Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-03-20

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Lobster Salad,
Deyiled Eggs
Rolls, Bread Sticks
Sliced Oranges and Bananas with Cream
Small Cakes
Coffee Tea
BRATTLEBORo.
District Clerk 5. W Kimball has com
pleted the census OF the children Of school
age 1t shows that there are in district
| No , 1904 children between the ages Of
five and 10 years Of these j22 are fe-
males and 1872 males. Last year the mum
Der was 1881, showing loss of p Five
hundred and fifty Of the children reside on
the north side Of milestone brook II a
contour line was drawn, including Reed
| Hill, Clark, Canal and Birge streets on the
south side Of the brook aud the whole Of
the district on the north side it would have
within its limits 80 children Prospect
| Hill furnishes / 40 children Of the requisite
/ age, Esteyville 30, and the Vernon road -.
Within the past three weeks seven cases
| Of typhoid fever have developed among
the employees of COoley's hotel at Spring
| field, Mass. IL will be remembered that
/ Eddie Cavanaugh Of this place came home
| i'll with the disease, aud his death followed
within a week. The head chambermaid Of
/ the hotel has since died and three Of the
other young women employed in the hotel
are now seriously ill., The authorities find
/ that the disease was caused by defective
| plumbing, which allowed the sewer gas 10
/ escape. The employees had rooms in the
annex, IA building separate from the regu-
lar hotel. Two other Brattleboro bows,
John Confrey aud Louis Ellis work at the
/ Cooley House.
The irrepressibe Robert Ftton was in
town Saturday. He SAYS that he was not
| drunk when he arrested at Proctors-
vile, that he was simply having some fun
with the old man" This father-in-law, the
| president of the Proctorsvile bank Fit
ton is very bitter toward his father in law.
who he claims has attempted 10 defraud
him of thousands of dollars Fittou pro
| poses TO establish bank at Ludlow, to run
| in opposition to the one at Proctorsville.
| He offers 10 take $50, 900 worth of stock,
and doesn't want to be one of the officers.
| FlttOn last week advertised for informa-
ton that would lead to the conviction Of a
| certain person at Bellows Falls for selling
| liquor, against whom he has a grudge. and
| claims that he has already sufficient evil
/ dence from eight men to push the prosecu-
ton. Fitton may he depended upon to
keep matters lively, wherever he is
The early return of a copy Of the Con
fession of Michael Martin, or Captain
! Lightfoot" loaned from this office. is re-
| quested.
A public service in memory of Gen. VIM
/ I. Sherman and Admiral David d. Porter
will be held at the town hall next SUNDAY
afternoon at o'clock A memorial adj
dress will be delivered by Rev f. l. Phalen.
and the other clergymen of the village will
assist in the exercises. This memorial ser
vice was projected bv the members of the
| Grand Army post, but will not be attended
| by them in a body or made especially a
| Grand Army gathering. 1t is for all who
revere the memory of these ilustrious men.
! H. e. Clisbee, who has sold his interest
in the grocery store at No - Main street
10 Jerome Amidon, will be in the store for
some time to settle the accounts due the
late firm of II. G. Clisbee < Co Jerome
Amidon is brother Of Joseph Amldon. Mr..
Clisbee's partner, and the business will be
continued under the style of Amidon Broth
/ ers.
/ The public schools are closed for the
spring vacation of two weeks, and sessions
will be renewed Monday, March 30
j. II. Chamberlain arrives tomorrow
with another lot Of Indiana horses which
will go on sale at his stables on the Putney
road. Some of the attractive selections in
the list are enumerated in his new adver-
| tisement.
| The winter term Of Miss Sawyers school
closes with oral examinations. TO be held
today and on Monday and Tuesday of next
week, On Monday evening the pupils will
| present program Of closing exercises, be
/ ginning with THE great umbrella case, TO
be followed by musical selections, and clos
ing with The Standardization, in
| which numerous characters from both his.
tory and fiction will appear The first mum
Der of "The School Dial has been issued
| by the pupils Of Miss Sawyer's school 1t
makes creditable appearance, and will
| prove a valuable adjunct of the school work
News has been received this week of the
death at Harding, Iowa, of Mrs Gracia
Perry, sister Of Moses b. and c. l.. Howe
of this place. Mrs Perry was a native of
| Dover, her husband, Fayette Perry, being
prominent citizen of that town. After
his death she moved with her six children
to Illinois, going two years later, in 1857,
TO Iowa, where she has since lived. Two
daughters have died, and two are still liv-
ing there. Her two sons are prosperous
farmers who own a large tract of land.
Mrs. Perry will be well remembered by
many of the older residents of Dover and
vicinity. Her age was 81 years
G. p, Gibson announces one of his largest
auction sales Of horses yet, to take place at
the Elliot street stables next Thursday and
Friday. The horses are guaranteed 10 be
as good lot as have ever been set down in
this section, and includes one carload of
good Vermont horses. Catalogues and de-
scriptions will be furnished on application.
Mrs. W. 7. Dillingham; announces that
total contributions Of 1925. 0S have been
collected in Vermont for the Mary Wash
ington monument fund. -Windham county
contributed $S3 81
Gov. and Commander-in-Chief Page has
issued general order urging that the Yer
mont National Guard be put in the best
possible shape for the annual encampment
IN August, when il will bear a leading part
IN the dedication Of the Bennington battle
monument Commanding officers are in
structed to discharge all unsatisfactory
men, aud TO enlist recruits to fill their ranks
to the required number. Announcement
is also made that the term of service is
changed from five years to three.
Commander Brown writes from Bedford
City, Va, under date Of the 10th inst.
Robins, blackbrds and sparrows are
abundant, and have been for fortnight
datfodis are budded and many shrubs have
the leaf buds well formed A willow tree
near by is in young leaf, the grass is quite
green and the general signs of spring are
quite numerous If it were not for the
muddy roads the country would be an ex-
cellent one but their condition is the great
drawback to the prosperity of this region"
The town hall will be scene of rsyelry
tonight when the Rebekahs will give their
annual masquerade ball. A city eostumer
has been at the lower town hall for a day
or two past
Il, Wales will give the annual reception
10 his dancing classes at the town hall ON
Thursday evening, April ?. Reserved seat
tickets will go on sale at Holden's drug
store March %, at 1880 r. N.
Clapp & Jones will have on Saturday
Miss Mary Wilkinss new book, "a New
England Nun and other stories"