Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25

Emma Lundberg is expected home TO-
uay from the normal school at Bridpnwa-
Ter, Mass, for few days vacation. Josie
roster who attends the same school
spends her vacation at Newton, Mass.
Letters recently received state that tbo
ulsease which caused the death of Wolcott
DaleStler at Dresden was typhoid fever.
owing to the nature of the disease tbe
oody cannot be taken out of that country
hev. MIR. Day left this morning for Shar-
on, Conn, where he will spend Christmas
win Mrs. Day and the children, returning
nome next week Rev. Mr.. Merriam oc.
cuples his pulpit next Sunday, as else
where announced
lhere are many cases of grip in Brattle-
boro but it is probable that the disease pre-
Nalls more generally in some of the country
towns. Among the local victims are Col
and Mrs Estey, Col. Austine, Rev. Father
cunningham, George Cutler. Mrs. Henry
Allen, George 5. Pratt, Frank Hildreth.
Mrs. c. ID. Noyes, David Downer. j. E.
Hall.
"A few months since The Phoenix record
ed the admission to the bar of Ora f. But
terfeld, formerly of Brattleboro. The
young man is now associated as assistant
attorney with a. }. Sawyer of Ann Arbor.
Mich, the leading lawyer i'm that section.
and has all the justice court cases to pre-
pare and try and sits with Mr.. SAWYER i'm
his cases in the circuit court. In addition
/ to this he has eases of his own and has
been very successful in prosecuting them.
; The choirs of the Baptist and Centre
churches We're somewhat disarranged last
Sunday owing to the grip. At the Baptist
church Mr.. Hall, organst, and Miss Will
liams, soprano, were unable to be present.
and their places were taken by Miss Abbie
Fuller and Miss Susie Kirwan. At the
Centre church Mr.. Letsinger, organist,
and Miss Neet of the choir were absent,
and the place of the former was taken by
Lucien Howe. The Christmas anthems
which had been arranged at the Baptist
church will be rendered next Sunday.
The Shelburne Falls correspondent of
the Greenfield Gazette makes this recogni-
ton of the work of a former Brattleboro
physician: THE magnificent wood cary
ing which has taken DIR. Willis over five
months to execute, is to be taken to Bos-
ton for exhibition The work is a face of
Abraham Lincoln set in the branches of an
oak tree. The American eagle surmounts
the whole. Log cabin, rails and other re-
mindcrs of frontier life and civilization
beautifully carved and grouped around the
central figure. Artist Patch has succeeded
in taking very good likeness Of it,"
Mention was made last week Of the fact
that John w. Drown had resigned his po-
sition as secretary of the Springfield, Mass,
board of trade and of his intention to enter
the real estate business in that city. The
Graphic has this notice Of the new firm of
which he is one of the partners: Lyman
Il Drown, who have opened a general in
surance, real estate and business agency
at Room &, Rude's block, are two we'll
known young men, who have hundreds OF
friends that wish them success Mr.. Ly-
) man was clerk at Diapers for several
years and Mr.. Drown was for over three
, years at K. G.. Dun II Co.'S mercantile
agency, and for the past year and halt
has been secretary of the board of trade
The firm are agents for western Massachu
sets for the Columbian transportation ant
entertainment company, and local repre-
sentatives of the Pennsylvania Mutual life
= insurance company of Philadelphia, Pa.