Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-12-27

! New Years day, legal holiday.
DR.. H. d. Waterman has received
the appointment as health officer of
Brattleboro.
The New York Dramatic Mirror of
this week contains half-tone portrait
of Alden Bass as he appears in the
character of the young farmer in
Peaceful Valley"
George W. Pierce. farmer at the
Brattleboro Retreat has arranged for
the purchase of additional elk and
deer, to be added to the herds in the
park near Linden lodge.
The Brattleboro Woman's club will
meet with Mrs. c. F. r. Jenne Friday
/ afternoon, Jan. 8. The subject for the
! afternoon will be Raphael" His life
will he considered and there will be
( readings and music.
The Epworth League held a box So
! ciable Monday evening at the home of
Mrs Clayton Miller in West Brattle-
boro. The young men furnished the
| boxes, which were bought by the
/ young women. Piano music was fur
nished by Mrs. Jerry Higley.
An attractive piece of window deco
/ ration is seen in II. M. Woods store.
| being the work of Carroll Wood. It
represents a forest scene with men
clearing off timber, while near by is a
house with a wel-sweep, a pond. of
water, old fashioned fence, etc.
The Office in Crosby block formerly
| occupied as the Reformer Office has
been leased by representatives of the
Provident Savings Loan and Trust
! company of Worcester. Mass, who will
occupy it as soon as repairs which are
now being made are completed.
! F. d. Morris, Mrs. Frank Clark and
Mrs. Charles Van Doom were in
Greenfield the past week assisting
! Baldwin &c Van Doom to sell their
! stock of goods, similar to that carried
by Morris & Gregg. The store of Bald
| win & Van Doom will be used as an
Office by the American House.
Rev. Mr.. Davidson, the evangelist
| will begin his work in Bratteboro next
+ Sunday. There will be a union service
in the morning in the Baptist church
Although the Congregational church
will be closed at the time of the usual
morning service the Sunday school
will be held as usual at IL O'Clock.
Fred Browns family of West Brat
tleboro have been indulging in the lux
ury of wild field strawberries in De-
cember. Mrs. Brown found strawberry
| blossoms on the hills in October. She
took up the plants. brought them
home, transplanted them. and now the
ripe berries are in condition for pick
ing.
Washington dispatches state that
Congressman Haskins has introduced
bill providing for the erection of
public building in Brattlcboro. but no
particulars are given. The bill which
| the Colonel introduced providing for
the erection of a public building in
/ Island Pond called for an expenditure
of $4,000.
c. S. Stockwells loss by the recent
fire in his livery stable was adjusted
| Monday at S2373. AS previously an
nounced the loss on the building was
S2101; c. H. Thompson's loss was
$3.50, and H. r. Browns was s135,
making the total loss. as covered by
insurance, $3.50. There were one or
two small losses not covered by in
surance, making the actual loss prac-
tically $4,000.
A second case of small pox is re-
ported from Grafton, a younger child
in the Butler family having contracted
the disease from the girl whose illness
was reported last week. There is little
or no danger of the disease spreading.
as the farm house where the family
live is isolated, being some distance
from the road running from Grafton to
Houghtonville.
F. G. Gale, o. H. Ellis and j. A. Taylor.
against whom suits for $4,000 were
brought last week by Mrs. Stephen G..
Ellis and daughters, have furnished
bail as follows: On one writ against
Gale, R. G. Bacon; on one writ against
Gale, Ben Williamson; on one writ
against Gale, Bacon and Williamson
jointly; on one writ against Taylor,
George w. Hooker; on two writs
against Taylor. H. G. Clark on three
writs against Ellis, H. R. Brown.
The local express office has done
an exceptionally large business the
past week. The Christmas business
began early and kept up. three teams
being continually ION the go" until
supper time Wednesday. The volume
of outgoing express was about the
same as last year, but many more
packages were received. The teams
were out until 11.30 o'clock Tuesday
night At the post office about the
usual number of packages were receiv-
ed and despatched. Christmas trade
at the stores was about the usual
volume. The buying began late, but
there was a big rush the last two
days.
Miss Louisa Brown, 10, died in a
hospital in Boston Tuesday after a
short Illness with heart disease. The
body was brought to Brattleboro We'd
nesday and the funeral was held yes
terday morning in the Roman Catholic
church. The burial was in the Roman
Catholic cemetery. Miss Brown was
born in Brattleboro. Since early
childhood she lived with her aunt,
Miss Mary Brown of South Main
street, until a year ago, when she
went to Boston to work. She leaves a
sister, Nellie, who lives with Miss
Brown, brother, Maurice, in Woods
ville N. H., and a brother, William,
who is in the United States army.
Maurice Brown came to Brattleboro
to attend the funeral.
William LAWNS Brattleboro friends
note with pleasure his successful de-
but on the London musical stage
The London Musical Courier said of
his recent appearance in st. James's
Hau. Another debut was that of Mr..
William LAWN, an American tenor,