Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-12-16


pairs on his stable
A railing on the Washington street hill .
is one Of the improvements called for.
The ladies of the Episcopal society will .
hold fair and festival in Red Mems hall,
Tuesday, Dec. p.
George F. Mann has been granted an
original pension, according to the Wash /
ington dispatches.
The annual meetings of the Universal
list parish and of the Baptist society will
be held next Tuesday evening.
W. II. Minor & Co. have reOpened their
gain and feed store at Amherst Mass,
with John Judge as manager.
Many Of the goods at f. A. Hubbard's
store are now shown to advantage in the
handsome new 19-foot oak case.
The women of the Industrial Union will
begin their annual Christmas sale next
Monday afternoon. Particulars are given
in their announcement at the head of our
local column.
The December meeting of the Profess
sional club will be held at the Brooks
House Monday evening, when paper will
be given by DIR. c. 5. Pratt on "Seep and
its allied conditions"
There will be an exhibition of drawings
in the drawing room of the High school
building next Wednesday. Thurs lay and
Friday afternoons. Work will be shown
of the pupils in all of the public schools.
"He edited the Palladium" is the title of
a story written by Bert l.. Taylor, which
appeared in last Sundays Boston Globe.
Mr.. Taylor is to leave Montpelier Jan. to
become city editor of the Hoboken, n. j.,
Observer.
The members of the Christian Endeavor
societies of West Brattleboro gave Mr.
and Mrs. Irving Croser a surprise at their
new home on High street Tuesday night
and presented them with berry dish and
spoon. The evening as delightfully."- spent
| in a social manner
Milton II. Miller will receive the con-
| CALCULATIONS of many friends upon his mar
! riage to Miss Elizabeth Ellen Brooks of
| POughkeepsie, \. Y, in that city last
week Wednesday. Mrs. and Mrs Miller
! have returned to Brittleboro and are to
| live at the Miller farm on the Putney road.
A novel bit of decoration is that in one
| Of Pratt. Wright ~ Co.'S windows. II is
/ the work of T.. j. Fcntun and represents a
/ log cabin with "Old Santa" starting down
/ the chimney. II /, not built of los. how
/ ever, but of suitng> and the general effect
is very artistic.
Under the provisions Of an act passed
10y The last legislature the cummis stoned
/ officers of the Vermont National Guard
. will meet for instruction and drill al Rut-
land Jan. and .. Gen. EStey is desig-
mated to arrange the details The election
of colonel and the filling of other yaran-
cics among the field officers Of the regi-
ment will take place on the evening of the
4ih. Gen. Estey presiding.
Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock a fire
started in l.. W Hawleys house on Cha
pin street The draperics over one of the
windows caught from gas jet and flashed
up, setting fire TO the curtains and the
woodwork. An alarm was sounded, to
which the department responded, but its
services were not needed, as the fire was
eXtinguished by men who were called into
the house. The damage was slight, $50
insurance being paid.
Sidney O. Miner has this week shipped
to the National museum at Washington a
pair OF his Silver Spangled ii imburg chicks
which are without doubt the finest speci-
mems OF their kind ever bred in this coun-
try. After passing through the hands of
the taXidermist, they will form part of
the museums exhibit at the Columbian
/
out the country as the representative
breeder of this variety of Hamburgs.
The SANDER cases of l.. 7. Norton vs. A.
7. Childs and A. p. Chlds against l.. =.
Norton were unexpectedly settled in the
bennington county court. The suit of
Mr.. Norton against J. L. Livingston,
formerly of Brattleboro, was settled by a
judgment of $500 in favor Of the plaintiff.
This is the second suit of this series. The
first vas tried last year and the Jury
brought in a verdict of 500 and costs.
which was paid
The most carefully prepared calendar of
the season is that published by Grrenough,
Adams n Cushing, Boston. under the title
Thoughts from modern authors" The
compilation is by Alice +. Stevens, whose
work shows an intimate acquaintance with
what is best and most helpful in all our
, modern literature. Each day OF the year
1 has its own thought, always sympathetic
and uplifting, and helping to meet and
tread the hard places in life. For each
season there is as delicate a bit of colored
photographic work as one may wish to see
1t is on sale by Clapp d Jones.
The many Brattleboro friends of Fran.
els ). ellison regret to learn that his newly
, completed summer residence, "Elmwood, -
at CharleStown y. H., was burned We'd.
nesday morning. The loss is estimated at
p $40, 900, with SlS,e insurance, and much
valuable bric-a-brac which cannot be re-
, placed was destroyed. The family escaped
; from the upper stories by ladders The
p fire originated from defective fireplace
= Ii will be remembered that Mr. ellison
wished to buy a summer residence in Brat
tleboro, and made offers for at least one
residence in this town before buying the
property at Charlestown. Henry d Helyai
, did large part of the work of remOdeling
"Elmwood."
, The Hartford Courant celebrated the
starting OF new web-perfecting press last
, Saturday by issuing a 32-page lition.
The COuTant was established Oct 20, 1854
, and is the oldest paper in the United
States Charles Dudley Warner is still
[ actively engaged in the editorial work of
p the paper. The "Looker-Onn of the Bos-
? ton Record says: "The Courant has an
, admirable working editorial force Mr..
, Warner, G. II. Adams, most graceful
writer of English, c. II. Clark, formerly
! managing editor, and r. E. Burton, the
> well-known magazine writer, being a spien-
didly equipped quartet. c. l.. Sherman,
2 formerly of the Springfield Union, is the
present managing editor, and is an amhi-
r tOus, clever young newspaper man, who
, grew away from the service of the Union
quick and sought more ambitious fields"
The Estey Guard election TO fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of Capt.
f. W. Childs, was held at the armory
Monday evening and resulted in the