Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-15

enough farm TO y. Il. OONey.
Will Farwel of Spofford has caught
several pike through the ice at Spot
ford lake recently, including one hand
some specimen weighing II pounds.
The annual meeting of the First
Baptist church, for the election of
officers and the transaction of inn
portant BUSINESS, will be held We'd
nesday evening, April 3, at 7.30 o'clock.
Windham county court adjourned
yesterday afternoon at $50. A report
of the important cases will be found
on page 5. Petition was dismissed
in the application for a divorce by
Elizabeth Boyden VS.. Victor J. Boy
den.
The Goth United States Volunteers,
who have been on duty in Panay, have
sailed from Manila on the transport
Garonne. Ned Marsh of Brattleboro
is a corporal in Company d, the Yer
mont company, commanded by Capt.
Brownell of Burlington.
Gum & Co., the real estate dealers,
have sold for Delma d. Kent his 1870
acre farm in West Townshend 20
George G. Bates of New York; and
for II. l.. Hadlock his 5O0-acre Farm
in West Townshend to Forrest Hooper
of Massachusetts.
Dana |. Howard has finished work for
Barden & Edgerton. at the wood yard,
where he has been employed the past
two and one-half years and has moved
with his family to the farm in Gull
ford. known as the Carpenter farm,
which he bought of f. j. Bailey.
G.. w. Plat. druggist, a former resi-
dent of Brattleboro and sOn-in-law of
Mrs. Royal Tyler was one of the los
prs by the fire in Great Darlington
Mass, his store being in the block
which was burned. His loss is esti-
mated at $1,000, with $4,000 insurance.
Rev. Father Long of Proctor one of
the benefciaries under the will of his
father, Daniel Long, has directed r.
T.. Gordon, administrator of the estate,
to give his share of the estate to his
sister Bridget and has given the ad-
ministrator a receipt for his part of
the estate.
Two new cases of diphtheria have
been reported to the health officer, DR..
Miller. Mrs. A. b. Goodale of Estey-
Vile, in whose family there have been
two cases, was taken i'll yesterday and
the quarantine, which had been raised
was renewed. Julia, second child OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Austin of South
Main street, is also ill., and the house
was quarantined last night. The
house of e. NJ. Angler of Canal strCcc
is being fumigated today.
The trustees of the Baptist church
have sent to members circular let
ter stating that in approaching the
end of the year there are two things
which the church should accomplish:
First, close the year with all obliga-
tions paid; second, start the new year
with expenses provided. A request is
made for the redemption of all pledg-
es for current expenses by March "a.
The estimated expenses for the COM
ing year amount to $4,000.
The Brattleboro Automobile Corl-
pany publishes in another column its
articles of association. 1t is organized
for the purpose of establishing a lire
of automobiles or other vehicles from
Brattleboro to Hinsdale and North
field. The surrounding towns are in
cluded in the official papers. The
capital stock is $4,000. The sub.
scribers are George w. Hooker, George
A. BOyden, James l.. Martin, r. t..
Gordon, l.. H. Richardson. F. ID. Fisk.
This move is a highly commerdable
one and will offset any advantage
which the business men of Greenfield
hope to obtain through establishing a
similar line from that place to North.
field via Bernardston.
Mrs. Abigail Church, aged 80 years
and 10 months, who died Friday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. George
Montgomery, in North Adams, was
born in Marlboro and was a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Willis. When
about 20 years old she was married to
Wheeler Church of Marlboro They
lived in Wilmington, Stamford and
POwnal Mr. Church's death taking
place in the latter town eight years
ago. Mrs. Church had been a member
of the Methodist church 60 years and
her life was that of an earnest and
sincere Christian. She is survived
by two sons and three daughters.
The only remaining members of her
fathers family of IS children are Masa
Willis and Caleb Willis, both now at
the Home for the Aged and Disabled
in Brattleboro.
John o. Pullen, II, died about 4
o'clock Monday morning at the home
of his son, James A. Pullen, after an
illness of four days with pneumonia.
He was born in Guilford and was a
son of Philip Pullen, who had a large
family of children. He lived on a
farm in Hinesburg about 80 years,
moving from there to Putney, where
he carried on a farm on West Hill.
He married Estella j. Townsend of
Putney, who died in Brattleboro about
seven years ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Pullen
moved from Putney to Brattleboro
about 10 years ago and lived on
Southern avenue until the death Of
Mrs. Pullen. Mr.. Pullen then went to
live with his son. Another son, DR..
A. ]. Pullen is a physician in Fond
du Lac, Wis. Besides his two sons,
Mr.. Pullen leaves a brother in Boston
and one in Worcester. The funeral
was held at the house of J. A. Pullen
on Chaplin street at o'clock Tuesday,
Rev. II. r. Miles officiating. The body
was placed in the tomb in the Pros
pect Hill cemetery. The burial will be
in Putney.
Rev. H. p. Perkins, missionary to
China, who was driven from his post
during the recent Boxer uprising,
preached in the Congregational church
Sunday morning, made brief remarks
at the opening of Sunday school, and
occupied the time at the Christian
Endeavor sOciety's meeting in the
evening. He gave, in an interesting
way, a brief outline of the geographic
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