Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-02-19


/ Estcy Organ company benefit association
were paid the 18th.
/ A meeting of the Murray club will be
/ held next Tuesday evening with Mrs. A. II.
| Eddy, North Main street. The members
are especially urged to be present
Judge j. NJ Tyler will be the presiding
judge at the March term of the Windham
county court, which convenes on Tuesday,
the sth. Thrty-onc cases are on the dock
ct for jury trial.
Mr.. Wales will give a Lady Wash
| ingtOn's parry to the children of his
dancing class at Harmony hall tomorrow
Saturday afternoon. Mr.. Wales will
close his clusscs at llnsdalc next Weducs-
day evening with reception and dance.
a Phoenix subscriber who lives in the
northern part of the state has this to say
in making his annual remittance: "rhe
PhuniX is the brightest and ncwsicst coun-
try paper | know of and has more snap
than all our county papers combined
The five officers Of the Fmternal circle
who are charged with the cmbezzlcmcnt Of
$4,000 from the order Of Rising sun,
have been bound over for the grand Jury.
Two of them are held in the sum OF Slj 80
600 each, and the others in $4,000 each
The town agency at Monisvilc goes far
ahead OF Brattlcboro in its liquor sales for
the year, considering that the population
of the place is only about 300. The sales
aggregated 5000 with profits of over
$500. The sales were double those of the
previous year
The New Icdandcrs continued their
performances ut the town hall Monday and
Tuesday evenings. The distribution of
gifts, especially of the gold watch and
diamond ring. was generally declared Il
"snide' game, and caused considerable
Indignation.
Mrs. T. A. Murphy returned from a two
weeks visit at Mortified on Wednesday,
and last evening party of 80 or more gave
Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy surprise visit The
evening was spent in pleasant social way
with refreshments, music, games, etc. Mr.
and Mrs. Murphy were presented with
quantity of solid silver spoons.
The warrant for the annual March meet
ing has been posted today. The only bus
mess called for outside of the usual routine,
is to see if the town will vote to exempt
from taxation for a term of five years the
carriage factories of f. ID. Williams and J.
Il. Ilildreth, and to see what action shall
be taken towards the purchase of stone
Crusher.
The annual meeting of the ladies circle
of the Universalist society was held yes
tcrday afternoon and the following officers
chosen: President, Mrs II. Atherton;
vice presidents, Mrs. II. Rowe and Mrs. r..
Houghton; secretary, Mrs. +. j. Stcarns:
treasurer, Mrs. c. f. Reed; directors. Mrs.
\. w. Rockwell, Mrs. IL. VI. Wood, Mrs.
a. r. Eddy, Mrs. c. y. Bcmis, Miss Jcn-
ME Goodenough, Mrs George f. Root.
No religious revival in the history of
Cincinnati has been so fruitful in results
as that now in progress under the leader
ship of Rev b. Fay Mills and Rev. DIR.
Chapman of Philadelphia. The first Ollie
ial reports were made Monday and Indicate
that 5000 people in the city and almost as
many more from outside have been con-
verified. Careful calculators claim that ~
600 people will have been converted by the
time the revival closes
Rev. \. Macgcorge of Brattleboro is the
editor of the Vermont Baptist State Con-
vention published at Rutland. the first
number of which appeared last month.
The paper is to be issued quarterly. In its
columns Il list of parishes are given for
which the board has made appropriations.
those in Wndham county being as follows:
Brookine, $50: Halifax, SIPS; Jamaica.
$50; Putney, 500; Nottingham, 500:
West Wardsboro, 500.
Whether farming pays depends largely
upon the individual who has charge Of the
farm. On little farm of - acres within
three miles of The Phoenix office two
horses, four head of cattle and ~ head of
sheep are now being wintered. On this
farm the last year. i'm addition to all the
vegetables, etc, which were used upon the
place, the following products were raised:
1914 bushels of corn, 335 bushels of rye. Is
bushels of barley, G3 bushels of potatoes,
II bushels of turnipS, , bushels OF bccts.
Owing to the development among the
students at Vermont academy of two very
mild cases of scarlet fever, the school has
been given vacation of two weeks. These
cases were communicated, rs is supposed,
from two or three cases of a very mild type
in the village of SaXtons River, supposed
at first to be German measles. 1t is not
expected that there will be any further
spread of the disease. DIR. Gale paid two
visits to the institution early in the week,
acting as medical adviser to the faculty and
trustees in the matter.
A second trial was held on Tuesday of
the case of Lord, Stone IL Co., of Otter
River, Mass, VS.. George Atkinson to re-
cover the amount of a note given bv At
kinson TO the plaintiffs for the purchase of
stove. This case was tried three weeks
previously, when the jury disagreed, At
kinson claiming that the stove was not a
good one, and that a deduction should be
made from the price, while the company
claimed that it was all right and should be
paid for in full. On this second trial the
jury gave the company a verdict of Sl5
and costs, the verdict being undoubtedly
compromise. The stove company took an
appeal to the county court.
The unclaimed packages of the Ameri-
can express company which have been ac-
cumulating at the different Offices in the
state during the past two years are to be
sold at the Brattleboro Office tomorrow.
beginning at 1870 T.. NJ. These packages
come from 81 different towns. This sale
will probably attract a large crowd, as il
will have all the interest of lottery, as no
one knows what the packages contain.
The case is recalled of the woman who
bought small, neat-looking package at
one of these sales. She thought it proba-
bly, contained iewelry. When it was opened
a set OF false teeth was brought to light:
not new set, but one that had been sent
to be repaired.
The Episcopal sociable at Red Mems
hall Wednesday evening was an especially
delightful affair, and the attendance was
large. choice supper was served. The
exhibition of curios gathered by Lieut.
Tyler, of the United States steamship
Mohican, attracted much attention. An
interesting stereopticon exhibition was
given by Masters Fred and George Childs,