Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01

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give a concert at Che town hall March ~.
Another of the children of II. o. Cool
idge is i'll with scarlet fever.
The Red Men had a jolly time Wednes
day evening, the particulars of which are
given in our Guilford correspondence.
A party of Free Masons and ladies 60 t
Newfane tonight by special train. Aftel
supper at Pratt's hotel there will be so
cial dance at Union hall.
A sleighride to Putney, under the aus
pices of the Congregational Endeavor so
ciety, will occur next Tuesday, when large
teams will leave the church at 1880 o'clock
AT special meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club held Wednesday night the mat
ter of renting rooms in the new Farmers
q Mechanics exchange block was dis
cussed.
Officers from Hinsdale visited the brew
cries Tuesday night, but no business was
being carried on. The proprietors of the
breweries had a hearing Saturday before
Justice Hooker of Hinsdale in reference
to the previous raid. An appeal wa;
taken.
One of the most interesting meetings in
the history of the society was that held by
the Ruthians Wednesday evening at the
home of Miss Minnie Brasor, on Frost
Place. Rudyard Kipling was the author
studied, and the program consisted of a
sketch of his life and variety of his writ
ings, both prose and verse. A sale is con.
templated for an early date.
A hearing is being held today by a
committee of the Massachusetts legislature
on the petitions of the trustees of the
Moody schools at Mortified and Mt. Her
mon to increase the amount of property
that may be held by each school to $1,000,
600. Gen. j. j. Estey, the treasurer OF
the Mortified seminary, is in Boston to
appear before the committee.
Barney Cannon, jr., department COM
mander of>the Grand Army, has appointed
his aides-de-camp, those in this county be-
ing George E. Greene and Ornan Prescott
of Brattleboro; II. o. Leonard, member
of the post in Brattleboro but now a resi-
dent of Bellows Falls, NJ. o. Connell, G.
W. Brown aid j. A. Thwing of Bellows
Falls; E. S. Wilder of Jamaica; II. f.
Barber of Wilmington; B. T. Phelps of
Westminster and II. II. Brainard of Put
ney
To an outsider the prices paid for rare
stamps seem marvellous, says the New
York Sun. When, some years ago, a lucky
ragman found a Brattleboro stamp on a
letter at the bottom of refuse heap and
sold it for $500, everybody lifted up hands
in wonder that such price should be paid
for bit of paper not so years old. Yet
more than three times that amount has
been paid for other stamps in many cases,
and there are probably twoscore specimens
which are rated at more than $1,000
apiece. Frequently the value of a stamp
consists in something that would hardly be
noticed by any one not an expert-the sur
charging of some word across the face, or
the grilling on the back. Many of the
valuable stamps, too, are quite ordinary ia
appearance, differing not greatly from the
issues of today.
Julius E. Chaplin died Sunday afternoon
at the home of his son, Henry A. Chaplin,
the druggist, on North street. Mr.. Chaplin
had been in declining health for several
weeks, and beginning last Friday he sank
rapidly away, apparently from general
exhaustion. He had lived here with his
son since 1888. He was carpenter by
trade and during the active years of his
life was the leading builder in Greenfield
fruit-grower, and friends and neighbors
had watched with interest his operations
in this direction during the past few years
in the well-known garden on Williston
street. He was a man of genial temper.
held in esteem by the circle of acquaintance
whom he had made IN Brattleboro. and
greatly loved by his children and young
grandchildren. Brief services were held at
Z no hprca NNaIpaeInry
in the family lot in Greenfield, where the
mother of Henry A. Chaplin and the
second wife of the father are buried.
Justin W. Clayton, who has been APP.
pointed postmaster at Athol, Mass, is a
Brattleboro boy, % years old He is a
son of Rev. A. W. Clayton, the Advent
preacher, now of Jamaica. Young Clay
ton graduated from Glenwood seminary at
West Brattleboro and then spent a year at
the University of Vermont. He went to
Athol six years ago and entered the EN-.
ploy of Goddard d Manning, piano case
For the past four wears
he has been foreman of the firms veneer
room. He was the Democratic candidate
for representative to the Massachusetts leg
islature from the Athol district three wears
ago, and stood at the head of the Demo
cratic organization in that town two wears.
He is master workman of the Athol lodge
of United WUrkmen, a member of the
committee of the Baptist church
choirister of its choir, and teacher of the
largest class in its Sunday school. Mr..
Clayton's wife was Miss Campbell of West
Brattleboro, formerly of Westminster.
Greenfield has its electric railroad case
also, and hearing was held Monday rela-
tive 10 granting franchise from Silver
street down Federal street and through
the tunnel near the depot to the Deerfield
line. The selectmen of Deerfield and
Montague will give hearings at early dates.
as the road will be laid partly in those
towns before reaching Turner'S Falls. The
Gazette says there is strong public senti-
ment in favor of granting the franchise.
and adds: ''The Turner's Falls people see
how the road can some day be extended to
Lake Pleasant and Millers Falls to their
With that accomplished the
next move will be to reach out to North
held, which by some means should have
more direct communication with this part
Of the county. Mortified trade assoeia-
lions are now largely with BrattlnbOro for
she simple reason that it is easier 10 get
there than to other markets. No man can
foretell what the development of electric
systems of road may be before the end of
.he next ten years" Perhaps a spur line
from the BrattlebOrO and Winchester road
will run to Mortified before the line from
Turner's Falls reaches that town.
The following, which will be of interest
70 many old residents, is from paper read
before the Fitchburg, Mass, historical So
,lety last week by ex-POstmaster F. e.
Currier of that city: ''Sylvanus Wood.
5he veteran expressman, was a very pop
llar driver and famous for always being
on time. He drove for many years from
FitchburP To Rrattlahnrn and hrnrnlt a.