Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-11-20
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The post-offioe has at last received a full
supply Of postal cards.
"A. f. Waite advertiaes an auction sale of
fine bunch Of cattle for next Tuesday.
Divine Service on Thanksgiving Day In
st. Michsel's (Episcopal) church at 10000 NJ.
The ladies of the Methodist church hold
their annual fair and festival in Crosby hall
Dec 8.
--Olapp & Jones's store, always an inter.
esting place to visit, will be especially 80 from
now until the holidays.
The collection at the Congregational
churcl last Sunday for the international work
OF the Y. NJ. @. A. was $50 81.
The union Thanksgiving service will be
held this year at the Baptist church. with
sermon by Rev, Mr.. Tower
j. Z. Coleman is refitiing and improving
his barber shop in Rays block and putting il
in attractive shape for his customers.
The Daughters of Rebekah have their
next dance Dec. %, instead of Dec. 1st, as
previously announced.
Rev. E. W. Whitney preached last even
ing, by invitation, at Orange, Mass, before
the Union association Of Universalsts.
Next Sunday morning Rev. E. W. Whit.
ney will preach in Crosby hall sermon ap.
propriate to the annual Thanksgiving.
The Murray club will meet with Miss
Nettie E. Starr on Monday evening next. in.
stead OF Tuesday, as previously announced
The Chautauqua organization of this viii
lage is hereafter TO be known as Loyal Circle.
Its next meeting is to be on Monday, Nov. 80.
-Housekeepers who are contemplating the
purchase OF new carpets will find something
OF interest in o. j. Pratt's new advertisement
this week.
The customers Of Mr.. Cook, the Brooks
House hair-dresser, are always sure of the
very eest service. Attention is called to his
business card in this paper
The re-dedication of the Universalist
church will take place on Tuesday, Dec. LIST,
Rev A A Miner, ID. D., LII D., will preach
the sermon.
The fall examination of teachers in the
common schools will be held in the High
School building on Saturday, Nov. %. com
mencing at . A. NJ.
shoe store fires ''the first gun of the season"
this week, and the shot looks like one that
will hit good many people.
The new bicycle club adopted constitution
and bylaws Friday evening and named itself
the Vermont Wheel club of Brattleboro. II
starts of with IS members.
DIR. Hendricksons next lecture will be
given Tuesday evening, Nov. 24th; subject
The Prehistoric Ruins and Pueblos of the
Southwest" Tickets on sale at Chapin's.
Rev. Mr.. Crothers of the Unitarian
church will preach in the First church, Bos.
ton, next Sunday, and his pulpit will be sup
piled by Rev. Mr.. Mott Of the Cambridge
divinity school.
Rev. Mr.. Day will preach next Sunday
for Rev. Isaac Clark in the Edwards church.
Northampton, and Mr. Clark will supply the
Congregational pulpit in this village at the
same time.
Randall q Clapp have gained great i'm.
provement in their store BY having a large
show window put in on the corner toward
the post-ofice entrance. The firm have 9th.
er improvements in progress
The latest suggestion is that Mr. Atkins
may conclude TO send a man down from the
north part Of the state TO take the Brattle.
boro post-ofice, should none of the local
candidates prove really satisfactory to him.
A meeting of the Bratteboro East So
cety is called for next Monday evening to
act on proposition to extend call TO Rev.
Ohas. .. Day. The church will act on the
matter at its regular meeting on the Friday
following.
-Retting Bros. have large and attractive
stock OF furniture, as a glance at their win
dows will show to passers. by, and their Gus
toners can rely on them to fulfil all the prom
ises which they make in their new advertise
msnt this week.
An exaggerated story having gained cir.
culation in regard to the removal, by Young
lady, Of the flowers from Mr.. Van Doorn's
grave last Sunday afternoon, 1t is a matter of
justice to say that the girl was actuated by a
kindly motive, wishing to preserve the how-
ers from harm during the frosty night.
-Chas. E. Alexander left Wednesday morn.
ing for Nebraska intending to make the ex.
pertinent of buying cattle from the ranches,
stall feeding them through the winter near
Omaha, and selling them for beef in the
spring. II successful he will make this a
permanent business
Bible Sunday was observed at the Bap-
fist church with a sermon by the pastor In
the morning on why we believe the Bible"
and appropriate exercises by the Sunday
school in the evening. The class offerinos
with collection from the audience of little
over Sc, amounted to nearly S72.
The Rev. Father Cunningham ia now on
his way home by the White Star line and IL
expected to land in New York Sunday. and
reach Brattleboro Monday evening. Should
he so arrive his parish will give him a cordial
welcome and reception at the parsonage on
Tuesday evening, the invitation to which will |
be general.
The autopsy held on the body of Mr.. M.
y. Van Doom last Saturday morning, by DR..
Holton, assisted by DIR. Dean of Greenfield, |
Mass, showed the cause of death TO be cancer |
Of the liver as had been suspected. The case
was an unusual one, the disease having en-. |
arged the liver 10 more than three times It's
natural size.
The Farrow fre-a arms company are busy
making tools and getting ready for the man
ntaoture OF Tihes. They receive many in
luiries about the Farrow gun from rifle clubs
. well as from dealers who want it's agency
This week Mr.. Farrow had letter from two
'portsmen in Roumelia who know him by
reputation, and had heard of his invention
md wanted particulars in regard to It.
"A Springfield Republican item saws,
The marriage at the Brattlsboro Catholic
,huroh Tuesday morning of John Carney.
me long time porter at the Brooks House. 10
Miss Matilda Foley, was quiet but pleasant
MAR. Daniel Shea was the best nan and
Mary Martin the bridemaid. Rev. Father
ialligan performed the ceremony" Mr.. and
Mrs Carney left for the south and will re-
urn to Brattleboro next week.
Mr. Burleigh, the Troy, N. Y, artist and