Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-16
LOCAL oV BRFLOW.

Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Hale entertain ed a
number Of friends with card party last
evening.
The st. Lawrence passed through here
last night bound for New London with
General Manager Fitzhugh and other Cen
trail Vermont officials aboard.
A bill is now pending in the legislature
to repeal the act of 1893 In relation to the
division of public school moneys between
the incorporated and town districts.
One of the largest crowds for several
years attended the second sociable in the
Masonic series last evening. Fully ~
couples participated in the dancing.
II. M. Wood is filling his show window
with pictures taken Of Artist Stuart's deco.
rations at his home on Canal street, for
the Republican parade Monday night.
There will be a hearing in the United
States court in the Brooks House this af
ternoon in the case of the Grand Trunk
railroad against the Central Vermont rail
road.
The president of the Bird club wishes to
secure humming birds nest. ANY per
son having specimen which he is willing
TO give to the club is requested to leave Il
at The Phoenix office.
The bill introduced by Representative
Waterman in the house Wednesday to in
corporate the Brsttleboro hospital, is sun.
ported by number of local residents. and
is likely to become law.
The marriage of Raymond Fl. Amidon
employed In the grocery store of Clark q
Miller, and Miss Marion Boyle, a compost.
tor in the Phoenix job printing Office, is
announced to take place at Fair Haven
next Tuesday.
The Woman's Relief corps are preparing
box to be sent at Christmas time to the
soldiers home In Bennington. ANYBODY
having canned fruit or jelly which they
wish to give, are requested to leave con-
tributions at A. V. Cox's store,
A letter was received last Saturday from
Peter Cummings saying that he had enlist
ed In the I'D U. ). regulars, and was to
start soon with 1000 recruits for the Phil.
ipplnes. These men will take the pIac of
those who have been disabled and are unfit
for duty. Cummings was with Company
at Chickamaugua during the Spanish Am
erican war, being one of the youngest mem.
bers in the company.
The Brattleboro foot ball eleven will line
up against the Mortified eleven on the
~ Is II. Nj
Mortified was scheduled to play here lass
week Saturday, but on account of iniuriet
received by some of the players, the game
was cancelled. Brattleboro expected to meet
Bellows Falls here tomorrow, but letter
received Wednesday stated that Bellows
Falls would be unable to come.
Thirteen Brattleboro Odd Fellows at
tended the annual meeting of the Odd
Fellows of district No 10 in Springfield
last evening. About 125 were present
from the other towns in the district. The
initiatory degree was worked by the Spring
field lodge, after which banquet was
served. The BrattIeboro delegation re-
turned on the early train this morning.
The train was an hour late at Charlestown,
and the Brattleboro delegation turned
bitter cold into pleasant heat by building
large bonfire near the station.
Freeman Ayers, &c. died at his home on
Grove street between 3 and o'clock this
morning. He had been IN i'll health for
year, but he had been confined to his bed
only about two weeks. Mr.. Ayers was
born in Guilford, Oct. 81, 1884. When a
boy he worked on farms in Guilford, and
afterwards came to Brattleboro and had
charge of the stables at the Brattleboro
Retreat, where he was employed nine
years. In 1852 he married Miss Honora
O'Leary of Middiebury, who was also en-
ployed at the Retreat. Two years later he
entered the employ of the old Vermont
and Massachusetts railroad, as fireman
for Engineer David Wright, and he and
Mrs. Ayers moved to Fitchburg. After
two years of service Mr.. Ayers was pro-
NOTED engineer. He afterward moved to
Saybrook, Conn.,, and for five years was
engineer between Saybrook Point and
Hartford. He then returned to Fitchburg
and lived there until 1870, when he re-
turned to Brattleboro. He was employed
in the Valley machine shop several years,
and for the past 25 years or more, up to
last December, he had been employed in
the Vinton paper mill. He is survived by
his wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Ayers had two
daughters, Lucy and Mary Ayers. The
former died at an early age, and the latter,
we'll known school teacher, disappeared
mysteriously last winter. Mr.. Ayers had
two brothers, DR.. Richard NJ. Ayers, once
a practicing physician in Brattleboro, and
Arad Il. Ayers, who died in Peoria, Ill.