Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-04-05

I The parochial schools closed Thurs.
| day for vacation of ten days.
Company ! was inspected last eve.
ming by Major f. L. Howe of North
| field.
The Garment Workers union held
! their regular meeting Monday eve.
ming in Grand Army hall.
The young womens basket ball
team will close the season with
! game in the Retreat gymnasium next
Wednesday evening.
The twentieth Century club will re.
| sumo weekly meetings next Wednes-
day, when the gathering will be held
at Mrs. j. /. Denning's.
The regular o'clock meeting at the
! Y. NJ. c. A. rooms will be postponed
next Sunday on account of the fun.
eral of Winford E. French.
A. V. Mays agency has sold for
! George p. Hooker his farm in Gull
! ford known as as the Sidney Ashcraft
| place, to Loring w. Adams of Guiltord
The next meeting of the Profession.
al club will be held next Tuesday eve
ming. DR.. S. E. Lawton will read
! paper on "Degeneracy" and Rev. L. 7.
Mathison will lead in the discussion
No new cases of diphtheria have
! been reported this week. The house
of 7. A. Austin of South Main street
! is still in quarantine. but all others
where the disease has appeared have
been disinfected.
Beauseant Comandery. knights
! Tempar, held a special meeting Wed.
nesday evening, when an inspection
of the cOmmandeTy was made by Emf
nent Sir John H. Whpple of Man.
chester grand captain general. The
! Temple and Malta degrees were work.
! ed and banquet was served.
The Criterion club of Boston. under
the auspices of the Unitarian church
society, will give Augustin Days
| translation from the German, Might
OF, at the Auditorium on the night
of May %. Samuel oliver, who has
many acquaintance in Brattleboro,
will have one of the leaulng parts in
the play.
recent issue of the Princeton Qll1
Republican contains an extended ac-
count of the wedding of Miss Annie S
Richardson, daughter of Charles j.
Richardson of that city, to Herbert
! f. Luers. The wedding was evident
! ly notable social event in Princeton
| The father of the bride is Brattle-
| boro native and a brother of the late
| William f. Richardson.
George 5. Keller. 45. who died in
Natick Mass. March 80, after an i'll
ness of four weeks, is remembered by
many people in Brattleboro, as a popu-
lar conductor on the electric railroad
two years. He came to West Brat
tlebOrO when the road was being
! built. helped wire and set up the cars.
and was one of the conductors when
| the road was first opened for business.
He is survived by a wife, Minnie E.
! Keller
The annual meeting of Wantastiquet
Golf club was held at the Brooks
| House Wednesday evening. The club
decided to Increase the membership
from $50 to 200 and to make the
dues s.. with a rate OF So for each
additional person in the same family.
The dirt greens will be enlarged and
improved. These officers were
chosen: President. Col c. A. Miles:
vice president, Miss Emily Tones
secretary and treasurer. Charles A.
Boyden; board Of governors, Col. c.
A. Miles, Miss Emily Tones. Charles
A Boyden, l. A. Gregg, Mrs. c. l..
Stickney
George w. Washburn. late of Com
pany ID, Sd Vermont regiment. died
at the Vermont Soldiers Home in
| Bennington April !. He was born in
! Derby, enlisted at Holland and served
| al l.. !.
at Lees Mills April IL. 1861. and
again was shot through the left
| shoulder and body at Spottsylvauia
| He was admitted to the Home July
! 10th 1900, and died after a lingering
! illness of cancer of the stomach. He
was buried in the Home cemetery
| His death number 127 He was
! brother of John p. Washburn of Brat
! tleboro. and the latter also a Civil
war veteran, has been at the home
several months assisting in caring for
| him
Mrs. Rachael Smith Elmer died this
! morning at $50 at the home OF her
son, James p. Elmer, on Frost street
where she had lived for the past two
years. She was Sc years old and had
| been feeble for a long time. Mrs.
Elmer was a native of Addison, VT.
| but previous to coming here had lived
in Canton, y. Y, for more than so
years. Her husband, John F. Elmer.
died there about 20 years ago Six
sons and two daughters We're born to
! Mrs. Elmer. Four of her sons served
in the civil war Her only surviving
| children are James p. Elmer and an
! older son, Russell S, VINO lives in
! California There Will be prayer at
| the house Sunday afternoon, and the
body will be taken for burial to Can
! ton, y. Y.
The Boston Transcript of Tuesday,
! IN an account Of the annual meeting
! OF the Boston Gentlemen's Driving
! club, held at YOungs hotel said.
| Prizes won during the year were then
awarded. Mr.. H. O. Aldrich won four
| OF the five prizes offered. With Gus
| sic Leonard he won the cup offered
| for trotters, winning the most heats
| during the season in 2.25. With the
| same horse he won the gold timer
! donated by Lemuel Hitchcock for the
trotter winning the greatest number
OF races; and also the whip offered by
| [. II. Belledeu for the horse starting
| in the greatest number of races. With
Burlington Boy Mr.. Aldrich won the
championship cup for the trotter max
ing the fastest time during the sea
son, the conditions being that he must