Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-03

CuneSS udu ItSulltu
Voters don't stay at home next Tues
day If you can help 1t!
Mrs. James Howe has been housed with
rheumatism all winter.
Mrs. Naylor is spending a few weeks
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Frank
Whitaker
II was Lucy mot "Laura") Davis, who
was neither absent nor tardy in the win
ter term of school,
Mrs G. E. Davidson plans to spend the
two following weeks with her father in
Richmond, this state.
Mrs Abbie Fish Morse of West Wards
boro has spent the past week with old
| friends and neighbors.
Fred Burlingame has returned to New
fame after spending part of the week at
his home in New York.
F. A. Wellman and several assistants
| have sawed a large quantity of lumber the
past week in the steam mill.
Members of Birchard post and Relief
corps reported the recent state encamp
ment as one of the best ever held.
e. C. stiles has resigned as agent for the
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance com
pany after IS years service. He is sue
ceeded by Postmaster Grout.
Apples in limited quantities have been
shipped recently, the first week since
winter opened in November when a de-
pendable mild wave prevailed.
The late Merrill Adams, SO. of Brattle-
boro whose death was recorded in The
Phoenix last week, was a native of this
town, son of Horace and Aucelia (Bar-
ber) Adams.
According to city papers Mrs. Blanche
Goodnow Pratt was one of group of
singers who delightfully."- entertained at
the gentlemen's night gathering OF the
Daughters of Vermont in Boston recently.
Already several are planning to attend
the dramatic entertainment to be given
in South Londonderry the 18th. among
them some who did not witness the Feb
ruary drama in that village.
Among expected removals in April are
the Sargents to their former home on West
street, Fred Smiths family to Fred Sar-
gents house (Tuthill place., and Mr. and
Mrs. George Solandt to one of Mr.. Games $
tenements.
At the Washington anniversary ball in
Vergennes Lawyer Frank l.. Fish and his
wife were dressed as George and Martha
Washington, Mrs. Fish wearing the we'd
ding gown of her husbands mother. Mrs.
Sarah Fish, of this place.
Mrs Lucy Farnum, formerly of Dover,
will remove next week to rooms at Mr..
Mundells in Brooksde near the home of
her sister, Mrs. Ais Meanwhile she has
eral days at Mrs. G. w. Knapp's.
II. j. Batchelder and son have bought
the goods in A. CIRCUITS store, and leased
the building of A T. Edwards for term
of years. securing control of both gen.
eral merchandise stands. 1t is supposed
that the sales will be made in the Batch
elder store.
riding from Brattleboro to the County
hotel Saturday evening. Some of them
at least, chose novel ways of entertain
ing themselves. There are those who call
it by another name. verging upon boy and
girl sports in the streets.
Rev. T. d. Davies, who supplied the
Congregational church in Windham Sun
day. was among the stalled narrow
gauge passengers who had the pleasant
experience of waiting nearly all OF Mon
day along the Swiss-like mountains UT
the line where an avalanche of snow slid
around the little train.
The boy with measles who came VI
the narrow gauge about two weeks
ago made thorough work of spread
ing the epidemic in several towns
At Mr.. Mack's, Hugh. his mother
and Ethel have in turn been sick. Other
pupils besides Hugh, of Leland & Gray
seminary in Townshend have been under
the ban, and some were exposed on the
cars, Mature people are having a hard
siege with the sickness.
The following figures were obtained by
courteous permission directly from the
jail records for the two closing years OF
prohibition and two years following
change of law: Commitments for In
toxication ("drunks," as they are called
at the jaiD in 1901, IL; 1902, 16; 1903, 80
1904, 40. In February, 1905 out of the to
tai 10 commitments nine were for drunk
enness, against six in February, 1901 II
the two former years, four commitment
were for liquor selling. and in the latter
years, one. From January l to part o.
May, 1904. 10 of the arrests were from
. Bellows Falls, and the same number wer,
from Brattleboro. Sentences varied from
10 to 80 days. Nine for drunkenness in thu
past month! How many more, who paiC
their fines and were free to indulge in ex
cess the next week?