Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-03-02

at banquet hall, was the most successful of
any similar affair of the society. The at
tendance was large and articles sold well.
The society is arranging for concert of
great merit, to be given about March Is
as a benefit for the choir. Among the tai
ent engaged are Prof. Cramer and wife and
Mrs. DIR. Jarvis of Claremont, Annie Way
of Charlestown, with three other soloists
and two pianists.
About so Of the intimate friends of Wal
lace White and family called upon them in
very happy manner Wednesday evening,
to congratulate them upon having moved
into their new dwelling just completed on
Westminster street. In behalf of the
company Hon. A. N. Swain presented
them with various articles of furniture,
and very pleasant evening was enjoyed,
interspersed with music and refreshments.
Mr.. Whites house is a gem of convenience,
designed wholly by himself, the arrange
ment of the different rooms being unique
and entirely different from any other in
town.
Our people are looking forward to lee
ture by Rev. A. j. Hough of Brattleboro
with much pleasure, especially those
who know him personally. He is to be
here Wednesday evening of next week, and
the subject of his lecture, "How to get
there" is one he will make most entertain
ing. Mr.. Hough was here few years ago
at the silver wedding of Rev. Mr.. Austin,
at which he recited an original poem writ
ten for the occasion, which was we'll re-
ceived by all, and later was published in
the Times. His poems, "The devil" and
"The country parson," as well as many
others, are treasured in many households
here.
The Fall Mountain Paper company has
bought 5000 cords of hemlock wood in
Canada, which is being shipped here by
rail this winter, instead of the annual
| drive down the river in the summer as
heretofore. They are buying large amount
of poplar wood along the line of the Rut-
land division, which is also coming along
rapidly, a good deal of it coming from
Rutland station, being brought in by team
from the mountain towns. The railroads
have made so reasonable rates of freight
that this is possible to a larger extent than
heretofore. The company will drive no
logs down the river this spring.
An alarm of fire from box %, at 1880
Saturday morning, brought the fire depart
ment to the photograph gallery of c. E.
Dowln at the corner of Green and Will
liams streets. This was a small building,
similar to the old-fashioned travelling gal.
leries of former years, built few years ago
by G. +. Swift, and recently sold by him to
Mr.. Dowlin. Fire communicated from
the stove or stove pipe, and the building
was ablaze all over when discovered, so the
destruction was complete, both of the
building and its contents. Mr.. Dowlin
had $500 insurance on the building and
contents, through the agency of Z. S.
Leonard. The loss was adjusted Thurs
day by l. FL. Francisco Of Rutland.
The thermometer last Saturday morning
in our village ranged from 200 to 26o below
zero, which is probably as low as at any
time for many years, and the peculiarly
raw and chilly air made it seem one of the
hardest days to be out that our people have
known. This week it has thawed little
at times during the day so the slei Ching Is
superb in all directions. There is quite a
body of snow piled up in the yards and al
the sides of the streets. Tuesday the
steamer was out nearly all day thawing out
the entrance to sewers so as to be ready
for any sudden change of consistency from
snow to water. The storm of Monday
which was so severe in southern New Eng,
land, did not reach here at all, not fake
of snow being seen, although cloudy al
day.
The stove and plumbing business of c.
X. & G. w. Labaree, formerly Fairbank &
Labaree, and earlier A. II. & F. II. Brown
has changed hands again this week. II
has been bought by w. II. Bodine and q
silent partner, and is to be conducted here
after under the style of w. II. Bodine &
Co. This is flourishing business which
has employed Is men the past few months
Mr.. Bodine is well known here as former
member of the firm of Allbee & Bodine
which is now the competing store of the
same class run by Allbee & Babbitt. Mr.
Bodine has been employed the past year by
the Labarees. G. X. Labaree is to retire
from business wholly, and will make his
home here as formerly. His son, Chas
W., is to remove TO New York city in two
weeks, having been interested there for
some time past in the sale of Albamura
and similar paints and finishes, which are
being manufactured at Saxtons River, AND
for which he has the exclusive agency.