Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-10-30
THE TIMES.
SATURDAY, OCT. 80, 1897.
BRATTLEBORO.


DR.. Holton is attending the meeting Of the
American public health association at Phila-
delphia this week.
Town Clerk w. S, Newton is enjoying his
first vacation in several years with the Bos-
ton excursiouists.
Mrs. j. M. Tyler has recently been chosen
as the Windham county director for the Bur-
lington home for destitute children.
The Red Men are making elaborate prep
arations for their annual peace dance, to be
given at Festival hall, November IL.
The women of the Center church will met
Thursday afternoon to complete their work
for the missionary box, for which they have
been sewing several weeks.
will have daily mail from Wilmington.
Stages will leave both places at $50, both
morning and evening.
There will be business meeting of the
board of directors of the Young Mems Chris
tian association Monday night. The
woman's auxiliary will meet Tuesday after
noon.
Farmers would be glad of an effective rem
edy for "turkey cholera which is depicting
their Thanksgiving product to an alarming
extent. The birds when attacked go about
with dropping heads and wings for three or
four days, when they die.
The new paper issued by the Murray club
of the Universalist society, "Pastor and Peo-
ple," will make its first appearance Saturday.
1t will be devoted to church and parish mat
tiers, society notices, etc. The business firms
have literally sustained it by advertising,
and it promises to be great success. The
paper is edited by Rev. H. d. Maxwell.
DEATH OF E. II. VAN DooRN.
E. H. Van Doom, who was visiting friends
in Wellesley, Mass, was taken ill and died
Monday night. This was great surprise, as
when he left Brattleboro the first of the
month he was apparently we'll, and had writ
ten home that he thought the change was
benefiting him. Mr.. Van Doom was the son
of Sophia L. and Moses L. Van Doom, and
was born in Brattleboro September %, 1913,
making Brattleboro his home ever since.
He married Mary H. Couch, daughter of
Alfred b. Couch, in Philadelphia, Pa +,
November Is, 1875. Upon his fathers death,
in the fall of 1885, real estate and cash
amounting to $4,000 were left to Mrs. Van
Doom, while +. H. Van Doom was given the
two stores, one at Brattleboro and the other
at Rutland. There was mortgage upon the
real estate, which E. H. Van Doom was to
redeem for his mother. There was, also, the
usual indebtedness connected with the two
stores for business paper and merchandise.
After his fathers death he engaged in many
real estate transaction. In 1893 Mr.. Van
Doom bought the F. A. Hubbard store, and
H. F. Jordan joined him, under the firm
name Of Jordan & Van Doom. Owing to
the hard times and the losses which he had
sustained in real estate transactions, he was
unable to carry the burden, and on May 4,
1897, the startling fact was made known that
E. II. Van Doom had failed, the total liabil-
tiles Of the two Brattleboro stores and of Mr..
Van Doorn's personal account being, in
round numbers, $SS,OOO, and his assets
$4,000 to $4,000. 1t was soon known that
his failure was not due to speculation or
unwise investments. Mr.. Van Doom was
the head of three firms: Van Doom & Nor
ris of Brattleboro, crockery; Jordan & Van
Doom & Tilson of Rutland, crockery. Mr..
Van Doom is survived by his aged mother,
his widow and two daughters, Amy G. and
Mrs. H. H. Crosby. Mr.. Van Doom carried
life insurance to the amount of about $l2 900,
the greater part of which is payable to his
widow.