Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-30
BRATTLEBORO

Monday the Commercial Union telegraph
company will be merged in the Postal tele-
graph company.
The Dennis Rebekah lodge are to have
their annual masquerade ball this winter,
as heretofore, probably in March.
The Boston & Maine railroad officials
will visit Springfield today to try to get con
troll of the lease of the Connecticut River
road
The men at j. r. Roess cigar store are
having a vacation Of a few days while the
annual inventory is being taken, prepare
tory to the visit by the revenue officer the
first Of the year.
Ten days OF genuine winter weather
without snow have been experienced, the
thermometer being in the vicinity of the
zero mark each morning Sunday was
said 10 be the coolest Christmas since 1872.
The Murray club will present the drama
s'Prof Baxters great invention" about
Jan. 49, The parts will be taken by Mrs
Cora Robinson, Amy Hines, Minnie Has
kns, d. +, 1asker, Guy Howe and Ciar-
ence Sticllney.
There has been excellent skating for
several DAYS on Little river. Hundreds Of
skaters have made the trip from Holyoke
to Northampton during the week. Spot
ford lake at Chesterfield is in good condi-
ton, and party of % or 80 young people
will go there tonight, i. r. Plummer fur
nishing an oyster supper at Woodside
Rev c. II. Smith, late of Townsheud,
was installed pastor of the Congregational
church at Pittsford Wednesday, the eXer-
cises including Scripture reading by Rev.
r. II. Ball Of Fair Haven, prayer by Rev.
MI Crawford of PittsfOrd, sermon by Rev.
{. o. Day of BrattlebOTo installing prayer
bv Rev Fl. II Barnard of West Rutland
address to the people by Rev. W. 5. Smar,
of Brandon, charge TO the pastor by Rev.
Dr. G.. w Phillips Of kutlani, and right
hand of fellowship by Rev. G.. Il, Peck of
North Bennington. Rev MI Days ser
mon was based on Philippians Iv, IL, the
topic being "The Motive Power of the
Atonement, It's Law and Application.
The Pttsford church was organized in
1854, and contains 225 members.
The first annual meeting of the Estey
Organ company benefit association was
held &C., chop No Tuesday afternoon.
Attentun was first called to the business
of the year TO date of Dec 10, as shown by
the committees printed report. This re-
port was unanimously accepted and adopt
ed, and it. was unanimously voted that the
association should be continued for anoth-
er year The old executive committee, j .
W. Knight and p. f. Connors, were elect
ed to serve another year without a dissent
ing vote. The chairman announced that
the Estey Organ company had appointed
g. A. Hines TO act on the committee in
the company's behalf, and that the compa-
ny would add 10 the treasury 20 per cent
of the total amount obtained from mem
bership fees. Article /. Of the cOnstitu-
ton was amended by the insertion of the
sentence ''for a period of one month" in
place of "fOr period of three months.
1t was voted to continue the fee and the
amount of benefit on the same basis as
last year Attention was called by the
chairman to the importance of promptly
notifying the committee in case of acct
dent, as provided in the constitution, and
also of the adyisability of notifying in
case of minor aecid nts and accidents 70
those not members Of the. association.