Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-14
BRATTLEBORO.

Protective Grange will hold a dance
in Grange hall Wednesday evening. All
are cordially invited.
DR. e. J. Henkel now has position
as assistant surgeon in the Flushing,
Long Island, hospital.
The Brattleboro Y. NJ. c. A. basket
ball team will go to White River June
ton to play tonight The team there
is one of the strongest in the state.
Mrs. May Richards Durgin of Union
City. Mich, formerly of BrattleborO.
has petitioned in the Michigan courts
for a divorce from her husband Fred
r. Durgin.
A delegation from Fort Dummer
colony of Pilgrim Fathers went with
Z. L. Parker, deputy supreme govern
or to Winchester Wednesday evening
to assist in installing the officers of
Ashuelot colony, No. ZAP. They were
handsomely entertained by the mem
bers. and all report one of the best So
cial gatherings of the season.
Two freight trains on the Central
Vermont collided at Dwights near
Amherst Monday. and a tramp who
was riding in a rear coal car was kill
ed. His companion jumped and es-
capped with two scalp wounds. The in
iured man gave his name as Edward
Carroll of New York, and the one who
was killed was Cornelius O'COnnell of
Fitchburg. 1t is said that the conduc-
tor Of one of the trains neglected to
send back a brakeman with a flag and
torpedo. 1t is also reported that this
conductor at once sent in his resigna-
ton. superintendent Nash. who was
in Brattleboro at the time, brought
wrecking trains to the scene to clear
the tracks.
A committee of three. representing
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Board of Trade of New York city. call
ed on President Roosevelt in Washing
ton Saturday and presented a resolu-
ton regarding the personal baggage
law, the object of which is to protect
merchants dealing in imported com
modities One member of the commit
tee was Liston G. Ketchum. formerly
of Brattleboro, and to him was assign
ed the honor of addressing the Pres
ident and the Secretary of the Treas
ury. The resolution protests against
what is styled the unreasonable and
spectors at the docks. resulting in
great discomfort to tourists" Mr..
Ketchum is secretary of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Board of
Trade and a member of the executive
committee.
Thirty employees who have been
with the Wilcox & White company 20
to 25 years, gave Henry Kirk White a
surprise visit at his home in Meriden
Conn, Friday the occasion being Mr.
Whites 80th birthday anniversary
The company included II who went
from Brattleboro with Mr.. White when
the company was organized in 1877
j. H. White, son of the venerable host
made some informal remarks DC.
tavius W. Bartlett, one of the men
who went from Brattleboro. read an
original poem, "Forescore," and N. R.
Dalzell read tribute to Mr.. White in
verse James H. White and Mrs. e.
II. White presented the veteran organ
builder with $50 in gold one dollar for
each year of his life. He was also pre-.
sented with several boxes of cigars by
his old associates. The exercise
closed with singing parody on "Auld
Lang Syne." by Charles Heaton and
i bdtCt, an present joining IN
the chorus. Mr. White has been in
feeble health some months. but he
frequently goes to the factory in his
invalid chair and enjoys remaining
there hours at time.
horse owned by c. S. Wilkins of
Dummerston. formerly proprietor of
the American House, was horribly in
jured Tuesday, so that it was neces-
Sary to kill him. The horse was one
of pair attached to a hay sled. and
was driven by Mr.. wilkins. Ahead of
the team was another team also at
tached to hay sled, with the binding
pole extending several feet beyond the
road end of the sled. While he was
off the sled the horses started to run.
and in going down the hill near the
John Taft mill they ran into the team
ahead, one of them coming in contact
with the binding pole The pole pene-
trated the horses breast Just below
the point of the shoulder and went
into the animal not far from four feet,
passing through the abdominal wall
and rupturing the intestines. DR.
Prouty, the veterinary. was summon
ed, but the horse was in dying condi-
ton, and was killed to end its misery.
The pole was SO firmly imbedded in
the animal that it was necessary to
start up the first team in order to
draw the pole out. The external
bleeding from the wound was slight.