Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-11-15


At the adjourned annual meeting of the
Brattleboro society for the prevention of cru
city to animals, held at the Brooks House par
Tors on Saturday evening, DIR. Geo. F. Gale
was reelected president and the old boards
of vice presidents and directors were re-elect-
ed, with the exception that, in the former, the
name of Mrs c. W. Hooker was substituted
for that of Mrs. c. b. Rice who has removed
from town, and in the latter Mrs. Edward
Crosby was elected in place of Mrs. W. S.
Frost, deceased. Mrs. Chas. Warder was
chosen secretary in place of Miss Goodhue
Mrs. Van Kleeck), removed from town. II.
C. Willard was reelected treasurer, and j. A.
Stevens special agent, with w. L. Waite, f.
w. Brooks, j. F. Estey, and VIM. Butler as
assistants. The treasurers report showed up
ward of twenty dollars in the treasury, por-
ton of which will be used in the circulation
among the people of documents on subjects
which come within the province of the socie-
ty, The annual membership assessment of
twenty-five cents, provided for in the consti-
tuition of the society is now due and should be
paid to the treasurer.
Here is a compliment for our Brattleboro
schools. We learn that Fred Holbrook, who
lately went TO New York to live with an un-
Gle while pursuing college course in that
city, has passed the examination in mathe-
mates necessary to his admission to Column
biR college in a manner highly creditable,
not only to himself, but to the teachers under
whose instruction he was in the High School
i'll BrattleborO. His examination by one of
the college professors was entirely unexpeet-
ed Mt the time it took place, so that he had
no opportunity for special study for the occa-
sion, and his only preparation was that which
he had received in the regular course at Brat
tleboro. AT the conclusion of the examina-
ton the professor very cordially said that the
young man had evidently had teachers who
understood their profession, and had done
their duty by him. After a years study of
Greek, with some attention to Latin, under
private tutor, young Holbrook will be pre-
pared to enter upon a full course at Columbia.
Had he pursued the study of these languages
while here with view to taking college
course, there would have been no need of
even this special preparation.
Last Sunday afternoon, just as Mrs. Jane
A. Bailey, wife of H. N. Bailey, living on
Clark street, near Canal, had returned from
drive with her daughter, and was in the act
of alighting from the carriage, the horse,
young, restless and intractable animal start
ed at some slight noise and ran out among
the fruit trees in the yard adjoining the
house. Mrs. Bailey, although thrown from
the seat to the bottom of the carriage, chung
to the reins and tried to regain control of the
animal, but, as she did so, one of the wheel
hubs struck a tree and threw her head against
a limb SO violently as to fracture the skull
The horse completed its circuit among the
trees and came around near the door, where
Mrs. Bailey was thrown to the ground. She
was picked up insensible, and death ensued in
two hours, the accident having occurred at
about three O'Clock. The horse ended its |