Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-06-17
< BRATrLEBORO FRIDAY, JUNE II, 1904

been declared.
Henry Adams of Marlboro has sold his
spruce timber lot, containing about 400
acres, to ID. w. Carroll of North Leverett,
Mass. The sale was made through y. V.
Mays agency.
+. w. Mcclure sold by auction Satur-
day the uncollectcd accounts due the i. j.
Retting estate The accounts amounted
to about 1925 and were bought by Frank
Il. Barber for Sl.25.
Bishop Michaud of Burlington will be
at St Michaels Roman Catholic church
week from sunday, when a class of 80 |
children will make their first communion |
and receive confirmation.
Houghton & Simonds successors to f. |
*. Barrows have put up "A handsome new |
sign this week. 1t is SO feet long and eX
tends across their two stores. 1t is the |
longest mercantile sign in Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro private school closed
! Wednesday noon for the summer vacation.
| 1t will reopen for its seventh year Monday.
sept. D. with a good number of last years
pupils enrolled, leaving few vacancies.
A. V. Mays real estate agency has sold
| for Mrs. O l.. Miner of Middlctown,
! Conn. her house i'm Ccntreville to Joseph
! o. johnson of West Brattlcb0ro. Mr..
Johnson intends to occupy the downstairs
! tenement
Il. f. Gordon has had handsome cot
| taec built at Sunset lake 10y @. y. lIar-
| wood. II stands near tho Durham cot
tagc and is one of the best at the lake.
Mr.. and Mrs larwood returned Monday
after being Nerc about a month.
Holden ~ Martin are making extensive
repairs ON the dam mt the Fletcher mill,
which they bought recently. ON Wcdnes-
day of this week they bought the timber
ON the Charles W Sargent farm in Gull
| ford which they will cut off and haul To
the Fletcher mill the coming winter
Fifteen members of the Wantastiquct
Golf club went to Greenfield Saturday to
be guests of the Greenfield County club
In the golf match the Wantastiquet club
was beaten 4S-0 supper was served and
| the Brattleboro people returned ON the late
| train fully appreciative of the excellent
entertainment of the Greenfield club.
\ quiet wedding was solemnized at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Moore,
| on Brattle street. Tuesday morning, when
| Douglass $ Dorrell and Edith Nj. Johnson
We're married by Rev. r.. *. MaVin. The
. | couple stood beneath an arch of ever
| green. Besides Mr.. and Mrs. Moore and
the wedding party only the brides mother
was present After the ceremony refresh
: ments were served and the couple started
on a short wedding trip. They will live
in Brattleboro for the present.
One OF the men killed in the miners
p | riot in Independence. Colo. was John d
u -,
Y carpet department of Meekins, Packard Il
4 Wheats store in Springfield Mass, for
1 merly with O. j. Pratt in Brattleboro.
Mr.. Davis was not interested in either side
of the contest. He was a civil engineer
l. and had been in Colorado only short
30 | time. Gilbert 5. Davis went to Norwich,
t Conn, where he formerly lived. and made
7 arrangements for the funeral. the body
u being sent to that city.
a Rev S. II. Lee, formerly of Brattleboro'
. has resigned as president of the French
,, | American college in Springfield, Mass. a
a position which he has held the past 10
4 | years. The trustees voted not to admit
boys or girls under Is years of age hold
= ing that If the aim of the institution was
= to develop leaders among the foreign ele-
ment in this country attention should
be focused on selection OF the material
- offered which promises best results. Rev
- Mr.. Lee resigned because of his difference
-, | Of opinion in regard to the policy to be
>, | pursued in the future.
r Chancellor John H. Watson of Montpel-
n | Ter has handed down his decision in the
t matter of the petition of katherine LeahS
i for permission to sell her house near tn,
lie | Fletcher mill without securing the sig
Of nature of her husband to the deed The
rs decision allows Mrs. Leahy to sell th'
r | property and make such deeds of con
le | veyance as are necessary, without Mr.
le Leahy's signature. In testimony in thu
+ case it was shown that Leahy l. II his Wifi
-y several years ago and has since live'
to apart from her without making any pro
to vision for her support.
w James f. Hooker, one of the Vernon
~ delegates to the Republican national con
"a vention in Chicago. will leave Brattlebor
n tomorrow afternoon. The Vermont dele
-, | CATION will meet at the Vermont head
CT | quarters in the Auditorium in Chicago "A
O'Clock Monday morning to decide upo
| what committees in the convention tn
We ] various members Of the delegation shal
g. | be placed. Any visiting Nermonters VIII
o. should happen to be in Chicago during tn
r convention will be provided with accom-
IL modations If they so request OF Mr. Hook
RS or at the Victoria hotel
20 The funeral of Henry \. Chaplin wa
an | held Saturday at 2.30 O'Clock at his lat
49, | home on Chaplin street. and was largel
No attended, Columbian lodge F. e A. NJ
M and Beauseant Commandery, Knight
Templar, being present in addition to
large number of friends. There wer
n many beautiful floral pieces. Rev. f. Q. ;
III Osgood, pastor of the Unitarian churcl
ne OBLIGATED, after which service was con
'r- Quoted by the knights Templar at tn
ms house and also at the grave in ProspeC
lit Hill cemetery. The bearers were c. 4
ol- Miles j. a. Taylor, o. f. Randall, F. I
ms Holden, II. E. Taylor, ]. Henry Pratt an
hs Il. II. Putnam.
~, The observance Of Children's day by tn
"a part of the regular morning service las
e. Sunday in accordance with the custoi
established two years ago. The pulp
and platform We're decorated with pre-
Ter fusion of syringa blossoms. The chidre
llt of the primary and junior departments oC
H. cupied front pews. At the opening of tn
rs service four infants We're brought in b
er their parents to be baptized after whic
pt a class of girls sang a song from the pla
ne form. Rev. Mr.. Miles then presented b
eu bles to the children who We're baptize
ng seven wears ago rs is done each year TIL
ay rest of the service was after the usui
az Sunday morning program except tha
lis Mr.. Miles's sermon was more for the cor
an sideration of the children. The who
II! service was interesting and was carrie
~ out before a large congregation.
VS. Fred W. Putnam was passenger on II
o'clock train Tuesday morning which ia
.. into a bakery wagon just south of WinC
i.e sor, killing the horse and demolishing II
~ wagon. Hearing the whistle repeated
lIu on approaching a crossing and noting IL
IRE application of the air brakes he left h
seat and went out to what had haI
vi | pened. The train stopped about tv
"a | lengths past the crossing. The horse dea
en and without a piece of harness on, Wa
ecu about so feet from the track, the covert
rs wagon was a mass of splinters, but Il
N driver though thoroughly frightened. WI
ny not hurt. He said he did not hear or st
pS the train until his horse was ON the trac
d This may be accounted for partially |