Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-03-21

to accept an invitation to spend a week in
Boston with her aunt, Mrs. Edward Rob-
ertson of New York. Mrs. Jones took her
nephew, Frank Spencer, with her, and
will leave him with his mother IN Lowell
during her absence.
Miss Florence Thayer, who was taken TO
the City hospital in Keene last week, I'M
derwent an operation for appendicitis,
from which report says she Is making a
good recovery. Miss Thayer's home is In
Vernon, but she had been employed in the
family of Lorenzo Stebbins n short time.
w. L. Todd has the distinction of being
the first Hinsdale resident to order an
automobile. His order for a Knox ma
chine which can be used for two or
four persons, has been placed with the
factory in Springfield. Mass. The com
pany has so many orders ahead that the
machine, the cost of which will be $1,000,
cannot be delivered until about June l.
The public library is now open for is
suing and exchange of books every week
day evening. and Wednesday and Satur-
day afternoons. The reading room will
be open every evening. including Sundays.
The reading room. which has heretofore
been kept open by volunteers caretakers.
is now i'm charge of Miss Lucy Spooner,
the librarian. The new arrangement
was made possible by the increased APP
preparation made for the purpose at the
town meeting.
The new board of selectmen have made
the following appointments: F.. p. Kinds,
constable and policeman. +. O. Pack
ard, policeman; DR.. a. a. Pratte. J. II.
Wetherbee and Robert McCaughern.
board of health: Edward Stebblns. over
seer of the poor; f. =. Kinds. truant
officer; f. o. Packard. dog constable;
c. T.. Keyou was chosen town treasurer
with a salary of si for the year. Upon
the recommendation of Chief Engineer
f. A. Buckley, c. p. Lynch. w. ID. Hol-
man. F. L. Latham and Dominick Bell
eville. jr, were appointed assistant en-
gineers.
There was a small attendance at the
annual school meeting which was held at
the town hall Saturday afternoon, and
the business was transacted I'm a very
short time, and with no excitement. VIII
lis d. Stearns was elected moderator:
Chandler S. Fay, clerk to serve for the
ensuing year. and Edalbert J. Temple was
chosen to serve on the board of educa-
tino for the ensuing three years. 1t was
voted to raise and appropriate the fol-
lowing amount Of money: For the sup
port of schools in addition to the amount
required by law. S2ll62i; for text books
and supplies. 5000: for the teaching OF
music and drawing i'm the schools. 1910.
The New Hampshire Audubon society
has caused to have posted in conspicuous
places by the local Nature club a warn
ing in regard to the state game laws for
the protection of wild birds and their
nests and eggs. Penalty: Any person
found destroying nests or taking their
| eggs. shall be guilty of n misdemeanor,
and when convicted therefor. shall he
fined 3 for each oTcnse. aud an additional
s. for each bird or part of bird. or nest
or eggs possessed In violation of this
section. or to imprisonment for ten days.
or both. at the discretion of the court.
EvpantipnGs To ugkg crows "a nd EDu1fGh
sparrows. and game birds in their sea-
son.
Mrs. Anna L. Wilder. wife of II. n.
Wilder. died in Wallingford on SATURDAY.,
Feb. 90. after an Illness of about 10 days.
The funeral was held at her late resi-
dence on Railroad street Monday after
noon at 5 o'clock. Rev. J. L. Belanger.
pastor of the Congregational church Of
ficiated The services were largely at
tended. After the reading Of the scrip
lures Mr.. Relangcr spoke OF the hope Of
immortality which Is in every soul. say
ing that while there Is something in CON
nection with death which makes MS cringe.
yet there is a certain placidness connected
with IT.. We can get the analogy from
the patient sick unto death. In the
throes of disease there is the distortinE
of the features. But let the end come.
and the features become normal. and
seem to teach MS serenity. The clergy
AAAHANA ~ % EN-NN wa aAAFH - ANt ~ TO
woman who in her humble way, sought
TO do good. She had been a member Of
the Congregations church for % years,
and in all that time found solace In the
public worship, ms we'll as in the fellow
ship which the church gave her. As n
neishbor she will be missed. She was
kind-heartod. almost to n fault. The
people Of her district we'll remember the
time when a case Of diphtheria broke ont
in n certain family. Everybody Stunned
the place. The people could get no one
near them for love or money. Mrs.
Wilder went and shut herself in with the
patient and cared for the child She
was best known in her home where she
was the r%eigninE queen. After all. the
Bible gives no higher euolgy TO woman
hood than a woman attending to the wei
fare of her household. The fork shop
closed for the funeral and all the men
Of the shop turned out and constituted
themselves into an escOrting body To the
cemetery. Mrs. Wilder leaves n hus-
band, n son. G. II. Wilder. who is in bust
ness in Boston, a sister, Mrs. G. a. Bah
cock Of Gardner, Mass. a brother I'm Kan
sas, and F. II. Eddy Of FitchburG. Mass.
whom they recognized and loved almost
as a son.-[Rutland, VT, News.