Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-01-30


Pany.
1.-THE Power of TriAss" is the subjsc OF
Rev. f.. W. Whitney's lecture next Sunday
evening.
Grand Army men will find an interesting
sketch-"The Mutiny of Co. K."-on our
first page to-day.
Mr. VIM. Hyde and his daughter, Miss
Josephine HYDE have gone to Washington
| for the remainder of the winter.
The weather has been 80 severe of late
that little progress has been made in the
work Of repairing the old paper mill dam.
The regular monthly business meeting of
the Y. M. @. A. for February will occur next
Monday evening, Feb. %, at 1880, at their
rooms.
Mrs. P. Barrows was summoned to her
old home in Peterboro, N. H., on Tuesday,
by the death Of her mother at the advanced
| age of 90.
The meeting Of the Poultry association,
Monday evening, was adjourned one week on
account of the absence of Col. Estey, the
president
-Pahlay, a native Burman Karen. will
give lecture in the Baptist vestry next Sun
! day evening on the manners aud Customs
of the Ksrens."
The @. L. s. @. will meet in the parlors
! VI Nhb NJ " n ntAh AuuEhuh1 bNtuluk NJ
1880. The members are to be prepared on
some topic in the December readings.
There will be joint meeting Of the Ia.
dies auxiliary and board OF managers in the
parlors of the Y. NJ. O. A. next Tuesday af-
ternoon at o'clock. A full attendance is de-
sired.
-Dea. John Tufts of Geneseo ILL.,, father
Of Dr. A. H. Tufts, whose serious illness was
mentioned in this column two or three weeks
ago, has suffered q relapse and his recovery is
not expected.
Only 10 tickets were sold from Brattle-
boro for the Montreal ice carnival. The
trains on Saturday aud Monday, however,
carried good loads Of carnival passengers
from the Boston & Albany aud other roads.
Miss Eastman of Wells River gave an
instructive temperance lecture in the High
school room Wednesday afternoon. She al.
80 spoke in the evening at the Methodist
church, but the weather being very stormy
the attendance was light.
Still another item for the "wrastlers" {:
John Mcmahon Of this state challenges Dufur,
| Mclaughlin OF any other man in the world to
vrestle, collar and elbow style, for from $500
to $2500 a side and the championship of
America or he will wager 500 to 500 that
no man can win fall in wrestling him in one
hour"
We are glad to know that our last week 8
remarks on the subject OF snow paths were
universally appreciated We are glad to Oh.
serve, too, that they were not words idly vast
ed, 30 far as practical effect is concerned.
There is a decided improvement in the condi-
ton Of the walks since the late storm, but the
bailiffs are reminded that there are numerous
places about town where the track of the
snow-plow needs experimenting with a little
individual exercise of the snow shovel
We learn that Mr. John L. Ray has pre-
scented beautiful ohanoel window of Cathe
dral glass to the new All Souls Universalist
church, Worcester, Mass, which was dedica.
ted, free from debt, on Tuesday, Jan. 9th
The work of Rev. NJ. II, Harris has been
wonderfully successful in the First Univerea.
list parish Of Worcester, aud it is through his
efforts, mainly, that All Souls parish WAS or
ganized in the south-we part of the city, and
the new church built
A man of about IS years, named Gregg
~, hailing from Westchester county, NV
York, who created a sensation in Crosby
block last Friday afternoon by calling on Dr.
Putnam and asking to have his head opened
aud the rust scraped out, and was examined
by Drs. Conlsnd and Webster, pronounced
insane and committed to the asylum showed
rapid recovery from his bewildered state Of
mind, and yesterday was taken home by a
brother who came on to visit him.
The following item from The Cburchman
of Jan. ~ refers to brother-in law Of Mrs
F. w. Brooks and Mrs. Mendon OF this viii
lage On one or more occasions when visit
ing in Brsttleboro DR.. Beach has ofhciated in
ST. Michael's church
1.-THE Rev DR.. Amos b Beach, rector Of st. Johns
church. Ithaca, died on Thursday, Jan. 49, from the
effect OF paralytic stroke on the previous Sunday.
| He was seized while holding sunday.school service
and sank rapidly afteTWurd. DR.. Beach brptber
! OF the Rev. Alfred u. Beach Of New York, aud
equally well Known in the minisry especialyin Cen
trail and Western New York. where he has served in
the church's ministry for half a century"
The roll call" of the members of the
Congregational church. held last Friday even
ing, proved an occasion of much interest
Resident members who could attend were
present and answered to their names 10 per-
son, while those who we're detained at home
by reason Of i'll health or extreme age sent q
response. One of the most interesting OF
these last-named messages came from Mrs
Cynthia Lawrence, the oldest member of the
church, whose % years of life, though bring
ing eyes dimmed to natural sight, find her as
earnestly alive as ever to everything of inter
est in her church and in the community.
We doubt IL there Is any one who takes
greater pleasure in the improvements which
have been made in Brattleboro the past Sc
son than does Mr. VIM. E. Ryther, the pro.
prietor Of the handsome new building which
bears his name and he fluids especial saii STAG
ton in the thorough way in which Mr.. j. T.
Hildreth, who had the full charge of his
building, performed his work. OF our own
personal knowledge We know that Mr. Hi.
dreth showed himself capable and efficient
in the management Of the work, and that,
thanks to his thoroughness the new building
is one of the most substantial and workman.
like on the street.
Last Sunday mo ming man from Poult
ney, Iamed Richard Jones, a former inmate
of the asylum who was discharged as harm
lessly insane by the state supervisors two
years ago, appeared to DIR. Draper and asked
to be taken in. The doctor sent him to Mr..
Herrck with note explaining the crcum-
stances, and MIR. Herrck placed him in the
lookup where he still remains, subject 70 the
call of the Poultney town authorities, who
we're duly notified. 1t appears that after the
mans discharge from the asylum he was
placed on the Poultney town farm, from which
he disappeared after a few weeks, and since
that time no trace OF him had been discov.
cred until he appeared here as stated.
DIR. Gale returned from his visit to @. b.
Rice at Talladega, Ala, last Tuesday. He
found Mr.. Rice very low with consumpti
and gives his friends slight hope of his i'm
proVement. Mrs Rice is much worn with
care Tor her husband, but through the in
sistence of the doctor measures have been
taken which willrelleve her overtaxed strength
in measure. All the officers aud teachers
of the college are in deep affiiction because
of Mr. Rices critical illness. He is beloved
and respected by them all, and as the compe.
tent business manager and financial head of
the institution he had come to be regarded
by his associates as their main prop and stay.
OF the school itself, and the excellent work
which it is doing for the $50 young blacks of
both sexes which it constantly has in its
charge, DIR. Gale brought away the highest
| impression.
The latest mysterious Disappearance"
recorded in Brattleboro, is that of glib
young man, with decided Partisan accent,
who came to town fortnight ago, and called
upon the leading members of the village lit
erary and cultured" circle, and persuaded.
them to take French lessons of him at a dol
lar a lesson-this unusual price being demand.
ed because the young man, trusting to his
own story, was the most accomplished teach.
er in his specially in the country. OF the
Sauveur method, he modestly said, he had
forgotten more than Sauveur himself ever
knew. From all Of his pupils he tried to
get advance payments, and from some of
! ~