Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07

The work of replanking MILESTONE
bridge is being finished by w. II. Fisher.
Mrs. S. S. Hunt gave her summer open
ing in millinery Wednesday evening, which
was largely attended.
The Vermont Wheel club will have a
run to Putney Sunday, and after dinner at
the hotel the members will visit DR.. L. S.
Munger.
The last public entertainment this sea-
son by the Murray club will be given in
about two weeks. A calendar supper
will be furnished.
The Universalist Sunday school elected
these officers last Sunday: Superintendent,
Miss Minnie Haskins; assistant superinten-
dents, II. M. Currier and Miss Abbie
Lundbergi secretary, Mrs. f. w. Smith /;
treasurer, Frank Flagg; librarian, Miss
Florence Lamson.
The local freight train, run by Engineer
II. II. Dimes and Conductor George f.
Merrill, was delayed several hours by an
accident at Mortified, Mass, Tuesday
afternoon. The rails spread throwing the
| engine and three cars off the track. A
wrecking train from here got them back
on to the iron.
). w. Edgett has been in Boston this
week In the interest of people out of town,
on real estate deal. The property CON
sists of two pieces, one at 500, 600 and the
other at S27, 900. Things look favorable
for a sale, which, if consumated, will
make one of the largest real estate tran
sactions in this vicinity.
A carriage owned by the Bratteboro
Livery company was demolished on South
Main street Tuesday. The team was
hitched in front Of Edison Burnham's
house, and was struck by heavy working
team, which had been left standing on the
street few rods away, the horses taking
fright from some unknown cause
The New Era Cooking school of Worces-
ter, Mass, held a three days session in
Grange hall, beginning Saturday, with
lecture on Proper food and its relation to
health and morals" The school was to
advertise shredded wheat and cereal coffee
and was attended by large number of
women. That the school was a success is
shown by the fact that the grocery stores
have since disposed of large quantity Of
the advertised cereals.
&. Ii. Thompson, who was elected first
upon the board of baiffs at the village
meeting Tuesday, declined to qualify when
the new board held its first meeting We'd
nesday evening. He took this action on
account of his health, acting upon the ad-
vice of his physician. 1t was decided to
| go on with four members, and S. b. Emer-
son was elected chairman. The board re.
appointed +. S. Hall as chief of police.
| His commission is for one year at the same
price as heretofore
! Col. c. S. Forbes of The Vermonter
came to town last night to arrange for ar
ticles for early publication in his maya
zine. EX-Gov Holbrook will contribute
an article on the Brattleboro camp ground
during the war, the officers who were COM
missioned and the regiments which were
mustered in there. A Kiplns article
will also appear with illustrations. At
the beginning of the new volume with
the August number The Vermonter will be
changed to the regular magazine size.
The district meeting of the Vermont
branch of the Woman's Board of Missions
will be held in the Congregational church
in Bellows Falls on Thursday, May IL.
The meeting will open at $50 with devo.
tonal hour. Miss Ellen Stone of Philippe
lis and Miss Stanwood of the Woman's
Board are expected to make addresses.
Women who go up to Bellows Falls on the
evening train Wednesday will be cordially
received and entertained. Those who 90
on Thursday should carry lunch.
F. j. Bailey and Charles Miner went to
Greenfield yesterday, to appear in the
franklin county superior court in the case
of Bailey ~ Miner against Frederick K.
Clough. This was suit to recover COM
mission for the sale of the New England
House at Bernardston. The amount
claimed was three per cent of the selling
price, and amounted to Sl32. The house |
was put into the hands of Bailey ~ Miner
for sale and they arranged with Baxter |
Reed to go and look at the property. Mr.. !
Reed bought the house, but Clough refused |
to advance Bailey ~ Miners commission,
claiming that he made the sale alone. 1t |
was an interesting test case and judgment |
was rendered for Bailey ~ Miner.
The FortnightIy Club.
The Fortnightly club held its closing
meeting for the year at the Brooks House |
Tuesday evening. The attendance was
large and the occasion was much enioyed.
The club studied certain principal epochs
in national history during the past winter.
and the closing paper was given by Mrs.
Whitaker upon Abraham Lincoln and
Slavery The subject was admirably
treated and presented with the utmost
clearness, eloquence and feeling the whole
development of Lincon's views upon the
luOulenlOuS question from MS earlier to his !
later positions, showing how the march of
his mind was influenced and kept pace
with the course of events and the growing
vision of the nation, which he at once per
ceived, followed and guided. After the
paper Miss Macdonald of Boston delight
ed the company with several beautiful Sc
lections upon the harp. Rev. Mr.. Day
read brief summary of the work of the
club since its formation, Jan. 26, 1886, in
GLIDING the letter received from Oliver
Wendell Holmes on the occasion of the
first literary meeting. The hospitality of
Mr.. Adams further entertained the club
with refreshments. The new departure in
the line of college lectures was favorably
referred to and keen anticipation is felt as
to the work of the next year.
Miss II. Il. Sawyer.
Miss Harriet Elizabeth Sawyer, IS, for
the past quarter of century matron of the
Brooks House, died Friday afternoon
about 9 o'clock, of cancer of the liver. She
was daughter of Charles w. SAWYER and
Melezenda p. Cobb and was born in West
minister, this state, July 2, 1881. She
moved to Leominster, Mass, when about
IA years old and four years later she began
her hotel life in the Fitchburg hotel at
Fitchburg, Mass. After a few years She
went into hotel in St. Johnsbury for
time and then returned to Fitchburg. She
came to Brattleboro about 1868 and worked
in the old Brattleboro House until it was
burned, when she went into the Park