Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-17


erary world Mr. Chamberlain delivered
the dedicatorv Grafton at Dartmouth college
az the commencement m 1850. on the dedi
cation of the elegant new college library
building performance that elected warm
approval at the time and since from cult
waited men lin, selection 10 take the lead
ing part at the dedication here has a pecu-
liar appropriateness ON account of certain
local associations MIR Chamberlain having
been teacher of our High school for two
or three years about 1880
Hubbard has some very attractive selec-
lions of iewery Bll of them new IN design
ami chosen especially or the Christmas
trade u ST. Nick picks up "a few things
there for some of has lady friends whom be
Is especially anxious 90 please he will make
uO mistake.
If our memory serves as the bailiffs an
uuunced two weeks ago that they would See
TO 1t that the property holders kept their
pavements and side walks properly cleared
of SNOW tins winter. but our ewes are not
good enough TO see that any move mas been
made ia that direction so far The snow
pillow hash put IN an appearance as vet
and the plan of the road commissioners prob
ably Is to keepit IN out of the cold till there is
such an accumulation of snow that 1t wont
do any good to take 1t out This Is the way
the business mas been done for the last year
or two. Because it comes In our beat we
happen TO know that Just at the top Of High
street hill there Is SNOW drift two or three
feet deep which fills the side walk and
there Is only cat track around II Ii viii
make us happy to hear and report other
similar grievances from any part of the
village when there is NO good reason why
tine walks shouldu Z be kept cleared
December weather never mad more of the
true Christmas flavor III 1t than now This
week mas brought SNOW enough for the best
of sleighnC ON the river roads and today
there Is promise of such bright bracinc
winter weutner as makes work and travel
and buying and selling "a pleasure
The annual rental of pews IN the Centre
Congregational church will be- held next
Monday evening at ,:30 O'Clock
The Universalist church choir. as ar
ranged for $50. viii consist Of Miss Thwine
soprano Mis-, Cook coutralto. Mr Willis
tenor and Mr. Frehgh bass. At the Con
/ gregational church the arrangement will be.
for time at least. Miss Emma Gregg So
prauo Mrs F L. Drown cuntralto. J. A.
Markham tenor, J NJ Leonard bass
Mr. Fentou has done one Of ms best bits
of artistic work m the way Of window dec
Grafton at Pratt Wright q Co 5 tins week
and this with the firm announcement IN
our advertising columns TO-DAY viii ensure
everybody attention to the sohd attrac-
tons msid.
The BELOW, Fall, Times brags over the
receipt of the New York daily papers az
$50 r N.. 10y way of Rutland, half an hour
ahead of bratuebarn. They are probably
poor papers without any news m them
Rev Mr Day exchanges pulpits next sun
day with beF Nr Dascouu of Bellows Falls
" b stuart j, making arrangement, o.
remain here during tine winter ANY one
wishing iIrst-cias- portrait viii do well tu
address iuch box -. and receive a call from
him
James sullivan. formerly operator IN the
telephone eNcnauec fell from the horizontal
our, and broke one Of the bones IN ms right
forearm whie pracuciuc IN the Y NJ &. a.
gymnasium Monday evening
Inward Resource" Is the SUBJECT "
Rev. Z W Whitney lecture TO Young peo-
pie. next sunday evening
A state item says that the Underhill Camp
of SONS of eteraus now ranks first in the
state IN point of membership. that at Brat
tleboro ranking second and that at Burlmg
ton third
The Baptist sunday school nave decided
70 have an entertainment on Christmas eve.
with tree IN the vestry
Mrs c. + Rice and Lucian Witt have
been awarded government pensions
Beginning next Monday there vii! be- "a
general advance IN freights from the west Of
DC per hundred pounds which viii necess
tate q slight rise IN the price OF -four. gram,
etc, at the east. and th- effect of TIN, or
der Is already felt ia the markets At
present both -four and gram are selling
here for less than they can be bought at the
west
The insurance companies yesterday set
tied the losses Occasuued by the recent
burning of the Valley mill. except that Of
Mr. Minor. the owner Of the mill. which
Doubtless viii be- adjusted IN q few DAYS
The Valley Mil company. managers of the
concern. received their full claim of $1,000
on stock. ete j X. Pierce q Co. received
SlJU and A. +. Wilder Sl63 Tor water dam
age Mr. Minor mas not vet made known
ms determination IN regard To rebuilding
tine mil, ana meanwhile other parties are
understood To be DESTROYS of buying II
Clapp * Jones have unique window at
traction m the shape of railroad locomo-
tive m miniature which IS complete in all
It's parts and capable of being fired up and
run Just like ulg machine II rs the prop
erty OF Engineer Ham and was for a long
time prominent attraction III New York
show window
To avoid getting completely buried under
the avalanche of Christmas packages. a.
was the case last year the post office de
partment ha- ordered all railway posta
clerks 10 remain on duty next week instead
Of taking the week OFF which many of them
are entitled 70. This will amount practical
ly 10 doubling the force for the week
Ray coupe mas yielded u the force Of
circumstances and gone ON % runners Il
may not be handsome a. when on wheels
but II j. comfortable which is the mann
point
ST. Johnshury was one Of the four fortu-
nate places which had a lecture from stan
ley the African explorer. during ms flying
visit 70 tins country. He lectured there last
Friday evening and passed through Brat
tleDoru at 3.3u saturday afternoon on ms
way % Amherst He made the same mis-
take at tine station that many travellers nat
urally 90 under the conductor S misleading
shout Passengers for New London North
ern road change cars and was within an
ace OF getting left on the platform while
the tram steamed out but a word from
John Carney saved MIN In the nick of time
Charlie Thompson was at Northampton
Mass, Monday. and heard Mr.. STANLEY 8
lecture there the evening before his sudden
departure for Europe in answer 10 the sum
mons of the king of Belgium
A 1iii passed the HOUSE of Representative nj
Sine end uf last Wrtk which iI Cuncurr-d M by
THE senate ANA approved ny the President vii
make Hrati-ulru "a free delivery Office The bin
extends the lf+-- delivery system to cit and
towns "iln population OF lUUu or ln which
tine postal revenues amount 70 $1,000 a wear.
ANA winch have The other requirements of paved
or plenkeu sidewalks, streets named and lgutt-I
anu houses numbered The revenue OF tine Brat
llruorn uluc" Last year was upward of SI5UtI
Montpelier Is Roe only other vermont town which
the proposed luW would affect Burlington and
Rutland having free delivery already The banks
ANA business men uH Main street might probably
prefer i1 bold tner post office boxes as al present
uul th~ free delivery system would b- q great
utenltuef- % the Residence HORTON of tine vii
lust as Nnal-, aud Tire NerInput senators have.
already hr-l informed uf THE general wish of Brat
lirhuio people that te uiil may uecome a law
An oxford teacher, Bible or a family Bible
from e"pp Jones VIII be Just the present for
some one
The annual meeting of the Juiyersalist society
was heiu last evening when thu old board of Ofi
eefs was ireiectrd-G W Hooker. president. les
ite Scot. secretary anu treasurer. W. II Ester
brook. 7 hos HuuuuI. a \. COX. members of tht.
was naht for tine past year while from figures
presented f appeared That during The uast wear
tiit society has raised and disbursed a total sum
OF ealpo including cost of the new organ run
uing EXPENSES al about s2iUI year. ana the De-
pairs un the church eddce The ladies of the So
ciety have decided 90 hold their annual fair on the
evening OF Jan IN
The knights and Ladies OF Honor held their an
nual session the 1910 inst, ercting the following
cfncerS Protector. Mrs J.. V Sargent. Nic. Pro
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