Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-03-09

ned to live In wilmington anu Jne SUI
grew UP there, attending the village school
until 1878, when he came to Brattleboro
and learned the printers trade in the OF
fee of Geo +. Selleck. In this trade he
became expert and followed 1t here and in
Bennington until the establishment OF the
Brattleboro telephone exchange when,
warned that he could not safely continue
an indoor life, he became its electrician,
and it was under his direction and by his
own hands that very large part of our
local telephone system, not only in Brat
tleboro but in the connecting towns, has
been built up. Beginning with no practi-
cal experience and having the advantage
of only limited technical knowledge of the
science of electricity, he mastered its intri-
cate details and in the end gave his work
the finish of an expert. He was largely
instrumental in securing the introduction
of the Gamewell tire-alarm system in Brat
tleboro a work in which his public spirit
was shown, and up to the time of his final
illness the apparatus was in his charge
He had a great love for outdoor life and
outdoor things and it was through this
characteristic, coupled with his deft and
almost intutive way of performing work,
which to others was obscure or impossible,
that he became an accomplished taXider-
mist, leaving in the natural history muse
UNI and in many private collections speci-
mems of mounted birds and animals which
will long remain to testify to his skill and
ready helpfulness toward objects which APP
pealed to his interest
Few men were as Familiarity known on
Brattleboro streets as he, and none met
more in his round of daily life that count
ed him their friend. His energy and per-
sistence were beyond his physical endur-
ance and his work was often done in the
face of weakness and difficulty that would
have conquered one less active and hope
full He had ready wit, and not infre-
quently a grim humor which turned the
edge of many a shaft and many day of
trial and disability. He was a stanch
friend and unsparing in personal service
in answer to every call. Few who knew
him well will soon forget the apt, incisive
way in which, upon occasion, he could
sum up, in a sentence, the characteristics
of an individual or a situation.
Mr.. Clary was married in 1882 to Miss
Flora J. Cutting, the only daughter of j.
c. Cutting of Guilford and for several
years a successful teacher in the Brattle-
boro public schools. They had one child.
a daughter, who has now reached the age
of ten years. Mr. Clary is also survived
by his mother, and sister, Mrs. Millie A.
Adsit of Burlington.
AT l O'Clock Wednesday afternoon Rev.
w. II. Collins, in whose church (St. Nj
chaers EpiscopaD Mr.. Clary sang for a
term of years, said prayers and the bene-
diction at the house The body was then
brought to the Baptist church, where the
funeral was held and many friends gather
ed TO express a common sorrow. Rev. Mr..
Parry, who conducted the service, spoke
teelingy and impressively from his own
personal acquaintance with Mr. Clarv.
The floral tributes were profuse and of
great beauty. The burial was in Prospect
Hill cemetery. A. L, Childs, A. p. Childs,
X. 5. Childs and f. w. Childs, uncles of
Mr.. Clary, and Kittredge Haskins and c.
u. Tilton, uncles by marriage, acted as
bearers. Relatives We're present from
Springfield, Northampton and Deer6eld
Mass. Representatives of the New Eng
land Telephone company also came to tes-
tify their respect.