Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-02-26

IN South AFRICA, where ne mas lnc hlllHc-
tive home presented him by Cecil Rhodes.
Charles r Grout. broker, who has an
office i'm Hooker building will move it
tomorrow to the store formerly occupied
by John Tones
The ladies' aid society of the Metdo-
dist church will meet at Mrs. \. l..
Summers on Esterbrook street next We'd
nesdaY afternoon to sew.
The ladies' enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. Arson Williams next Wednes-
day instead of Thursday. supper will
be served at the usual hour.
Whist was played at four tables at the
Vermont Wheel club rooms Tuesday eve
ming The prize winners were J. Il. Tas-
ker and \. H. Pettee, with scores of 50
and 10 respectively
A. V May. real estate agent, has sold
for Charles G. Miller OF West Bratteboro
his farm known as the Mack Miller farm
to Matilda EXner of New York city. who
will take possession soon.
The Brattleboro Woman's club will hold
their next meeting at the Brooks House
parlors Wednesday afternoon. March >.
at $50 o'clock. \ paper on the Right
Hand of the Continent" will he given
by Mrs. Elizabeth Davenport.
Charles w Berry and Miss Lucy r.
Sargent were married at O'Clock sun
day afternoon in Mr. Berrys rooms on
Main street. Justice w. s Newton per-
forming the ceremony. Mrs. Berry is a
daughter of Chester 5. Sargent of i3
| Canal street
The board of bailifs have had notices
posted calling attention to article 9 of the
village bylaws: IF any person shall
| cost or slide across the sidewalks or
| along the sidewalks of the village he shall
fAst NI,a,a Eos. R,,a If Zoe.
| each Offense, with costs"
The board of visitors of the Brattleboro
Home for the Aged and Disabled held
their annual meeting Saturday afternoon,
at the home, and reelected these officers:
President Mrs. G. II. Ryder; vice presl-
| dent. Miss 5. f.. Clark secretary and
| treasurer, Mrs c. II Davenport. y lunch
was served
leap vetr ball, given by several Of the
young ladies of the village. was held in
| Grange hall Friday evening and was at
| tended by about 60 couples. Letsinger' :
orchestra furnished music and the dec
| orations were the same as at the Wheel
clubs leap year ball in the same place the
| previous evening.
Thomas Miller. who had one arm bit
ten and crushed by stallion two weeks
ago, is recovering as rapidly as could be
| expected. DR.. Roberts opened the wound
| Saturday and took out a section of the
outside bone just above the wrist, nearly
| two inches long. 1t was so badly crushed
that the fragments would not knit to-
! gether.
The operations of the Brattleboro Gas
| light company's men on High street
| have represented the construction of a
miniature subway. Gas has leaked into
| several cellars on the street. following
the sewer pipes. The break is somewhere
on the High street hill and several eXca
vations have been made. the workmen
digging through frozen ground to the
| depth of several feet.
There will be a mass meeting in the
| Auditorium Sunday evening at 100
| o'clock to discuss the experiment with
| license during the past ten months. and
1 the best policy for the town in the year
to come These men will speak: Dr. II. d.
Holton, c. c. Fits, Rev. Father Cum
bingham, F. C. Crosby, L. NJ. Keneston
and l.. w. Hawley.
Albert H. Wiggin. the new vice presi-
| dent of the Chase National bank of New
| York city, is a son of Mrs. Laura Wig
gin, who lives in Brattleboro with her
| sister, Mrs. q. II. Ryder. Mr.. Wiggin
| was connected with banking affairs in
| Boston some time, and for the last five
years has been vice president of the
National Park bankin New York. The New
| York World states that James G. Can
non and Mr.. Wiggin share the reputation
| Of being the two best informed men in
New York on commercial paper and local
| securities.
Road Commissioner Eames has had a
| large quantity of gravel drawn from the
| Walker place, on the Putney road to
| Western avenue and other streets to be
used in road making early in the coming
l L. hoo I,1..I
| some of the time. The ground where the
gravel was obtained was frozen so hard
| that it was necessary to use dynamite To
| break the crust. The gravel can be
| drawn in the winter at much less cost
| than in the summet. as the teams can
| draw larger loads on sleds than they car
| on wheels
| The sale of j. r. Rand's machine shop
| to Brink & Washer has been completed
| this week. Mr.. Rand started this shop in
| 1889, beginning in small way and in
| creasing his facilities and his room as
the business grew. In recent years the
shop has commanded a large clientage
| and Mr.. Rand has established an enviable
| reputation for the skill and thQpeughness
| of his work. He has no plans for the flu
| ture beyond a purpose to take a summer
| of rest and vacation. The young men
who have bought the shop have an ex-
|
| continue and extend the good reputation
| of the shop.
The interior decoration of the govern
| ment building at the Worlds Fair in st.
| Louis has been started. under the direc-
| tion of Miss Grace Temple of Washing
| ton, d. c., who drew the plans. Miss
| Temple is now in St. Louis. She is the
| only woman to have charge of decorating
| neXpostion building Miss Temple Is well
known in Brattleboro through her fire.
quent visits here as the guest of Mrs.
| |. o. p. Smith. She is widely known as
| a decorator and was selected by Mrs.
Cleveland to arrange the family home in
| Princeton y. j., when the Cleveands
| left the White House. and has filed many
other important contracts.
Two head of young stock, a bull and a
| haifer, owned by George II, Thomas, "a
| well known farmer. died one day last
week from the effects of paris green. One
| of Mr. Thomas's sons drew load of ma
nure, containing a quantity of straw,
| from the Lawton place on Linden street
| and backed II under the barn where there
We're several head of young stock While
| loading the manure he saw cover to "a
| paris green box, which he threw away,
| but was unable to find any indication of
| the poison. Next day the bull and hefer
| We're found dead. An investigation was
made. which revealed a quantity of paris
| green in the straw on tie sled.
In Masonic Circles.
Friday evening Brattleboro lodge No
l09. conferred the fellow craft degree and