Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-06-12

The death of Mrs. Foster, widow of the
late William Foster, occurred last Saturday
at New Haven, Conn, from general state
of exhaustion following the grip. She was
formerly a resident of Brattleboro, and had
a large circle of friends here. She moved
from Brattleboro II years ago, and has for
some time resided with her daughter at
New Haven. The body was brought here
Monday by her son, Fred Foster, and her
daughters, Miss Addie Foster and Mrs.
Morris and the latters husband. A brief
service at the grave was conducted by Rev.
VIM. II. Collins. Mrs Fosters other two
children, Fay Foster of Seattle, Wash, and
Mrs. II. y. Fish of Savannah, Ga, were
unable to be present. Mrs. Foster was a
member of the Brattleboro Universalist
church. Her age was nearly 81 years.
Mrs. Matilda, wife of Clinton w. Lord,
whose death took place Sunday noon, had
been in her usual health until she was
suddenly taken i'll at q o'clock Sunday
morning. The burial was at East Putney.
Oasis encampment, l. o. O. F., exempli-
fled the work of the third degree on six
candidates last evening. This evening the
officers of canton Palestine will be installed.
The canton has an unusual amount of bust
ness on hand, and preparations are being
made for a trip to Bennington at the time
of the battle monument dedication.
Announcement is made by the Connecti-
cut River railroad management that. begin
ming on Sunday, June 2S, the day before
the White Mountain trains 90 on for the
season, the present night express trains
will be run on Sunday nights and Monday
mornings, Just as on other days of the
week. This train leaves Springfield at $40
p. NJ, soon after the arrival of the New
York & Albany express over the Boston &
Albany line, and arrives in Brattleboro at
1910 p. NJ. In the morning it leaves Brat
tleboro at j:25, reaches Springfield at 1925
and New York at :32 a. NJ. The con-
nectiOns of the train north will be by the
way of the Central Vermont main line
only. This arrangement will continue un-
til Oct. 1, or little later. 1t will enable
New York people to leave that city during
the summer months at 4 p. NJ. Sundays as
well as week days, and reach Bratteboro
at 1910 in the evening. 1t will also enable
New York business men to spend Sunday
in BrattlebOrO or vicinity and return home
early Monday morning, reaching the city
before noon. As, during the summer
months, Saturday is practically holiday
in the main business centre of the city,
New York business men can leave the city
at o'clock Friday afternoon and return
Monday morning without serious loss of
time. This step is an important one gained
toward providing necessary facilities for
travel to accommodate the summer business
of southern and eastern Vermont.
Pencil drawings have been received from
the New York architect who was here two
weeks ago to look over the town hall build
ing and judge of its capabilities for CONVEX
sion into such structure as will meet the
present needs of the town for general pub
lie purposes. Stated briefly and in gen
eral way the plan contemplates lowering
the present first floor of the building and
doing away with the entrance steps, 30
foot addition in the rear for stage purposes,
and the remodeling of the present interior
so as to give an opera house with a seating
capacity of 1000, with a commodious hall
for town meetings and other public pur-
/ poses on the upper floor in front. Under
| the proposed arrangement, room would be
| provided on the first floor for the post-office,
and for town officers. Pen and ink draw
ings have been made from the pencil
sketches and Photographic prints of these
will be made in due time to be hung in va
rious public places in order that everybody
may fully understand what the proposed
changes are. 1t is also intended to have
engravings made which may be used in
print, accompanied by detailed descrip-
ton.
Conductor Severance of the Brattleboro
IL Whitehall road attended this week the
| first annual convention of the grand divis-
ion of the Independent Order of Railway
| Conductors of America, held at st. Adams
This is new order, organized at New York
last July by former members of the Order
of Railway Conductors, who withdrew from
that order because it countenanced strikes
1t is a cardinal principle of the new order
not to engage in strikes, or to cOuntenance
any violent attempt to right individual
grievances. Mr.. Severance was elected
the chairman of the executive committee
The next convention will be held in New
Haven, Conn, in February, 1892.
The Lakeside House and cottages at
Chesterfield Lake are now open for the en-
tertainmCnt of guests.
The pupils of Miss Sawyer's school will
offer their friends pleasing entertainment
at the gypsy camp and lawn party to be
given on the school grounds, North street,
next Monday evening.
The Barnum IL Bailey circus will proba-
bly, appear in Brattleboro July I. 1t has
engaged grounds at Rutland for July O. and
is to go to that place from Greenfield, Mass.
by way of BrattleborO and Bellows Falls.
1t is highly interesting to see local items
copied into the Burlington Free Press from
The Phoenix and then taken from that pa
per and printed in the columns of weekly
sheet published 'south of Dummerston
and north of Vernon and credited to the
Free Press.
An Illustration of what prompt and sat
isfactory work, coupled with systematic ad-
vertising, will do in building up business,
is illustrated in the success attained by d.
l.. Griggs. A year ago last April Mr..
Griggs came to Brattleboro an entire
stranger and opened paint shop in the
old gas house building on Birge street, half
mile from the business portion of Brat
tleboro. He began advertising in unique
way, using small advertisements written in
racy vein, so that people have come to
look for them with each issue of The PhH-
nix. At first he did little business, but the
advertising soon began to show its effects,
the business increased and outgrew the
Birge street shop, and last March, in less
than year from the time he opened his
shop, it was necessary to secure new quar-
tiers, and the Frost building on Flat street
was therefore rented for term of five
years. Soon after establishing the paint
shop Mr.. Griggs gave attention to carriage
work, and now turns out everything in that
line, including any style of carriage ordered.
A speciality is made of repairing Con-
slant work is given to three men, and still
the buSiOpSS grows Tho ebop ic oaptro II,,