Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-11-08

An over heated stove came near cAu.ip,
the destruction Of the Vermont House s.,
week The fire was discovered Just i'm ,n,
sou to save a serious connagration Moral
| keep insured
Mrs Manning Boyd aged nearly gu
/ years, died on Monday last and her funeral
was attended on Wednesday from the ra.I
dence Of her son, + NJ Boyd, Rev Mr.
| Pierce officiating. Mrs Bovd has pes..j
( nearly her whole life in this town and wa.
the mother of ~ children, eight of vh,p
are now living She lived to see her d."
scendants in the fifth generation preei
great grandchildren, an unusual occur
/ renee
| A large number Of the members Of Uni
/ ty lodge, Jacksonville attended the meet
/ ing of Social lodge f. q A. NJ, on Wedn..
| day evening, at which time work upon Ola,
third degree was performed
At the agricultural meeting on TUESDAY
evening the report Of the committee b. con
slider the matter of procuring better GROUND.
| for the holding Of our agricultural fairs wa.
read In substance the report was that the
ground owned by Kidder and Ware could
| be leased for a term Of years for SO Der
annum. The committee also reported that
suitable ground owned by A. and + T.
| Fitch could be bought for $1,000 The com
mittee was given further time for examiu
ing locations and an adjournment taken for
two weeks
Edward Cook Of Detroit, Mich, is visit
ing at Mrs w NJ Winchester.
Mrs Fred l.. Bowen and daughter Of Ben
nington have visited in town this week
Work is being pushed upon the new mil
and the outside covering is nearly complete
| The village trustees are waiting impatient
] ly for opportunity % set the force pump
which work will he done thoroughly. for in
case of fire this would be our greatest pro
lection,
! G. w Haskell of Grafton has been in
town this week, soliciting subscriptions for
the Century War Book aud for various use
J full articles
Judging from the large stocks of good,
| displayed 10y our merchants, they anticipate
IA generous trade this fall aud winter
Merchant Parnelee is in town this week
Copeland q Bellows closed up their cider
making business last week
A ID Morris removes to Mrs Fuxs ten.
ement, who in turn removes to Mrs Bow
ker's tenement in the village.
| c. NJ Russell recently filled engagements
at Rochester and other places Monday even
ing next he will lecture at Hartford, Vt M.
| der the auspices Of the Baptist society, and
on Tuesday evening at West Concord, un
der the management Of the q A. post
a BOARD OF TRADE ORGANIZED
Believing in the necessity Of the associ
alton Of citizens u give tone and energy ~
| their efforts and to secure the advantage,
which the position Of the town offers to az
riculture, trade and manufactures. a. well
as to promote unity Of action aud ~ cult
vate more intimate relations among our PEG
pie, we, the citizens Of Wilmington aud VI
cinity, do hereby agree ~ form an associa
ton to be called the Wilmington Board of
Trade " is substantially the preamble OF the
constitution and ylaws adopted by a mum
Der Of the citizens who met at the town
hall Oh Monday evening last A code of
bylaws, numbering IA sections was duly
adopted after deliberate consideration aud
the following officers were elected
! President II Mann Jr
Wee President. II Kidder
Treasurer Treasurer. i i Mann.
Auditor. W b Haskell
Executive Committee, + T. Wheeler. j. II
/ stove 4 Fitch. q A Boyd G. y Spencer. j
VI Bassett, c. NJ Ware. A W Ricr l. NJ Hayn-,
To form a board Of trade may seem de-
cldedly ambitious for a town ike Whining
ton, but we hope the move NAV prove bene
hcla to our community, and shall regard
with much interest the efforts of the organ
lzation to attain the results formally stated
III their articles Of organization But this
fact remains patent and incontrovertible {:
We can never expect lasting aud substau
tlal boom until we have railroad aud
10 give US the best and most desirable bene
fits it must 60 to Brattleboro. If this could
be obtained we should then probably get a
road to Readsboro, thus affordng Us two
outlets, We begin to think this is the only
way to bring the narrow gauge up the riv-
er. Oh, for thousand men like Edward
Crosby
c. f. Carpenter had the misfortune TO
break his collar bone last week His horse
crowded him against partition in the sta
BILE
Mrs. Boyd, whose death is mentioned in
another item leaves % grandchildren and
the same number of great grandchildren.
The lower department of our village
school closes this week Miss Robinson.
the teacher, has given satisfaction aud We
are pleased to learn that she has been Ell
gagged to teach the winter term. The up
per department, taught by Mr. Thayer.
closes next week.
\ number of our school committees have
recently bought valuable school charts
Mrs. H L Adams has returned from her
visit to Worcester. Mass