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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
NEWFA NE.
chalmer Willard stebbins.

Deacon Stebbins passed away Monday
morning after a lingering and at times
painful Illness since last July. In their
nine years residence in this town MIR.
and Mrs Stebbins have been greatly res
pected residents. Perhaps few couples
have been so useful for so many years
i'm their community. They brought an
excellent name to this place and al
though the last years of Deacon Steb-
binss life have been Increasingly active
from old age and feebeness he has been
a man to be remembered here for his
sterling qualities.
Mr. Stebbins was born in Brookine
Dec. "a, 1872 one of the IL children
(all of whom lived to manhood and wo-
manhood) of Rufus and Clarissa Blandin
and grandson of lothian Stebbins, a sol
der of the Revolution The Stebbins
family was one of the oldest as well as
one of the most respected in the town
and its members were notable for their
thrift and decided Christian characters.
Nurtured I'm such home Chalmer was
converted at the age of 10 or 70 years,
was baptized by Rev. Daniel NJ. Crane
and received into sthe Brookline Baptist
church, where his membership was re-
tanned continuously
For many years he was n faithful
teacher in the Sunday school and since
1866 had been one of the deacons of the
cnuItIls TO winch ne gave llntfdllN OF
time, strength, money and prayers.
Many who have gone out from Brook
line to make their homes In other places
will recall with deep interest the life of
| this Christian man. so unassuming but
still possessing a strength Of character
such as made him one to be trusted in
every position which he was called TO
fill.
Twice he represented the town of
| Brookline in the general assembly and
for some years during the time of the
civil war he was a member of the state
board of agriculture.
Deacon Stebbins was twice married,
his first wife being Katherine Crane. who
died in 1868. Their children were Har-
riet Maria, who died in infancy: Jennie
c.. the wife of I. o. p Smith Of Brattle-
boro: Mrs. G. l. HARDWOOD of Montague.
Mass: and Luton c. Stebbins. who lives
! in Yonkers. n. Y. Deacon Stebbins S
second wife was Mrs. Calista Joy Thayer.
Besides the widow and three children liv-
ing there are three grandchildren, one
/ sister and two brothers. The surviving
| sister is Mrs. Vasht Bennett of West
/ minister. widow of the later Walter Ben
| nett of Brookline; and the brothers are
Jonas of st. Charles MINI. and Rev. j
| Webster Stebbns of Vernon Centre
! MINI. Some Of the members OF Mr.
Stebbins's family who died in recent
wears were the brothers, William OF
| Brookline and DR. Edwin Stebbins OF
Shelburne Falls, Mass. and n sister
Mrs. Calvin Barrett Of Brookllne.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
BROOKLINE e.

1t is rumored that another of our young
men, or one whose home is here, Will
be married during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Robbins of New
fame are receiving congratulations this
week over their Christmas present of a
little daughter.
The Baptist church here will feel deep
w the loss which has come in the death
of Deacon C. w. Stebbins, who for so
many years served this little church so
faithfully and was one of its main sup
porters. The deacon was called by
many the good man. Even those who
have no respect for religion called him a
good. Christian man. The deacon had
been III during the summer and rallied
several times. and his friends hoped he
might be spared for some time to come.
But for some time he lowered between
life and death and the end came early
this week. We can truly say of him
blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord, from henceforth Yea, saith the
Spirit. that they may rest from their
1abors.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
OCCUPATIONS OF VERMoNTERS.
One-third Of Those Who Work Are En-.
gagged in Agricultural Pursuits.

The current number of the quarterly
bulletin issued b. the Vermont state
board Of health contains some interesting
statistics gathered from the census re-
ports relative to the occupations of Yer
monlers. The population OF Vermont by
the census OF 1900 was 3i3 cal. made up
OF l'o,los males and It's JU3 fema.es. On
this total. l3i,933 persons Ql2lSl males
ana -2.'o2 females) are engaged in gain
ful occupations More than one-third
of those who labor for their daily bread
are engaged In agricultural pursuits. the
number being 1890, of whom 1882 are
males. Farmers of course constitute the
greater class, there being %. 1883 males and
l,SS6 females. There are also IS 443 akri-
cultural laborers, 40 of them being wo-
men.
or persons engaged in manufacturing
ana mechanical pursuits there are 81. 1850
including Ais marble and stone cutters
S,55i carpenters and 1,702 dressmakers
In domestic and personal service there
are enrolled 23,02S persons including 10. =
4si laborers and 6S06 servants Trade and
transportation engaged the attention of
1889 persons. 1856 of them being retail
merchants and 241 being clerks in
stores The smallest class is composed
OF those in professional service. there
being only 7,016 of them. This class in
cludes SSl male and 2Si6 female teachers
In schools and colleges; 716 male and q
female physicians and surgeons; $50 male
and II female clergymen: 424 lawyers
lOl male and 276 female musicians and
music teachers; 80 newspaper men and Is
newspaper women.
The bulletin also contains a table show
ing the relative mortality by occupations
from diseases presenting the largest num-
Der of deaths. The table indicates that
tuberculosis is not materially affected
by occupation in this state; that the per
cent. of deaths from organic disease of
the heart is very much larger among
those in agricultural pursuits than in any
other; the same is true of pneumonia
and congestion and hemorrhage of the
brain, although in the last named dis
ease those engaged in professional pur-
suits are a close second. It is also true
that the per cent. of agriculturists who
die from old age is double that of any
in other pursuits.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
WHITINGHAM.

Dollie Whitcomb is at A. Chase's.
Ernest Baker was at Calvin Baker 5
Saturday.
Kate Benjamin is at work at L. H.
Sawyers
Mrs. Carrie Wheeler spent Saturday in
North Adams.
A Mr.. Clark from Maine is working
at Henry Wheeler's.
About half of the village school chill
dren are i'll with chicken-pox.
Mrs. Josephine Bishop was in town
Monday, delivering books for Christmas
Willie West of New Jersey has been
guest at Mrs. S. A. Wheeler's this
week.
Kate Benjamin, Ethel Wheeler, Mrs
Leola Caffrey and Robert Chase were in
North Adams Monday.
Mrs. c. S. Chase returned Wednesday
from Boston She was in South Brain
tree, Mass, ten days on account of the
sickness and death of her father.
Mrs, George Sawyer fell last Friday.
while going for some wood. and seri-
ously injured the ligaments of one ankle.
Elva Bickford is assisting about the
work.
John Addison Brigham, who died at
his home in South Braintree. Mass. Dec.
r. was born in Nottingham Jan. 25. 1924.
and was the last surviving member of
John Brigham's family by his first wife.
In his early manhood he worked in the
tannery business with his brother in
Wilmington, and afterward went to LOS
ton and carried on a baking business
under the firm name of NJ F. & T. A.
Brigham, dissolving after a time and
each one continuing a separate and sue
cessful business for 25 years, after which
he moved to South Braintree. Tn 1855
he married Emily C. Parmalee of Will
mngton. Five children We're born to
them, of whom only one survives. Car
rie f., wife of Charles S. Chase of
Nottingham. and her three sons He al
so leaves widow and one daughter and
a half brother and sister, Hon. IT, W.
BRIGHAM of Winchester. N. H.. and Mrs
Minnie Legate of West Halifax A
kind friend a loving father is at rest.
To know him was to love him: his life
had more than its share 81 trials and
sorrows. but he could always see the
silver lining to every cloud. He was
a friend to the friendless father to
the fatherless and his deeds will live
after him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
TOWNSHEND.

John Chase has returned home.
Newell Jenison is working for j. C.
TAFT.
Marshall Martin is at work at his trade
In Bellows Falls.
j. L. Howard of Maiden, Mass, has
been i'm town recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Perry entertained
a few of their friends at their home last
week on Wednesday evening.
Rev. Il. A. Royal has returned from
South Newfane, where he assisted the
pastor In holding series of meetings.
The Changers and their families en-
joyed their annual oyster supper at the
Congregational chapel Dec u. and a
pleasant time was enjoyed.
Mr. and Mrs. T.. b. Batcheder left
Monday for Boston, where they will
spend the holidays. after which they will
visit in Lowell, Mass, and Maine.
Miss Hortense Switzer of the West viii
lage, a graduate of the seminary, whose
health has debarred her from teaching
this winter, is pursuing some studies at
the seminary, coming here once a week
to recite.
The Changers held their annual meet
ing last week for the choice of officers.
the following being elected: Overseer,
Fred II. Willard lecturer. Mrs. II Cobb
steward. d. w. Dutton; assistant stew
ard, F. l.. Osgood; chaplain, Mrs. A. A.
Mason; secretary, Mrs. a. A. Snow
gatekeeper. e. 3. Batchelder; Pomona.
Mrs. w. II. Miles; Flora, Mrs f. II.
Willard; Ceres, Mrs D. w. Dutton;
treasurer. f. L. Osgood: assistant treas
urer, Mrs. ]. ]. Dale; orRanist Mrs.
+. l.. Osgood.
1t seems n pity the best school house i'm
town should be so deficient in heating
properties as is our village school build
ing, so that the thermometer therein on
ly stood al 20 degrees above zero on the
coolest days. In consequence both
teachers and scholars have suffered from
hard colds and Miss Cooke teacher in
the primary school. has been critically
i'll the past week and the schools have
had n two weeks vacation. The regis
tiers are placed so high that those com
ing from distance have no opportunity
10 warm their feet. and as the building
is now heated II Is the heads Of the
pupils which are kept warm, and we
have always supposed II should be the
reverse Of this. We think a good stove
with dry wood would be the most sensl-
BILE method and n responsible person TO
tend the fires should he engaged instead
| OF the small boys. to whom this inn
portant work has been entrusted in the
| past The writer can speak from ex-
perence. having taught four years con-
| tinuouslv in the old brick school house
before the new one was built and can
| truthfullv saw the school room was very
| comfortable in the coolest OF weather
heated by a stove.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
WILLIAMSVllLE,

George Bishop is working for c. Il.
Tyler
Wallace Wilson of West Dummerston
is working for L. L. Stratton.
Mrs. Butler has been visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Herman Ingram.
Louise Merrifeld is spending the Christ
mas vacation at her home here.
C. f. Tyler will use his teams in
drawing wood the next few weeks.
Annie Johnson returned Friday from
her visit in Connecticut and Massachu-
sets
]. H. Mortified has been confined to
the house several days with cold and a
severe sore throat.
The steam mill was started again on
Wednesday after being closed some
days. undergoing repairs.
Rev Il. II. Goldthwaite received from
her parishioners a handsome sum of
money as a Christmas present.
Mrs. Moore has completed her visit
to Ludlow and Bellows Falls and is
staying with her daughter Mrs. +. r.
| Willard.
George Hescock spent a few days with
his mother. while suffering from an in
| jury on his hand He returned to Green
field Friday.
MIR. and Mrs. \. H. Wood of Cam
bridge Junction. this state. are spending
| a few days with Mr.. and Mrs. T.. IL.
/ Richardson. Mrs Wood was Miss Elsie
/ Dickinson, formerly teacher in our viii
/ lage school. Her marriage took place
at her home in Jeffersonvlle Dec. II.
People who live in IA wooded country
are the most Independent this year. No
! coal trouble can reach them, as far as
warmth is concerned and still il affects
| us all and cannot be otherwise; but no
one need suffer from cold who is able 10
work, for fuel will not be exhausted for
! some years to come.
The juniors and some of the young
I ladies of the Y. =. c. L. will hold their
! Christmas festivities at the parsonage
on Thursday afternoon, from 2 till T.
! Dainty little invitations were given them
and they anXiously await to see what
Santa Claus has in store for Them for
he has sent word to them that there is
such a demand for wood this winter he
does not feel like cutting trees.
The bridge built by Mr.. Ryder and
men to enable them to draw lumber from
| the Pine" lot was carried away some
time ago and Mr.. Ryder and his men
found it and brought it back. Last Sat
urday night ii was carried off again by
high water. The bridge Is about 24O feet
long, and will need some repairing. but
| Mr. Ryder and his men have gone home
to wait for the waters to subslde, then
they will try again.
Mrs. Asa Stratton has a letter from her
son, Herbert who worked for his bro
ther, Leslie. all last summer. He left
! New Haven on Tuesday and after stay
ing six hours in Savannah. Ga, reached
jacksonville, Fla, Friday evening When
he left New York the thermometer stood
3 below zero. When he reached Jackson
vile the weather was as warm as In
summer and flowers were in blossom
Masses OF roses greeted him, which
/ must have seemed like friends He
likes the place very much. There were
three young men with him and on the
next day after they arrived three of them
found employment and went to work
Monday morning. Mr.. Stratton works
for Smith, Richardson & Co. in the meat
market. He finds many northern peo-
pie there.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
The Breakfast Food Family.

John Spratt will eat no fat,
Nor will he touch the lean.
lie scorns to eat of any meat;
lie lives upon Foodine.
But Mrs. Spratt will none of that.
Foodine she cannot eat.
Her special wish is for a dish
OF Expurgated Wheat.
To William Spratt that food is fiat
on which his mater dotes.
His faVorite feed-his special need
Is Eata Heapa Oats.
But sister Lii can't see how VIII
Can touch such tasteless food.
AS breakfast fare it can't compare,
She says with Shredded Wood.
Now, none of these Leander please;
He feeds upon Bath Mitts.
While sister Jane improves her brain
With Cero- Grapo-Grits.
Lycurgus votes for Fathers oats;
Proggine appeals TO May;
The junior John subsists upon
Uneeda Bayla Hay.
Corrected Wheat for little Pete:
Flaked Pine for Dot; while "Bub.'
The infant Spratt. is waxing fat
on Battle Greek Near-Grub.
-[Chicago Tribune
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
SOUTH WARDSBoRO.

Emery Wheeler and family have moved
to Stratton to live with John Babcock.
Mrs. 5. NJ Faunce. who is with her
daughter, Mrs. l. b. Putnam. Is very
feeble.
Mrs Peter Patterson is with her par
ents in Wolf Island. Canada. her mother
being seriously i'll.
Reuben Grout and his father moved TO
Jamaica last week. His sister, Mrs.
f. l.. Ellis. Is with them as hous.keeper
for the present.
7. -. Potter X Co.'S steam mill near
this place is now nearly ready 10 begin
saving lumber The whistle was heard
from the mill last Saturday afternoon
for the first time
Our pastor and his wife have began
housekeeping in the Marsh house. They
had but small amount of fuel on hand
on Thursday OF last week. but at night a
good pile OF wood was In the parson' $
yard, cut and hauled there that day by
the willing workers of the parish.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
JAMAICA.

s. r. r. Cheney came home Saturday
night.
John S. Robinson is on the sick list
again.
Nellie Slade has gone home for a
weeks visit
Rev. r. s. Howard preached in the
Baptist church Sunday.
Miss Florence Morgan of Windsor is
visiting at a. l.. Towards.
Miss Mary Cheney and Mrs. Nette Cas-
sin came home Monday night.
A Bowers family has bought the Ed
mund Harris place in Pixies Falls and
moved there recently.
Rev. w. G. Hodgson, who preached at
the Congregational church last Sunday,
will remain through the week to preach
again next Sunday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.

Mrs NJ II. Smith gave a pleasant tea
party and candy pull to the junior league
at the parsonage on Saturday, when the
children had a merry time.
on account of the storm and bad wa.A-
ing the literary society's meeting, which
was to have been held last Tuesday even
ing, was postponed one week.
The exhibition given by the dramatic
club last Friday evening drew a full
house and gave good satisfaction. a
large number from the North village and
Jamaica were present G. M. Games
from the North village and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Pier from Jacksonville rendered
valuable assistance i'm the play.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
WEST DUMMERSTON.

Miss Clara wilkins of Greenfield visit
ed at her uncle's, c. S. Wilkins's, over
Sunday.
There will be a Christmas tree at the
church Wednesday evening, the 2ith, and
other entertainment.
Mrs. Hattie Marsh has gone to Read
ing, where she will spend the remainder
of the winter with her sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duffy Lamont and Mr.
and Mrs. T. Lamont and son left Friday
for their old home in Canada
Charlie Johnson, who came from South
Dakota and is staying in Northfield
Mass, made a flying visit at w. B
Leonard's last week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
Narrow Gauge Luck and Management.
Londonderry Sitter.

The little road is running in hard lines
again. For general management or
rather mismanagement 1t is entitled to
the BOBBY prize. With WORKOUT engines
and lack of fuel. for which there is no
reason, under prudent management
Tuesday night about two hundred feet of
track was washed out a little below West
Townshend caused by an ice jam. Since
then passengers, mail and express have
been carried around. The Sitter is in
formed by n friend who came up We'd
nesday evening. that the train left Brat
tleboro with an engine and the mixed
trains combination car. Into this was
loaded passengers baggage mail and ex-
press. A few of the passengers obtained
seats but n large number were Obliged
to stand In the aisles. Everything was
in last winters shape excent the "little
red calf" regular passenger car stood
on the track, the excuse for leaving II
was that the steam connection was out
of order and they could not warm It.
Arriving at the break all were trans
ferred to another combination car. Aeain
a full passenger car was left on the
track. the excuse this time was that thew
couldn't make steam enough to draw 1t.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
WEST TOWNSHEND.
Miss Addie Garfield is seriously III.

Miss Addie Garfield Is seriously ILL.,
Arthur Howard OF Bridgeport. Conn,
visited his aunt. Mrs. Jane Gordon. last
week
Mr. and Mrs Frank Blood have the
sympathy Of the community in the loss
of their son, Cola. :. who died on the
18th after a brief Illness. He was an in
teresting little lad and was favorite not
only with his playmates but with his
elders. The funeral was at the house
on Saturday attended by Rev. NJ +.
Hardy. The little casket was covered
by quantity OF beautiful flowers. The
only music was a hymn sung by the
little girls.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
GUILFORD.

Little Ethel Squires has been i'll the
past week.
Mrs. Lulu Haynes Whalan and husband
are occupying the tenement in the post
office house.
r. p. Squires has his saw mill in run
ming order and the sound of the whistle
is once more heard in the village.
Mrs. Clark Skinner and her son, John
and daughter, are staying with Mrs.
SINNERS niece. Mrs. Jesse Weatherhead.
until they arrange for housekeeping in
Brattleboro.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
NEST DOVER.

Harry i. Parsons of this place, who
formerly lived in West Wardsboro, and
more recently worked for Harry Knight
in Jamaica, is a conductor in the service
of the Boston elevated railway company.
He has been assigned to the trolley cars
of division of the road. which includes
Brookline, Brighton and Allston in its
territory.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
GREEN RIVER.

Joseph Clark has bought several lots of
apples about here w. A. Denison and
George Bracket have nearly 300 barrels
Roy. Haynes met with a serious acct
dent Saturday while at work on a circu-
lar saw in II. Stoves MILL cutting off
two fingers on his left hand
The personal property brought fair
prices at the Moriarty auction sale
Thursday. but the farm sold at a low
figure, Arthur Lynde being the lucky bid
der.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
WlLMI

The dedication of the new Memorial
hall and the Childs tavern will take place
Monday evening of next week, Dec. Goth.
The program will include five-minute
talks from former and present residents
of the town, interspersed with music and
stereopticon reproductions of old time
faces, familiar to Wilmingtonians king
Jollity," an opera with local cast, will be
presented the three following nights, con-
GLIDING with ball on New years night.
A large number of former townsmen and
ton.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
MARLBORO,

w. a. Brayman has returned to Yer
non.
The annual parish visit will be held al
the parsonage on Wednesday evening.
Dec. 81 All are cordially invited.
George Hamilton. member of the
freshman class at Wesleyan University,
is spending the holiday vacation at home.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
EAST DOVER.

Christmas will be observed as usual
this year. AT the Methodist church
there will be exercises by the children
and tree.
D. NJ. Hale's oldest child, Ruth, has
been very sick the past week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26

Customer-Is this book good? Sales
man-No. but it's by a prominent author
and it's the last one out.-[Life.
The highest of all navigable rivers is
the Tsangpo, which flows for nearly 1000
miles at an elevation of from II 900 to
1900 feet
The amount allowed at Pekin by the
American claims commission, which re-
Gently finished it's work. is s, 3S3, 900. and
the sum disallowed is S1,S04,0O0
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
WEST HALIFAX.

There will be a base ball sociable at
Stone & Clark's Tuesday evening Dec.
80. There will be a farce music and
supper. All are invited. The proceeds
will go to the base ball club.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26

Bishop Clut. coadjutor of Bishop Grou
ard, of Althabasca, has been in the froz
en- North for over 45 years, with only
three or four visits to civilization.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26
DlJMMERSTON,

Christmas will be observed Thursday
evening with appropriate exercises in the
church, beginning at 7.30.