Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-11

| on Wlll1StOn street recently vacated
by r. w. Barnard and will take posses
sion April Is.
II. F. Jordan. the optician, will be
in Boston next Tuesday and Wednes-
day attending the meeting of the New
/ England Association of Opticians.
Major c. Houghton and Arthur p.
Simonds took possession Monday of
the Barrows dry and fancy goods store
which they bought two weeks before.
II. o. Boyle, who sold his restaurant
and bakery business at Spofford lake
to Mr.. Cook at the close of last sea-
son, has bought it back, and will run
it this year.
The base ball season of 1902 locally
will open tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock with a game between the Y. M.
c. A. and High school teams on the is
| land grounds.
The Methodist conference in St. Al
bans Wednesday elected Rev. r. F.
Lowe of Brattleboro one of the assist
ant secretaries and also elected him to
preach the missionary sermon.
Robert NJ. Burnett. who has been APP
pointed receiver of the New England
Gas and Coke company of Boston, is
the husband of Margaret Hail. whose
summer home for many years was
The Hemlocks on South Canal street.
Miss Emma Wardle. supervisor of
schools in district No. =. entertained
the young people of the Methodist
church Wednesday evening in the
Brooks House. The evening was
spent in a delightful way, with games
and refreshments.
All of the present board of bailiffs
have agreed to serve another year if
elected The bailiffs will make an eX-
cellent report when they have given an
account of their stewardship in few
weeks. They have reduced the vii
lage debt $1,000 despite scattering
of bills which came to them from their
predecessors.
The. annual meeting of Columbian
| lodge. No. Sc. F. & A. NJ, was held
Tuesday evening. These officers were
chosen: W. NJ, F. B. Putnam; S. W.
! A. F. Schwenk; J. W., w. f. Hub
bard; secretary, James B. Randoll;
treasurer, c. F. X. Jenne. The cleo
tive and appointive officers will be in
stalled at an early date
The well known Isaac B. Taft farm
| situated above the Retreat, with al
the live stock, farming tools. and other
personal property, will be sold by auc
ton by the administrators on Wed
nesday, the Odd inst. The farm is one
of the most desirable in location with
in the Brattleboro limits, and the sale
will attract wide attention. Details
are given in the advertisement.
Leslie S. Lazelle, who was taken Ill
with smallpox Feb. 3, was allowed tc
leave the pesthouse in Merrick. Mass.
Friday. His case was the most severe
one that the physicians have seen in
Springfield or vicinity in recent years
Lazelle is badly marked by the
disease, but it is thought the marks
will not be permanent and that IL
less than year he will recover fully
In addition to the annual report Of
the Brattleboro Creamery association
published last week, these figures may
be of interest: The price to the pa
irons for butter was in 1898. 100
cents; in 1899, 1855 cents; in 1900
1921 cents; in 1901, 20.07 cents. anC
in 1902. 20.52 cents, making an aver
age of 1874 cents. The cost, pei
pound, to make has ranged from 49,
to 1928 cents. The total expense IL
1898 was s79S5S9, and for the pas
year S63S4.
A good suggestion from the Bur
lingtOn News: With the arrival of tn,
arbutus season those who gather The
delicate flowers should read this from
a current magazine article on the sub
ject: The stems are very tough. You
try to break them, then to twist them
then you give pull, and up the whole
thing comes. Take two good thing
with you on your spring walks-pa
thence and pen-knife; and don't. be
cause you like Mayhowers destroy
the little plants that might give S,
much pleasure to you and to othe
people year after year"
A meeting of the members of tn,
Y. NJ. c. A. interested in athlete
sports was held Saturday night whel
it was decided to organize a Y. NJ. c
A. base ball team. Patrick Ferrite
was elected captain. Preliminar
practice will be begun at once. Their
is talk of organizing local league a
there is material from which severa
fast teams might be made up
meeting Of those interested in form
ing state Y. NJ. c. A. athletic assoc
alton will be held in Rutland April II
The local association will be repre-
sented by Secretary Wilson.
Robert Proddow, treasurer of tn
Estey Piano company, died on Satul
day at his home. 1,24S Dean street
Brooklyn, after undergoing an opera
ton for stomach trouble He wa
born 49, years ago in New York city
and entered the piano business at a
early age. He was at one time pres
dent of the Piano Trade club, and wa
member of the Brooklyn Institut
, and of the New York Avenue Method
list Episcopal church. Brooklyn. Nj
PrOddow was actively engaged in tn
Sunday school work of the churcl
being the superintendent for som
time. He leaves wife and one sol
Mr.. Proddow had been often in Bra
, tleboro on account of his connectio
with the Estey interests and the must
trade. His last visit here was to a
, tend the funeral of Gen. Estey. Co
, j. Gray Estey and Capt. J. Harry Este
went to New York Monday afternoo
to be present at Mr.. Proddow's funera
Secretary George c. Wilson, of tn
, Young Mems Christian association
received Friday night a unanimous ca
from the association in Westfield, Mass
to become secretary ofthat association
A meeting of the local association wa
held Monday night, when the matte
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