square, will be built under the imme
diate direction OF the bailfa II is to hav,
a capacity of nearly so, 900 gallons and vii
be covered with railroad iron and stone in
substantial manner. -
H. X. Lawrence has this week put in
half acre of Pearl of Savoy extra early DO
tatoes in his field on the east side of South
Main street. just below the cemetery. IL,
uses the Bovker hill and-drill phosphate as
an experiment, and hopes TO be able TO repor
results inside Of 60 days.
DR. l.. F. Wentworth writes from Tope
ka, Kansas, under date Of the 10Th inst. az
am getting somewhat settled here, but an
not ready yet to forsake my first love (the
Vermont asylum, neither is Topeka quit,
Brattleboro, but am very comfortably ant
quite pleasantly located"
A strawberry supper and dance, given un
der the auspices OF the recently formed youn(
pc oples guild OF st. Miohaels Episcopal
church, will be the attraction at Crosby hal
next Tuesday evening. Week after mex
the ladies' Of the Congregational society
will have their annual fair and festival at the
chapel.
Should the weather be fine tomorrow Il
will be matter for regret that arrangement
were not made for Col Holbrook's address
TO be given out door. The Colonel possessel
a remarkably strong full voice, which ooulC
be distinctly heard by every one of the 2OO(
or 5000 people who would listen il opportuni
ty offered.
WIN. Bate, route agent between Brat
tleboro and Palmer, received notice of his
peremptory removal last Saturday. He Il
succeeded by W, s. Spaulding of West Rox
bury, Vt, a man entirely new TO the service
but who unquestionably is all right from th'
fact that he is one of the "unterfifed" anC
was endorsed by Atkins, Smalley Il Co.
Mics Frances E. Townsey, who conduct
ed revival meetings in the Baptist churcl
some nine or ten years ago, has recently beer
formally ordained to the ministry by a cOun
oil of Baptist churches in Nebraska. Thi
is said to be the first instance in this oountrl
of the formal setting apart of q woman L
the office and work of the evangelical (ortho
: dox) ministry.
Post Sedgwick, G. A. r., accompanies
by the ladies' relief corps and Tyler camp
Sons OF Veterans, attended services at tn
Universalist church Sunday morning in
body, and listened to a memorial sermon
: preached by the pastor, an abstract of which
Is elsewhere given. The church was taste
fully decorated and the music arranged TO
} the occasion, and the attendance exceeded tn
seating capacity of the audience-room.
Thursday evening, June 4th has beef
fixed upon as the date of Miss Margare
Mather's appearance here under the auspices
of the Grand Army post, when she will TAKE
the role Of Julianna in TObin's popular com
edy of "The Honeymoon" She comes un
der able management, strongly supported
and Brattleboro people may therefore rely
upon having irst-olass entertainment. Mis-
Mather is now filling weeks engagement Ii
Montreal.
e. +. Brown, assistant cashier OF tn,
Vermont national bank, who suffers frou
heart disease caused by an injury some year
ago, and who has been at his fathers il
AthOl for some time past, had a severe lunl
hemoIrhage last week which left him in
very critical condition. The bleeding wa
not caused by lung disease, but by weaken