Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-03-27

Morse & Edgett have sold G. X. ST.
monds's Arabian horses to Boston firm.
There was a washout yesterday in the
retaining wall near the Centreville bridge
on the line of the electric road.
The basket ball team of the Rutland Y.
NJ. G. A. will play here April l. The Rut-
land team has not been beaten this season.
The grange sugar supper last evening
was attended by about 200 people. 1t was
followed by a dance in which a large com
pany participated.
Goddard & Pentland's show of fancy
bantams in the window of the Farmers
& Mechanics exchange has been followed
by display of several varieties of pigeons
owned by W. f. Goddard and G. W, Pierce.
The listers elsewhere give notice that
theg will take inventories at Western en-
CINE hall, West Brattleboro, Wednesday,
April /; and at the selectmen's room,
town house, Saturday, April 4. Blanks
may be procured at the town clerks office
or of the listers.
Bailiff John Calvin and Chief Engineer
Turner were in Townshend Wednesday
consulting with people there in regard to
fire protection in that village. They offered
| TO sell them the Phoenix hand engine, a
hose cart, 1000 feet of hose and to build
them three reservoirs for 1925.
Mrs. Anastasia O'COnnors, wife of
| Thomas O'ConnOrs, died Tuesday at her
home on South Main street. Mrs. O'COn-
nors, whose maiden name was Lee, was at
one time an employe at the Brooks House.
| She leaves, beside her husband, one son,
! Thomas. VIM. Lee of this place and John
j. Lee of Springfield are brothers of Mrs.
| O'Connors.
A jew peddler who was here Saturday
found after leaving town that the invento-
ry of his pack was short $1.50 worth of
| goods. Back he came and with Police
man Hall called at the house where he
suspected he had been 'relieved" of the
goods. The woman of the house indig-
nantly denied the insinuaton but seemed
anxious to pay S1.50 and the Jew went
away happy.
The tickets for the "Old Homestead"
went on sale this morning. As early as
$3.50 the boys began to gather and two
hours later there were over 80 in line.
When the outside doors were opened about
Gas there was a grand rush for places in
the corridor, and men and the older boys
crowded several of the smaller BOYS from
the line and some of those who had been
waiting since $50 were unable to obtain
good seats. The whole house was practi-
cally sold solid, only few rows in the up
per gallery being left.
Rev. G. c. V. Eastman, D. D., 5. T. D.,
who died at Benton Harbor, Mich, March
), was the first rector of Chrst's Episcopal
church of Guilford, 1851 to 1854, and later
did mission work in Brattleboro He was
born in Addison county in 1907 and grad
uated at Mddlebury college in 1929. There
are now three survivors of this class, one
of them being Rev. Thomas j. Sawyer, d.
D., for many years connected with Tufts
college, but who wasIa Universaist preach
er at West Brattleboro many years ago.
DR.. Eastman had served as rector in several
states and Canada. The body was brought
to Burlington, where his daughter lives.
Engineer F. J. Leach and fireman c. c,
Cheney of the New London road had a
narrow escape from serious and perhaps
fatal accident yesterday morning mile
north of Lebanon, Conn, while running
train No. "A, which leaves New London at
$40. The train was going 30 miles al
hour when the parallel rod connecting the
right drivers broke nearly in the centre
and the loose end came crashing up through
the cab. Mr.. Leach felt something lift hi:
foot and his right leg was doubled uE
against his body like jack knife. The
whirling piece of iron broke off the angle
iron from the boiler filling the cab with
steam and hot water. Fireman Cheney
jumped and went rolling into the ditch
but came out with only sprained ankle
and bruised eye. Engineer Leach go
out of the cab in some way and creeping
along the edge of the tender hung on fo
dear life until the train came to a stand
still, the brakes having been set automati
cally when the rod broke the air pump be
tween the drivers. The right side of tn,
cab, the engineers side, was completed,
demolished. Mr.. Leach is severely bruised
and famed by the accident but thinks h,
escaped pretty easily.