Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-02-12
BRATTLEBORO.

The Mission Circle will meet at the
Universalist church next Thursday Feb
is.
The ladies Enterprise society will meet
on Thursday Of next week with Mrs John
Henkel Estey street, with supper at the
usual hour
Leopold j. Retting will speak at the
mems meeting in the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms
Sunday at o'clock.
James f. Hooker has been appointed
a justice of the peace to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Y. j. b. Cud
worth
The meeting of the Alliance Study Glass
Will be held at the Unitarian parsonage
on Monday evening at $50 O'Clock. Sub
ject, THE Spirit of Sincerity
Vaughan & Burnett will fit up the north
side of their jewelry store in Il few days
to match the south side. putting in quar-
tered oak cabinets and new counters and
show cases for the display of goods. The
floor will be covered with linoleum.
Schuyler c. Johnson industrial mana
ger OF the Columbian National Life in
surance company, was presented with a
handsome loving cup by the company's
agents at "A complimentary dinner given
to the agency corps at the Exchange club
in Boston recently. Mr.. johnson was for
merly clerk in the Brattleboro post Office
AT the fourth quarterly conference of
the Methodist church. at which Presiding
Elder w. K Newton presided, these stew
ards were elected: Dr. D. Z. Webster
+. f. Gleason. w. r. Geddis, J. L. Iig
ley, f. T.. Beeman, y. l.. Blair +. A.
Bagg, 5. \. Daniels II. L. Matthew'S T.
c. Crouch, A Y. May, Dr. c. G Wheeler
and c. ID. Smith.
Taxes will he lower probably in Brattle-
boro this year than in 1903. The select
men recommend a tax of 80 cents on the
dollar of the grand list, which is cents
lower than last year, and the special
county tax of 2ia per cent levied last
year will not be called for again. so that
If the taxes of the school district and viii
lage are the same as last year there will
be reduction of ~ per cent.
]. r. Rand has made an agreement
with J. II. Brink and y. q. Washer for
the sale to them of his machine shop in
Harmony building. Mr. Washer has been
employed in the shop for several months
past. Mr. Brink, who was formerly of
Charlestown n. H., has been in the
same line of business in Kearney, Neb..
and has now gone there to complete his
arrangements for the purchase.
= Clarence II. Hildreth, the carpenter and
builder, is under agreement with f. c.
Robertson & Son of Hinsdale to build the
new paper mill which they are to erect
on the river at Lower Ashuelot the COM
ing season. The mill will be of brick, 1870
feet long, and will have the latest ma
chinery and appliances Cor the manufac-
ture of tissue paper. Work will begin
as early in April as possible and it is
hoped to have the mill running about
September /.
Brattleboro lodge No 1O2, f. & a. NJ
conferred the entered apprentice degree
at a special communication Friday even
ing On Tuesday evening, at the reg
lIlar communication of Columbian lodge
No. SO, +. & a. NJ, District Deputy Grand
Master Buell. of Wilmington made an
official visitation and reviewed the work
OF the fellow craft degree. Refreshments
were served following the work. Last
evening Fort hummer Royal Arch chap
ter conferred the royal arch degree.
Malcolm Moody died at his home in
Pasadena, Calf, Feb. l. Mr.. Moody was
for many years respected resident Of
l}rattleboro. He left here in the fall of
1890, going directly to Pasadena, where
he had bought a home. At that
time he resigned assistant treasurer OF
the Vermont Savings bank, with which in
Sttution he had been connected "a years.
His home here for many years was in
CentreVille. lie is survived by a daughter,
Dora Moody Williams, wife of Dr. Thomas
Williams of San Francisco.
fourth quarterly conference of the Meth
Odist church. :. Nj. Yeaw, superintendent
of the Sunday school, was taken COM
Ietely by surprise by the presentation of
S25 in gold and an album containing the
names of the members of the school, Mr.
Yeaw had asked the presiding elder to
speak to the school at the close of the
session, which was just what others had
planned to do. The presiding elder ac-
cepted the invitation and when he had
finished he called on Rev. Mr.. Lewis for
further remarlic Mr. Lewis presented
the sifts in behalf of the school in recog-
milton of Mr.. leaw faithful service the
past three years Mr.. Yeaw is now serv-
ing his fourth year as superintendent.
Dr. Ii. d. Holton has been in Highgate
this week to assist the local officers in
copins with scarlet fever epidemic. He
i delivering addresses ON Farm Hy-
Ricne' at meetings which are being held
throughout the state under the auspices
of the state board of agriculture. As a
result of more knowledge and practice of
hygiene the Average of human life has
been heightened by six years i'm the last
twenty N"aIs The tendency in the state
is toward a rapid advancement along the
line of hygiene. Some sections are still
backward and unhygienic but these are
rapidly coming into line. Complete re-
turns Of the vital statistics of Vermont
for the year 1902. show the lowest death
rate, for that year. on record. During
that year thirty-nine people in the state
died at an age over 95 years, and of these
nine were over 100 years old.
preliminary trial of the new coal
burning locomotive leased of the Rutland
railroad for use on the Brattleboro &
Whitehall road was made Sunday and the
first business trial was made Monday
when the locomotive was used to haul the
mixed train from Brattleboro to South
Londonderry. Everything worked well
until Jamaica was reached, when a wheel
under the tender broke. A locomotive was
sent from Brattleboro with a new wheel
but 1t did not fit. The relief locomotive
hauled the train back to Brattleboro, ar
irving about o'clock, but at the cross
ing near the Crosby store house the To-
connective jumped the track, delaying the
train until about o'clock. The morning
passenger train came in on time, but was
reversed and sent back in place of the
mixed train. 1t is believed that the Rut-
land locomotive will do the work re-
CURED. but it was unfortunate that there
should be an accident on its first trip. 1t
was built in 1883, but Notwithstanding its
age takes hold of work better than any
other engine on the road.