Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-01-01

The Methodsts held their usual "watcb
meeting" last night.
The public schools will resume their SEES.
sons next Monday.
The Household prints an edition of so. -
600 copies for its January number.
Frank Allen now holds a position OF
bookeeper in a Patterson, N. j., savings bank.
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro
East society will take place next week Thurs
day evening.
occuFhe next meeting Of Loyal @. L S. G. will
at the usuMSe Wednesday evening, Jan. IS, 1886,
polo tea naf hss made of the Niagara lady
January at the rink Tor the l3.h Of
VIII Carleton is announced to n.
Brattleboro under the auspices IoSfr in
Y M g. A., Thursday evening, February 4.
L. w. Lord is putting up a two.s,orv
house on land bought of W. II. Esterbroot
on the Brook road
A new Campbell complete" (cylipder,
press has been put into F. E. Housh's print.
ing Office this week.
There was a supper at the Methodist ves.
try Wednesday evening, followed by an inter
estlng Mother Goose entertainment by the
juvenile members OF the Sunday school.
Next Sunday night the lecture at the
UniVersalist church will be appropriate to
the new year. The subject will be, How TO
Meet the Future"
The quarterly meeting of the trustees OF
the Brattleboro Free library occurs at Has.
kins Stoddards office next Monday morn
ing at 1870. A full attendance is desired
Mrs. E. T. Housh's illustrated poem-a
vision of the Old year and the New-comes
from Mr.. Houshs press in handsome form
and makes an attractive little souvenir for
the season.
DIR. Tucker has bought, for $500, the
building lot on High street occupied by the
barn owned by the Hannibal Hadley estate,
and will probably put up dwelling house on
it next season.
Howe & Sons photograph gallery, al
ways an attractive place, has lately been com
pletely remodeled and rsftted and is now,
without question, one OF the handsomest stu
ains Of its kind in New England.
T. HloJeI' OPsA~s--- aaAms TO have bene
hted the eyes of numerous people sinoe 90.
ing here last week, and in compliance with
the request of his patrons will remain for
some days longer.
- The savings banks have declared their
usual p per cent. semi-annual dlyidends
The Vermont National bank declares its rev.
ular five per cent. semi-annual dividend, and
the Peoples divides 3 per cent as usual and
carries $4,000 TO the surplus account
Rev. Francis O. Williams, a former pas.
tor OF the Brattleboro Unitarian church. and
for several years past q resident of the Rox
bury district, Boston, has received unani
nous invitation from the First CONGREGATION
al (Unitarian) society of Dublin, N. H., to
become its pastor.
-Benedict's vermont in the Civil War;
published by authority Of the legislature. and
for which, H. E. Taylor is the agent for
Windham county, will not be issued TO sub
scribers until early in February. The delay
is occasioned by the addition of 100 pages
more than was at first intended
= The Methodist Sunday school on Monday
evening elected officers for the coming year
as follows: Superintendent, @. II. Stevens.
assistants, II. p. Matthews Mrs. e. w Har,
low; secretary and treasurer, E. W. Harlow
librarian, Walter Geddis
AT their annual meeting, Wednesday even
ing, the Sovereigns of Industry elected these
officers: President, j. NJ. Dugan vice pres.
ident, L. Harmon; secretary, G. E. Highly
treasurer, l.. l.. Davis steward, L. A. Witt
assistant steward, ]. H. Capen; outside guard.
f. W. Clark inside guard, +. W. Freeman
executive committee, L. M. Howe, d. w.
Tenney.
DR. Bruce and his companion, Mr.. Har-
wood, returned home from their southern
trip on Tuesday. After leaving Asheville. N.
c., the doctor went to Savannah. Ga. but
the fogs from the river and ocean proved
oppressive, and, thoroughly discouraged and
disgusted with the winter climate of the
South, he abandoned his intention of visiting
Florida and returned home In no better health
than when he left, and fortunately in no
worse.
In two cases within the past week COM
plant has come to us of the non receipt or
very irregular receipt, of papers going South
from this Office, one to New Haven and one
to New York. The fault certainly is not with
us, because all papers for the South are reg
ularly and invariably mailed on Friday aftey-
noon, and the matter has been referred 70
the proper officials for investigation. II 9TH
or similar cases have occurred we hope they
Will be reported to US promptly.
Gov. Holbrook evidently finds a good
deal OF amusement in the work of the news
paper paragrapherA who on various coca
sions Of late have made him an ''ootoRena-
rlan, and who, since the death OF ex-Govs.
Hall and Fletcher, write him down "the old.
est living Vermont ex-governor" In point
OF fact Gov. HolbrOok was born in 1911. go
that he has not yet reached his 73d wear. and
ex-Gov. Dillingham;, who still lives, is his se-
nior by Ia years
Last Saturday afternoon as Mr.. l.. Ldseom
a highl y-respected farmer nearly 30 years of !
age, who lives on the road from this place 10 !
hinsdale, was standing near the stove, at his
nome, he was taken with chill aud fell for
ward upon the stove, burning his face and J