Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-11

OF John Shows saw mill on Kilburn brook.
| Part of the building is to be used as a grist
mill and the other part in the manufacture
of boxes. The mill is to be run both by
steam and water power. We know that
they will make success of it as they are
men of integrity and push. The grist mill
is now in operation. As this is the only
one in town it ought to do large business.
Sheridan Woman's Relief corps, No 32,
| elected these officers last Thursday evening
for the coming year: President, Martha L.
Stearns; senior vice, Lucy T. Adams;
junior vice, Mary E. Howe; secretary,
Lizzie A. Bailey; treasurer, Lydia M.
Holton; chaplain, Jennie Putney; con-
ductor, Eliza A. Martin; assistant conduc.
tor, Jennie Whitaker; guard Helen Spen-
GER; delegates to the department conven-
ton, Amanda NJ. Burrows, Eliza A. Mar
tin, Jennie l.. Putney; alternates, Mary
e. Rumrill, Ellen E. Spencer, and Susan
Lynch.
The sermon theme next Sunday morn
ing at the Methodist church will be
"Christian perfection" A new feature
of the morning worship hereafter will be
the children's chorus. A children's sing
ing class has been organized at the church
to receive free musical instruction every
Saturday afternoon at o'clock in the YES
try, to be conducted by the pastor and help
ers. The Junior league meeting immedi-
ately follows this beginners class. Next
Sunday evening the order Of service will
be the roll call and general class and mu-
steal program.
There are several matters of important
public interest which we hope our repre-
sentatives in the next legislature will ad-
vocate. Among these are a charter for an
electric railroad between Hinsdale and
Brattleboro, an amendment of the Au-
stralian ballot law to simplify the method
of voting, and an amendment of the saw
ings bank laws so that banks will be allow
ed to invest only certain per cent of their
funds in western securities as is now the
law in Massachusetts and Vermont We
should also like to have the Massachusetts,
caucus law.
There has been added to the list of mag
azines in the town library for the year '97
the Outlook, a weekly magazine; also the
Ladies Home journal, a monthly maya
zine, making % different magazines for
'07. We think it safe to say that we have
as good list of magazines as any town in
the state. They are called for a great
deal so that two copies of Scribner's, Har-
pers and Century are obtained. The
times must be getting better as the num-
Der of books taken out weekly is fast rising
to its high water mark, 200 being taken
out last Saturday.
The exercises at the anniversary of the
Junior Endeavor society, held last Sunday
afternoon, were very interesting. The So
ciety was started by Mrs. Renshaw as su-
perintendent one year ago, with a very
small number. Now it has 40 members,
10 active and 80 associate. Much credit is
due Mrs. Renshaw for her work among the
little folk. While speaking of the Junior
Endeavorers we wish to speak of Mrs. NJ.
S. Leach's Sunday school class, which
consists of between so and 40 little ones
between the ages of three and ten. She is
especially adapted for the work. 1t is in
teresting to hear them go through with
their exercises Sunday morning.