Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-18


the 26th.
The Squires farm in Guilford, one of |
the finest for stock raising in the county, |
has been sold through the May Il Grown
agency to J. Henry Pratt for $500. Pos
session will be given at once.
The board of civil authority will meet
next week Saturday afternoon to abate
taxes. The meeting being an important
one it is suggested that it would be well
for the full board to be present.
Mr.. Hawley advertises today the begin
ming of his annual midwinter clearance
sale. The public has learned what to eX-
pect from these sales and it should call to
BrattlebOro many customers from dis
lance.
John Retting not only has n ct forgotten
his we'll known business shrewdness, but
he "catches on to the modern idea in
trade. If you don't believe it read his
advertisement and draw a mental picture of
the sky-scraper combination store on High
and Green streets.
About 80 persons participated in the
sleighride to Putney, arranged by the Bap-
list Endeavor society We inesday evening,
and an unusually enjoyable occasion is re
ported. The women of the Putney church
provided good supper, and games and So
ciability were generally engaged in.
A large collection of photographs of
| those who have taken part in the pardon
and kirmess under E. Wales in st. Johns
! bury, Marblehead, Lewiston, Westtield and
| other places is on exhibition in F. II. Hol-
denis window Mr.. Wales is planning to
bring out the kismess here early in the
! spring.
Howard Geddis, young son of w. II.
| Geddis, met with a serious accident last
! Thursday, sticking the scissors point in
one eyeball, making bad wound through
which a portion of the iris protruded. DIR.
Gorham performed very successful opera
ton on the eye, and the lad is rapidly i'm
proving.
5. A. Smith ~ Co. were assigned 500
feet of floor space at the national exhibit
ton of furniture manufacturers, which
opened in New York city this week. They
have made handsome display there with
40 styles of baby carriages. Fred l.. Smith
of the firm is in New York in charge of
the exhibit.
One member of Gov. Woodbury's staff
not present at the military ball was Col.
W. Seward Webb of New York, who owns
a fine country place at Sheburne. Col.
Webb's uniform has just been completed
at a cost of nearly $500. The braid on it
is of real gold and the lace is from Paris
direct. The coloners sword has dia-
mond in the hilt, is Damascus blade and
stood the military man cool 81, 700.
EX-Gov Holbrook has just completed an
interesting sketch of personal reminis-
cences, going back to the year 1916, when
he was but three years old, and noting
/ Of ha MT from
that time on till the close of his admins
tration as governor of Vermont. His me-
moirs include period of the war with its
stirring incidents here and his connection
officially with President Lincoln and his
cabinet.
The annual meeting of the COngrega-
tional Sunday school was held Sunday.
H. II. Thompson was elected superintend-
emit: Mrs. Fred L. Smith, assistant superin-
tendent; Louis Gregg, secretary; Charles II.
Thompson, treasurer: Miss Emma Gregg,
librarian; Ernest Bemis, assistant libra
rian. The smallest attendance during the
year was Feb. II, 155; the, largest on chill
dren's Sunday, June 3, 295; and the aver
age, 234.
Cutler & Porter, who held the mortgage
on D. A. Martins stock of goods, closed
the retail sale of the goods early this week
and has shipped the entire stock back to
apnoi1ting IN a certain extent as if 1roved
that the nTices that conld he made on new
salable GOODS was hut little less Than that
asked nv the RrattIeboro dealers and on
rubber goods the local nrices were in some
cases actually less.
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80 l;m 90 any ioa,,, =, ~
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anS tIo oo u, r1 f P.nt,I "t L, Iii
ba strstod Sin ,,or,, 10 roo ,,rraber ot
s,oroo1tio, - oIn1S, &c. -, H. VI
COLLEGE and constituting the finest collection
of 1iows of oIociars ora rooIooic rboron,o-
ma IN he found in the coEntry
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WIN SnaHher mas oeeh IN Manchester
Cehtre lhls week 10 atIehu the funeral OF ms
Drother, Lorenzo ohalnef, proprietor OF the
ColOurh house, VINO dled suddenly sunday
from heart disease MI ohaIher former "
llVed III Jamaica lie went 10 Manchester
Oehtre ten years ago, bought the Coiourh
house lor SlU'uOO, nlleu II up ana CON
quoted a nrst-class mousse lie was Weil-to-
40 ana carried ne insurance pollcies
amounting 10 SlZUOo' his tuheral serV-
ices were conducted under inc auspices OIL
Inc feature OF the Grand Army ehcamp-
meht Tor lhe pu0hc VIII De the camphre al
LLe arIhory Neuhesday evening" tne ouLh'
Inc frst regiment band ana T. H. Miller
nave Oeeh engaged ior the muslcal part OF
the program. Inc speakers VIII include
commander n-Cnlef LAWYER, Department