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

w. Q. Horton is equipping Taylor &
Sons office with his patent gas burners.
Dennis Rebekah lodge will have pub
lie supper and social at their hall Tuesday
evening.
Nineteen pupils of Miss Brasor's room
in the Canal street school are i'll with the
measles.
The teachers association was entertain
ed on Wednesday evening by Dr. Holton
at his Main street home.
w. II. Bonds stock of confectionery
was late in arriving, but has now come and
is fine assortment of excellent quality.
Rev. A. j. Hough read an original poem,
"The country parson," in the entertain
ment course at the Drattleboro Retreat last
evening.
Mr.. Knowlton, who for the past six
months has delivered the Springfield morn
ing Union, will be succeeded by Chas. e.
Downer.
The local grange had a harvest supper
for its members Tuesday night, and the
third and fourth degrees were worked on
~ candidates.
j. III. Plummer, who bought the old store
at West Brattleboro, is using the structure
as part of a set of buildings on Chestnut
street in Esteyvile.
Bert NJ. Adams, who has been a clerk in
E. e. Perrys store, has bought the Cutler
general merchandise store at Townshend,
taking possession yesterday.
w. II. Minor has sold the old Valley
mill boiler to o. r. Farr of West Chester
field, who will put It in his mill, which
will replace the one recently burned.
W. S. Ceveland's Ministries, which will
appear at the town hall Wednesday even
ing, give refined entertainment, and usu-
ally have a matinee for ladies and chill
drenf but here there will be only one per-
Torrance.
The burning out of the chimney of C..
w. Stones house in Centreville SATURDAY.
evening made it necessary to cut a large
hole in the plastering in order to extin-
guish the fire.
Mrs. f. H. Smith, aided by few friends,
has recently filled and sent two barrels of
clothing, bedding, etc., to New York. One
went to mission worker in Brooklyn, and
the other to the Industrial Christian alli-
ance, home for destitute men.
The Brattleboro House was only one of
numerous places unable to get water Sum
NoJ fONNahoC Vi NlAO uOUt DN Int tOl0
weather. Many housekeepers on Monday
were bemoaning the loss of choice plants
by freezing.
The fourth lecture in the Chautauqua
extension series will be read by Miss Eason
Thursday evening, March s, in the Metho-
dist vestry. Subject, SOCIOLOGY VS.. So
cialism." Quotations from Phillips Brooks
are requested. Music for the evening will
include selections by the Chautauqua quar-
tet, also a xylophone solo by Mr.. l.. d.
Mitchell.
All the ladies who took part in the min
strels are requested to meet in the reception
room at the Brooks House Saturday even
ing, March 8, at o'clock, for the purpose
of voting upon the disposal of the balance
of money received from their entertain
ment.
l.. ID. Reyes has 2-year-old Jersey heif-
er which has record that will be hard to
beat. Five weeks after being in milk a
seven days butter test showed total
weight of over Is pounds. This heifer is
very nearly pure Jersey, and was raised by
j. III. Richardson before moving from his
Guilford farm to this village
Erastus Wiman, whose arrest on the
charge of forgery has caused such sensa-
ton in New York, was a guest at the
Brooks House few years ago while on
coaching trip through New England.
Seated in front of the house Mr. Wiman
talked Interestingly to small crowds on his
favorite topic-the annexation of Canada.
Cudworth Il Childs have taken the local
agency for the National Registry company.
which furnishes an indestructible badge for
the of froy alinrr IL. ~.
may be identified in case of accident. and
at the same time affords insurance to the
amount of $3.50, all for S1.5O a wear.
Holders of the company's badge are also
cared for in case of accident or sudden ILL
ness.
The town hall is engaged by Mr.. Schus-
ter for concert March Is, and other dates
during the month are as follows: l4th, Y.
M. Q. A. entertainment by the Boston Ia
dies Symphony Banjo and Guitar club, as
sisted by Edmund J. Elton, reader; 10th,
Roman Catholic fair; Goth, "The Daz-
zler;" 10th and 30th ''The Octoroon," by
the Estey Guard Dramatic club. Later
Reno & Ford's company will appear in
"Joshua Simpkins."
There was pleasantgathering at the
Baptist chapel on Wednesday evening, for
what might be called "charity social
Contributions of clothing, provisions, etc.,
sufficient to fill two large packing cases,
were brought in, which will at once be
despatched to New York for the relief of
the poor among the parishioners of DIR.
Judson's church and the Mariners Tenn
pie. A good sum OF money was also con-
tributed. An informal program helped
make the evening pass pleasantly.
A meeting of the shareholders interested
in the Denison, Texas, investment COM
panies was held at the Brooks House yes
terday. Geo. H. Field of Quincy, Mass,
president of the Denison cotton manu-
featuring company presided. Additional
sums of money were subscribed to protect
the interests of the shareholders, and M.
f. Foster of Milford, N. H., left last night
to attend the sale of the cotton manufact-
uring company, advertised for next Tues
day.
The cold snap of last Saturday and Sun
day was the severest which has been expe-
rienced since W. II. Childs begun to keep
a weather record in 1885. Saturday morn
ing the cold was intense and the mercury
kept below zero all day with biting wind
blowing. Saturday night was still and Mr..
Childs's thermometer recorded -23o as the
lowest point reached. Other thermome-
tiers in this and the West village worked all
the way down to -30o. Mr.,Childs's lowest
previous records were -22o Jan. 10, 1887,
and POP Jan. 20, 1888. The cold wave
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