Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-01
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special interest in her advertisement this
week.
The Ruthians met Wednesday evening
With the president, Miss Corabel Coates,
and spent the evening sewing upon chill
dren's clothing. James Whitcomb Riley
was the author for the evening.
1t is reported on good authority that an
A. p. A. agitator is making an active can
vass in behalf of the order and that he or
gained lodge of 26 members at Putney
Wednesday evening.
Bailey q Miner have sold the Stebbins
block at the corner of Canal and South
Main street for e. M. Angler to E. II. Van
Doom. Mr.. Angler takes a house and
three building lots at West Dummerston
in exchange.
Ralph Chamberlain finished work as
steward at the Brooks House last night
Henry Ammon, formerly of the Windsor,
Montreal, is to be the chef and Alfred
Longchamps of the Victoria hotel, Boston,
Is to be second cook.
The George f. Lyons Granite company
has received the contract for furnishing
granite for the Boston Il Maine and New
York, New Haven & Hartford round
houses at Northampton, also large guam
tity of foundation stone for the Central
Vermont railroad.
The West Brattleboro people are agitat-
ing the matter of having four mails each
day between that place and this village. 1t
is proposed that the eectrics carry the
mail. Under the present arrangement no
mail is received at the West Brattleboro
post-office until II: 80 A. NJ.
The addition of six new wards to the
state insane asylum at Waterbury is now
ready for occupancy, making the total ca
pacity of the institution $50. About 800
patients in the Brattleboro Retreat will be
moved to Waterbury, and it is expected
that the first contingent will be sent there
within short time.
The meetings at Centreville, which have
been held every Wednesday evening
through the winter, closed this week with
a union gathering in which all the So
cieties which have conducted them Joined
the Baptist and Congregational of West
Brattleboro, and the Baptist, Congrega-
tional and Methodist of this village
The pageant at the auditorium this even
| ing under the direction of 4. Wales will be
one of the prettiest exhibitions ever seen
in Brattleboro. A great variety of dances
is introduced, with songs and orchestral
tunes participating. Mr.. Wales has brought
out the pageant with great success in
several New England cities, and here in
! Bratteboro will have the advantage of
longer training and more thorough knowl-
edge of his pupils than in any other place.
The caucus held at the town hall Friday
night elected these delegates to the CON
vention of Republican clubs of Vermont:
f. l.. Houghton, chairman G. A. Smith,
c. w. Richardson, A. l.. Staples, f. NJ.
| Goodenough, w. F. Goddard, Anthony
| Schwenk, Frank Field, II. +. G. T0dt,
Clarence Worden, II. G.. Barber, Charles
Dunklee, NJ. |. Mather, Frank Crosby, AL
bert j. Pullen, Lewis Gregg, John K.
| Strand, Fred Brasor, b. O. Ware. Walter
NJ Robbins, Fred Sargent The conven-
ton was held Tuesday afternoon at 3, and
only small number went from Brattle-
boro, it being necessary for them to leave
Monday.
The death of Mrs. Lorenda NJ. Farrar,
| rs, occurred at The Osborne in New York
city Tuesday morning. Mrs. Farrar, who
was the widow Of the late Ephriam H.
Farrar, was the daughter of Chaplin How
ard, who until his death in 1854 was one of
the leading citizens of Townshend. Mrs.
this county and had wide circle of friends.
who will cherish the memory of her beau
tiful character. She leaves daughter,
Miss Carrie Farrar, and two grandchildren,
Miss Carrie and Frank Mortified, all of
whom live in New York. Mrs. Farrar
with her daughter and granddaughter, were
guests at the Brooks House for seven weeks
last season. Mrs. Susan II. Bliss and
Mrs. Mary f. Shattuck went TO New York
yesterday to attend the funeral, which oc-
ours today.
The advertisement of the Brattleboro
Gas Light company offering gas at re-
duced price for use in fuel and cooking
stoves calls attention to the desirability of
the use of gas for summer cooking. Gas
stoves are much used in the large cities for
summer cooking, and find favor as mat
ter both of comfort and economy.
Their first cost is small and they may be
used for all sorts of cooking and house
hold purposes just as satisfactorily as coal
ranges, and at less cost for fuel as the ex-
pense stops the moment the work is done
The Gas Light company offers gas for these
stoves at reduced price because it hopes
to increase consumption in this way, and
thus to reduce in the end the average cost
of production of gas. Could the consump-
tion be doubled large cut In the price per
thousand feet could be made.
The Boston train, Conductor Spafford
and Engineer Flood, due here at o 40 Mon
day night, did not arrive until l :5S Tues
day morning on account of freight wreck
at Dwights, the first station north of Bel
chertown. The fifth car from the rear of
freight No. Is, south, in taking the siding
to allow freight No. IA and passenger No
so north to pass, rode frog, and three
cars followed it, leaving part of the train
on the siding and part on the main line
When train No. so arrived Conductor
Thomas of No. Is started for Amherst on
hand-car and notified Brattleboro and
New London. Conductor Spafford of
train No. so took charge of No. Is and,
after pulling part of the train out on the
main line, dragged the derailed cars back
on the siding. This cleared the track
about 10 o'clock, just as wrecker arrived
from Palmer. Conductor Spafford had
given his right of way to the dispatcher at
BrattlebOro, in case a wrecker was sent
from that end. He could not proceed,
therefore, and was taken on the wrecker
back to Belchertown, where he secured
orders for his train.
A bad freight wreck in the local yard
Sunday night held all trains north of here
until o'clock Monday morning, when the
express left hours behind its schedule.
An extra freight made up here was Just
leaving when, at the first switch north of
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