Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09
WEST BRATTLBBoRo
Death OF Melville Smith.


which proved to be a mednllarv concor
and which ended his life April 2. Funeral
services were held at the house on SUNDAY
at p. NJ, Rev. F. S. Smith officiating
The singing was by the choir of the Ran.
tist church. The burial was at West
Brattleboro. "0''
Melville was unusually interested in gen.
eral literature for one so young, having an
intimate acquaintance with many of the
oesI English writers. He had a gentle,
anectlonate, retiring disposition, with a
CONSCIENTIOUS devotion to truth and duty.
Inc numoelless attentions of schoolmates
ana friends in his last illness were source
OF keenest pleasure to him. Being con-
Vlnced that he could not recover he calmly
laid aside his own plans for the future with
an unfaltering trust in the wisdom of his
Heavenly Father. Beside his parents he
leaves younger brother and sister, Nelson
and Evangeline, and half-sister Mrs.
Gilbert Tuell of Bethel, Me.
Eugene Estey has moved from Miss
Whites house to Hiram Weatherhead's
cottage.
Frank Lawton, who has been living at
Mrs. Thurber's, has gone to 5. E. Miners
to work
Nearly all the young people who have
been home on vacations have returned to
their studies again.
w. l.. Walker has secured the contract
to carry the mail between the two villages
for the next four years.
j. L. Stockwell has moved from the
store block to the tenement in the Sted-
man house back of the store.
Mrs. NJ. F. S. Campbell of Arlington,
Mass, is visiting here, being the guest of
Mrs. A. A. Smith and +. II. Spauding
The buildings of Warren Walker, F. r.
Mann, L. Stellman and the store block are
being improved with coats of new paint.
Chas. Prentiss has workmen engaged on
the stone work of his new house and in
tends to push it to completion this sum
mer.
NJ. l. Mather, who has been i'll for sew
eral weeks, is still confined to his room.
The other grip patients are all GONZALES
cent.
Mrs. Clayton Miller and Mrs. Bert Mil
Ter entertain the Baptist ladies' aid society
next Tuesday evening. AS usual the gen
tlemen are invited.
viii Chase has concluded not to return
to Boston and has accepted a position with
the Farmers &. Mechanics exchange and
will run the West Brattleboro team.
4 break occurred in Crowelrs water
main near the Main street bridge recently.
While it was being repaired yesterday the
street cars only ran to the bridge, as the
trouble was directly under the track.
Mrs. Mann and her Sunday school class
of boys were invited to sugar eat at Ed
ward Dunklee's few days ago. The whole
class were present and much fun prevailed
while lots of warm sugar and other good
things were disposed of.
Mr.. and Mrs. James LeRay entertained
a party of about 20 of their Baptist friends
at their home Tuesday evening. A pleas
ing musical program was given which in
cluded severals olos by Miss Lenna Thomas
of the East village. Warm sugar was
served.
The annual Fast day services this year
have been changed from the morning to
the evening. Hence, this evening, at 80,
the union services take place in the Bap-
fist church. Rev. Mr.. Babbitt preaching
the sermon. 1t is hoped this change will
enable many more to attend.
| Commercial travellers are lowering
around Z. H. Davenport's new store like
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barrel. Some one suggests that if the
business continues the railway company
will have to extend their track to the store
to accommodate the "knights of the big
satchel."
Mrs. VIM. Winslow, who suffered re-
lapse about a week ago, is again improving.
A large number of neighbors and friends
expressed their sympathy for Mrs. Wins
low and family in a practical and helpful
manner by assembling at their home on
Thursday and cutting up large wood pile,
an act which is gratefully appreciated.
Noticing an account of death from
taking carbolic acid brings to mind the
fact that few weeks ago Sylvenus Fox
took tablespoonful of carbolic acid
through a mistake, which had been pre-
pared with unusual strength for outward
application. A doctor was summoned In
haste and such active means were used
that the patient was soon relieved and the
results were not disastrous.
Chas. Akley had a peculiar experience
last Friday. He had jumped from load
of hay and looked up exactly in time to be
hit by a pitch-fork tine just under the
right eve. The tine passed through the
cheek bone and under the nose and through
the roof of the mouth on the left side. He
has suffered but little inconvenience from
the wound and may consider himself very
fortunate that the result was not more Sc
rious.
The correspondent is often asked why
he has not put in certain items and "wha
he wrote that for" etc. We wish to give
a full and complete summary of all the
news each week and would be pleased tc
receive any item of news while it is news
thus making the column more correct ant
complete. 1t is desired to give nothing
but correct news, and all of it. For con
yenience items of interest may be left a
the post-ofiice.
The literary club held their regular meet
ing on Tuesday evening at the home o
Mrs. Bartlett and Miss Stedman, where
they have been entertained since their mrs
meeting early in the winter. On Tuesda.
evening the gentlemen were invited. Atte
several selections from the "Big'low Pa
pers'' had been read and remarks made b!
Rev. Mr.. Rabbit in reference to the time
in which they were written, refreshment
were served and social hour was enjoyed
II was an evening pleasantly spent.