Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-04-05


a reunion and roll call of the First Uni
versalist church will be held i'm the church
/ parlors Wednesday evening, April I T. sup
/ per will be served at o'clock
The Brattleboro Jelly company is having
a good pitch of business i'm handling the
/ pickles prepared by Mr.. Blair, the average
/ orders being for 30 dozen quart bottles per
/ day,
/ l. b. Taft is strengthening his Flat street
/ building 10y putting in additional supports
/ in the basement The second floor is now
/ occupied by the Valley Grain company with
a display of agricultural implements
Miss Essie Niles, a Brattleboro girl, who
has been head trimmer in one OF the large
city establishments. has been engaged for
/ the coming season 10y Mrs r. H. Morse.
/ Miss Miles j, now in New York making
selections for Mrs. Morse, and will return
Monday.
The directors of the street railroad com
pany have decided 90 ask the authorities
for changes and extensions i'm the route as
originally laid oui--iirpct from the town
/ ball via High street aud Western avenue
! to West Brattleboro. The proposed extern
sions are through streets in this village. SO
as TO accommodate larger number of peo-
/ pie.
EN-Goy. Fuller was Obliged this week to
| decline an invitation to give the principal
! speech at the banquet held at Colgate uni
/ versity ON patrons Day''-the great cele-
bratiOn of the college veal 10 is the Gus
/ tom each year TO have some prominent
man in public life respond to the leading
/ toast Hon. y. Sloat Fa,sett was the
/ speaker last year.
/ Maj. Childs was at Athol. Mass, last
week to give Postmaster j. w. Clayton of
/ that town the benefit of his experience
concerning the arrangement of the office
and certain details of management. MI
/ Clayton has added 100 call-boxes and is ar
ranging for additional lock-boxes. 1t is
/ expected that the Athol office will soon be
entitled to the free delivery system. -es
Cashier Ferry of the Agricultural bank.
/ Plttstield, has received from Postmaster
/ Childs of this town perfect bill of the
bank issued in January, 1919, signed by
/ Ezekiel r. Colt cashier and Thomas Gold.
/ president The bill is OF the denomination
/ of - and it had lain in a garrett since 1920.
/ As the bank was organized in ISIS. Cashier
! Ferry believes it to be one of the first issue
/ OF its currency Ii will be framed and hung
/ in the directors room.
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! ditions still unfayorable for maple sugar
/ making, and the indications are that the
/ crop will be unusually small some of the
farmers declare THAT with the present prices
there is almost no money i'm making sugar.
II he wholesale prices now run from to J.
cents, while as high as Is cents has been
paid for fine lots. The Brattleboro jelly
company has thus far received only about
/ 1000 pounds
j. +. Howard proved himself a close
student of Shakespeareau tragedy and an
excellent interpreter of it in his recital OF
Romeo and juliet at the Congregational
vestry Tuesday evening The entire play
was given from memory. Nj Howard as
Stunning each OF the several characters
Mr.. Howard will return to Brattleboro to
give Hamlet at the same place next Mon
day evening. Between the acts selections
will be played by Max Fiergau, the accom-.
plished yiolinst.
Harry w. Sawyer has sold the pair of
gray PAGERS which have attracted so much
attention during the winter to MI. Bene-
dict of Great Darlington. Mass, for $500
Mr.. Sawyer and c. 5. Stockwell were AT
Great Barrington Monday. Another pair
of horses were taken in part payment for
the PAGERS and were at once bought by Mr.
| Stockwell for use by the Brattleboro Livery
company. Mr. Sawyer, who has spent
the winter with his sister, Mrs. W w.
Cook, will return at once to his home in
Miller, South Dakota.
John Barden. the oldest resident of Wells
this state, died suddenly March %. He
was the son of Bethue Bardeu and was
born in Savoy, Mass, in 1907. His wife
was Susan Lamb of Wells, and her death
took place two years ago after "a years of
married life. Eight children were born to
them, of whom five survive, one being
Herbert Barden OF Brattleboro. He is
also survived by Is grandchildren and 10
greats grandchildren. Mr. Barden repre-
scented Wells in the legislature several
terms, and for several years in succession
was door keeper Of the Vermont House of
representatives
The annual meeting of the Baptist church
was held Wednesday evening The report
of the clerk showed the present member
ship to be AGO. There have been eleven
deaths during the year, the largest number
in several years. Reports were received
from the Sunday school, Woman's Mission
airy and Aid society, Young Women's aux
lliary, Ruthians, Young Peoples society
OF Christian EndeavOr, and the Junior En-
deavor society. The reports showed con
siderable work done, the aggregate amount
expended for benevolent purposes being
about Sl37j. l. O. p. Smith was reelected
clerk and treasurer. The members of the
standing committee elected for three years
were l. O. p. Smith and f. S. Knight.
The usual committees were elected.
John l.. Buttolph of Middlebury, 81.
died Monday at the North Main street |
home of his daughter, Mrs. Fremont Ham |
lton. Mr.. Buttolph came here several /
weeks ago. He was at that time suffering |
with asthma and complications which |
caused his death. Mr.. Buttolph was one |
OF the most prominent men in Addison |
county. He was for many years a pros
porous farmer, engaged in raising merino
sheep when that industry was an import
ant one in the western part of the state
The town of Middlebury had honored him
with every office in its gift. In recent
years he had lived in the village of Middle
bury and had served as one of it's trustees
several terms. He was the representative
from Middlebury in the legislature of 1890.
His wife died about a year ago In add-
ton to his daughter he is survived by one
son, j, +. Buttolph of Middlebury. The
body was taken Tuesday to his former home
for burial.
The closing meeting of the Woman's
held at the Brooks House Mon
day evening, was one of the most interest
ing of the winters series. Mrs j. NJ.
Tyler gave paper on the Rev. VIM. Wells.
the second minister resident il Brattleboro
and the first pastor of the Brattleboro
East society. Mr.. Wells was an English
ltcca atfaVsr l1rl 10.