Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-11-19

the Free library Tuesday evening, Nov. 30, .
at 80 o'clock.
John Calvin has this week furnished |
furnaces for the Congrel ational church at
Wilmington and the Leland and Gray
seminary at Townshend.
The fall term Of the public schools will
close next Wednesday for the Thanksgiv-
ing vacation. The winter term will begin
the following Monday with the same corps
of teachers so far as is known.
u. 5. Pratt has sold recently six Of his
! fine SOuthdown bucks to Ira A. Lowe OF
| Greenfield, Mass Mr.. Lowe has large
/ h)cks of Southdowns and makes the pur-
chase from Mr.. Pratt for breeding pur-
poses.
Thomas Fessenden had his foot badly
/ injured Tuesday evening while walking up
Church street There was no electric
light illumination at the time and it was
50 dark that he stepped off the sidewalk
into the gutter.
Joseph, son Of Thomas Kaine, badly
sprained his arm Tuesday afternoon when
swinging on The rope in Mrs. c. b. Rice's
yard. The little fellow became frightened
and let go when some distance from the
ground. He is the second boy who has
been hurt on the swing within week.
Word has been received from st. Louis
by the West Brattleboro friends of Rev.
George h. Martin to the effect that he
will not accept the call which was extend
ed to him a short time ago, by the North
= Minister church of Philadelphia. Mr.. Mar
tin intends to remain for the present in
ST. Louis.
An elk weighing $50 pounds was brought
to Brattlpboro Yesterday from l.. G. Hough-
, toms deer Park in IlalifaX This was one
3 of the three elk brought TO the park when
, it was first opened The big buck had
been growing very ugly Of late. and it was
thought best 10 shoot him. The carcass
D was shipped to Mr.. Bgelow of Boston.
The 2Oh anniversary OF the marriage of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Calvin was celebrated
in quiet way at their home last Friday
= night, number of their neighbors going
in to take tea with them. Mr.. and Mrs.
b Gavinwere presented piece of silver%are
+ by y. T. Ryan, acting for the company.
i and Mr. Calvin responded in a pleasant
e way
The body of Mrs. Emeline Ryder Arms,
u -, sister OF George ii. RYDER OF this town,
' was brought here from Portvile y. y,
e, Tuesday, and was taken to Guiiord for
u burial. Mrs. Arms died Friday and the
Z funeral was held in Portyile on Monday.
, She was born in Swanzey, \. H., in lS20
Her husband died 20 years ago. She was
2 a daughter of William Ryder, who lived in
Il GuilfOrd for many years
+ In accordance with the proclamations o
= the President and the governor OF Yer
d mont, union Thanksgiving day service:
e will be held next Thursday at the Centr,
i' church at II o'clock. 4 sermon will b,
e given boy the Rev T. Q. 5. O,gooi, an.
e the devotional parts of the service will b'
'' conducted by the several pastors. Al
y offering will be made IN behalf of the wurl
% Of the associated charities 10 the village.
= Henry Allen was driving the stage frou
Chesterfield to Brattleboro Saturday whrr
~ his team Collided with another convey
~ ance driven by unknown persons. Auri
- was thrown ont aud his wagon badly dam
aged. The accident occurred near the en-
~ trance to the grounds OF Col. Richard
10 Bradley, and Allen claims to have been OF
VI the right side OF the road. Tie was con
- siderahly bruised and had to walk to th
IL post Office with his mail
= Miss Gertrude Perkins, daughter OF MI
-, and Mrs. Charles b. Perkins of this town
~, has recently taken position as contralt
al soloist in the Unitarian church of the Mes
90 siah in New York city. Miss Perkins wen
~, to New York about two years ago aud b'
| gan utI eluultc III lllf tOuStINdlOIN {
~ music, spending a year at that institution
a She then studied six months with Pro
~ Towers at the Carnegie hall building an
IL, is at present under the instruction {
"a Madame Skinner, noted vocal teacher
ne Invitations have been received in tow
: for the annual district meeting of the Cd
Fellows of the second district of Vernon
with Kilington lodge at Rutland on III
as evening of Dec. +. kllington lodge wi
III work the initiatory degree with full degre
Ay staff. Grand Master H. NJ McFarlan
20 and Deputy j. II. Blakley Will be presen
ne Short addresses will be made by promner
w members of the order, after which a coll.
'e- tion will be served. Past Grand Mast,
u l.. J. Retting of Brattleboro will atten
NC the meeting.
~ The railroad routes in Vermont ovt
IS which the United States mails are carried
~, have a total length of S9j o. miles, All
=, the government pays these corporation
- about SAL, O92 a year for the service
- Vermont has about 1903 miles OF sts
~ routes, and the government paid for II
P7 transportation OF mail over these rout,
~ last year So, l9O.Sl There are no electr
w. or cable cars within the state which carr
49, mails. The annual rate of pay for carr
os ing mail between Wilmington and Hooss
Tunnel station, Mass, is Sl034 81, II
rate for transportation between BrattlebOl
his and Bellows Falls is S7067 -, and Thu
rn- between Brattleboro and South Londo
J a derry is S2OS5 30.
eW The Concord, n. H., Monitor says tn
NY Rev. F. l.. Phalen observed, last Sunds
lth morning, the fifth anniversary of his co
WIN nectiOn with the Unitarian church in tn
no city by preaching sermon appropriate
Ter the occasion. at was not a convention
Ie- anniversary sermon in that it presented l
'eI historical facts or statistical figures; b
en- his hearers were unanimously of the OPT
d ion that as a stimulant TO better work
TX the future than in the past it was emf
me emily well adapted to the time and place
III It's theme as from the passage in Hebrew
rol Let us hold fast the profession of o
~ faith without wayering and
lIe much the more as ye see the day a
lie preaching In the evening Mr. Pnal,
W. preached the first in a series of "Fo
ne, sermons on Great Themes" its subie
&C. being The Unknown Cod
a.. Large Transfers OF Property.
ard Among the real estate transfers tn
m week at f. j. Bailey's agency is one
an which Hosea Mann of Wilmington h
.er- comes the largest stakeholder in the Ma
yell tin d Fits Lime and Cement company
'os- stock. The companys plants are locat,
10, al NJ To- a