Historic events for Dec 5
Miss Jessie Gregg's house was so over-run with spiders Tuesday evening that she invited 25 young people to aid in exterminating them. Prizes were given for collecting the imitation spiders at the "spider party," a new amusing fad from New York.
The letter carriers handled 114,944 pieces of mail matter in November.
Jeweler Hubbard’s connection with the synchronized clock has already been made.
The first cold wave of the season passed over this section on Sunday night, Monday, and Tuesday. The lowest temperature was reached Tuesday morning, then the mercury marked from zero to a few degrees below, according to location. Wednesday brought the first snow storm, but unfortunately not enough fell to bring the desired sleighing.
There was only a moderate sized attendance at the village meeting on Monday evening. Under one article it was voted to pay the members of the fire department one dollar each for their past year’s services., the same as heretofore.
The Bohemian glass blowers are to be at Crosby hall every evening next week, beginning Monday. The First Regiment orchestra will furnish music every evening, and there will be various special attractions, among them a baby show, the handsomest child under four year old who attends to be awarded a case of fancy glassware by ballot.
The Speedwell Brothers had a good-sized audience to see their “triple acrobatic bicycle” feats at the skating rink last evening. Their performance was the most novel and wonderful yet given in the rink series.
An interesting announcement with regard to the “opening” of the new “Fuller Model” sewing machine to be given next week will be found in our advertising columns.
December and May are flirting (out-door) in unblushing fashion this week. Most people hope they keep it up.
During the next annual exhibition of the Windham County Poultry and Pet Stock Association, to be held on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd of January next, an incubator will be in operation hatching chicks, so that the public can see the operation of the artificial hatching.
The committee having in charge the matter of building a new M.E. church have secured the refusal of the lot on Elliot street, immediately west of the new bank block.
Carpenter has a grand display of toys, fancy goods, and diaries and almanacs, ready for the holiday trade. The children will spell out this new advertisement this week, if nobody else does.
The Harper’s Ferry Jubilee Singers (formerly slaves) are announced to give a concert in Crosby hall on Christmas night.
Mrs. J.W. Whitney is about to remove her millinery establishment to Ryther’s block, next door north of Prouty’s jewelry store.
Annual report shows entire amount expended for village $936.57, leaving a balance in the treasury of forty-six cents. The amount to be raised in the current year for village purposes, if 5 per cent on the Grand List, which will yield nearly $500 - a sum sufficient, it is believed, to meet the ordinary expenses of the village.
Hinsdale Bridge. This structure is now completed. It was built by Dexter Moore of Newfane, in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to the stockholders. The expense of construction including the pier and abutment was not far from $8500.
The paper on which the Phoenix is now printed is of too dark a color to suit our taste. Our paper-maker has been repairing his mill and he was so delayed that he was compelled to hurry off a lot for us before it was sufficiently bleached. In two weeks more we shall be supplied with a better article. In the mean time the brilliancy of the matter will more than offset the color of the encasement
