Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-11-25

WIN MIS-. JOlln ltcnkcl, fStcN street, next
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
The Woman's Relief corps will have an
apron and rummage sale i'm Rettng
block beginning next Tuesday Nov 30.
About 200 people inspected the Cana
dian Pacific railway tourist car in front
of the local railroad station Saturday
forenoon.
Joel Martin Of HIinsdale and Mrs Clara
T.. picrce) Dcnsmore of Brattleboro
were married by Rev. +. W. Lewis at
the Methodist parsonage Saturday even
ing.
The Woman's club will meet in the
Brooks House next Wednesday at $50
for Japanese afternoon Papers will be
given by Mrs. w. T.. Jones and Mrs. A. J.
Currier
The meeting in the Adventist church in
EstcyVille next Wednesday evening Will
he led by Rev. George b. Lawson. whose
theme will be Preparing the Way" This
Is the first in the series under the head Of
The Manager King"
The volume of freight business at the
Central Vermont depot at the present
time is larger than it has been at any
time for several years. a night transfer
force has been put on to help keep the
business caught up.
Protective Grange viii instruct a large
class in the third and fourth degrees
Wednesday evening, Nov. 80. The meet
ing will begin at Z O'Clock sharp. All
members ar" requested TO contribute as
usual TO the harvest supper
General Manager Il. II. Fitzhugh of
the Central Vermont railroad, w. T.. Null
Inns, superintendent of transportation, and
J. \. Dalrympe, general freight agent,
came to Brattlchoro on business trip
Monday morning In the special car st.
Lawrence. They went from here to New
London
Prowlers entered Durham Brothers
wholesale store Saturday night but so
far as known nothing of value was taken.
They broke out a north window in the
second story. near the railroad, reaching
1t from the staging in the addition now
under construction. They Were unable
to get into the retail store.
Dr. H. d. IIoton. executor. has sold
the Jane +. Pcttes house at the corner
OF South Main and Washington streets
to Mrs. Althenc Il. Willard. wife of Frank
I Willard Mrs. willard viii take pos
session Jan. I and will repair the house
and rent it. Mrs. +. O. Howe. who now
occupies 1t, intends To go To Meriden to
live The sale was made through A. V.
Mays real estate agency.
Mrs Jennie Il. Powers was much sur
priscd and pleased Wednesday by the re-
ccipt Of check for 800 for her per
sonal use. She recently visited the pres
ident of the Animal Rescue League in
Boston, taking with her q number OF pho
/ tographs of horses which have come UNI
der her attention in her humane work
After her r. ,urn home the photographs
We're shown to various people interested
In the work, and one woman was SO i'm
pressed that she sent a check as stated.
Archie Mellen OF Guilford. father Of
VIII. Charles and Annie Mellen Of Brat
tleboro, had his right leg broken below
the knee Tuesday while at work at the
steam mill In Jamaica owned by Holden
n Martin of Brattleboro He was employ
ed piling lumber when a truckful tipped
over on his leg, fraCturing II badly. Ii
was feared at first that the leg would
have to be amDutated Mr. Mellen was
brought to Brattleboro on the narrow
gauge train yesterday morning and was
taken to The Hemlocks hospital An op-
Grafton was performed on the leg. frag-
ments being removed and the splintered
bones bound together.
Hazel Marion, 10. only daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Eugene Marion of Barre. died
Sunday morning at the Heaton hospital
in Montpelier where she was operated
upon for appendicitis the preceding We'd
/ nesday She seemed to rally after the
operation. and on Saturday she was con-
sidered out of danger. but she was taken
worse suddenly and failed rapidly. She
spent the past five summers In Brattlebo-
70 with Mr. and Mrs. a. T. Wood Mrs
| Wood being her aunt. Mrs. Wood. Mrs
William Martin and Mr. and Mrs Frank
Agan. the latter being grandparents of
the little girl. attended the funeral. which
was held Tuesday afternoon at ST. Mont
cas- church In Barre.
The weighing OF mails in the first dis
trict. which comprises New England,
came to an end at u o'clock Monday
night, much to the relief of the postal
clerks generally. This work was begun
Sept 10 and was to continue % days In or
der that the government might have some
basis on which to fix the compensa ton
which the railroads should receive for
the railway mail service. 1t was decided
that 70 days would suffice. nd that period
ended Monday night. The figures of the
Brattleboro post Office will be footed up II
once and forwarded to Superintendent
O'Brien Of Boston who has charge OF
this district. +. y. Slate of Chester had
charge Of the Weighing on the New Lon
don train leaving Brattleboro In the morn
Ing and returning at night. This was
! the only train made up at Brattleboro
which required the service OF an extra
man.
The Hemlocks hospital. which has been
/ described fully in The Phoenix. was open
| ed for public inspection Monday from 2
/ to 4.3O and from to $50 and during
| of people going to and from the institu-
! ton. The street cars were crowded to
! such an extent that 1t was more COM
! Portable for many to go afoot and the
! public copues were kept busy, as well as
! private teams. No one knows how many
people took advantage of the opportunity
! but IT is probable that the number was
between 500 and 1000. At any rate n deem
! public interest in the hospital was mani
| Tested. The trustees We're not present
| but the direcors. G. l.. Durham H. r.
| Miles and ]. G. Estey, were there, also
| large number of the local physicians
! who, with DR.. Ida r. Brigham. superin-
! tendent. and her nurses. guided people
| through the buildings and pointed out the
! interesting details. Since then many COM
| plimentary words have been spoken con-
| corning the hospital. particular empha-
| sis being laid on the general attractive
ness of the private rooms and wards.
Miss Marion Goodhue Hobrook "a,
! daughter of the late Col William Cune
daughter of ex-Gov Frederick Holbrook
of Brattleboro, died Wednesday after
noon at St Luke's hospital, New York.
of typhoid pneumonia following typhoid
fever She had been i'll about two weeks.
On Friday the fever turned. and It was
understood in Brattleboro that she was
! improving The news of her death
therefore, was a great shock to her Brat
| tleboro relatives and friends Miss Hol-
brook was born in New York and always
| lived there, but she spent the summers at
Governor Holbrooks. She was a grad