Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-27
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sell as lows We pleas. lpw enough So IL will pay
you 10 huy them and keep them over to another
season Cnl and them
CD. a NJ. e. SPENCER
Wilmington. Jan. ~, ls~s
The Good Templars are arranging for
public entertainment in the town hall
Feb. :. The exercises will be varied and
Of high order.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Parmelee, who have
been visiting in Pennsylvania for the past
month, are expected to return this week
DR.. Titus will give a dancing party Fri
bay evening at the town hail. weather per
hitting.
Invitations are out for an entertainment
to he given by the W C. T. L. at Good
Templnrs' hall, Wednesday evening, Feb. l.
4 public installation of the officers Of
c. a. r. post and the relief corps, Monday
evening, was well attended and the exer-
cses much enjoyed.
The town auditors will meet at the Sc
lectmen's rooms Feb. =
At the last regular meeting Of the vii
mington grange, ou Jan l3, the following
officers were duly installed and an oyster
/ supper was served 10 patrons and their
/ friends to the number of 5Oor 60: Worthy
/ master. f. X. Smith overseer. q. A. Bovd;
! lecturer, +. A. Fitch steward. Geo II
| Streeter assistant steward, j. NJ Bassett
| chaplain, r. b. Bufium secretary. Mrs
| +. r. Smith treasurer, En- Titus gate
keeper, Wilber Stowe Ceres. Mrs u. \.
/ Boyd Pomona, Alice Smith: Flora. Lot
tie f. Wheeler; business agent. Clark
| Chandler; musical director. Mrs. Ii. t.
! Ware
The following officers for SSS were elect
ed at the recent annual meeting of the in
/ corporatOrs and directors Of the Whining
ton savings bank President f. L. Fuller
/ vice president, Clark Chandler secretary
and treasurer, +. \. Willard jr. finance
committee, John Patch. Liberty Wider.
Hosen Mann, jr. auditors, Clark Chandler
| Orrln o. Ware, Hosea Mann, IT, The as
sets of the bank Jan. LIST were $50. 900 and
the surplus 10000 Under the admins
tration Of +. a. Willard, jr., as treasurer.
there has been gain of assets in three
years OF about 500, 600, and "A gain of sur
| plus, including premiums on bonds charged
of, of $4,000. The bank building. which
pays per cent on the investment and gives
pleasant banking room, and new i'm
proved Morris x Ireland burgar-proof safe
OF about four tons weight, have been
bought. The bank building is the only real
estate IN the hands Of the Institution.
In connection with the reports of the sue
cess in butter making of c. w. Bissell and
+. \. Fitch, we hope that other butter
makers will Ice impressed with the import
ance of making good butter Our cream
cry IS without doubt the greatest benefit To
butter makers of any business venture ev-
er lnaugurated here, but persons who are
50 situated that they cannot put their cream
into 1t, could do much better il they stud
led the art of butter making until they
produced good article.
ANOTHER GOOD BUTTER RECORD
Dairy item No. , is that of +. A. Fitch
VINO from seven cows-one two-yoar old
helier-three Jerseys and four grade Dur
hams, from Jan. -, 1887, to Jan II. 1855
has made and sold 1899 lbs of butter The
total amount received for the product wa,
SilI.b3; average price per H., % l-a,.:
lowest price, pc highest 2Sc This bnt
ter has been delivered in prints of ana
pound to the firm of Pullen Bros Brnttle-
horo, where It has been sold to customers
MT fHch began with A. C.. Dnvenpnrt
some IL years ago. At first the price b..
was agreed upon, then BIB and the next
year o. MI Davenport always paying a
little more than was asked, until finally ns
Mr. Fitch says, he prudently concluded to
Let "A. {. " set the price to suit himself
ms arrangement became permanent aud
satisfactory, continuing ever since nj
though the firm has twice changed last
year about the same amount of butter from
the same number of cows averaged about
S'c and netted total of S44fS9. Cow
Chester.
=, Henry Howard and family of Springer.
New Mexico, who have been visiting rela
uVes in this vicinity for the past two
months, started on their return last veel