Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-01
THE VERMONT PHOENIX BRATrIEBORO JANUARY 1897

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The ladies' aid society of the Method
ist church held sociabe at the home OF
Mrs. Darling on South Main street We'd
nesday evening. A large number were
present.
Sibvi d. Houghton of Springfield, Mass,
the widow of James HoughtOn, son OF
Harvey Houghton of Brattleboro, has re-
Gently been granted a pension for which
application was made 1S years ago.
Upwards of $50 members of the Univer-
salist Sunday school partook of the Christ
mas supper in the vestry Thursday night
After the supper there was short enter
tainment. The children of the Sunday
school gave a concert Sunday evening.
John Ryder gave a whist party to the
Hiph school class of '96 at his South Main
street home Wednesday night, about 20 be-
ing present. The first prizes were Won by
Grace Kinson and Fred Adams and the
BOBBY prizes by Miss Kingsley and Howard
Rice
From 80 to 60 young ladies, misses and
masters attended the mid-seasOn reception
given by Elijah Wales in Grange hall Sat
urday afternoon. A march in carnival
costumes was followed by a program OF
fancy dances. A large audience was pres
ent.
Rice's comedians have been engaged to
play a series of standard attractions at the
auditorium for one week, beginning Jan.
II. The company is said to be the best
that appears at low prices 1t is at
Watham, Mass, this week, and next week
will appear in Lowell.
The Congregational society will keep
"open house" at the chapel after o'clock
this afternoon, which will be the pastors
New Year reception. All who wish may
come in to get a cup of tea" The re-
ception last year was so successful that it
was made an annual affair.
The Epworth league of the Methodist
church has elected these officers: Presi-
dent Alton Fraser; first vice president,
Miss Lima Hill; second vice president,
Miss Hattie Smith; third vice president,
Frank Livermore; fourth vice president,
Miss Mary Graves; secretary Miss May
| Fraser; treasurer, F. A. Bagg These
officers will be installed Sunday.
! Quonektacat tribe of Red men elected
these officers Wednesday evening: Sachem,
H. A. Chaplin; prophet, II. II. Baker
senior sycamore, G. S. Stockwell; junior
sycamore, Ben Devoe; chief of records II.
X. Lawrence keeper of wampum, G.. NJ.
G.. Richardson; collector of wampum, II.
II. Hackley; trustee for three years, II. X.
! Lawrence. The chiefs will probably be
raised up on Friday evening of next week,
The big barns of Henry f. Vaughan at
Hudson, Y. H., near Nashua, were burned
on the night of the 10Th, while Mr.. and
Mrs. Vaughan were in Boston. Eleven of
the Is horses were saved, but most of the
contents were destroyed. The fire was of
| incendiary origin. The barns were built
only few years ago at a cost of $1,000.
The property was only partially insured.
Mr. Vaughan is the father of +. X.
Vaughan of Brattleboro, who has been at
Hudson this week to assist him in his
plans.
Mrs. Eliza Gibbs Tomllnson, II, died
Dec. Is at the home of her son-in-law,
Postmaster Joseph Moore, in Geneseo,
ILL., She was a sister of the late John w.
Burpee of Brattleboro. Mrs. Tomlnson
was born in Lewis, n. Y, and went TO
Illinois with her family in 1850. After the
death of her first husband she spent sew
| eral years in the east, returning TO Illinois
in 1871 as the wife of David Tominson of
CISCO, who died - years ago. Since his
death she has been living with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Tomlinson was for
40 years member of the Methodist church.
She is survived by five daughters, her two
sons having preceded her in death.
G.. w. Bradley of Manchester, this state.
has in his possession deed, dated Dec. 2,
1896, conveying l2S, 900 acres of land from
the heirs of Jonathan Carver to Captain
Lemuel Bradley. Jonathan Carver, who
is the author of "Carver's Travels" is a
great great grandfather of Mrs F. w.
Weeks of Brattleboro. The title to what
is called the Carver grant has been in liti-
CATION in the higher courts for nearly 100
years. This grant consisted of large
tract of land in Minnesota which includes
St. Paul, Minneapolis and several other
towns and cities. 1t was granted to iona
than Carver by an Indian chief, but the
instrument was lost. Strange to say, il
was recently found in Chillicothe, Ohio.
and bears the date OF May l, 1867, which
was nearly 30 years before the land was
decided TO Captain Bradley. Whether the
Carver heirs, now few in number, will be
able to establish their claims to the title of
the grant, at this late date, is doubtful,
but it is probable that they will make the
effort.
William S. Brooks, a lifelong resident
of this village, died suddenly, last Sunday,
at the home of his son in Sharon, Mass.
Mr.. Brooks was born in West Springfield.
Mass, Aug. IL, 1911. In 1915 his father
moved TO Brattleboro to the well-known
| farm upon the site of Fort Dummer mile
below this village, and here the son grew
to manhood. In 1884 he married lydia
Slate of Bernardston, Mass. Two years
later the young couple moved into the
house on Clark street which has been the
home of Mr.. Brooks ever since. He was en-
ployed as tanner for several years and after
ward engaged in the meat business Mr..
Brooks was married a second time, in 1867,
to Mrs. Charlotte Cune, who died some Il
or 10 years ago. Mr.. Brooks is survived by
two children born of his first marriage
Warren Brooks, at whose home he died,
and daughter, who lives in Medford,
Mass. A brother, Simon Brooks of this
village, and sister, Mrs. Eunice SAWYER OF
Georgetown, d. c., also survive him. Mr.
Brooks died from the natural decline OF
old age. He spent last winter with his son
in Sharon, and left Brattleboro two months
ago to spend the present winter there. The
burial was in Brattleboro on Tuesday.
Warren Garrett escaped from the county
Jail at Newfane late yesterday afternoon.
He was the prisoner who was arrested few
weeks ago for stealing from the freight
house at South Vernon. He was allowed
to work about the buildings, and the jaileI
supposed that he had returned TO the cell
but after few minutes his absence was
discovered. G. b. and A. r. Underwood
sons of the jailer, started in pursuit. They
found that Garrett had passed West Dunn.
merston, walking on the railroad track.
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