Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-28

at the graduating exercises at Leland and
Gray seminary in Townshend tonight.
A teamster employed by Mr.. Birch on
the Vernon road fell from a loaded wagon
Saturday. The wheels passed over him,
breaking three ribs.
News was received Wednesday Of the
death in Athol, Mass. Of the mother of
Mrs. F, r. Cobb Of Athol. Mr.. Cobb is a
son of A. r. Cobb OF Brattleboro.
The annual state convocation OF the or
der of the Eastern star will be held at Bar
ton next Wednesday. Several members of
the Brattleboro chapter will attend.
The directors of the Brattleboro Savings
bank will meet next week Wednesday to
declare the semi-annual dividend. The di-
rectors of the Vermont Savings bank will
meet the following Wednesday for the same
purpose.
The mounted head of full grown moose
and one of caribou arrived at the express
Office yesterday afternoon and attracted
much attention. They were shipped from
Bangor. Me, and are to be placed in Rev.
f. A. Slack's new house on Western ave
nue..
The earthquake shock. which passed
over the northern part Of Vermont and
southern Canada last night, was distinctly
felt by people in this village. A clock in
DR.. Conlands house was stopped at 1918.
There were five vibrations, the first three
being very distinct.
At the 41th annual meeting of the Yer
mont Homeopathic Medical society at
Montpelier this week the secretary read a
paper on "Aranes Diadema" by DR.. II. A..
Roberts Of Brattleboro. Dr. Roberts in
tended to be present and read the paper
himself but was unable to do so.
A young man who claimed to belong in
Burlington boarded the evening north
bound freight train Monday night en- route
for home. He said he had been employed
by theatrical company in Central Amer
lea and that while in that country the com
pany got stranded and he was obliged, in
order to earn his passage to New York, to
work on shipboard from Central America
to New York and back again When here
he had u cents in his pocket.
Mrs. d. F. Stevens of % Western ave
nue. pleasantly celebrated her S6th birth
day anniversary Monday afternoon by in
vitng in a few friends OF her generation to
spend the afternoon in a social way and
take tea. Among those present were Mrs.
Hannibal Hadley, Miss Susan Salisbury
and sister, Mrs. Jonathan Smith, Mrs. 5. I.
r. Cheney and sister, Mrs. D. ;. Brigham
and Mrs. Bede G.. Prouty. Tea was served
al o'clock. Mrs. Stevens goes soon to
Petersham, y. y, where she was born, to
spend a few weeks with her old school
mate, Mrs. Holman, mother of F. j. Hol-
man.
The 7O-acre farm of Delevan c. Johnson
in, off1.l,pr, 10 Zoo,
by A. Starkey Tuesday, together with a
quantity OF household goods. Abou, 80
persons were present and the articles sold
unusually high. f. B. Barrows bid of the
farm for sos. Farming tools and other
articles which f, NJ. Waite turned over to
5 II. Sherman last week were sold by auc-
tion Wednesday afternoon and about 500
was realized. The Bolander place in West
Brattleboro having been sold Mrs. Bolander
will dispose of some good furniture and
farming tools at auction next Wednesday
afternoon.
George Hopkins, Hinsdale boy, who for
nearly two years was a clerk in the Yer
mont National bank, but for five years past
teller of the First National bank at Green
field, has resigned his position there and
will 90 to Oregon, H., to engage in the
creamery business with his brother, II. II.
Hopkins. Mr.. Hopkins makes this change
by advice of his physician, who recon-
mends for him an occupation less combining
than that in bank. Mr. Hopkins came
to Brattleboro for a short visit last night.
He will leave for the West in about a week.
II. II. Hopkins owns or has an interest in
10 creameres in Illinois. There was made
in these creameries last year 440 tons OF
Gsln
was sent to Chicago.
Bert f. French, ~, of Plainfield, y. H.,
died Monday morning of consumption from
which he had suffered fol eight or ten
months. Mr.. French was a native Of
Plainfield, but for the past five years he had
been employed at the furniture store of
Emerson IL Son, coming here from Clare
mont, \. H. Because of the progress of
the disease he left the store last December
for a vacation of two weeks He went
away again in February and was not able
to return. He was a competent sales man,
was faithful and energetic, possessed agree
able manners, and had many friends in
BrattlebOro. He was senior deacon of
Brattleboro lodge, No. l02, f. IL A. NJ,
and was a member of Bingham chapter,
No. 80, Order of Eastern Star. Both of
these organizations sent floral pieces to the
funeral, which was held in Plainiield We'd
nesday afternoon. The funeral was at
tended by II. l.. Emerson and w. D. Gil
son of Brattleboro.
A. r. Harris received a telegram Satur-
day announcing the death in Boston of
Mrs. Berrilla Niles Grant, -, of Charlie
mont, Mass. Mrs. Grant was the widow
of Charles Herbert Grant of Halifax. She
was born in Halifax and was daughter of
Oliver Niles, jr., whose father was one of
the early settlers of Halifax, and whose
grandfather, David Niles, was a soldier in
the Revolutionary war and was killed in
the battle of White Plains in 1916. She
married Mr.. Grant in Halifax. They
moved to Charlemont in 1861 and for sew
eral years carried on farm and ran a mill
there. Mrs. Grant had been spending sew
eral weeks with her adopted daughter, Mrs
Charles Mcdonald. in Boston. She had
an attack of heart disease the night before
her death and sank rapidly TO the end.
She leaves three children, Charles f. of
Columbus, o., Herbert of Charlemont and
law of Mrs. Louisa B. Niles and aunt of
of Brattleboro.
The Memorial sermon.
The exercises of Memorial week began
last Sunday morning with sermon by
Rev. E. o. L. Osgood of Hyde Park, Mass,
at the Unitarian church, the Sedgwick
Grand Army post and kindred organiza-
tions being in attendance. The church
was crowded. Rev. Mr.. Osgood took for
his text the words of Scripture: "For the
Memorial Thereof is Immortal" Special
emphasis was laid upon the words "me-