Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-01


versalist church was held last evening. and
the pews were largely taken.
The employees of the Estey shops are
discussing the advisability of forming a
cooperative insurance society, to include
all the men who work there.
There was a lively runaway Wednesday
evening, when the horse with the Dummer
park milk cart went down Main street and
around the turn for the Connecticut river
bridge. No damage.
New Year pansies, both blooms and par
TALLY opened buds, are on our desk this
morning, placed there by Il. n. Hescock.
who plucked them in 1892 from his own
garden in Estcyvillc. Pansies have also
been picked in other PARIS of the town
during the week.
Donnell IL Davis, the milliners. are busi-
ly engaged in arranging their goods i'm their
temporary quarters in the large room at
the head of the stairs i'm the Hcrrick a.
WYman building. Their customers will
soon find them as ready as ever to rive
them prompt service
The contest for the French clock which
mas excited so much interest at the bowling
alley, came to an end last night. During
the day Chauncey Knapp rolled up a score
OF 2IS, and the clock is his. For some
time Mr.. Barber, of the asylum force mas
led the bowlers with . r,e"s-G1 Of 2GS. Mr..
Knapp has been one of the most persistent
contestants. and his victory is well de
served
The annual New Years reception to
young men at the rooms of the Young
Mems Christian association occurred last
evening, and was an occasion of much So
cial enjoyment The rooms were BRIGHT
and fragrant with flowers, and holly and
evergreen We're freely used the window be-
ing filled with potted plants and bearing
the words Happy New Year" Coffee.
cake and nuts were served and pleasant
program Of music and readings was given.
Car No. , of the United States fish com
mission was in Brattleboro on Wednesday.
and left with the warden a quantity of
young California trout to be distributed i'm
this vicinity. The car was in charge of Il.
,. johnson, and left the government hatch
cry at Nytheville, Va, a week ago with
300 fish. They were distributed prnci-
pally at the streams in Massachusetts and
ermont The trout are. n year old and
vary from two and One-half to three inches
in length.
Programs have been distributed this
week for the meeting of the Vermont
Dairymen's association, to be held i'm Brat
tleboro week after next, Jan. 12-l4. Cop
les may he had on application to DR.. {.
ii. ShocS, addressed to Brattleboro. 1t
will be matter of the most ordinary i'm
provement of ones opportunities for the
farmers of Nindham county to make it
point to attend these meetings. All of the
proceedings will be of the most practical
character, and during the whole three DAYS
object lessons will be in active operation
showing the most modern and approved
dairy appliances.
Our obituary columns tell this week
rather startling story of the ravages of the
unreasonable weather and of the prevail
ing epidemic upon people of advanced
years or of infrm health 1t is rarely
that so many such notices have appeared
in any one issue. From nearly every town
in the county come reports of the preva-
lence of the grip, and the general news
dispatches show that it is taking a sweep
ing hold upon practically the whole coun-
try. In several cases in the larger manu-
featuring towns factories have been shut
down on account of illness among opera
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every such case, many cases of illness are
attributed to the grip which are no more
than the attack OF an ordinary cold or in
tluenza. 1t is good time to avoid need
less exposure, to keep warm. and to eat
only wholesome food.
The marriage of Miss Lula G. Corser at
the home Of her father, b. G.. Corser. on
Chaplin street Wednesday afternoon. was
the occasion of the gathering of quite
company of friends, and was pleasant
event The ceremony was performed at
1870 o'clock by Rev. F. w. Sprague. The
groom was Mr.. John l.. Snyder of Essex
Junction, and the bridal couple We're at
tended by Miss Fannie Billings of Leba-
non \. H., as bridemaid and Mr.. b. Ha-
zelton of Essex junction as best man.
Col. G. w. Hooker acted as usher. The
house was prettily decorated, in the par
lOr where the ceremony occurred there be-
ing a tasteful Arrangement of evergreen
banking and potted plants, a carpet of ev-
ergreen and the letters ''S' and "C' worked
into the decorations. The bride was
dressed in a gown of pearl colored silk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder went directly to Es-
sex Junction, where their home will be.
Manager O'Neill attended a meeting at
Springfield, Mass, last Friday. called in
the interest of the proposed Connecticut
valley base ball league. The meeting was
adjourned until January Is. Mr.. O'Neill
also went to Hartford and Holyoke on
base ball business. Bowers has not fully
decided whether he will play here next
season. If he takes a postgraduate course
he will be sure to come to Brattleboro, but
if not he will engage at once in newspaper
work. The list of league players has been
made public this week. Dowd is given as
substitute at Washington, having been
forced out of his regular position through
the engagement of old league men. Wood
cock is not given in the Pittsburg list,
his BrattleborO friends know that
he received large sum of advance money.
Burrell is booked as one of the three
pitchers for St. Louis. Dowd is now at
Holyoke, and is expected to visit in Brattle-
bOrO soon.
Mr.. Salmon Fessenden a native of Brat
tleboro, and for many years resident of
this town, died on Tuesday at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Silas Hill in Milford.
Mass, where his declining years have been
spent. Mr.. Fessenden was born in the
west part of the town in 1904. After his
marriage he settled upon a farm in Hall
fax, where he remained until he went to
Salem, n. Y, and kept hotel for several
years in company with his brother-in-law.
the late William Bullock After leaving
Salem he returned to West Brattleboro and
bought what is now known as the Wiswell
farm on the Marlboro south road, and here
he lived until some II or 10 years ago,
when he sold the farm to Mr. Wiswell and
removed with his wife to Milford, to live
with their daughter, Mrs. Fessenden died
some two or three years afterward. Her
maiden name was Dorothy Esterbrook.
She was the sister of VIM Ii and Gen Nv