Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-14
WILMINGTON.

Over 300 hands are employed on the rail
road and the work is being rapidly pushed
forward. We may be perfectly sure that
the cars will be running to our village by
Thanksgiving day and the event cannot
fail To create, in almost every mind, album
dant cause for rejoicing. The permanent
survey is now complete. The distance
from Wilmington line il and 66-l00 miles.
with rise of only 100 feet for the entire
distance, or only about II feet to the mile.
On Saturday last, about | o'clock T.. NJ.
c. f. Carpenters barn was struck by light
ming and completely destroyed by fire, to-
gether with some Is tons of hay. Word
was sent to the village and Boxer engine
was despatched with all haste. Had it not
been for the timely arrival of the engine,
with abundance of help, Mr.. Carpenter 5
house would undoubtedly have been burned
also. The loss was fully 500, and we are
sorry to say Mr.. Carpenter had no insur-
ance. Moral-Keep insured.
F. +. Putney sold nearly all of his house
hold goods at auction on Saturday after
noon.
Are you going to Bennington on the
10Th? There will he a special meeting of
c. b. Lawton post this, Friday, evening TO
make arrangements.
Among other summer visitors we notice
Mr.. and Mrs. Convey of New York. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Miller of Brooklyn, Mrs.
Mary }. Rowland OF Philadelphia and Mrs.
Robert Fisher of Washington. ID. c.
At the time of the dedication of the Uni
versalist church, we gave a full account of
the dedcatory services, but owing to the
fact that we were not fully informed in re-
l,t Il Il.
gift of Messrs. A. p, II. s., F. W., and W.
ii. Childs, we have deferred this mention
until the present. We wish to assure the
Messrs. Childs that every resident of Will
mington fully appreciates and prizes this
public benefactiOn. 1t will be interesting
to know something about the clock itself
1t is from the mandatory of +. Howard
IL Co. of Boston, whose tower clocks have
been placed in over fifteen hundred towers
and churches in different parts of the
country. The mechanism of this clock is
as near perfection as anything that human
ingenuity can devise, and many clocks
have been adjusted so accurately that they
have not varied a single second i'm the
course of year. In this connection it is
proper to say that thanks are due Randall
d Clapp, the enterprising jewellers of Brat
tleboro, for recommending and securing
this valued time-piece, which was placed
in position by their representative, Ferris
Vaughn. We understand that Messrs Ran
dali q Clapp furnished the clock at very
narrow margin above cost. The clock, to-
gether with the bell which bears the in
scripton, memorial of the Childs family
probably cost full thousand dollars. The
donors have honored themselves and their
native town.
c.. NJ. Russell has been awarded pen
sion of Sl2 per month, dating from Aug.
IL, 1890.
Col Haskins was i'm town Wednesday
and Thursday as counsel for w. r.. Boyd
d Son in the matter of railroad damages.
The town hall was filled last Sunday af-
ternOon to hear Mrs. Nellie j. II. Brigham,
the insprational speaker. A number OF
subjects, given by different persons in the
audience, were discussed, and at the close
an improvised poem was rendered upon
subjects likewise presented. Vocal selec-