Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-01-25

received a bill Of Sl4. Ofrom Goodwin a Co
Wholesale druggists. for goods which thoy hal
never purchased Th,y at once Informed
Goodwin & Co. that such was tn case. and
that concern. after looking the matter up.
wrote 10 Thorn & Sons on the pa inst that
the party. who bought" the goods 1.-THE 20th
Of December. represented himself TO be Mr..
Benton Thorn "a young man. 10y the way.
who has not been in Boston for four years
Goodwin 4 Co. also mention that they "un.
derstand" that the young fraud has been ar
rested. under an assumed name. probably.
and they also mention their suspicion as to
his real name On this point, however. we
have not. as yet. any definite information.
The goods taken were Lubin's extracts and
toilet soaps. and one ounce Of morphine.
The following is the list of letters remain
ng at the post office in this village Jan. -:
Ladies-Maitie Burrows, Nellie Barns, Mrs
Clara Cushman. Mrs. Jennie Clarke, Mrs
Chloe II. DcNt r. Mrs Jennie Fletcher Mary
Ford. Mrs Lucy Godllrd Mary Howe, Mr.
W. J. Wood. Mrs. o. NJ Whitney.
Gents l. Amsden. Mike Brosnehan,
WIN. Boyce. J. X. Crosby. Vim. l. Cutting,
W. f. E-terbrooks. Henry Foster, f. ".
HAYWOOD. II. l. I1tTIAtks jus Ilu / lltlIlths
W A. Hescock Ebert A. Knight, ID. Sher-
man. ID. W. Stone. Henry Stockwen, Horace
f. Sanders. Chas. y. Wood. John S. Wood.
DEATH or Or. CHAPLIN.
In the death Of Or. CHARLES CHAPLIN.
which occurred at his residence on High street
in this village on the 9Th inst. Biattleboro
has lost another. and almost the last. of that
band Of strong. intelligent and resolute men
who shaped and controlled local business. So
cial and political affairs in the last generation.
John Holbrook, Francis Goodhue. Gardiner
c. Hall Epaphroditus seymour, J. Don Brad
ley Calvin Townsley. Ebenezer Wells. John
r. Blake Paul Chase Edward Kirkland. Ad-
olson Brown, Joseph Goodhue Samuel Clark.
Henry Smith. John II Wheeler, Samuel Root.
Larkin q. Mead, Geo Newman. Wells Good
hue. and others Of like prominence. have one
after anotherpassed away. leaving vacant places
at the fre-ide ard in the community never
to be filled and now Dr. Chapiu's parturc
Trims still further the already wavering ranks.
The honored associates and peers of these men
who still remain. can be told of on the I'm
gers of a single hand. Dr. Chaplin was born
Al bIauEt hdoh-. tAA tut lNt4 my VI rAlNs
1903. but his father. Judge Oliver Chaplin, re-
moved to BrattleJoro almost directly after
wards. where he continued 20 reside and to
ac, q prominent part in business and public
affairs during the remainder of his bfe. Judge
Chaplin was an associate justice of the Wind
ham county court in the years 1907 AMI 1909,
and was one Of the original corporators Of the
New Hampshire Turnpike and Bridge Co.,
incorporated in ls02, the road extending
from Brattleboro through Hinsdale and Win
chester TO the Massachusetts, State line in
Warwick The first toll bridge was built
across the Connecticut river at BrattlebOro by
this company in 1901. DR.. Chaplin was fitted
for college by Rev. DIR. Coleman. and was
graduated from Harvard University in 1928
when twenty years old He then went through
the usual course Of studies for the medical
profession under the direction Of the celebrat-
ed Dr.. Bigelow OF Boston. and commenced
the practice Of medicine in Springfield, Mass.
in 1896 In l>27 he married Elizabeth B.
Bridge Of Chariestown. Mass, by whom he
had one child. Elizabeth Alice. who married
Joseph Clark. In 1880 his first wife having
deceased. be married Sophia Dwight Orne. Of
Springfield. by whom be had five children
Lucinda ONE, Oliver Howard. Mary Wells.
William Orne and Charles Jones-all now liv-
ing. In 1881 DIR. Chaplin removed from
Springfield to Brattleboro. and soon after. the
family having what was deemed an ample for
tune, gave up the practice of medicine and
thereafter devoted himself to business and
public affairs. filling many public Offices with
credit and fidelity. He was a member Of the
Legislature in 1888, and was for long time
deputy sheriff, and the most active officer of
that kind in the county. He was L. 5. mar
shall during the administration Of Franklin
Pierce, and for many years was one of
the efficient directors of the Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance Company. He was one of the
first members and organizers Of the Unitarian
society Of this village. and for nearly a quar-
ter Of q century was favorite moderator and
pr siding officer at town meetings and other
public assemblAges and his services were in
constant reguisition to conduct funerals For
many years. and until infrmities forbade. he
was the very acceptable and efficient chief en-
gineer Of our fire department 1t thus APP
pears that Dr. Chaplin was an active. ener-
getic, influential and useful man in this COM
munity for nearly forty years. and whatever
given him to do was always well and
faithfully done High spirited. quick of ap-
prehcnsion, honorable and just in his dealings
with all men, possessing all the advantages
which education, wealth and social culture
and position give, his influence was wide and
enduring, While not without faults his viz
tues were Of the manly sort which command
universal esteem. He was stricken with par
alysis about seven years ago, from which he
never rallied. and fpally died on the 47th an
niyersary of his second marriage.