Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-14
BRATTLEBORO.

Teachers examinations will be held
in the High school building next Fri
day and Saturday
4 gravel roof has been put on the
new addition to the Hooker Corser &
Mitchell company's factory this week,
under the direction of n. T. Ryan of
Greenfield.
Three carloads of iron work for the
new bridge across the Connecticut
river arrived at the local freight yard
Wednesday. They have not yet been
unloaded
The band concert on the common
Wednesday evening was attended by
the largest crowd of the season. The
small boys are altogether too noisy
during the concerts. There ought to
be a policeman on hand to keep them
quiet.
The narrow gauge locomotive No. 4,
the coal burner, made a record run
from South Londonderry to Brattle-
boro Wednesday afternoon, covering
the &c miles in an hour and II minutes,
1t had one car attached. carrying Off
Gals of the road.
The main brick building of the Souto
furniture plant has settled about an
inch in places. having been erected on
dry stone foundation. The settling
will not be attended by any serious
results. The company are arranging
to build saw mill.
The Lewis Putnam property on Pros
pect street has been sold this week
through A. V. Mays real estate agency
to Fleming & Crown. The building,
which was erected by the late Lewis
Putnam a little over 80 years ago,
contains nine tenements. 1t will be
put in first class repair. The land
will be divided into about six building
lots. Miss Mary Putnam, who owns
and occupies house in the rear of the
main building, will have a right OF
way u feet wide on the west side of
the property The property was own
ed by w. W. Putnam of Stanton, Va
son of Lewis Putnam.
The "Brattleboro Directory and
House Guide" for 1904 compiled and
published by the Union Publishing
company of Methuen, Mass. was deliv
cred to subscribers this week. The
work of compilation appears to have
been done with care and reliability
The mechanical execution is excellent
valuable feature now introduced fol
the first time. is the house guide
which contains a list of all streets and
ways and showing the location of al
buildings and residences thereon. with
the names of heads of families and
persons in business. A directory OF
Chesterfield, Dummerston, Guilford
Marlboro, Newfane. Putney and Yer
non is included. the same as in the edi
ton of two years ago.
Mrs. Emma Johnson Burnham, 80
died Tuesday at the home of her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. o. Johnson OF
Myrtle street, after over years i'll
ness with tuberculosis. She spent
about a year in a sanatorium in Rut
land Mass, returning last June. She
was about the house Sunday in hel
usual health but on Sunday night she
had a hemorrhage which caused hel
death. Mrs. Burnham was born il
Brattleboro in April, 1873, and LIVED
here all her life with the exception OF
two years which she spent in Green
field. She was married to H. F. Burn
ham who survives with one son sever
years old. Mrs. Burnham leaves two
brothers, H. H. Johnson and A. o
Johnson, jr., and two sisters, Mrs
Mabel |. Goodhue and Miss Alice l.
Johnson, all of Brattleboro, besides hel
parents, husband and son. The
funeral was held at the house at :
o'clock yesterday, Rev. E. T. MathisoI
officiating The burial was in Pros
pect Hill cemetery.