Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-05-24

Next Thursday being Memorial dav, cor
respondents are requested to send in their
contributions ON Wednesday so far as pos
sible.
Cecil Hampden Cults Howard delivers an
address this evening at Berkeley lyceum.
New York city, before the New York gen
ealogical and biographical society on THE
Pepperill Portraits"
Sedgwick post will 90 to West Dummer-
ston Sunday, at P. NJ, to decorate the sol
ders' graves
The proceeds of the Relief corps sociable
next Wednesday evening will be used in
furnishing room at the soldiers home in
Bennington and for charitable purposes
a Glover item in the Barton Monitor Of
this week SAYS
Rev. Geo Severance writes a friend that ge
nealOgy OF the Severance family is being compil-
ed, and II Is quite an easy matter to trace the
family history back to 1885 large number OF
men of that name participated in the Revolution.
airy war and they have had an houored name and
place up to the present time in New England "
Mr.. Severance is the father of the Brat
tleboro x Whitehall passenger conductor.
The Merry Workers of the Centre church,
who comprise several classes of the young
er children, have planned to send flowers
and fruit to the city hospitals on Wednes-
day afternoons during the summer. Ar
engagements have been made with the ex
press companies for free transportation of
the chidren's gifts.
The ladies of the Industrial Union ask us
TO say to housekeepers that they are pre-
pared to put up the incest preserves, canned
fruits, jellies, pickles, catsups, etc, during
the coming fruit season. Any woman who
is to he out of town for the summer. or
who, for any reason wishes to avoid this
hard work in the hot weather, can have it
done in the best manner through the union
The Maple Sugar Exchange finds very
promising California trade opening up. Sew
eral large orders have been received re
Gently from oranges in that state, and an
order is now being filled for ton of sugar
in pound cakes for retail trade. Each cake
is first wrapped in paraffine paper and then
in brown paper with the exchange trade
mork But few shipments are now being
received from the farmers. The stock
which the exchange has on hand is about
40 tons, besides syrup. There is a growing
local demand for maple sugar for domestic
purposes, caused in part by the high price
of graduated sugar, and in part by the
fact that many housekeepers are finding
out that for many cooking purposes maple
is called to the advertisement of the ex
change of sugar and syrup of all grades at
retail. Give the Vermont product trial
The Christian Science association meets
next Wednesday evening at Mrs. j. X. Mil
ler's, l | Oak-st
The Holyoke correspondent of the Spring
field Republican says it is probable that a
purse will be made up to help pay the ex
penses of w. Milton Farrow, who goes to
England in June as a member of the Amer
lean rifle team.
Elder II. G. Smith of Palmer, Mass, will
preach in Grand Army hall next Sunday at
1870 a. NJ. and 2:30 p. NJ
The Chesterfield bridge has taken shape
with great rapidity the past week, and will
be ready for the flooring early next week
f. NJ. Waite has the contract for building
the Trout and Salmon clubs road from the
highway near Mr.. Johnson's to Marlboro
south pond.
Chas Springs coupe, which has its stand
in front of Thorn's drug store, is roomv
and comfortable, and makes good turnout
with the handsome steel-grey horse.
The last Sunday Republican printed the
sermon which Rev. Dr. George Leon Walk
er preached to his Hartford congregation
ON the occasion Of the Washington inaugu-
ration centennial. Its theme was 1.-THE
duty of the Christian citizen" and the dis.
course was an earnest plea for the exercise
of high and unwavering conscientious
ness in every act of citizenship.
Dr. and Mrs. Sholes returned from their
southern trip ten days ago, and the doctor
has since spent several days at his Dunn
merston farm. Their journey included a
trip by steamboat down the Mississippi riv-
er from ST. Louis to New Orleans, the re
turn being by way of Atlanta, ChattanOo.
ga, Nashville, and various Kentucky points
The doctor travels with his eyes wide open,
and has "a fund of information and remin.
lscence which we should like to see on pa
per
Geo, Niles, the electrician in charge of the
electric-lig plant, made trial on Wednes
day afternoon of the lO0-light incandes-
cent dynamo invented by himself and made
after his designs, Connection was made
with the loop of lights in Thorn's drug
store, and, though the wire is too small for
this current, the lamps burned with great
steadness and briliancy. 1t is hoped that
the result of Mr.. Niles's experiments may
be the early establishment of an incandes-
cent system which will furnish lights for
household purposes in any part of the vii
lage
Mr., Azor Marshall's friends are some
what surprised TO learn that he is engaged
in painting the town red at Chesterfield
lake and that he took himself for an early
subject TO practice upon.
c. p. ellison will sell 30 choice horses at
auction tomorrow at the stables of II. NJ.
Burke and Geo. b. White, beginning at 10
A, NJ Previous TO the sale the horses will
be paraded ON Main street Col g., said
TO be finest large horse in the state, will be
among the lot. He is of dark chestnut
color stands II hands high and weighs
about 1900.
Mrs Housh spoke on temperance at Bur
lington Tuesday evening.
The Goth annual convention of the Yer
mont Baptist Sunday schools will be held
at Bennington June 4th TO 9th. Dwight !
L. Moody, Mortified, Mass Rev. Edward |
Judson, D, D., New York city; Rev G. S. |
Gumbart, Brooklyn, N, Y. Miss Lizzie G. |
Roath, Worcester, Mass Mr.. and Mrs. |
Geo. C.. Stehhins, Brooklyn, n. Y, are an !