Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-02-13

N. w. Loomis, an aged inmate of the
Brattleboro Home for the Aged and
Disabled, fell on the ice near the
Home Friday and broke one arm above
the elbow.
The members of the Junior Ep-
worth League were given a sleigh
ride about town Saturday afternoon.
After the ride refreshments were SER
we'd in the church
The diamonds which are offered as
prizes in the Vermont Wheel clubs
billiard and pool tournament have
been exhibited in Vaughan a. Bur
netts show window this week.
A hearing was held before Referee
f. ID. Stowe Saturday on the petition
of Harlan Goodhue of Westminster
trustee of the bankrupt estate of Luke
Rice for permission to sell the real es-
tate. Permission was granted.
A special train will be run from
Brattleboro to Bellows Falls on the
dag of the annual meeting of the
eighth Masonic district. Feb. 90, pro-
vided a sufficient guarantee is given
the railroad company. Subscription
papers are in the hands of Dennison
The Boston & Maine Railroad COM
pany has instructed its conductors and
brakemen not to allow card playing for
money on the trains and to stop any
game which they have reason to be-
lieve is being conducted for a stake
1t is said that a gang of card sharps
has been working on the trains be-
tween Montreal and Springfield for
some time. The public will endorse
the action of the railroad company.
A car loaded with coal was pushed
over the bumpers at the end of the
track on the coal chute in the railroad
yard Friday and dangled in the air
40 feet above ground. In order to
run the cars up the incline to the ele
waited track it is necessary to get fly
ing start, and in this case the momen-
tum was so great that it was impossi
BILE to set the brakes hard enough to
keep the end car from going over the
bumpers.
Sunday and Sunday nights storm
interfered with railroad traffic to some
extent. The "owl" train Monday
morning. due at 51S, did not arrive un-
til $50 and the narrow gauge train
due at S.55 did not put in an appear
ance until next day. The mixed
train north on the narrow gauge went
as far as Williamsville, where it re-
ceived orders to return after the snow
pillow. The Wilmington stage was
unable to get through Monday.
The contract for the lease of II. l..
Emerson's brick building on Flat
street by the Brattleboro overall com
pany has been signed. and as soon as
possible MIR. Emerson will begin to
erect another brick building on the
site of the wooden building occupied
by L. l.. Parker and Oscar Smith, a
part of which will be occupied by the
overall company. Mr. Parker and
Mr.. Smith will vacate their present
quarters March L. The building will
be torn down by Leslie Smith, who
Will have the lumber.
The members of the First Regiment
band have engaged l.. c. Shackley of
Greenfield to stage their minstrel
show. which will be given in the audi
forum Friday evening. March 20. Mr..
Shackley is particularly well quail
fed for this work. having put on
large number of minstrel shows in
other sections with pronounced sue
cess. l.. X. Willis of Pittsfeld will
appear as interlocutor and will favor
his old-time friends with a ballad
The musical scores have been com
pleted by +. +. Bagley. The chorus
will include some of the best known
singers in town and the chOruses will
be new and up-to-date. There will
be 60 people in the performance.
Rehearsals will begin next Monday
night
Special meetings of Vermont under
takers will be held in Vermont this
month, in Brattleboro the Odd, oath and
25th. and in st. Johnsbury the follow
ing three days. Prof. A. Johnson
Dodge, of the Massachusetts College
of Embalming, will preside and will
give instruction to undertakers who
wish to prepare for the examinations
which will he held soon by the state
board of health. The headquarters
in Brattleboro will be the Brooks
House, and demonstrations will be held
in Bonds undertaking rooms. The
new law regulating the practise of en-
balming requires all undertakers who
are not registered to pass an examina-
ton before the board of health be-
fore engaging in that branch of under
taking
Nathan Wallace Sargent, ~, died at
his home in Centreville about 100 /,
O'Clock yesterday morning of organic |
heart disease. His last serious i'll |
ness was of about two weeks dura- |
ton. Mr.. Sargent was born in Dunn. !
merston in August 1880. but was a
lifelong resident of this town. In
his younger days he was a contractor
and builder but for is years or more
ne had been employed by the Estey
Organ company He married Marie
Antoinette Good of Marlboro April 2,
1868. Mrs. Sargent died on her
anniversary in 1885. Mr..
sargent leaves one sister. Mrs. Ly-
nan Ray Of Gardner Mass. and three
Miss Flora NJ. Sargent of
Boston. Ida, wife of David E. Miller
II West Brattleboro. and Willard b.
sargent, who lives at home. The
uneral will be held at the house at
,.3O O'Clock tomorrow, Rev. Geo. B.
-aWson officiating. The burial will
le in Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr..
sargent was lneal descendant of
col, John Sargent, who was born at
'ort Drummer and who was the first
Vhlte child born in Vermont.
The body of Miss Ethel Currier %
'ho died in Topsham Saturday. was
rought to Brattleboro Wednesday for
'urial. large number of friends