Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-10-01

Leslie Smith of Orange, Mass, who has
bought the Gould d Helyar shop, intends
to open it for business about the middle
of next week.
S. b. Emerson is receiving large ship
ments of grapes from his Lake Erie vine.
yards, with which he supplies the local
trade. The fruit is well ripened and of
fine flavor.
Herbert T. Clark, former Brattleboro
resident who was arrested in Boston re-
Gently for swindling in selling a mythical
business, has been sentenced to six months
in the house of correction.
Luther Sargent, employed in the Esey Or
gan factory and Miss Elizabeth A. Herrck
were quietly married Tuesday, Sept. 2S al
the home of Rev. c. o. Day. The couple
will live in West Bratteboro.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Teachers association will be held at
Woodstock. Oct. IA to 16. Prime pals
Whitaker of Bra.tleborO, Crawford of Bel
lows Falls and Ellery of Vermont academy
are among the speakers announced to be
present.
Mrs w. F. Neal has returned from the
New York market and announces her mil
linerv opening for Thurs lay and Friday,
this season by Miss Gertrude Stonerode,
recently with James G. johnson Of New
York city.
The announcements in The Phoenix last
week of the arrest Of Frank Bragg at
Proctorsville on the charge of bigamy
brought out the information that Bragg
was formerly local barber. He has not
| lived with his wife for some time, and his
- 1. elal in, ana p..
spects.
Ruth, aged ID, the youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Z. p Carpenter, formerly of
Brattleboro, died in Mendoza, H., We'd
nesday, Sept %, at the home of her aunt
with whom she was living. Her death was
due to diphthera with which she was i'll
only few days. Her mother was teaching
| in a school at New Milford, Conn, at the
time and left for Mendoza as soon as she
was notified of her daughters illness, al
though the child died before the mother
could reach her.
Rev. f. NJ. Fuller goes Oct l to Barre
to be the pastor of the Baptist church in
that city. He closed, last Sunday a sue
cessful pastorate of five years over the
Baptist church in Gardner, Mass. A por.
ton of Mr.. Fuler's boyhood was spent in
| Brattleboro, and he worked in the Estey
factories for time before leaving to fit
himself for the ministry. His father was
a Baptist minister, who was disabled by a
stroke of paralysis, coming to BrattleborC
soon after and spending the rest of his
life here.
! A University extension class, composed
of members Of the Murray club. was formed
Sept. % at the home of Mrs. A. ID. Wyatt
and the following officers elected: Presi
dent, Mrs. A. d. Wyatt; vice president
Rev. Hal d. Max well secretary and treas
urer, Miss Myrtelle Eason. The class wa,
formed under the auspices of the unversily
association of Chicago and the member
ship at present numbers ten. The WORK
of the class this winter will be universe
literature and the meetings will be held
weekly. the first meeting being at the nj
versaist parsonage Oct. :. Any persor
desiring to join the class may do so 10y ap
plying to any one of the officers.
The annual reunion of Company F, Al
| Regiment Vermont Volunteers, was hello
at the Valley Fair ground Tuesday. Tn,
| gathering was entirely informal, and Their,
were no special exercises or speechtnak
| ing. Some of the veterans were accom-
panied by their wives. Dinner was served
at noon by Col. Harmon of the VALLEY
Fair association, Company X, Of the OF
Vermont Regiment joining with Company
at this time. The veterans of Company
present We're: Col VIM. C.. Holbrook
New York; S. c. Burlingame, Meriien
Conn; George y. Rogers, Alstead, y. Il
John A. Grout, Athol, Mass; Byron NJ
Smith and Henry W. Hutchins, Below:
Falls; j. Dwight Willard and Horace f
Roberts, Putney; Samuel A. Fairbanks anC
John w. Graves, Saxtons River; Charle,
Bixby, Guilford; L. II. Lynde, Dummers
ton; Roscoe Fisher, Col. Geo. W. Hooker
Col II. +. Taylor, Daniel H. Marsh, |. X
Allen and Franklin Stockwel of Brattle
boro Officers We're reelected as follows
President, Col. VIM C. Holbrook; vic,
president, John A. Grout; secretary anC
treasurer, Col. II. +. Taylor.
At the regular session of the probat,
court Saturday the folio wing business wa.
transacted The will of Ellen Breen wa:
probated and allowed and Mary NJ. Breer
appointed eXecutriX; the will of Franklin
Moore of Newfane was probated and al
lowed and Phlura c. Moore appointed ex
ecutriX and y. NJ. Batchelder and Z. c
Benedict were made appraisers the vii
of Lottie L. Wheeler of Wilmington wa,
probated and allowed and Mary c. Win
chester appointed exeCutriX: the will Of
| Herbert d. Andrews. which was presented
for probate, was left open; a final settle
ment was made of the George +. Rose es
tate with c. d. Spencer, executor, anC
distribution decreed according to the will
a license was granted to A. j. Martin, adj
ministrator of the estate of Edmund b
Read, late of Wardsboro, to sell all the rea
estate of the deceased; T. j. B. Cudwortl
was appointed administrator of the estat,
of the late J. r. Nourse of Dummerstor
and appraisers and commissioners wert
appointed; Fred II. Spaulding was APP
pointed administrator of the estate of FL
bridge Mason of Dummerston. A cour
of inquiry was held in regard to an order
of support at the Brattleboro Retreat fol
Julia c. Hardie. Order was granted thai
she be supported at the expense of the
state.
Monument to Richard NJ. Hunt.
Work will begin in New York city soo1
on the erection Of a monument to the late
Richard NJ. Hunt, the eminent architect
and a native of Brattleboro, who was the
first president of the Municipal Art society
The sculptor, Daniel G.. French, has nearly
finished his bust of Mr. Hunt, and the two
caryatdes will be finished later. The
architect, Bruce Price, says that a favor,
able contract has been made with the
granite contractor, and that the exedra
and bust would be set up at once, the
work TO begin in few days. The site
chosen is in Fifth avenue between Sew
entieth and Seventy first streets, opposite
the Lenox library. The memorial is a
semi-ellipse, rising three steps above the
| sidewalk with tessellated floor and a seat