Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-27
PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1891

heN. MT. Merriam preached NJ the ten
tire church last Sunday morning.
The public schools closed Wednesday af-
ternoon and the sessions will be resumed
next Monday.
The annual pew rental of the Baptist
East society will be held on the evening of
Dec. 2, beginning at 1880.
The Sawtele comedy company will APP
pear at the town hall for the six nights of
the second week of December.
The funeral of Frank Hickey of Vernon
was held at the Roman Catholic church
on Monday.
The cistern for fire purposes near the
Estey shops, which has been open for some
time, was pumped out last Saturday and
has since been covered.
There are many people i'm Brattleboro
who will feel a pang of sincere sorrow on
learning of the death of "Uncle' Liberty
Wilder of Wilmington. The old man was
as stanch as the hills. as genial as the sun
sunshine, and whatever his peculiarites of
personal belief or conduct, was sound and
good to the core.
The report of the 23rd annual convention
of the State Sabbath School association of
Vermont. of which j. II. Babbitt is secre-
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Phoenix Job Printing office, making a
neat pamphlet of 80 pages. The title page
contains an engraving of the handsome
and commOdious Congregational church at
Newport, where the convention was held
in September last.
Rev. G. B. Lynn of Boston, assistant
secretary of the United States Universalist
convention, appointed to educate the peo-
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nomination. and to solicit funds for especial
UNCONVENTIONAL needs, occupied the Uni
versalist pulpit last Sunday. At the close
Of the service a collection of Sll3. 10 was
taken up in aid of theological students.
Mr.. Lynn preached at Vernon in the after
noon, where an additional collection of
about Sl1 was received
\ special session of the United States
circuit and district courts was held by
Judge Wheeler at the Brooks House on
Monday and Tuesday, when hearing was
had on the petition of Hon. George W.
Ilendee, receiver of the Vermont national
bank of st. Adams. for leave to sell bonds
Of the Montreal, Portland IL Boston rail
way company, which he holds as receiver
The petition was opposed by y. \. Hail.
attorney for Mr.. Seymour of Montreal
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amount of the bonds, and is also a creditor
of the bank. The prayer of the petitioner
was granted. The receiver has an offer of
5000 for the bonds. Mr. Seymour OPP
posed the petition because he believed that
if the bonds were offered at auction more
than $50 900 would be realized for them.
Mary Howe is to give concert at Green
field, Mass, Dec. :. She will be assisted
by the Myron Whitney quartet and Claude
Fisher, the eminent young violinist in
/ whom Brattleboro has an especial interest
The male quartet is a new combination
and is composed of four of Bostons most
noted singers, Myron Whitney, Clarence
Hay, Mr.. johnson and Mr.. Cushing.
MyrOn Whitney has a national reputation
as the king of bases. Messrs Hay and
johnson are well known oratoriO and con.
cert singers, Mr.. Johnson being the first
tenor of the Ruggles street quartet. Mr.
Cushing is native of Bernardston and
sang in concerts at Putney and SaXtons
River during the past summer with MeSsrs
Gorham, Willard and Alexander. the well
known Westminster and Bellows Fall.
boys, who are prominent singers In Boston
1t is stated that the town of Glastonbury
Conn, has ordered mile of mechanics
road to be built as an experiment and al
object lesson. II is the kind of an obiec
lesson which ought to be taught i'm Brattle
boro. and the matter is of local interest il
connection with Judge Tyler's paper. rea,
before the Professional club Monday even
ing. Judge Tyler stated in his paper tina
a successful experiment in macadamizin.
is being made in the village of ST. Adams
Our neighboring towns of Greenfield anC
Keene are at work in the same direction
Brattleboro will never solve the problem o
how to get good roadwayS in its villag,
streets until it goes to work on Settlet
plan of building each year a small amour
of scientifically and permanent road
way. In the discussion which FOLLOWED
Judge Tyler paper some of the speaker
recklessly laid themselves open to tin
charge of having "stone-crusher on tn
brain by suggesting that, as the first Stel
in securing good streets in Brattleboro.
stone-cuIsher should be bought, and on
member was So additionally reckless rs T.
suggest that it is about time that the vot
of the town instructing the Selectmen L
buy a stone-crusher was carried into effect
This is season of court commissions OF
road cases. The latest is hearing befor
II. ID. Ryder of Bellows Falls, 5. O. Parke
OF Gutnty ana y. W nllltu OF efnon, al
pointed to act on the petition of Davi,
Leahy, to have a highway laid out iron
the road leading to Fletcher's saw-mil L
his house which stands on the south sid
of MILESTONE brook The distance is abou
eight rods. Mr.. Leahy owns the right q
way TO his house, but claims that he is en-
titled to public roadway. The town o.
the contrary holds that the right of way
enough, and that the existing neceSsit
5 does not warrant the expense of highway
The hearing took place on Monday a
r. Waterman, Martin * Hits office, Hon
. l.. NJ. Read of Bellows Falls appearing a
! counsel for Leahy. The commissioner
. decided that the road should be built
! Leahy to pay one-fourth of the cost of tn
2 highway, and the same proportion of tn
land damages. The commissioners wer
e again here on Tuesday to investigate tn
= question of land damages, when severa
witnesses testified that they would amour
5 to $1,000.
: There was an unusually good attendanc
at the November meeting of the Profession
al club, which was held at the Brook
House on Monday evening. The paper b
8 Judge James NJ. Tyler, was one of til
most exhaustive and at the same time on
; of the most practical and interesting whic
has ever been given before the club. H
subject was "Nermont's resources; how I
j, develop them" In treating this subiet
= the main stress of the paper was laid upO
r the Importance of good highways in pre-
+ noting the farming interests of the stat,
+ and through them every other business il