Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-03-13

] IN It's thirteentn year OF buCcehHul optihuou.
! IL consists Of one hundred and fifty thousand
| Of the better class OF insurable lives through
! out the country, and has paid the enormous
sum Of over thirteen millions OF dollars to
the families Of deceased members. The
yearly cost TO each member ia SO (dues for
running expenses Of LODGE and about TWEEN
! " dollars insurance, or about ten dollars for
one thousand. The wonderful growth and
success of this order shows that II fills pop
ular want. One of its best features is the
fraterna feeling and brotherly help in times
of sickness and trouble. During the yellow
fever scourge the Knights Of Honor paid
nearly five hundred thousand dollars to the
| surviving relatives of brother Knights who
died from that terrible disease. This sum
went directly to those who were in great
! trouble and in many cases abject want. IL
shows somewhat the stability Of the order,
although IL was much smaller than at present,
that it could meet 80 great and unusual
mortality aud at a cost Of only six or seven
! dollars extra to each member. Com.
FORMER BRATTLEBoREAN COMES BACK FOR A
VISIT
A very lively drunk" turned up in
Main street last Monday night Just after the
arrival Of the night express train. The vic.
tim was a fellow of 2G named Chas. O'Lena,
who boarded the train at South Vernon, re-
! fused to pay his fare. and made things gen.
orally uncomfortable for the conductor. He
was noisy and ugly, the hotels refused to take
him in, and Mr.. Ais soon found him on his
hands. He was too large a subject for one
man to handle, aud Gerry Warren was sent
for to help put him TO bed. When the fell
low found he was headed for the lock up his
noise and general 'cussedness" had a violent
increase, aud it was only after sharp tusslo
that he was finally got up the town hall steps
and landed at the foot Of the stairs inside.
| During the fracas he threatened to make IL
hot for the town, and advised the officers to
get their property insured II they had any.
Next day he was taken before Justice Newton
and fined So and costs for being drunk and
$40 and costs for disturbing the peace-mak-
ing nearly $40 in all in fines and costs In
default of payment Mr.. Herrick took him to
Rutland Tuesday night to serve out an al
Tentative sentence OF 1875 days in the work
house.
O'Lena is by no means stranger in Brat
tleboro. Several years ago he attended the
Brsttleboro High school for two terms, living
at Newell Lindsey's who had become inter
ested in him and given him board and lodg
ing on alternate nights while he ran as
train boy between st. Adams and Brattle-
boro. After leaving school he worked at Estey
4 Co. 3 for year, and since then has drifted
about the country, finding rum his worst
/
mer's meditation at Rutland may bring him
TO himself again.
N. b. Mr.. Warren would take IL kindly il
the fellow who picked up his new SO 80 hat,
while he was helping O'Lena down into the
lookup, would return it.
THE PEW TAKES ISSUE WITH THE PULPIT.
Editor Of PhGRiI II have no desire to
reopen old sores or discuss thrice-settled is
sues, but the notice of Sunday evening ser
vice that appeared in your last weeks paper
caught my eye, and l was led CONTRARY to
my better judgment as to what might be de-
veoped from the topic announced) 10 attend
the meeting. It would be considered
highly unbecoming for us OF the pews to
challenge some of the gentleman's state.
ments from the pulpit, even il his topic was
Town Meeting" This is the excuse for a
brief trespass upon your columns / prom
Use you that shall not be led into any con.
troversy with the gentleman, but for one
wish to record my protest against his implied
imputaiions against the public spirit and
generosity Of the citizens OF our town. 1t is
perhaps not to be expected that one who has
had a residence among us for 30 brief peri
cd, and has possibly never attended but one
Of our town meetings, should be so well in
formed as some of us old residents Of the
temper and disposition of our people. be-
lieve the facts will sustain the assertion that
this town is not niggardly in its policy, aud
the records of the town will show its gener
Gus action and broad views in helping pub
lie enterprises in other towns and localities
rs well As in our own, thus showing that we
do look also on our neighbors' interest. And
if our reverend neighbor will abide with us
for longer season he might have occasion
to revise his views regarding US, and not be.
lieve we are such worshippers OF the al
mighty dollar
One who is not ashamed to hail from
BRATTLEDoRo.
[ THE woMASs RELIEF CORPS MRS HOOKER
GENERAL ORDER NO ONE.
i. The undersigned having been elected
president of this department, at a conven-
ton held at Rutland February 4th and 9th
enters upon the duties with feelings of graft
tude and thanks for this mark Of distinction.
As assume the responsibilities Of this office,
l ask your most earnest aid and support.
ii. This order should commend itself to
every loyal woman 10 Vermont corps
should be formed wherever Grand Army
Post exists. Women who had neither hus
band, son or brother in the war should be in.
terested in this order, and join with others
that they may assist the Grand Army in the
care Of the sick and destitute.
Ill Mrs. L. W. Howe OF Bratteboro is
appointed and announced secretary. She
viii be respected accordingly
Mrs. MINSA q. HooKER,
Department President.
Among the ladies named in General Order
No as having been elected to Offices in the
department at its organization last February
are those OF Mrs. A. L. Putnam, Brattleboro
treasurer, and Mrs. Harriet Leonard, Brattle.
boro, delegate at large to national encamp-
ment. The finance committee are Mrs. A.
E. Dowley, Mrs. l. J. Rstting, Mrs. X. NJ.
Burchard.
Mrs. Hooker urges every officer and dele
gate entitled to seats in the national conven.
ton to make an effort 10 be present at the
meeting called at Portland, Me-, June 30 and
25, 1885.
OBITUARY DEATH OF NED PERRY
The sad was received on Monday last of the
death in Boston on the day preceding Of Edward l.
Of Mr.. and Mrs. n. NJ Perry. He had been slight
ly ndisposed for some days, when on Friday he was
attacked with an acute Inflammation Of the internal
ear which rapidly extended to the BRAIN resulting in
death IS hours later. Young Perry born in Brat
teboro In 1851 therefore at the time Of his death
ony % years old After leaving school, where be is
remembered as diligent student, ambitious to excel
and extremely sensitive Of failure, he entered the
drug store Of II. c. Willard, where he developed nm
usual business ability soon mastering the details Of
tue business and by bis pleasant demeanor and evil
dent desire to please winning many friends who now
learn with sadness Of his death. few years ago he
went to Adams, Mass, and took charge Of the pre-
scTiption department Of large drug store. subse-
quenty he opened business for himself in Worcester
closing 1t out about a year ago, since which time
he has been at home until few weeks ago, when he
took position with hrm in Boston. He was one Of
the many young men who have gone from Brattleboro
determined to use their abilities 10 the hest adysn
tage. critical observer, self-reant, and possessing
seemingly tireless energy, he especially well
equipped to succeed 10 life and, had be been spared
the promise OF his earlier years would doubt have
been fulfilled. But It decreed otherwise and the
action which has fallen upon bis family is felt by
his many friends throughout the community. His
brother Ernest went to him a. the news Of
alarming Illness was received on Saturday. The re-
mains were brought home to Brattleboro on Monday,
and the funeral took place from the Uniyersalist
church Wednesday afternoon Rev. Z. W. Whitney Of
hciating