Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-16


arranged by John l.. Roess
a party of five couples in charge d
DR.. G.. X. Anderson went to Bernard
ston on a sleighride Wednesday even
ing in one of Tiveryman Browns
teams.
The Odd Fellows are equippine
their building with new plumbing
throughout. They also have made
improvements in G.. w. Cleaveland's
store.
Suffer Brothers opened their tobac
co warehouse yesterday. Ten mer
are employed, part of them coming
here from Hatfield. Mass, with Mr.
Kiley. who has charge of the work
DR.. Fremont Hamilton saw four
deer. a buck and three does. Tuesday
a short distance from the, highway on
the road to Guilford. They appeared
to be tame and made no attempt tc
get out of sight.
c. w. Writer'S, general counsel foI
the Central Vermont Railway com
pany. was in Brattleboro Monday in
an effort to adjust claims growing
out of the accident at Millers Falls
on Thanksgiving day. He was I'M
successful.
S. w Edgett Il Co. have sold the
house on Union street. owned by Mrs
Harriet f.. S. Cowles of Claremont. n
H., to Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Davis OF
Canal street. who will occupy it in
April. The house was built by Chief
of-Police f.. s. Hall. Mrs. Cowles is
mother of Mrs. F. c. f. Cramer, for.
merry of Brattleboro
The ladies of the First Universalist
church are busily engaged making
Chrysanthemums to be used as decora-
tions for their annual fair. which will
be held Jan. 20 in Festival hall The
hall and booths where useful and fan.
Cy articles will be sold. will be dec
Grated with the chrysanthemums. and
will present a very attractive appear
ance.
In order to anticipate any short
age which may occur in the supply of
-four the Washburn-C Crosby company
of Minneapolis have placed in their
large new store house at Richford,
this state. $4,000 barrels of the
Crocker's Best flour so that the de
mands of the customers in this part
of the country will be well cared for
through the New England agents.
Crosby & Co. of Brattleboro.
The annual meeting of the Pros
pect Hill Cemetery association was
held Monday evening in the office of
w. S. Newton These officers were
elected: President. Dr. George f.
Gale; clerk, William S. Newton;
treasurer, r. Il. Gordon trustees,
George E. Greene, George A. Hines.
r. f. Gordon. George A. Boydeny
Charles F. Bingham and j. Gray Els
tey; collector r. f. Gordon. The
reports showed receipts during the
year amounting to S9375l more than
the expenditures.
Plans are well under way for max
ing the Masonic ball at Festival hall
the night of Feb. nth the most elab-
crate and enjoyable social function
of the winter. The hall will be car
peted and beautifully decorated, and
Leitsinger's orchestra will be aug
for that occasion by several
well-known musicians. The arrange
ments for the ball are in the hands
of a committee. F. l. Swift c. f.
Thomas and W. b. Vinton represent.
ing Brattleboro lodge. and r. c. Ba-
con. C. F. X. Jenne and James b.
Randoll representing Columbian
lodge.
These officers of Dennis Rebekah
lodge We're installed Tuesday even
ing by Mrs. Susie Reach past dis
trict deputy president n. c.. Miss
Louise Coates; V. e.. Mrs. Susie
Cook; chaplain, Mrs. Della Haigh
Miss Rena Yeaw; warden,
Miss Sarah McVeigh; recording sec
rotary, Mrs. Mary Amidon; financial
secretary, Mrs. Alice Landry: treas
urer. Mrs. Myra Stone; I. G., Mrs.
Jennie Peach; o. e., Fayette Miller;
N. G., Mrs. Ida Sargent R. S v G.,
Mrs. Ella Butterfield; l.. S. V. c.,
Mrs. Celia Roel. Mrs Alice Landry,
grand warden, acted as marshal. At
ter the installation a buffet lunch was
served by the past noble grands.
Mrs. Janette B. Holton. rs. died
about $50 o'clock yesterday at the
home of her sister, Mrs. S. T. X. Che
ney, at Is Western avenue. She had
been i'll since July with a combina-
ton of diseases. She was a native of
Jamaica and was a daughter of James
Brown. Her husband was the late
Warren Holton of Dummerston, who
lied number of years ago. Mr.. and
Mrs. Holton lived in Kentucky about
20 years, but recently Mrs. Holton has
lived with her sister. Besides her
sister Mrs Holton is survived by one
son, Charles HoltOn of Kankakee. H.,
who is expected to attend the funeral
Rev. George B. Lawson, of the First
Baptist church, will officiate at the
funeral, which will be held at the
lOur at o'clock Sunday
Two narrow gauge passenger cars
were derailed at the Depot-street
'rossing Tuesday morning as the re-
suit of an attempt to make a flying
switch. The morning train pulled
Town TO the station and the passeng-
ers alighted, after which the train
vas backed up over the switch and
/ flying start was made. The loco
motive got over all right, but the
,rucks under the first car jumped
he rails and pulled the second car
III also. The two cars bumped
dong the ties several rods, but as
here were no passengers aboard no
me was hurt. The cars blocked the
'road gauge track so that when the
o'colck train arrived it could not
'ass until it had pulled the cars back
nto place. Traffic was delayed
bout an hour.
Snow fell Sunday afternoon and
sunday night to a, depth of about
our inches and was followed by a
nigh wind which drifted it into the
highways and covered the railroad
racks so that traffic Monday was
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