Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-12-21

Rev. A. ID. Brown gives his lecture on
Cline in the Claremont course next week.
Gen. Esteys residence is being connected
with the long distance metallic telephone
circuit.
The guests at the Brooks House are TO
have "tree" in the parlors Christmas
evening.
j. f. Fisher fell Friday on the ice in the
yard at his Western avenue home and frac-
tured his hip. Mr. Fisher is " years old.
Previous to his fall he had not been in good
health and his condition is now considered
serious.
The agreement to take tickets for the
Prince Pro Ten performance is being
largely signed, and it is expected that the
engagement of the company will be an
nOunced next week. This will be the
most important attraction of the season,
and one of the greatest ever seen in town.
At a meeting of the New England drec.
tors of the Denison Land and Improvement
company and the Denison Building and
Loan company it was voted that the proxies
of stockholders in New Hampshire be sent
+. j. Tenney at Caremont, and those of
stockholders in Vermont, Massachusetts,,
Connecticut and Rhode Island to A. p.
Childs, Bennington.
In spite of the unceremonious depart
ure of the sleghing Brattleboro streets
have been lively this week with Christmas
shoppers. Yesterday and the day before
the buying of holiday goods began in earn
est, and the indications are that the trade
will reach its accustomed flood tide on Sat
urday and Monday. 1t is not against
either buyers or dealers that the purchases
are largely of usefulartces of staple value.
Mr.. Howard, the teacher of writing, is
making arrangements for an exchange of
specimens of handwriting by pupils in the
second to the ninth grades inclusive, with
specimens from the similar grades in Bel
lows Falls, Keene and Greenfield. These
specimens will be shown in rotation in the
four places, and will be seen in Brattleboro
sometime in January. 1t is a subject in
which the pupils and teachers feel lively
interest.
Wayne NJ. Reed and Miss Belle II. Len
nox were married Wednesday evening at
Ansonia, Conn, by Rev. Charles +. Wood
cock rector of Christ church of that town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reed will be at home after
Jan. | at 1926 fremont street, Ansonia.
No cards. Mr.. and Mrs. Reed have a host
of Brattleboro friends who extend congrat-
ulations and good wishes. Mr.. Reed was
| for several years employed in Ranger d
! ThompSOn's store, while Mrs. Reed did
! good work as local reporter.
| At the annual meeting of the Baptist
society on Tuesday evening the report of
the treasurer showed that the receipts of
/ the year had been S3141.33. Various mat
/ tiers of interest to the society were dis
| cussed at the meeting Tuesday and at the
adjourned meeting last evening. These
officers were elected: President, :. IL.
! Sherman; vice president, $ II. Warren 4;
secretary, II. b. Chamberlain; trustees,
| Gen. j. j. Estey, +. w. Stoddard, II. p.
Wellman, Dr. II. d. Holton, |. O. p.
Smith: treasurer, c. F. X. Jenne; collect
or, w. B. Smith; auditor, H. f. c. T0dt.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Horner was invaded Friday evening last,
the 18th anniversary of their wedding, by
% members of Oasis encampment, |. O.
o. F. A small party of intimate friends
who had partaken of supper with Mr.. and
Mrs. Horner were present when the in
truders arrived. Charles Endlich presented
Mr.. and Mrs. Horner with handsome
table lamp, in behalf of the Odd Fellows,
and also made appropriate remarks as he
handed out bundles which were found to
contain two small figures after yard upon
yard OF paper had been unrolled. After
the presentations a. jolly time was spent,
during which refreshments were served.
Mrs. Sarah r. Wheeler, who had many
friends among the older residents of Brat.
tleboro, died in Elgin, ILL.,, Dec. s. Mrs
Wheeler was born in Wakefield, Eng.
Nov. p, 1914. She came to America
when Is years of age. She married Lu.
cius Wheeler of New York in October
1884, residing in that city about IL years
when with her husband and children she
removed to Brattleboro, where Mr. Wheel
er conducted a manufacturing business un
til his death, which occurred November 4
1857. Mrs. Wheeler was the mother OF
eleven children, of whom seven survive
Mrs. Wheeer's home since 1S73 had beer
with her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Bosworth
in Elgin. Mrs Wheeler was a member OF
the Baptist church and a woman of noble
traits of character.
Dr. Robert Bruce Urquhart, who died
in Boston last week at the age of 81 years
was a native of Nova Scotia, but came L
Boston at an early age. He graduated
from the medical department of Harvard
university and practiced his profession in
Boston with his brother. He sustained an
injury to his head which made him de-
ranged at times, and because of this and
another trouble, the exact nature of which
he never revealed to Brattleboro friends
he came here and secured employment as
a painter, and also at the Carpenter Organ
factory. Later he practiced medicine here,
giving his services freely, even in cases
where he expected no pay. He went to
Boston six weeks ago to be treated for a
disease of the throat, and was operated
upon in that city. He leaves a wife, who
was Maude Ford of Boston.
Z. A. wilkins of Salem, Mass, is very
fresh drummer who is well known in Brat.
tleborO. He is the man who declared at a
dance at the town hall that there was no
coop in BrattlebOro big enough TO put
him out of the hall. Officer c. G. Turner
accepted the invitation and used Wilkins
as a mop before leading him outdoor
wilkins has come into notoriety at Boston
this week. He took a room Wednesday
night with one Maggie Haggerty of WOr-
cester at the st. Nicholas hotel. wilkins
was drunk at the time. Two hours later
his companion fell from the third story
window and struck a herdic. She had one
leg broken in two places and was internal.
ly injured. 1t was at first thought that
wilkins threw her from the window, but
he was found asleep in the room and the
young woman says that she mistook the
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