Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-04-28
BRATTLEBoRO.

Miss e. C. Udall, so, died last night at
259 Western avenue.
The annual state health officers school
will be held in the new armory in Burling-
ton June 10 to %.
James S. Rogers Co. editor of the Green
Bag, a lawyers magazine, who died in
a hospital in Boston Monday, was native
of Dandy.
Leon whitney has bought the City
lunch room of Don Scoville. Mr.. SEQ
willie and Sidney Hall have bought
large restaurant in Northampton.
Thomas McVeighs successor at the
Brattleboro Gas Light company's power
plant on West river is Thomas L. O'Brien
of Graniteville.
The Brattleboro Woman's club will hold
its annual meeting at the Brooks House
Wednesday, May 8, at $3.50 o'clock There
will be reports, election of officers and
payment of dues.
The new lodge rooms which have been
fitted up in Hooker building for Wantasti-
quet lodge of Odd Fellows will be dedicat-
ed next Tuesday evening. Anniversary
exercises will be held at that time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Van Kleeck of
Denver, Col, will arrive tomorrow as the
guests of Mrs. Van Kleeck's father, Col
Francis Goodhue. Mr.. Van Kleeck con-
summer.
No. Young Mems Bible class of the
Baptist church will hold their annual
banquet and ladies' night Tuesday even
ing, May 8. Rev. ]. H. Spencer of North
Adams will be the speaker and guest of
the evening.
The trustees for the Brattleboro home
for aged and disabled have formally ac-
cepted substantial bequest to the home
Lot, n
previous bequest was made to the home
by Mrs Carroll
Edward Lindsey, who said he lived
in Saratoga Springs. was arrested by
Policeman Worden Wednesday night for
intoXication He pleaded guilty before
Justice Newton last night and paid a fine
of S. and costs.
Bert A. Codding of Bellows Falls, for
merly of Jamaica, Winchendon and other
places, has been adjudged bankrupt He
has assets of $751; of which $205 is claimed
as exempt. His liabilities are $3.50, of
which 5000 is secured.
The annual village meeting will open
at o'clock Tuesday morning in Festival
hall. The Australian system of voting
will be used and the polls will be kept
open until 2 o'clock after which the other
business of the meeting will be taken up
1t was reported recently that Frank
Mills, formerly a reporter on the Refor-
mer, died suddenly in Boston A letter
from Mr.. Mills this week says he has just
found out that he is dead. Mr.. Mills says
he is well and prosperous in North Haven
Conn.
Mrs. Lillian Thurber, "a, wife of
Herbert Thurber of West Brattleboro,
died yesterday after a long illness. She
was a daughter of DR.. Dawson, formerly
of West Brattleboro. Besides her hus-
how cha -,I.A-.
years old. The funeral will be held in
the Baptist church in West Brattleboro
Sunday at o'clock.
The 10th annual meeting of the grand
lodge of Vermont, New England Order
of Protection. was held at Burlington
Tuesday. Grand Warden John NJ. Gale
of st. Johnsbury was reelected. The
re-grand officers chosen were; Grand vice
warden, II. p. Marsden of Burlington;
secretary, H. A. Bartlett of st. Johns
bury; treasurer II. H. Davis of Burling-
ton; chaplain, Mrs. Fanny Cooney of
Barre; guide, Miss Mary E. Whiteside of
Vergennes; guardian, Mrs. May A. Nc
Leod of Granitevie; sentinel, Mrs Ada
Merrill of Morrisville.
Mrs. Matilda Altar, 60, widow of David
Altar, died at 2 Hudson street Tuesday
morning. She had been confined to her
bed 10 weeks with cancer of the stom-
ach. She was born in New York state
May 20, 1912, and had lived in Brattle-
boro IA years. Her husband died about
25 years ago, She is survived by two
sons, John and Charles Altar, and one
daughter Mrs Mary Holton, of Brattle-
boro, also six brothers and one sister
Two of her brothers. Amasiah Matt and
Peter Matt, live in Brattleboro. The
funeral was held in the Roman Catholic
church at o'clock yesterday morning
Rev. Father NJ. j. Carmody officiating
and the burial was in the Roman Catho-
lie cemetery.
Herbert F. Brooks, who ranks as one
of the deans among the commercial
travellers Of New England. began Thurs
day, April 20, his 10th year of continuous
service i'm this line of work Mr. Brooks
was for 80 years representative of Thomas
Dana & Co. of Boston, and several years
a member of the firm. The past ten
years he has travelled for the old, reliable
house of Martin l.. Hall e Co. of Boston
His territory all these years has been
parts Of Western Massachusetts,, the Con-
necticut valley, Southern New Hampshire
and Southern and Western Vermont
Owing to an injury which he sustained
two years ago Mr. BrOOks's eyesight is
greatly impaired and he is obliged to give
up reading and other pleasures, but des-
pite this he continues as cheerfully as
ever on his regular work, and turns in
regularly bills of sales which might well
make younger and ambitious statesmen
envious. For years Mr. Brooks has known
no regular vacation, his only rest and
recreation being found in the breathing
SPELL from Friday to Monday, when he
is at home in Brattleboro. He contem-
plates retirement in about another year,
then to enjoy the rest to which he is en-
titled by his long term of work.