Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-12-01

East Putney to NJ. NJ. Converse of Boston,
the sale being made through May &
Crowns agency.
The pocket time tables of the Central
Vermont railroad, giving the winter ar !
of trains, have been issuedf
from the general passenger department.
The ladies of the Episcopal church will1
give an indigo social at Red Mems hall, |
next Wednesday evening. Supper will be
served at o'clock, to be followed by an T
entertaining program.
The ladies of the Centre church will havef
the first supper and sociable of the season.
next Tuesday evening" Dec. >. A musical !
program, in which Mrs. Hubbard, Mr.. 4
Lucien Howe and Mr.. Mitchell will have
part, will be the feature of the evening.
This weeks announcement by Mr. Will
cox of the New York bargain store makes
breezy reading and is not likely to be over
looked. Having bought the stock of goods
of II. r. Willard Il Co., known as the
"Little 3d." he means to push'the holiday
trade at both stores "for all it is WORTH
and in both places will keep the stock new
| and complete so as to meet all the demands
of the season.
N Tobacco growers will be particularly in
Nerested in the tariff changes proposed by
the ways and means committee. The duty
on leaf tobacco for wrappers unstemmed,
is reduced from the Mckinley rate of 81
per pound to 81. Unstemmed is reduced
from S2.75 to Sl.25. Cigars and cigarets
under the Mckinley tariff were taxed
$3.50 per pound and % per cent ad valo-
rem. Under the revision they will pay 50
per pound and % per cent ad valorem.
There were 81 members of the recent
graduating class of the Dartmouth medi-
cal college, and of these 2S received their
diplomas last week, among them being
Archie j. Ranney the well-known catcher,
and f. L. Keay, the second baseman and
outfielder, both formerly of the Brattleboro
team. Both passed high in their examina-
tions. DR.. Ranney has a position in the
Tewksbury almshouse, and DR.. Keay en-
tiers St. Elizabeth's hospital, Boston, as
junior house physician.
All Souls Unversalist church of East
Boston, Mass, has extended a unanimous
call to Rev. f. W. Sprague, for over four
years pastor of the Brattleboro Unversalist
church. The Boston papers state that Mr.,
Sprague has already signifed his willing
ness to come to the parish at East Boston,
t and the call as drawn up requests his early
acceptance. Mr.. Sprague has not yet an
nounCed his decision in regard to the call.
He will preach in East Boston Sunday,
and Rev A. w. Crosse of the Tufts divini-
ty school will preach in the church here.
At the meeting of the Vermont Dairy
mems association and the Sugar Makers
association, to be held jointly at Burling
ton the second week in January, premium:
. will be given on maple sugar exhibits. Il
is expected that the prizes will be con
tributed by manufacturers of maple sugal
utensils. Thursday, Jan. II, will be tn,
day for the sugar makers gathering. Pa
pers on the maple sugar industry will b,
d delivered by Capt Frank Kenield of Nor
. risvile, president of the association c. d
, Whitman of Brattleboro and Mr.. Midget
II of Cambridge.
It The Nashua, n. H., Y. NJ. c. A. foo
l. ball team closed the season Saturday will
a brilliant victory, defeating Manchester /:
to 0. The first touchdown was made b,
$ Capt. d. Stolte, who made a run of 81
e yards around the end. The Nashua Tele
a graph speaks of Capt. Stolte's rushes a
one of the features of the game, and tn
Manchester Mirror saws: 'Stolte is a maj
= that any eleven might be proud of; stroni
as an OK and swift as a deer, when he get
the pigskin beneath his arm and start
down the field ii is like stopping an ava
The great American traveller arrived il
= Bratteboro Saturday, consigned to ACen
: TYLER. He was sent on his way reioicin
n Monday morning, his destination bein
r Greenfield. The aforesaid traveller wa
originally dummy, dressed in an old sui
lie of clothes, and seated in a chair, but sine
o he began his travels he has grown wealth
y in certain lines of goods. He was sent on
as joke, and he has been deadheade
e everywhere. He now has on his perso
as something like 500 express tags and label,
4 showing that he has been in offices fror
lie Texas to Maine. The wealth that he Ia
accumulated consists of a big valise, dir
I knife, nutmeg scraper, a cologne bottle
# several beer bottles, several tin pals
m guide book and directory, muciage an
,f ink lanterns and canes, umbrellas, an
N other articles too numerous to mention.
Several theatre parties have been forme
10 to attend 1.-THE New Nabobs'' to-morro'
l evening, and large out-of-tOwn patron
70 age is assured. The Albany journal says
10 mo actors ever received warmer gree
AZ ing than that which was accorded Hell
= shaw and Ten Brock in The Nabobs
n at the Leland last night. From the begiI
in ming to the end the house was in a contiI
ual roar of applause. There was no lac
VI OppOIJuull W SlOW appreciation I
good work as The New Nabobs is file
III with clean and merry comedy, intricat
., dances and bright and catchy songs. NJ
>, Henshaw is an old Albanian and his aud
W ence did not forget that When Ten Broec
y asked him, Have you seen our city,? an
" " he replied, Yes, | have seen little {
% your city, mean my city," the hous
% shook in approval. Every number
&c y which he took part was followed by an Ell
core.
The second entertainment in the Y.
-', c. A. course occurred at the town hall o
ST Tuesday evening, it being a lecture b
he Jahu Dewitt Miller on 1.-The uses of ugl
re ness" Given sound sense and utter MOI
er sense, bright wit and practical seriousness
$ anecdote and incident, keen ridicule of til
ne eXternals and habits of men of note an
ID the most appreciative tributes to their abb
10 ity and worth, the sharpest arraignment {
Oh popular follies and evils, and the most cal
u nest advocacy Of things lofty and pure,-
> given all these, judiciously mixed an
T. pleasantly presented by a speaker who pc!
D. sessed an eloquence and sincerity whic
1t held his audience in close attention an
moved them readily in his quick transition
70 from grave to gay, and it may easily
le understood that, entertained and benefited