Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-25

Brattlcboro and on the same dates
in Westminster West
The basket ball game between the
Y. NJ. G. A. team and the Vermont
academy team, which was to have been
played in SaXtons River Monday night,
was postponed to next Monday night.
Attorney John Il. Gale of Guilford
will speak on Farmers Education. "
and "A Garden Talk at the series of
farmers meetings to be held through
out the state by the state board of ag-
riculture.
The store of Durham Brothers and
the addition which has been built in
the rear have been connected this
week by tearing out the brick wall
| between them. The work of arranging
the stock in the new building is now
in progress.
F. V. Hubbard, travelling salesman
for the william Barker company of
Troy, n. Y, who dropped dead in Law
renee, Mass, recently was we'll
known in Brattleboro, as he had been
! coming here regularly on his business
trips the past 20 years
The mercury dropped to 10 below
zero Saturday morning, and to 20 be-
low Sunday morning. lower mark
than has been recorded locally in sew
eral seasons. Reports of 20 to AZ be-
low came from towns in Maine, New
Hampshire and Northern Vermont.
The funeral of Mrs. Frank E. vii.
lard was held at the house, on South
Main street, Sunday at 2.30 o'clock.
Rev. e. Q. S. Osgood, of the Unitarian
church, officiating. The burial was in
the Prospect Hill cemetery. The bear
ers were Col. II. e. Taylor, II. O.
! Coolidge, Mr.. HOpkinson of Spring
field, Mass, and Il. j. Knowlton.
The junior physical class of the
y. NJ. G. A. was given instruction in
gun drill Saturday afternoon by Capt
W. T. Haigh. The drill will be con.
tinued every Saturday afternoon for
the present. The class is given physi.
cal instruction Monday and Wednes.
day afternoons by Richard G. Averill
whose work is showing good results
J. H. Morse sustained painful inju.
ries at the Estey Organ factory Mon.
day, being struck on the head by tim.
bers which fell suddenly from a pile
near his bench. One cash was cut
across his head, and it was intersected
by other gashes which were cut back
from his forehead. The skull was not
fractured, however, and no serious
results from the wounds are antici
pated.
The funeral of Mrs. Frances Hardie
mother of Robert Gordon Hardie. was
held in st. Michaels Episcopal church
at o'clock Saturday, Rev. Edward T
Mathison officiating. The singing was
by e. H. Miller. Col. c. A. Miles con
Quoted the funeral, the bearers being
George A. Hines, George E. Greene
Ira S. Higgins and George w. Burnett
neighbors of Mrs. Hardie. The burial
was in the family lot in the Prospect
Hill cemetery.
Ned Leonard, son of Mrs. d. Leon
ard, has been undergoing a trying ex
perience. He fell while skating sew
eral weeks ago and fractured one arm
He was making a good recovery from
the accident when he ventured out
on the ice again one day last week
skating with one arm in a sling and a
club in his effective hand. He fell
heavily and not only opened the first
fracture, but also sustained a green
twig fracture of the wrist.
The annual meeting of the Brattle
boro Gaslight company was held in the
office of the clerk and treasurer, c. F
Thompson, Monday evening. The re
port of the clerk and treasurer was
accepted and the usual dividend OF
6 per cent was declared. These Of
ticers were elected: Clerk and treas
urer. C. F. Thompson; president. Dr.
II. d. Holton; directors. DR.. H. D.
Holton, G. c. Averill, j. L. Martin
c. II. Thompson and G. A. Boyden
The Prospect Hill cemetery associa.
ton held its annual meeting in the
Office of w. S. Newton Monday eve
ming. The treasurer's report showed
a net gain of 1904 above the expendi,
ture during the year. These officers
were elected: President, Dr. G. F.
Gale; clerk, w. S. Newton; treasurer
Charles f. Bingham; trustees, George
e. Greene, ]. j. Estey, George A.
Hines, r. e. Gordon, G. A. Boyden and
c. f, Bingham; collector, c. f. Bling
ham.
The S0th birthday anniversary of
Treasurer Norman f. Cabot of the
Vermont Savings bank was celebrated
with family gathering at his home
on Terrace street Sunday. There
were present around the festive board
in addition to the members of his own
family and relatives living in town,
William Cabot and family and Fred
erick HolbrOok and family of Boston,
Emerson Brooks of Orange, n. j., Mr..
and Mrs. Chauncey |. McKeever of
New York, and Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Goodhue, jr., of Germantown, Pa.
Lawyer F. w. Gibson, for the state,
and Lawyer A. F. Schwenk. for the
defendant went to Chesterfield Fac
tory Friday to try the case of the state
of New Hampshire against Charles
Hills formerly of Brattleboro, for al
legged assault upon Mrs. Hattie NJ.
Davis. 1t was alleged that Hills dis
charged a gun in the direction of Mrs.
Davis for interfering in his attempt
to persuade a Pole, employed by Mr..
Davis, to leave the place. Hills plead
ed guilty to simple assault and Judge
d. w. Slade imposed fine of $40 and
costs, amounting to $35, which Hills
paid. Hills was also put under bonds
in the sum of $500 to keep the peace.
Congregational Sunday School.
The annual meeting of the Congre-
gational Sunday school was held last
Sunday at the close of the study hour.
Ii. II. Thompson, who has been super
intendent of the school for the past
eight years, resigned that position and
a committee was appointed to confer
with him with a view to inducing him
to reconsider, and in case he decided
not to do so to recommend persons
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