Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-11-28


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BRATTLEBORO
Mrs L. A Budd who spent three months
IN Florence last year. relates how lHrkin
q Mead used always 10 knock at her door
ON "a certain morning Of every week bring
ing TO her the copy of The Phoenix which
had arrived by the last mai. lie reads
about everything connected with Brattle-
boro with all the interest OF an enthusias-
TIC lover, and Mrs Mead told Mrs Budd
that she had herself learned English IN or
der that she too might read about Brattle-
boro A pretty illustration of Mr. Mead
atfectonate remembrance of his bovhood
home is the fact that he has the silver door
plate from his father old house ~ Brattle-
boro the late David Miller house. upon the
door Of his apartments in Florence
The death Of Mrs Edward Crosby took
place at $50 last Saturday morning As
stated last week her constitutional endur-
ance against the disease which seized upon
her the week before proved much greater
than WAS anticipated. aud her life WAS pro.
longed several days beyond the time which
her physician thought possible Mrs tro-
hy was "a native of Dover anl WINS the
daughter of Deacon Labnu Jones VINO was
iu bis day a prominent resident o.. that
town Sine was one ut ten children of
whom but three now remain. Reuben of
Rochester y s. Whitney of Lincoln.
Neb and Mrs G. a Richardson of " est
BrattieDor1 She hved 90 Dover until her
/ marriage o. Mr. Crosby. which took place
/ IN lSi3. From that time on her history wa-
the history of her husband which mas So r..
( Gently been told % full M our columns.
4 She had been d resident of TINS village since
I 1851. living first In the house now owned
and occupied by Ranger she was the
mother of children. OF whom only three.
Mrs Fanny G. Rice, Edward q and Charles
! K are living Her share of the sorrow
Of life iu the loss of children ana friend.
mad been far more than the ordinary. aud
she was the equal partner of ner husband
IN all the struggles OF hls early life. bui
through all sine showed herself the strong
helpful. hopeful aud self contained wife
ami mother She had been devoted moth
er u other children THAI her own aud I,
the last she was the sure STAY and helper
OF her children and grandchildren Tho,,
who remain now rise up with sincere an,
loving remembrance 10 cali her memory
blessed
The New England Telephone compau,
has finished the rebuilding ot its line 3.
Chesterfield. the new route being some thre
miles shorter than the old The poles ar
OF sufficient strength % carry the new me
tslhc long distance line which is 20 conuec
Bellows Fails. Brattleboro and heeue witt
Boston Work mas nov been begun on ia
reconstrucuon Of the Wilmington line
A iaborlug man IN tins village Is under
stood 10 have fallen heir % an estate wort
at least SlO. OOt hv the death of a brothe
IN the Vest
1t Is believed that John Burrell, the hors
thief whom g. J. Gibson captured la,
week has other serious offences against th
! law u answer for Mr. Gibson mas learne
facts which appear t1 snow that while liy
ing III Maine DO SS- burrei was marriel
although he had wife living someW her
else Ia August of that year he skippe
out. taking horse with him, and ieaviu
e wife No . u repine because of ms desc
% tiou. Last MAY he stole morse near INT
River junction. obtaining It from It's owl
er under pretence that another man ha
sent MN after IL. His trick was soon di
covered and he was followed Being hAi
pressed he jumped from the carriage az
A broke ms leg Why he was not placed
. lail at that time Us not known He can
TO Brattleboru, however, and lived on b
. relatives until he recovered, claiming
them that ms injury was received IN u rH
road accident
d The department is 90 furnish the 20.
office for the use of the free delivery ~
d ten. two of the new newspaper and pac
age boxes These boxes are made
Alexandra Va Each one Is A. inch
ID high, made of white pine, seasoned al
Is dipped IN asphaltom varuish The BOX
then covered with galvanized iron, secur
I ly nailed To the wood, the nail heads al
seams being securely soldered. making
perfectly waterproof box The box 10 pi
10 vided with four cast-Iron feet, which stai
40 about four inches from the pavement.
lf Is painted red and lettered m white, al
n rs 50 constructed that the mail deposit
- cannot be removed except by the collect
The box will receive a package by Is
le y inches In size One Of these will
IT, placed on Main street. and the other ne
X the Estey organ factory. and If more a
ir required they will be furnished
The annual pew rental at the Cougrel
tional church will take place on the ev,
ii ing of Dec
" Another Interesting letter from our c
d. cago representative is printed ON our ii
ST page today.
70 The two bits Of Thanksgiving mi scella
oil printed on our first page today have
1t them the real tisvor of the season
en- Mary Howe sang 10 "A crowded house
o- Providence last week For the first time
be- the history OF the new hall, where the C
,r cert was given, the sign, Standing 70
- only, was put ont The audience M
'' bered at least 22OO, and her reception
ct very enthusiastic. A delightful surpris,
vn the evening was the presentation of
10 magnificent basket Of chrysauthemums
Ia roses by the Brown University boys v
-, were members of last seasons Brattle b
100 base bail team. The card bore the mar
De- Of F. W Woodcock 7 j. Dowd "
pr Magill and j ID. + Jones In d lei
IRE home Miss Howe appreciatively says
ie thought 1t was lovely of them. and 1t
such tremendous basket that IL quite t
my breath away Her Washington
ig- gagement was success but she
,ut Obliged to cancel her Philadelphia date
To account of ID cold Mention is elseu /
sr made of her appearance in New York. v
H. clippings from the Herald and Tribune
nm The annual meeting of the Southern
NuNAHNA hnnhNlhllpu Mlll hc uclu on MON
uN evening at O'Clock at the office of Vim
Ak Newton.
nus The north-bound train leaving at /
'ge was brought TO a sudden halt vester
,ad forenoon IN the rear of Ranger q Tho
or sons block The passengers were thr,
as forward IN their seats and considers
shaken. The few who happened 70
standing executed lively ghost dane
oil In some of the cars the lamps were thr,
Iy- from the sockets and broken Noh
am received injuries of consequence. altho
ZEN DR.. Webster had finger put out of 10
=. aud one woman was slightly bruised
trouble was caused by misplaced swi
TO brakeman ON the freight train
nm switched engine No. 81 upon the eel
tee standard-guage track but did not cha
ess back the switch, so that engine No
,ol drawing tue train, crashed into the ten
of No. 81 The COW catcher ON No q
OF smashed, and the tender OF No 50
need some repairing