Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-01

horse departments at successive valley
Fairs, will make the season at the Valley
Fair grounds, as elsewhere advertised.
The knights of Honor have recently paid
Mrs l.. f. Shields $1,000 on her husbands
insurance policy in that order. There was
a delay in payment, caused by misunder-
standing regarding the proof of death.
The wardens of the Episcopal church
have voted to give Rev. w. H. Collins a
further vacation of three months on ac-
count of his illness and to secure an as
sstant rector during Mr.. Collins's absence.
Dean C.. Bangs attempted to board an
electric car on Pine street Monday after
noon before the car stopped. He was un-
able to secure firm hold, having with him
a fishing rod and basket, and he was
thrown, breaking his collar bone. He was
badly shaken up and bruised.
Leon Foster, of Greene's pharmacy, was
the drum major in the First Regiment
band on Memorial day, and he handled
the stick in way to indicate that he was
no novice at the business. The chief mar
shall of the parade was Lieut.. +. H. Put
nam, and his aides were Job Long, James
p. Elmer and Luke Ferriter
Brattleboro furnished two Memorial day
orators besides Rev. X. X. Marvin, Col.
Kittredge Haskins going TO Woodstock and
Lawyer A. F. Schwenk to West Halifax.
Hon. j. L. Martin was engaged to deliver
the Memorial day address at Hardwck,
but he received a telephone message Tues
day morning telling him of the appearance
of smallpox in that town.
The stone foundation for f. Il. Dickin-
sons new house on the Bliss farm is now
being put in, and the work Of construction
will be pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible. II. p. Hunter is in general charge
of the work under the architect, Maurice
Fornachon of New York Mr.. Fornachon
is Swiss by birth, and has long been
personal friend of Mr. Dickinson.
Mrs. Lena A. Whitney, 2j wife of X.
l.. Whitney of Brattleboro, died at her
home on Main street, ST. Adams, Monday
morning after an illness of 10 months with.
consumption. Mrs. Whitney was born in
Dummerston, and was daughter of Mrs.
Chester Belknap, who lives in st. Adams.
Besides her husband she leaves three young
children. Prayer was said at the house
Tuesday morning, after which the body
was taken TO Dummerston for burial.
George Ayers of Rutland died suddenly
of heart disease at the Brattleboro Retreat
Friday, where he had been under treat
ment during the past two or three years.
He was born at Pittsford in 1898, was
soldier in the Civil war, serving as private
in company l., 9th Vermont volunteers.
His funeral was held Saturday afternoon,
under the direction of Sedgwick Grand
Army post, the bearers being old soldiers.
The commitment service was read by Rev.
Z. F. Lowe.
George +. Howe, SO, longtime freight
conductor in the employ of the New York,
New Haven Il Hartford Railroad company,
died at the Springfield, Mass, hospital Fri
day morning after a weeks illness with
complication of diseases resulting from
Bright's disease. He was born in Stur-
bridge in lS47, and when Is years old he
enlisted in the 3Ith Massachusetts, regi-
ment. He spent some time in Libby pris-
on. He had been in the railroad business
since 1870 He leaves a widow, who was
Miss Hattie Snow of Brattleboro.
An unusual family caravan passed
through town Sunday night. The father,
mother and baby were in carriage.
Back of them, and drawn by a pair of
horses led from the front carriage, was a
Long Island Sound boat, about 40 feet
| long mounted on large express wagon.
In the boat were three children and dog,
all having frolic. The caravan was
| journeying from New Haven to the home
| of the woman in this state, where there is
large sheet of water, and the man and
woman thought the boat would he handy.
| They declined TO give their names or their
destination.
The census enumera,ors, who begin
| their work in this town today, will ask
questions about each member of every
family they visit whether that member is
at home or not. 1t may be well, therefore,
for husbands to leave with their wives be-
fore going to work, their age giving the
month and year of BIRTH the state in which
they were born, and the states in which
their parents were born. This does not
apply simply to husbands but to any men,
bers of family, who are likely to be
| away when the census men call. BY this
method the enumerator can procure the
facts concerning every member in family
without making several trips.
A serious accident was narrowly ayerted
| in the freight yard Saturday afternoon. An
extra freight train had taken side track
in the lower yard to allow the 3 AS north
bound passenger train to pass. The
switch from the main to the side track was
| left open, supposedly through the careless
ness of a brakeman on the freight train,
and when the passenger train came into
/ the yard it took the side track. Quick ac-
ton on the part of the passenger engineer
in applying the brakes avoided col
| lisiOn, but when the train stopped there
were but few feet between the pilot of
the engine and the rear of the freight train.
| The passengers were somewhat shaken up
by the sudden stop.
The weather conditions in Brattleboro
were unfavorable for witnessing the eclipse
of the sun Monday morning, but large
number showed their interest in the phe-
nomenon by preparing themselves with
pieces of smoked glass, through which
they expected to get glimpse of the eclipse.
Shortly after o'clock, while about quar-
ter of the suns surface was covered, the
eclipse was seen for about 10 minutes, but
the clouds then closed in and shut out the
view. Occasional glimpses of a few sec
onds each were afterward Afforded, when
the use of smoked glass was not necessary.
There was perceptible fall in the temper
ature during the eclipse. In the southern
states, where the eclipse was total, the
weather conditions were ideal and highly
satisfactory observations were made and
excellent photographs were taken.
The May-HOWe Lawsuit.