Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-01-06


List of officers installed by Wantasti-
quet lodge, |. Q. o. f., last Monday even
ing C.. l.. Cobb, y. G. H. Warren
Wheeler, '. G. \. J. Currier, recording
secretary W. ID. Gibson, treas j. G. Howe,
per. see. H. A. Reynolds warden D.
+. Tasker, conductor A. w. Phillips.
chap G. +. Oher, o. q. j. NJ. Dugan,
l. c.. \. l. Williams, r. S. n. g.. J. a.
Amidon; l.. =. y. c.; c. j. Goodell, r. 5.
V. e.; G.. f. Ncet, l.. $. V. @. Fred Hop
kinson, H. S s. Chas Braiser, l.. S. 5.
also elected as representatives to the grand
lodge, O. j. Willard and d. f. Tasker
The showing of the letter carriers bust
ness for the month of December is IA hand
some one. OF pieces delivered there were
2l,932 letters, 1880 postal cards, 1870
newspapers, packages, etc, and BOP regis
tered letters, making total of A 1893
The collections Mail letters IS, 400; local
letters. 1870 mail cards, 1921 local
cards, l2ii newspapers, packages, etc.
Is, i3G. or - ,gGl pieces in all This makes
IA total of s.. 1863 pieces handled by the car
riers, gain over November of about pa
600, and II gain over July, when the free
delivery system went into operation, of
over -, 600 pieces The showing is IA re
markably favorable one for Brattleboro in
comparison with other free delivery Offices
The December figures, for instance, are
only 300 pieces less than the number
handled in Pittshcd, Mass, a place almost
three times as large ms Brattleboro and
they exceed by 2I,3ig pieces the number
handled in North Adams, which has a pop
uatiou of some 10, 900 or II 900
\ runaway occurred on Frost street last
Tuesday. in which the horse broke away
h.tg Il, -, t,l, Ia
and, with SHAFTS flying ran out Elliot street
and some distance up Main. In his course
Mrs. f. j. Newell, sister of Mrs n | Haw-
ley. while crossing Elliot street, was pros
trated 10y a blow from the shafts receiving
severe though not dangerous bruises At
noon Thursday one Of the Valley Mill com
pany horses. while feeding near the office.
managed TO pull over a bale of hay, fright
eniug both himself and the other team
horse, aud both ran. but soon collided with
a tree, and both sleighs were badly demol-
shcd before the horses were secured
Crosby & COZ announcement this week
in regard to tine flour grain and meal trade
is "a prominent one and not likely to be over
looked. The firm are evidently taking
hold Of this new branch of their business in
earnest.
Cudworth * Childs issue a peculiarly
convenient pocket calendar for the new
year. arranged to show at Il glance ON what
day Of the week any date in the year falls
upon.
The next regular meeting of Sedgwick
Relief Corps will he held in q. a. r. hall
next Thursday evening 18th inst, and
will begin at ,:lI sharp. The business is
the installation of officers.
Mr.. r. c. Watson, general passenger
agent of the Connecticut River railroad
company, has written the Estey Organ
company. IN answer to IA letter on the sub
ject from Lieut. Gov Fuller, that the com
pany has decided to reduce the price of
1000 miles mileage tickets ON the Vermont
Valley and Sullivan railroads to SEQ and 10
sell excursion tickets from all stations tu
any other station on those roads and return
at ) cents per mile the tickets to be good
for three days from the date of sale This
is n concession which will DE appreciated by
the public, hut it does not do away with the
fact that the regular fares on these roads
ought to be reduced to 3 cents per mile.
saving nothing Of excursion" or return"
tickets 1t is true, however, that in this
way the local public will get the benefit Of
good sized reduction in fares. The pur
pose OF the company in making the reduc-
ton in this way Is evidently to keep its
regular tariff at the highest possible mark
as to get the biggest slice possible out of
the division with other roads on through
business especially the White Mountain
travel.
Tbs calico ball for old and young last
Friday evening was a success, some 90 or
| 20 couples participating.
Several citizens who have proper re
/ gard for the safety of the community, and
/ who at tine same time have sensibiities
| which ahhor to see needless suffering in
| ilicted ON the animal creation, were indig-
/ naut over the work of "A sportsman who
| stood on the arch bridge one day this week
| and with his rifle fired at doves on the
/ American House. The bullets came up
/ over the village as matter of course
while several of the poor wounded doves
shot in the wing or leg futtered down on
the SHOW, beyond reach, to lie there and
die death of slow torture. Perhaps it
was only thoughtlessness which made the
riileman do this. If it was we hope the in
stinct of a true sportsman will keep him
from repeating the operation
Mr. Royal Wood, whose heart is as young
as it ever was, thinks he has done the young
folks a service in opening toboggan slide
which Is perfectly safe ON the bank back of
his house.
The haiitls give their annual notice that
there must be no coasting in the streets Of
the village. There have been already this
season two or three narrow escapes from
serious accident ON account of this practice
The New Years reception at the Y. NJ.
{. 4. rooms was as usual, a very pleasant
social affair, there being a large attendance
and prevalent spirit Of cordially. Be
sides the evergreen decorations, the rooms
were frightened by quantity of cut flow
ers, the gift of Mr.. G, +. Allen. Not the
least interesting incident Of the evening was
the exhibition given by members of the
gymnasium class.
The local booksellers have sold more than
-half-upwards of 900 cOpies-of their
edition of the Brattleboro Souvenir" It's
| publication was the happy hit of the season
The letter-carriers have had a hard time
! in making their rounds since the snow and
rain storm of last Sunday, and the trouble
is largely due to the fact that the walks
were not promptly sanded by the officials,
and that many citizens, some of whom
count themselves among the best" were
VIGOROUSLY negligent, not only in shovelng
off their sidewalks, but in clearing off the
ice and snow from the paths leading to their
! own doorways. IL is a case where "a word
! to the wise ought To he sufficient.
Amusement seekers are offered variety
in program next week, as the Boston Opera
company appears here Tuesday evening,
the Hungarian GYPSY quartet Wednesday,
and Mugs Landing Thursday.
Mr.. Eckles, the managing trimmer Of
smith & Hunts Philadelphia house, is in
town this week experimenting the estab-
! llshmeut of the finishing department of