Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-18

Inc annual election Of Dennis RehekIh
lodge will take place Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Patrick White Of Birge street su,-
tanned shock of paralysis yesterday and
was unconscious throughout the day.
The United order of Pilgrim Fathers
will elect officers at the regular meeting
next Tuesday evening.
The headquarters and order book of the
Wilmington stage will be at the American
express companys office.
The Western Union telegraph company
will be ready for business at the new office
in the Devens block next Monday.
The annual Christmas sale of fancy artl-
Giles and five o'clock tea at the rooms Of the
Industrial union will take place next Mon
day, december 2lsi.
good piece OF crayon work 10y Miss
Bessie Van Doom, a picture of Charlie
Thompson favorite and lamentcd dog, is
shown in Hubbard win low this morning.
The Jacksonville stage has made part
of the trip on runners this week and good
Slrighing is reported in some of the coun-
try towns.
:. W. Richardson has soli his house on
Chaplin street and the lot in the rear to l..
W. lIawley. Possession is To be given
Jan. ]. Mr.. Richardson will remove to
rooms in Crosby block.
The house at the corner of Washington
and Central streets, owned hv the estate of
Mrs. ID. y. TOlcs. was sold on Tuesday at
auction to John {. Pellet for s2O25.
\ shepherd dog owned 10y a family on
Prospect street bit Photographer Aiken in
the calf Of the leg and in the hip Welnes-
day evening and Ia, attacked several other
persons This dog should be killed.
J.. II. Barber will return to BrattlebOro
with his photograph next week and will
exhibit at the town hall, beginning, proba-
bly,. on Wednesday evening. The North
Adams Transcript says that this is a truly
marvellous machine, and that it has at
tracted large crowds at that place.
1t is ''in the air that Judge Hugh Hen
ry of Chester is to be the next commander
of the Grand Army for the department of
Vermont. A comrade who has recently
been in the southern part of Windsor
county reports that the feeling there
amounts to "boom'' for the Judge.
Everybody declared that the men walters
served everything in Delmonco style at
the Episcopal sociable at Red Mems hall
Wednesday evening. The young ladies
guild held sale Of fancy articles and
dancing was enjoyed the latter part Of the
evening. The total receipts, including the
sale 10y the guild, were about $40.
The Friendship circle met at the home Of
Mrs. \. II. Combs Wednesday evening and
chose the following officers: President,
Mrs. Joseph Ilildreth: first vice president.
Mrs. John Newman: second vice president.
Mrs. jerome Amidon; secretary. Mrs Cy-
rus Reed; treasurer, Mrs. +. L. Hopkin-
son; directors, Mrs. W. &. Stone, Mrs.
Oscar Willard, Mrs. Cora Robinson, Mrs
{. W. Stewart
The annual meeting Of the First Bap-
fist society occurred last Tuesday evening
The reports Of the officers were read and
new officers were chosen, but owing to the
small attendance il was decided TO adjourn
the meeting to next Tuesday evening at
-, when important matters will be con-
Sidered. Ii Is hoped large number will
be- present. The officers elected were
President, :. II. Sherman; vice president
:. II. Warren: secretary. II. b. Chamber
lain.
Ii anything could make the odd fellows"
of this generation cnvious of the boys and
girls il would be- publication like the
Christmas number of the Youths Com
paniOu, a magnificent issue of - pages
filled with the Christmas spirit, but having
variety Of other matter. and wealth OF
the finest illustrations. No other publica-
ton reaches so many American homes,
and il ought 10 Toe in every home where
/ there are young folk. Read the announce
ment for ls92 on the third page of this
paper.
/ The second lecture in the asylum course
was given last evening hy Rev Lewis
! Grout or West Brattlehoro The subject
was AN amusing story of what an untu-
! tored Zulu saw in England, as told by him
! self to his pagan countrymen on his re-
! turn to Natal If unlettered the Zulu
was not blind; and his narrative was alike
! interesting and instructive. The first lee
/ ture of the course was given by Rev. Mr..
! Day upon the Adirondack region, and, it
need not be said, was alike entertaining
and instructive.
! The show windows at the different stores
| about town never presented handsomer
| appearance than now, and the displays are
! all of holiday character. Among the at
! fractions arranged this week is the Christ
mas scene at Austin Miller's. Santa Claus
and his reindeer still hold forth at Haw-
ley's, and every night the lights CLEAN
forth from the windows and the Christmas
bells peal from the belfry of the snow Gov
cred church. Pratt, Wright Il Co. have
made good beginning in painting the
town red, and the effect produced is one OF
the conspicuous night sights of the street.
The displays at Ranger n Thompson's ;,
Hubbards and Trips show some rarely
fine selections in goods of real value and
elegance.
\ novel display, which appeared by some
sort of magic in Randall a. Clapps win
dow on Tuesday morning, has ever since
| been centre of attraction. Ii is the re-
production of an old-fashioned ''up-and-
| down sawmill-the building made from
weather-beaten lumber, framed, braced
side-boarded and shingled in "ye olden
style The mill runs by water-power with
an overShot wheel. The water comes over
the rocks into a mill-pond, from which il
is conducted in tiume to the wheel, and
thence il runs along a stony brook until il
disappears behind the hills. The carriage
is automatic, returning for a new cut when
the saw reaches the end of the log. 1t is a
very ingenious and realistic piece of work
strongly suggesting the old mill on the
Broad Brook road in Guilford, now gone
to ruin. We suspect that Mr.. +. Il
Vaughan, the designer and builder, drew, in
its construction, on recollectiOns of his boy,
hood when he was familiar with his ia
theirs saw-mill at Woodstock.
Claremont is having breezy time over
the interference of the clergy with the pro
posed gift enterprise in contemplation by
| the American band at a fair To he held