Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-03-11
RRATTLEBORO.

Owners of dogs should call at the town
clerks office at once and have their licenses
renewed
School committees and district clerks
should have the school registers returned
at once to the town clerks Office.
s. W. Kimball, district clerk, is this
week taking the enumeration of the chill
dren of school age in the village district.
The ladies of the Baptist society will
give leap-year social, supper and enter
tainment at the church parlors on the even
ing of Thursday, March II.
Quonektacat tribe of Red Men will work
the chiefs degree on six candidates this
evening, the work to be followed by the
serving of corn and venison.
Edward S. Sykes of Hartford, Conn,
was in town Wednesday, in the interests of
the Comfort Powder company, whose adj
Vertisement appears in another column.
The Maine delegation to the Republican
national convention at Minneapolis will
go via Norwood and the Niagara Falls
route 1t has also been arranged to have
the Vermont delegation, in its special car,
Join the party at Swanton, and efforts are
being made TO induce the New Hampshire
delegation to unite with them.
The wheelmen expect that the coming
season will see more interest taken in BIZ
cycling in BrattlebOrO than ever before.
Already the silent steeds are seen on!the side
walks, and many young men are consider
ing what mount to buy. Two years ago f.
A. Hubbard sold % new Columbus and
last year Fl of these machines. This year
in addition to the Columbia wheels he has
the agency for the Victor and Featherstone.
There are still few riders who declare that
there is more sport to be had on the high
wheel, but with most wheelmen anything
but a safety is regarded as a relic of by
gone age The old solid tire is also a
thing of the past, while the cushion and
the pneumatic or inflated tires are rivals
for popularity. For general riding this
year the Victor Model b, with - inch
cushion tires, will be a favorite but many
will prefer the pneumatic tire, and for this
style Mr.. Hubbard intends to push the old
and reliable Columbia. 1t is generally
agreed that the lightest wheels on the mar.
ket would not Withstand the hard usage on
Vermont roads.
1t was rather a singular coincidence that
the death of Martha p, wife of Capt Hen
~ S. Chase, should take place only II days
after the death of her husband, from the
same disease. 1t will be remembered that
Mr. and Mrs. Chase were visiting a daugh
ter at Greenfield, Mass, at the time Mr.
Chase suffered his fatal attack. Mrs. Chase
came to Guilford to attend the funeral and
returned with her daughter TO Greenfield
where she was taken suddenly ill with
pneumonia and her death followed week
later, last Sunday, March 9th. Mrs. Chase
was the daughter of Henry and Eliza E
Ward and was born in GuilfOrdApr. 10, 1928
She was married to Capt. Chase AZ years
ago. In addition to her four daughters
Mrs. Treveres of Brooklyn, n. Y, Mrs
Willard of Greenfield, and Mrs. Rugg and
Mrs. Young of this place-she leaves two
brothers, f. Z. Ward, the manager of the
Sholes farm at Dummerston, HoughtoI
Ward of Guilford, and sister, Mrs. Eliza
Cutting of Cambridge, Mass Mrs. Chase
was woman of retiring disposition, but Of
genuine worth of character, and TO hel
family she was sincerely devoted. The fu'
neral was held at Guilford on Tuesday, at
tended by Rev. F. W. Sprague.