Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-07
THE VERMONT PHOENIX. BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY, FEBRU1


The fourth whist night in the series
at the Vermont Wheel club rooms will
be held next Tuesday.
The Catholic Union will observe
next Monday as ladies' night at the
new club rooms in the Ullery building
The personal property belonging to
| the estate of Henry Aklcy will be sold
at auction at the homestead Thursday,
| Feb. Is.
A sugar sociable was held in the
| Baptist church Tuesday evening at the
close of the meeting of the Christian
| Endeavor society.
1t is stated that the narrow gauge
! passenger locomotive No. 1872, which
! is worn out and unsafe, practically has
! been put out of service, for the present,
at least.
One new member was voted into the
/ Vermont Wheel club Tuesday evening.
| On account of the small attendance be
cause of the Masonic ball the annual
! literature sale was postponed to the
| next regular meeting.
Boito Mancini. who formerly was
/ proprietor of the shoe repair shop in
! the basement of the Judge building,
| has returned from italy and has open
ed repair shop in the building near
| YOung's grocery store, formerly used
as a Chinese laundry.
Carl S. Hopkins is lecturing this
week under the auspices of the state
board of agriculture. He made his
first address Tuesday in Bethel on the
subject Gardening. Mr.. Hopkins
spoke at several meetings last year
under the auspices of the board.
The Brown Book of Boston published
in its last issue a list of some of the
leading features of the March number.
At the head of the list is announced a
story by Clarence Menzies Miller, en-
titled The Gentleman of the Long
Sword a thrilling romance of the
French court of Henry the Third. The
Brown Book published an edition of
some 100000 copies.
The annual sale of unclaimed pack
ages in the Vermont offices of the
American Express company will be
held in Bellows Falls Feb. Is I'm
claimed packages in the Brattleboro
Office are addressed to II. p. Baldwin,
G.. C. White, Cheshire Blanket Mills
West Dummerston are packages ad-
dressed to y. j. Evans and T. j. Rolet.
In Jamaica package addressed to A.
c. Starks is unclaimed, and in South
Vernon are packages addressed to Il
S. Parker, S. w. Sawyer and B. Tyler
Mrs. Fannie Higgins Baker, 70, wife
of f. C. Baker. died in Colorado
Springs, Colo, Wednesday. Jan. 20
after an illness of about a year. Mrs.
Baker was a sister of Lewis and Ira
Higgins of Brattleboro She was
born in Brookline. but was a resident
of Brattleboro some time. before
and after her marriage. Mr.. and Mrs.
Baker went from here to Wisconsin in
1855, but their home has been in Col
orado Springs 20 or more years. Mr.
Baker is a brother of B. F. Baker of
this village. Mrs. Baker is survived
by one daughter, who lives in Colorado
Springs.
The following is the closing para
graph of an extended obituary of Mrs
Nora Taft Pratt, which appeared in
the Norfolk. Neb. News of a recent
date: Mrs. Pratt was highly esteem
ed in Norfolk. where she has many sin
cere friends. Her connection with the
schools here was beneficial to those
attending, and she was well beloved
by her pupils in whose success sh
took a deep personal interest The la
dies of the WOman's club and Degree
of Honor particularly valued her ser
vices in the interest of those societies.
and feel that they have sustained a
loss which will not be readily re-
placed. The sincere sympathy of Nor
folk friends is extended to the husband
and her family, to whom the loss is
most keen"
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers was in Pom
fret few days ago to prosecute the
owner of a horse which was reported
to the Vermont Humane society as
being in pitiable condition. The
horse had been under fed, had gotten
down in the stall and had ruptured
itself in its attempts to get up. Mrs.
Powers went to Woodstock and engag-
ed DR.. Cory, veterinary to kill the
animal, but the owner having learned
that Mrs. Powers was coming, killed
the horse just before she arrived. The
man was not prosecuted as Mrs. Pow
ers was convinced that he was inno-
cent of intentional abuse. He prom
ised that his horses would be fed bet
ter in the future. Mrs. Powers visit
ed the logging camps in Windham
last week in company with Deputy
Sheriff Thompson of Bellows Falls.
None of the horses there were in SER
ious condition, but better care was
promised in few instances.
A case of reported neglect of stock
was investigated at the farm of
Prucius Manley. Dummerston, Wednes.
day and another at the farm of Fred
Miller in Halifax yesterday by Mrs.
Jennie b. Powers, agent of the Yer
mont Humane society. In Dummerston
the barn was open and the cattle were
shivering with bitter cold. Marley
promised Mrs. Powers some time ago
that he would board up the barn and
make 1t more comfortable, but so far
as Mrs. Powers could see he had not
made any effort in that direction. Lee
gal counsel has given him three days
in which to make move toward bet
tering the conditions. The farm of
Fred Miller was reached after great
effort, it being necessary to forge
ahead afoot after going through the
snow drifts as far as possible with
team. The hay was exposed to
snow and rain, both ends of the barn
We're open and snow had drifted
around the stock. Miller also has been
notified he will be prosecuted unless
he provides better shelter Immediately.
| Congressman Haskins's Maiden