Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-19

Wantastiquet lodge of odd Fellows
will hold their annual meeting for the
election of officers next Monday night.
The parochial school closed We'd
nesday for the Christmas vacation.
Christmas tree for the children was
held in the afternoon.
The Y. NJ. C. A. basket ball team
will play the Millers Falls team in
Millers Falls tomorrow evening. On
Christmas day they will play in Shell
burne Falls.
The Junior Auxiliary of st. Michaels
Episcopal church will hold a sale of
Japanese ware tomorrow afternoon
and evening in the vacant store in
Retting building.
Fort Dummer colony of Pilgrim Fa-
theirs elected Fred =. Thompson rep
resentative to the session of the SUI
preme colony in Boston next April at
a regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Charles J. Johnson of Westminster
| has filed a schedule in bankruptcy,
! His assets amount to So, all in house
! hold goods which are exempt, and his
! liabilities are S63 He has only four
creditors.
/
| Brattleboro boys sentenced to states
prison for perjury, was pardoned by
! Governor Mccullough Tuesday. Leon
Canedy. the last of the three to have
his case considered. has not been
pardoned.
The storm Tuesday washed out a
section of track on the narrow gauge
railroad near Townshend so that the
passengers on the south-bound train
Wednesday morning had to be carried
by. The train reached Brattleboro
soon after noon.
The members of the Windham
county board of fire underwriters met
in the Brooks House Tuesday for a
conference with Chairman Hildreth
of the New England Insurance Ex-
change. The conference was held in
the forenoon, after which all those
present had dinner together at the
hotel.
The funeral of Mrs. Damaris n.
Hatch was held at her late home on
Cedar street Saturday afternoon, Rev.
George b. Lawson officiating. j. T..
Hall and l.. w. Hawley sang The
burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery,
the bearers being H. p. Wellman, C..
+. r. Jenne, G.. H. Phillips and War
rem Fessenden.
The body of Mrs Harriette DECKER
man Ransom, who met death by as
phyxiation in Newton, Mass, last
week, was brought to Brattleboro Sat
urday afternoon and was placed in the
tomb in Morningside cemetery. Rev.
l.. T. Mathison officiated at the com
initial service. The bearers were
II. e. Taylor. j. A. Taylor o. f. Ran.
dali and f. II. Holden.
Seven members of the Brattleboro
chapter. Daughters of the American
Revolution. took tea with Mrs. Sally
Prouty Monday afternoon at her home
on High street. Mrs. Prouty is a
real daughter of the Revolution and
is a member OF the chapter. The oc-
casion was her 93d birthday anniver-
sary Mrs. Prouty lives with her
daughter. Mrs. Oscar Smith.
The snow storm Saturday delayed
trains everywhere, particularly those
from the South The train due at
$50 arrived at about $50, being three
hours late. The night train over the
Boston & Maine road. due at 1910,
came at 1890 and the New London
train due at 955 was nearly five
hours late. arriving between and
o'clock the next morning.
> Michael William Manning 81 paint
er and finisher, died at his home on
Elliot street Tuesday from heart dis
ease. He had been in i'll health a long
period having had severe attacks of
rheumatism, and had been confined
to his house the greater part of the
past two years. He was born in
Bratleboro in August. 1851, and al
ways lived in town He was a son of
Thomas and Bridget Manning, both
of whom are dead. His wife. who
was Nora Doyle of Brattleboro, sur
wives with five children, two sons and
three daughters, the youngest being
Is months old and the oldest about
Is years. Four brothers also sur
vive. John and James Manning of
Boston and Thomas and Daniel Man.
ming of Brattleboro. The funeral
was held in the Roman Catholic
church at @ o'clock yesterday morn
ing Rev. Father Cunningham offici-
ating. The burial was in the Roman
Catholic cemetery.
Charles C. Howard, 10, whose i'll
ness with paralysis was mentioned
last week, died Friday at the home of
his son in Trumbull. Conn, where he
went recently. The body was
brought to Brattleboro Monday and
funeral services were held in Bonds
undertaking rooms at 1890 o'clock
Tuesday Rev. L. NJ Keneston of
West Brattleboro officiating. The
body was placed in the vault in Pros
pect Hill cemetery. Mr.. Howard was
born in Jamaica May 81, 1927, and
lived there until he married when he
came to Brattleboro He lived in
this town until about 20 years ago,
= when he bought the Hildreth farm in
Dummerston. He lived in Drummer.
ston about IA years, selling his farm
at the end of that time and coming to
West Brattleboro to live with his son.
Herbert c. Howard. He also spent
some time with his son, Arthur, in
Trumbull. Mr., Towards wife, Mary
Brown of Jamaica, died in Dummer-
ston Jan. 90 1895, at the age of 65.
Mrs. Electa Horton Jillson, 81.
widow of Chauncey Jillson. died Sat
urday morning at her home in the
west part of the town. She had
been i'll but few days with heart
disease, complicated by her advanced
age. The funeral was held at the
house Monday morning, Rev. l.. NJ.
Keneston, the Congregational minis
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