Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-09
WEST BRATTLRBoRo


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,oLa Is, Eleanor II. Newton of West Brat.
buU,io, Wlie OF Roswell II. Newton. n
JioIuer Oh Town Clerk VIM S. Newton
Siou lasv sunday, after a lingering Illness
Ja,,u Was oorh IN Vernon March 4. 1910 n
S a,,t5 VI Elias and Cynthia Bennett
W., o ~. uer parents soon removed to
o,o - Di"vlleooro, where, at three years of
T1Sv, que came to live with her uncle. Mr.
ro. ,"9D"s bennett. Under his careful d.
soSi sue was educated in the common
A. 90 ana al the Brattleboro academy.
on,,, ~ years Oh age she began to teach and
v oiv.iu 9' IN TINS employment several
years, in various districts, She evcolIod u,
I Ga1Ihe eit and English grammar. In
lofu she became member of the Congre-
gatlonal church. She was marriod r.
Is, 1913, and has lived ON tbe bon1oetooj
Where she died ever since. In the Same
district she has lived ~ wears Tbroo
ueaths have occurred in the home before
Ihis-her mother and sister, and tbe first
cnlld' daughter, who died at 10 The
0ther child, W. ID. Newton, resides with
ms family at the old home. This has also
Deen the nome of several young men who
received their first real start i'm life here
Inc funeral of Mrs. Newton occurred at
Vhe house on Wednesday forenoon. her
pastor, Rev. j. II. Rabbit, officiating.
MIS- Newton was woman of many vir-
tues, beloved in the home and neighbor-
noou and consistent as Christian.
a Close Call.
One of the lamps in the prescription
room OF the drug store ignited Wednesday
evening when no one was present. Mrs.
Dawson, who was in another room, heard
the chimney cracking, and on examination
found the lamp all ablaze. She immedi-
ately ran to the door and called for help.
Ohas. Barrett and Henry Stockwel were
passing by and rushed in, finding the
counter and shelves burning. The fire
was eXtlngulshed as soon as possible, but
not until large quantity of medicine in
bottles and boxes were destroyed. The
fire might have been something serious but
Tor the timely assistance of Messrs. Stock.
well and Barrett, as there were no men in
the building at the time Dr. Dawson fig
ures the loss at about $75, which was COW
cred by insurance.
The Baptist parsonage has recently been
repaired, slated etc.
Miss Helen Barnard of Wilmington has
moved here and has taken rooms with
Mrs. Evans.
Mrs. 5. 5. Morse recently gave a SO clock
tea to the lady members of the West Brat
tleboro euchre club.
X. D. Adams has been in the back towns
for few days picking up poultry, ETC., for
the Thanksgiving trade.
Miss Nina Miller from Dover and Miss
Ollie Miller from Wilmington are home to
remain until after Thanksgiving.
| 1.
day evening, the 18th, at 80, at Academy
hall, between pupils of town schools
Will Chase has moved to the tenement
recently occupied by L. II. Barrett in the
house owned by II. c. Harris instead of
Cotton Mather's house, as stated.
The Crescent Comedy company will pre-
sent "Patrick and Peter, or around the
Horn" at Academy hall the night of Nov.
20. The play will first be brought out at
the Brattleboro Retreat the 10Th.
As one of Bonds coal teams was trying
to get up into the door yard of a house on
Melrose street the horse evidently thought
it easier to back the load than to draw il
and as a consequence there was confused
mass of coal, horse and dump cart at the
foot of a steep embankment few seconds
later The driver jumped and was not in
jured but the harness and cart were some
what the worse for the trip.
1t was not our intention, in the article
last week regarding electric lights, to fine
any fault with the lights themselves bu
the number, which is not sufficient. Al
the time the lights were first put in Treas
urer Thompson of the Electric Light com
pany tried to impress the fact upon tn
minds of the selectmen that 10 lights wer
needed to do satisfactory work, but the,
hesitated for the reason of the expense.
The social of the Congregational Chris
tan Endeavor society, postponed from las
l week on account of the storm, was he'll
Tuesday evening and was an enjoyable at
! fair An interesting feature of the enter
. tainment was the representation of well
known books by those present. The even
! ing tends to prove that with little ind
vdual effort the ranks can be closed u
and made effective, even though much dc
pleted by the absence of many OF on
t young people.