Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-02-20

fun pieces, and a great quantity of cut
flowers.
The Univcrsalist society, at a special
meeting Saturday evening, extended a
unanimous call to Rev. II. Gertrude Ros-
coe of Felchville,. VT, who has preached
here with great acceptance recently 1t
is expected that she will accept the cali
and will enter upon her duties here not
later thau April
a union memorial service for Miss
Frances r.. Willard was held in the
Congregational church Sunday evening
under the auspices Of the w. c. Il. u.
The roll of the union was called and
each member responded with a quotation
from the writings of Miss Willard. Mrs.
\. A. Bailey spoke on the childhood
of Miss Willard, Mrs. w. f. White as
a teacher. Rev. w. r. White as an organ
izer and Rev. MIR. Reed as a leader The
music was furnished by the choir, as
sisted by Robert Field, organist Mrs
Bean, president, presided.
Dana hathaway Butler. 2S, son of Mr..
and Mrs If. W. Butler Of Springfield.
Mass. formerly of Iinsdale died in
Jacksonville, Fla. Feb. II. Mr.. Butler is
survived by a wife, his parents, one
brother Warren a, soldier in the Phil
ippincs, and two sisters. Frances A., a
teacher in Newark, n. j., and Florence
r., who lives at home lie had lived
in Florida T. years and was a popular
hotel clerk lie had been in i'll health
two years The body was brought here
| Sunday morning and the burial was in
Pine Grove cemetery in the afternoon.
Mrs. Laura n, IS wife of Iockhart
Wellman. died at their home on the
Northhed road Tuesday evening from
a heart trouble, having been in poor
health many months. She was "A mem
Der of the Baptist church, and a wo-
| nf ba
was three times married. and besides
her husband, Is survived by one son by
the first union, Samuel Wcllman, who
| lives in Vermont. and one daughter.
Mrs. Proctor. from the second marriage,
who lives in San Jose. Cal The funeral
| was held at the house this afternoon at
/ o'clock. Rev. w. f. White OBLIGATED
and the burial was in Pine Grove ceme-
! terry.
The sub-grammar school closed last
| Friday. with public exercises. An oral
| examination in the daily work of the
school occupied the early part of the
| afternoon, and later the exercises were
/ appropriate to the anniversary Of Wash
| ington's birthday All the numbers
| were well given. and it would be hard to
/ single out any one as the best. The
| minuet by four little girls dressed en-
! tirely In white won hearty encore and
| was happily repeated. The drill in
/ physical culture would compare favor
! ably with that of much higher grades
/ \ large number of visitors were present
/ all of whom expressed much pleasure
/ from the afternoons work and enter
! tainment.
Joseph Dcyo's house in Upper Cana
da" was burned with furniture early
/ sunday morning MIR. and Mrs Deyo
/ were both away from home and the
( fire was discovered about . o'clock by
] T. IT,
/ alarm and with +. o. Packard was the
/ first to reach the burning building They
/ broke open on. Of the doors but were
/ unable To- get into the second story.
/ When the fire was first discovered 1t
( was pouring through the roof, which fell
/ in "A few moments later. The fire was
| so far above Main street that It was i'm
possible to force stream of water from
/ the pumps there of sufficient force to do
/ any execution and the hand machine was
! placed near 10y ana water pumped into
| il, and IN this manner the hremen We're
| soon able to have the fire under control.
/ Ben Gognon's barn within twelve feet OF
/ the building was saved. The loss was
about 5000, with fair insurance. The
house caught fire from an exploded lamp
| in October. but the loss at that time
| was small. The origin of the fire Is
1 a mystery.
Mrs katherine Raleigh died Tuesday
evening At the nome or ncr daughter,
| Mrs John Barry In Springfield, Mass,
at the age of ~ years. Mrs. Raleigh had
been "a great sufferer from rheumatism
! the past four years but the immediate
cause of her death was heart failure.
Early in the winter she closed her house
| on River street and went to Springfield
to remain through the cold season. Mrs,
| Raleigh was born in Palace Kenery,
County Limerick. Ireland. but came to
/ America when only about 10 years of
| age. and had been resident OF IIinsdalS
/ the past 80 years. In her younger days
she was a hard working woman and
| with her husband. who died about ten
years ago. had accumulated considerable
property She leaves three daughters, Mrs.
John Barry Of Springfield, Mass and
Miss Bridget r Raleigh and Mrs. Mar
! garet Brennan of this town. and two
sons John and Thomas Raleigh, both
of this village. There is also one sis
ter who lives in New York state. The
body was brought here Wednesday morn
ing Funeral services were held at st.
Joseph's church this morning, and the
burial was in the Roman Catholic Gene
terry at Brattleboro.