Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-02-19
The banks will he closed on Monday

their Office.
Miss Minnie Haskins, Miss Sadie
Iloughton and Miss Jennie Goodcnough,
and Mcssrs. Simpson and Combs are the
committee to arrange for the Murray clubs
leap year ball, which will be given early in
March.
In connection with the movement of a
Maine packing company to find out the ad-
visibility Of establishing packing factory
in Brattlcboro, it is of interest to know
that concern near Boston, doing bust
ness of $4,000 year, has practically de-
cided to locate i'm Burlington.
Maynowers in February, with the mer-
curry at zero, are not usual thing, but
they are what Robert A. SticBney, l.. H.
BARRIERS little slrp-sou, brought to The
Phoenix office Wednesday afternoon. lie
said he picked the buds ION the hill up
back of the house ON the second of Feb
ruary, and 10y carefully tending them they
had come into full bloom. with the gcnu-
inc fragrance of the early spring.
The 4Dth annual report Of the Mutual
Life Insurance company of New York
shows a remarkably successful business for
that stanch concern during the year 1891
Its assets now amount to S1j0, jO7 lbs. rs.
and the liabilities to el47. 47G.171. show
ing surplus Of sl2,O3O, g7G.1G. The Mu-
tual Life now has S22j. J07 policies i'm
force, insuring a total OF nearly SGgG.-
100000. Its investments are Of the safest
and most conservative kind. and it is an
institution Of which its friends may well
he proud.
There is a silvcrsmith in Monterey. Mex
leo, who is making out of silver an exact
model Of the Agricultural building of the
worlds fair. It will be eight feet wide.
will contain Il quantity of silver valued as
bullion at 10000, and when finished will be
valued at $4,000 Lieutenant Baker. the
special commissioner of the worlds fair
from Mexico, says that it will be one of the
most beautiful objects sent TO the cXposi-
ton. The agricultural building, it will be
remembered, was designed by Mckim.
Mead IL White of New York, the architects
of the proposed Canal street schoolhousc.
There are not many people living in
those portions of Orleans, Caledonia and
Essex counties which corner on to West
more in Orleans. who do not know viii
liam McFarlin, successful farmer and
longtime lumbcrman. Mr.. McFarlin now
has gang of men in the CRANKY woods,
where the snow is falling deep and every
thing is favorable for good winters work
In letter received this week Mr.. McFar-
lin says: James Rice, in my employment.
put in, with two yoke of cattle. %, $50
feet of lumber in one day, drawn from the
stump to the railroad track If you have
anything to beat that you don't put it in
your paper. We have an idea that none
OF our Windham county mmhermpn will
try to tell better story.
Michael brisbane. who has been acting
as a driver for DIR. Conland, was arrested
last Saturday and tried in the evening for
obtaining liquor at the town agency under
false prctenccS. 1t appears that on the
third of February brisbane went to the
agency and got liquor OF Mr. Richardson,
telling him that DR.. Conland was lust
starting to Marlboro to see a patient and
had sent him for the liquor ON the 10Th
OF February he got liquor under the same
pretcnce OF Mr.. Hall, who was tending the
agency IN Mr.. Richardson's temporary alb
Sencc. Last Saturday he tried the same
game again, which was once too much.
MIR. Richardson having got on to the lit
tie scheme, enquiry of DR.. Conland show
ing that he had never sent brisbane to the
agency for liquor. brisbane was fined $40
and costs.
Col. Fuller received last week from Peek
~ son. a well-knuwn New York firm of
piano manufacturers, an elegant souvenir
remembrance in the shape OF a sterling sill.
Yer poStaSc-Stamp case, which has upon its
top full-Szcd silver tuning fork marked
"A 40, Piano Manufacturers association.
New York The base of the case is in
Scribed, "To Col. Levi X. Fuller. Brattle-
boro, VT, from Peek a Son. New York"
The letter accompanying the souvenir
states that it is sent ''ln token of our per
sonal appreciation OF the valuable services
rendered by You to the piano. organ and
music trades during the past year, which
finally eliminated in the adoption of the
new international pitch. The case has
been on exhibition in Hubbard's window
this week
DIR. ii. II. Mcintyre of West Randolph,
the special agent of the treasury depart
ment for Vermont, having charge of the
operation of the maple sugar bounty law,
was in town Wednesday, and is making a
tour of the county to appoint the weigh
ers of maple sugar at the different points
selected, which are Brattleboro, Putnev
Williamsvile, Townshend, Jamaica, South
Londonderry and Wilmington. Dr. Nc
lntyre had definitely decided upon the APP
pointment of c. ID. Whitman at Brattle-
boro and j. II. Mortified at Willamsvile
Other appointments which are likely to be
made were those of G.. ii. Walker at Put
ney, f. l.. Hastings at Townshend, NJ. l..
Boynton at Jamaica and II. =. Chase at
South Londonderry. Dr. Mcintyre was to
visit Wilmington before leaving the coun-
ty to decide on the weigher at that place
Last Sunday morning fire broke out in
two wooden buildings on North street at
Bennington, occupied by NJ. +. Watson,
the National express Office
and c. NJ. Lambert, marble dealer. The
buildings were partially destroyed. Wat
son, who lost everything, was not insured.
Among his valuable negatives was one of
the only existing pictures of the CatamOunt
tavern and other historic buildings, long
since destroyed, and a view of Bennington
taken from the cap stone of the battle
monument. Mr. Watson was asleep in his
rooms, and had narrow escape The day
before search was made for fire, but it
could not be found, and its origin must
have been heated chimney, which was
probably smouldering nearly - hours. At
one time the Banner printing Office and
large area of business property was endan-
gered, The total loss to buildings and
their contents was $500. Mr. Watson
was formerly an employee at the asylum,
and learned the photographers trade at
Wyatts studio, going from here to Ben
nington.
DIR. IL. II, Mcintyre of West Randolph,
the executive commissioner of the Yer
mont worlds fair commission, who was in
town on Wednesday, gave a brief verbal
description of the plan which has been de-
cided upOn for the Vermont buildin0 nj