Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-24

Our item of last week mentioning the
promotion Of G. W. Lyman, formerly in
the railroad service at Brattleboro, should
have read that he now holds the response
bic position Of freight agent at Willimantic,
Conn
Members of the Estey Guard and Fuller
Battery will be interested in the report Of
Lieut.. Leary on the condition Of our state
mil itia which is printed ON our first page
today.
Cassie Timson, aged four and half
years, picked some arbutus this week in
the pine woods near her home in Esteyville.
The blossoms were as fresh and fragrant as
in May
The Electrical Engineer, one Of the most
valuable and interesting Of the scientific
papers, may now be found on the table at
the free library. 1t is the gift of Mr..
Phelps, one Of the editors
The statement made in the notices Of the
late Mrs. j. b. Green, wife Of former
Unitarian pastor in Brattleboro, that she
was native Bernardston. Mass was an
error. Mrs Green's birthplace was in the
Genesee valley, near Rochester n Y. She
was buried in Bernardston, where Mr.
Green was settled at one time, and where
Ala
also a brother Of Mr. Green The cause of
Mrs. Green's death was lung trouble.
contracted during their brief residence in
Louisville, Ky, after leaving Brattleboro
| Walter Green, the son Of the family, fin
ished his college course last year and is now
in the divinity school preparing for the
ministry.
Tomorrow being the festival Of the Con-
version of st. Paul, St Michael's (Episco
pail church will be open for divine service
IN the morning at ! o'clock. On Sunday
l3rd after Epiphany there will be the usual
services at 1880 4. NJ. and p. VI.
| The death is announced Of Rev G.. b.
| Ferry, retired Unitarian minister living
| at Northampton, Mass, who was we'll
known to many Brattleboro people. Mr.
/ Ferry was born in Moscow y. Y. in 1892
and was a graduate of the Meadville theo-
/ logical school. His last settlement was at
| Northampton, but he had been previously
at Peterboro and Manchester. ~ II.
j. 7. Hildreth has put in a lO-horse power
engine, with 20 horse boiler, aud good
| plant Of other machinery for his carriage
making business on Elm street.
The trustees of the new state asylum at
| Waterbury call for proposals for building
the south wing Of the institution which
will be proceeded with as soon as the sea
son opens Their advertisement is printed
| in this issue
The Northampton Gazette Of this week
says Miss Mary Howe the famous Brat
| tleborO singer, Just bnck from Europe. has
been engaged for concert here by the
| Grand Army. 1t is to be given about the
last of February or first Of March. aud will
be a great attraction
The machinery in the Carpenter Organ
company factory was shut down yesterday,
owing to an accident 10 the boiler
The reports Of the local post office show
the gross receipts for the past year to have
been Sl1,9i2 50, an increase of $ll4g 20
over previous year, and 5000 % more than
IN 1887 The expenses were $685. II. of
which $444 30 was for free delivery ser
vice, leaving net revenue for year SSOs7 g.
In the past five wears the office has netted
the government 81 Si6. 20, and in ten years
S9l ,334 40 There were sold in the year
| 139, 80 postage stamps Of all denomina.
tons. 100. 100 postal cards, lSs 1gi stamped
envelopes, -. Pa newspaper wraps. 2gG
letter sheets, 452 special delivery stamps.
362S postage due stamps and 27Oi news
paper aud periodical stamps representing
S21ls B paid by publishers Total mum
w wv 'tllt 7Adlll - anu lNb-ituL eilNeblieS
sold was 41O, III, or an average per month
Of 80, POO. Nearly IA tons Of second class
matter were mailed by local publishers.
2il SW pounds paying postage at one cent
a pound and 1851 pounds being free
county circulation. This was an increase
Of - tons over the previous year and 80
tons more than five years ago. The bust
ness Of the money order division aggregated
S63, so on II 500 transactions Received
S23. S0l W for 1919 orders and notes issued.
and paid out $4U,OG3 u, ON lO.91s orders
and notes. The number Of registered let
ters handled was gs2l of which 49lg were
for local delivery, l16, dispatched, and
1913 recorded in transit. The letter car
riers delivered 10 $50 pieces, including
2Sls registered letters, and collected G46.
Ol2 pieces a total Of ,3Gj 5GI-213 1lg
per carrier-the total pieces handled in pre-
vious year being 200 $50
Bailey Il Miner are getting out new
catalogue of Windham county farms and
other real estate which they have on their
books for sale. Their first book Of this
kind, issued last year, met with a large de-
mand, and this one will be still more com.
plete and interesting Particulars are given
in their advertisement.
The Brattleboro Womens Indian associa-
ton has sent SEQ 10 the Duncan fund for the
relief of the Mitlakahtlan Indians
Emerson x Son have taken the agency
for Bratteboro and vicinity for the Wheeler
x Wilson sewing machines