Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-10
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The ladiv, Of the Congregational ,nci,t,
viii hold their first supper and sociable Of
the season at their church parlors next
Thursday evening.
The Ruthians, missionary band connect
ed with the Baptist church have lust sent
barrel of clothing to the Mather school in
Beaufort. : c., making the third barrel
which they have sent South since June
For the accommodation Of customers un.
I'll the holidays, Geddis viii keep his stor,
open every evening.
The Philomela ladies' quartet gave
charming concert at the town hall last even
ing. assisted by the well-known render. Mr.
Melvin r. Day. The personnel Of the quar-
tet Is very attractive, and their singing.
in quartet, duet and solo, thoroughly de
ightful. Mr. Day furnished the humorou,
element Of the evening, and his persona
tons were received with great favor. the
last one ON the program calling out a double
encore. The character of the audience was
tribute to the success Of the Y NJ. c. \.
in securing for Brattleboro entertainments
OF real excellence. being composed largely
Of the people who can best appreciate tn,
truly artistic in music and the drama
The very wise and comfortable looking
bear which has taken up his holiday abode
mrers but seems in no wise embarrassed
by the attention paid him.
The ladies Of the Baptist society are pre-
pairing TO give the people of Brattleboro a
novel entertainment in their presentation
of the Dairymaids festival at the rink on
Wednesday evening Of next week We
have no doubt it will also Toe a delightful
entertainment. It's special feature will be-
the military drill Of the dairymaids in a
company % strong, each armed with her
own legitimate weapon, a milking stool
The presence of the Harvard quartet which
Is promised, assures the excellence of the
musical part Of the entertainment. Other
features are mentioned in the advertise
ment. A similar festival given in Music
hall Boston, last winter and repeated the
present season, quite carried the Hub by
storm and we hope our Baptist friends will
be equally successful.
There viii be an adjourned meeting of
the Womens Relief corps at c. A. r. hall
next Wednesday afternoon at o'clock. for
the purpose Of electing officers and dele
gates to the department convention The
inspection officer will be present to examine
the corps.
Rev. |. McAnn will lecture at the Metho-
dist church next Sunday evening at a.
clock. Subject, lessons from the Life Of
Daniel"
The Thursday evening meetings at the
school house in District No. g. under the
charge of the y. NJ. c. A, are to be contin-
ned.
1t takes only half an eye 10 see that II F.
hldder OF Nardsboro is an enterprising
country dealer He believes in inviting
trade by keeping II line Of goods which will
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people know by advertising that he has got
the goods. This week he quotes the prices
which he will pay for Christmas poultry.
Brattleboro people have seen almost i'm
possible feats performed on the bicycle hy
Canary, Nash, Maltby, the Speedwells
and others, but the performance Of VII
mont & Lester, who appear at the rink this
and tomorrow evening, is said 10 surpass
that of any of the Others
Miss Cross, the amputation Of whose foo.
and ankle was mentioned last week. is do
ing exceedingly well and the surgeon en-
courages her 10 hope that she may eat her
Christmas dinner in Brattleboro He also
believes that she will now fully recover her
health
). {. Newton Is going into the milk bust
ness AGAIN and will start route in the
course Of ten days with the Rice farm and
ms herd Of Guernsey cows as his base of
supplies.
R. A, Houghton has sold his farm in Mari
borO 70 Marshall Hudson. and moved into
the Doolttle house on High street.
Visitors To Brattleboro the coming DAYS
before Christmas will be charmed by visit
to Clapp * Jones's bookstore. Goods are
entirely rearranged for the holidays
The Bbilha ,i,. -. -
for two dances this evening. They also fur
nish music for the first dance of the season
at the Vernon House on the 10th and at
Chesterfield Factory on the 18th
The burning of the Killers Falls bridge
last Friday night which is elsewhere de
scrlbed, has the effect to make the 1870
mail train a half hour late every morning
caused by the wait for the transfer of pas
sengers across the river. New London
freight Is brought around over the Fitch
burg road by way of Greenfield. and thence
by the Connecticut river road The break
Is bad one, the bridge having been $50
feet long, and it will require large expense
and several months of time to permanently
repair ii. gang of a hundred or more
men is at work throwing a trestle across
the chasm and trains will probably be NOV
ing across early next week. An iron bridge
VIII undoubtedly replace the old wooden
one. The origin Of the fire seems 10 be
somewhat mystery though it is generally
attributed 70 sparks or Goals from the en-
CINE. We do not know that incendiarism
Is suspected, but it is true that man went
over the bridge as usual after the freight
train passed 10 look for fire, and the bridge
moreover was timed, leaving but small sur
face exposed TO take fire from the engine.
The friends of Gustave johnson. who
lived here for time and worked at Estev's.
and who went from here to Denver. Colo
rado, and afterward located in Garfield
county Colorado, have been made anxious
by the report Of the murder of man