Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-29


ing.
John Calvin is now a believer in the far
reaching effects of advertising. As a re-
suit of his advertisement in The Phoenix
he has received a letter of inquiry from
Oklahoma regarding aluminium ware.
II. r. Brown advertises an auction of 80
horses at his stable, so Elliot street, Tues
day, April ?, at 10 a. NJ. These horses
were bought with special reference to the
home demands. In the lot are four match
ed pairs.
James Gilbert, widely known as a comic
opera director, will have personal charge
of "Prince Pro Tenn" at the town hall
Friday evening next. The company that
will appear here is the only and original
one consisting of 80 people that played to
crowded houses at the Boston Museum
for 167 nights. A 60 foot car is carried by
the company to transport the baggage and
scenery.
All of the locomotive engineers of the
Boston d Maine railroad system were ex-
amined recently on the working and appli-
cation of the Westinghouse air brake.
When the result was announced, it was
found that Engineer Fred Tuthill of Brat
tleboro led the entire list, with a record of
nine out of a possible ten. the second man
having a score of eight Considering what
a large system the Boston & Maine is, the
achievement is notable, and will make Mr.
Tuthill likely man for promotion.
Three new houses will be built on Canal
street this season. W. Il. Stuart has sew
eral men at work removing the barn at
tached to j. II. Stebbins's house, and will
erect a handsome building on the lot. W
q. DOolittle will build an apartment house
between the residences of l.. H. Barrett
and j. c. Howe. Andrew Horton is plan
ming TO move to a rear lot his house now
occupied by Henry Weatherhead. and to
build a new house fronting on the street
John Guiheen. a young man of this vii
lage, was killed on the railroad near South
Vernon two or three years ago, and suit
for $4,000 damages was brought by his
relatives. The case came up in the court
at Northampton recently. but the Judge
ordered it thrown ont owing to an error in
the presentment. In the mean time the
period in which suit could be brought
against the railroad company had expired,
so that the young mans parents will get
nothing from the railroad company.
Aleonce Marion, while barber in Brat
tlebOTO, gained a reputation as a "scrap-
per- by using his fists on at least TWO &C.
casiOns, one of them resulting in a fine.
Marion is now proprietor of a barber shop
in Gardner, Mass. a young man named
Placide Gallant. attempted to shave Marion
10 show his tonsorial ability. During the
process Gallant cut one of Marion's razor
strops. Words led to blows in which Gal
liant was badly bruised and cut and thrown
out into the street unconscious. Marion
was arrested and gave bonds in the sun
Of $500 for trial Gallant had not recov-
cred sufficiently to appear in court Monday
and the case was continued a week
The death of Mrs. lydia W. Leonard
wife of Charles II. Eddy of the firm OF
| Eddy Il Co.. occurred Wednesday night.
She has been in i'll health for some time
and had failed rapidly the past two weeks
She was the daughter of the late Roland
Leonard, for many years a resident OF
WardsborO In addition 10 her husband
and one son, Henry Eddy, she leaves a
brother and sister living in Dummerston
Mrs. Eddy was a woman of quiet DISPOSE
! ton, but one who was sincerely conscien
tious and highly esteemed. The funera
/ will be held at the house on Clark street
tomorrow, Saturday, at 1890 A. NJ.
Mrs. Lucinda Sartwel Elliot, who diet
| Wednesday at the age of SO years and siS
| months, was probably the oldest resident
| of Brattleboro. She was the last of the
/ seven children of Sylvanus and Lucy Sart-
well, and was born on what is now tht
| farm of Z. K. cIOodall, where she lived un
/ til her marriage to James Elliot in 1927
! Her married life was spent in Brattleborc
/ with the exception of a short time wheI
Mr. Elliot was at work in Barre, Mass.
/ and Winchester, n. II. Mr. Elliots dealt
| took place in 1S4S, and since then Mrs. FL
/ hot has lived with her children, three OF
/ whom survive her-Mrs. Lucy French, C.
! 5. Elliot and Miss Frances Elliot, all Of
| this town. Mrs Elliot had been a mem
/ Der of the Baptist church about 40 years
/ The funeral will be held Saturday after
/ noon at at the house in Centreville.
Photographer J. /. Lowell of Amherst
Mass. who has a record of 46 wears unde
! the skylight, was the subject OF an inter.
/ esting sketch in the Springfield Sunday Re
/ publican. Mr.. Lowell began making da
! guerreotypes at Ware, Mass, in 1919, anC
/ three years later came 10 Brattleboro AT
ter four years here he sold the business K
! the late Q. L. Howe. Mr.. Lowell prepared
the pictures for a geological work arranged
/ by DR.. Dean of Greenfield, and later tool
| 10000 photographs for a similar undertak
ing under the direction of Presiden
Hitchcock of Amherst. In 1882 Mr.. Low
ell went with Prof. Todd of Amherst col
lege TO take charge of the Photographic
OF the transit of Venus at the Lick obser
vatory in California. These 145 view
were the finest ever made of a transit, on
of them receiving a special mention in tn,
diploma awarded Amherst College for its
Ia 4,## Il TT-,,-I 4..-
/ of illness MI Lowell was Obliged to decline
the position OF photographer to Prof. TODD
on the trips to Japan and Africa. Will,
in Brattleboro Mr.. Lowell had many mel
more or less known to fame sit for the old
fashioned daguerreotype, among them be
ing Henry Ward Beecher, who was on
lecturing tour Gov. Holbrook was Otter
under the skylight in his studio. He ais,
made large number of studies for LarziI
q. Mead, the sculptor, who was Just thel
beginning the work which has made hin
famous.
j. Henry Goddard died at his home il
Barre, Mass, Friday after a long Hines
from complicated lung troubles. Mr.. God
dard was one of Barrels most worthy ant
respected citizens. He was a native o
| Petersham, and was born December 3, 1927
He went TO Barre when Is years of age l.
learn the printing business, and serve
three years in the office of the Barre Pa
triot then published by n. F. Bryant, VIII
will be remembered as a resident of Vel
non in his later years. Several years late
he bought the Patriot of the late Judg
p. Emory Aldrich, and continued its pull
lication until it was united with the Ga
zette. In March, 1860, he bought the Ca
zette of n. F. Bryant, and successfully
continued its publication until November
1872. Later he was a proof-reader a
Charles Hamiltons Office in Worcester
| and for saVaral wears was assistant fnrnnnal