Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22

distance back of Spruce street.
The report that a Swede living in
! the west part of the town was i'll
| with diphtheria was incorrect. The
man was suffering from an abscess
! in the throat.
The body of Mrs. Mary Colebrook
| of Putney, wife of Barney Colebrook,
! was brought to Brattleboro Monday
morning and was taken to the Roman
| Catholic church, where the funeral
| was held. The burial was in the Ro-
man Catholic cemetery. The bearers
were Patrick Moran, Patrick Man
ming. Charles McMenimen. John
Baker, John Devine and Patrick Lillis
An important business meeting of
| the teachers of the Congregational
| Sunday school was held Monday
evening in the church parlor Among
| other business matters transacted
was the appointment of a committee
| consisting of Rev. II. X. Miles, w. A.
! Gilbert, A. e. Park, Miss Mary r.
! Cabot and Miss Emma Gregg, to buy
new hymn books for the school. An
other meeting will be held next We'd
nesday evening in the same place.
Beware of the wooden hem"
While Mr. and Mrs. e. l.. Bass of
Randolph (the latter formerly Miss
| Jennie Goodenough of Brattleboro)
were attending church Sunday the
house caught fire from an incubator
called "Stahls Wooden Hen" The
lamp had been filled but a short time
before. 1t seems to have exploded,
and the wonder is that the house was
not burned down. 1t burned a hole
through the floor and some furniture
was nearly consumed. but the room
being closed the fire was nearly stifled
in smoke. 1t blazed up when the door
was opened but was easily put out.
The damage to the house and furni-
ture was about $l00; insurance in the
Union Mutual.
Miss Sara NJ. Kouwenhoven, daugh-
| ter of W. w. Kouwenhoven of AS
East 23d street, Flatbush, n. Y, was
married Thursday night at her faith
er's home to Addison Bradley Hall
of Brooklyn, the Rev. j. S. Gardner,
pastor of the Flatlands Reformed
church, officiating The maid of hon
or was Miss Lillian KouwenhOven, a
sister of the bride, and the best man
was Col. j. Gray Estey of Brattle-
boro. The house was handsomely
decorated with palms, ferns and DAT
fodils. \ wedding supper was served
after the ceremony to the relatives
and intimate friends. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hall after a short wedding
trip, will live in Flatbush.
An item has recently been the
rounds of the daily papers stating
that Mr. Kipling, who is now in Cape
Town, South Africa, has lately pre-
scented a machine gun to some of the
British forces there. In a personal
letter received from Mr.. Kipling by a
Brattleboro friend few days ago, Mr..
Kipling mentions the fact of the pre-
sentation, which he says was to a
corps of mounted rifles and he adds
that the gun was received by a de-
tachment of ten veterans, eight of
whom had been wounded in the war
and two of whom were old United
States veterans. OF these two, one
informed Mr. Kiplng that he was from
Maine, about 120 miles from where
you used to live"
Richards Bradley, five years old
only son of Richards Bradley, jr., of
BroOkline, Mass, and only grandson
of Col. Richards Bradley of Brattle-
bOro, died Sunday night about mid
night of scarlet fever. The boy was
taken i'll four weeks ago and was TAX
en- to a private hospital where he
seemed to be improving until a week
ago, when the disease appeared in
malignant form. The body was
brought to Brattleboro Tuesday ac-
cOmpanied by the boys parents and
by Dr.. and Mrs. Walter Wesselhoeft
of Boston. and was taken to the Brad
were held at o'clock, Rev. f. Q. S.
Osgood officiating. The burial was in
the family lot in Prospect Hill Gene
terry, where Rev. Mr.. Osgood also con
Quoted service. Arthur Bradley of
Newport, n. H., and Miss Aldice of
New York city were present, but Col
and Mrs. Bradley remained in New
York on account of Col. Bradley S
health.
The Foresters held a st. Patrick S
day celebration in Grange hall Mon
day evening with a large number in
attendance. The first part of the
evening was devoted to a program
consisting of the following numbers
Quartet, st. Patrick's Day, by j. NJ
Shea, +. }. Lavelle, j. E. Calvin and
j. w. Martin; baton exhibition and
buck and wing dancing Z. j. Gagne
solo, Ashore, Joseph NJ. Shea; violin
duet, Anna and Maysie Calvin; The
Holy City, by the quartet, j. NJ. Shea
soloist; solo, When the Harvest Days
Are Over, j. w. Martin; solo, A Bird
in a Gilded Cage, E. j. Lavelle; reci-
tation, The Boat Race, Katherine NJ
Leahey; finale, The Irish Cake Walk
by j, f. Calvin and a company of
cake walkers in comical costumes.
This was a new departure in the cake
walk line and was encored repeatedly.
The cake walkers were E. j. Lavelle
P. H. brisbane, w. o. Young, John
Sullivan, j. ]. Eckles, ]. NJ. Shea, E. j.
Gagne and j. w. Martin. Miss Agnes
Calvin was the accompanist. Dane
ing followed the entertainment, Knapp
and Hines furnishing the music The
net receipts were about $50.
The married women of Protective
Grange gave their Entertainment We'd
nesday night in competition with that
given by the married men two weeks
ago and they have no doubt that they
will win the supper to be given later
unless the young people make a still
better showing a week from next We'd
nesday. This feeling is shared by
many, besides the married women,
who have attended both entertain
ments. There was a large attend
ance Wednesday evening and the per
Torrance was extremely amusing
The program opened with a farce
comedy in two acts, entitled "Sunbon-