Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-24

The Estey Organ company has the
brick and timbers on the ground in readi-
ness. as soon as the conditions are pro-
pitious for the erection of a new fac
tory, 100 by 40 feet in size in which the
pipe organs will be erected.
John Dugan was in Montague, Mass,
Tuesday of last week to attend the
funeral of his mother, Mrs Mary Dugan,
80. She is survived by two other sons,
jeremiah w Dugan and Rev William
r. Dugan, both of Montague.
The Wilmington stage failed to get
through to Brattleboro Monday for the
second time since last fall. The snow is
very deep over the hills beyond Marlboro
and during the thaw of Monday the
horses sank to their bodies at nearly every
step.
w. b. Eddy, who has had % years
experience as salesman of pianos and
organs i'm Southern Vermont and nearby
towns i'm Massachusetts and New Hamp-
shire, Is now engaged in business tor him
self, with headquarters at II. II. Thomp-
sons iewelry store, where he has instru-
ments on exhibition.
The deposition of John c. Pellet was
taken before Justice f. d. f.. Stowe
Tuesday i'm the case of Mrs. Annie Hop
kins against Contractor E. l. Kilbun of
Bellows Falls, which will be tried at the
April term of the county court. Mrs.
Hopkins's suit against Mr.. Kilburn is to
recover damages in the sum of 500
for the death of her husband Michael
Hopkins, who was killed by a cavern
in the rear of Hooker building last
autumn.
The census of children of school age
in the incorporated school district No. 2,
as recently taken by Walter A. Gilbert,
clerk, makes the total number 9SS, which
is a gain of eight over last years census
School age means from the fifth to the
18th anniversary of birth. The census
shows that there are in the district 469
boys and 519 girls The number of boys
and girls between five and eight years Is
203, between eight and fifteen 555, and be-
tween fifteen and eighteen 2S0.
The directors of the Choral Union met
Wednesday evening to discuss the matter
of resuming rehearsais, Mr.. Coffin, who
has been i'll with typhoid fever. having
signified that he would be able to resume
work as conductor In the course of a week
or two. 1t was decided to call meeting
of the chorus, to be held in the high
school building al o'clock next Monday
night, to decide whether 1t would be bet
ter to undertake to revive interest at this
time or wait until next autumn. 1t is
hoped there may be a large attendance.
Measured by the standard of the pre-
sentatiOn, Jules Murry's company in The
mummy ana lne BlTu at tne
Auditorium Saturday night was a star
attraction. but the attendance was not
large. Such uniformly excellent talent
and so clean, wholesome and fascinating
a play make a combination that is not
often excelled on the local stage The
conversation between the leading man.
w. A Whitecar, as Lord Lumley and
Henry Carl Lewis, as Giuseppe. the
Italian organ grinder, partly by signs and
partly by objects, was as clever bit of
acting as has been seen in Brattleboro
this season. Frances Markham charmed
the audience by her graceful manner. and
Ethel Brooks Ferguson as Lady Lumley,
portrayed the part of n neglected wife in
a forceful way. Charles Kenyon, as Sig
nor DOrelli, the humming bird, and
Walter Green, as Lord Ronalds. were
strong characters.
A Bratteboro attorney is handing out
cigars at every mention of the mid
winter ball. which was given in the
Brooks House recently by IS young men.
He and his wife were guests at that
social function, and the wife. n mat
ter of etiquette enclosed their cards In
envelopes and addressed them to each of
the 10 hosts, giving them to her husband
to deposit i'm the postoffice. But the
lawyer had not taken course in memory
training and carried the letters to Burl-
ington in his pocket. Mailing the letters
in Burlington. he resolved not to mem
tion the matter TO his wife, thinking
that she never would be the wiser. Had
he looked at them carefully he would
have noted the address on each read
Town" instead of "Brattleboro," and
when the Burlington letter carriers
undertook to deliver them they were up
against a stump. Somehow it wGs learn
ed that the letters were intended for
delivery in Bratteboro, and on Tuesday
of this week they were forwarded to the
local postoffice. and were delivered The
cat was out of the bag, the letters were
covered with various post marks cancel
lation marks, explanation marks etc,
the wife learned of the receipt of her
belated acknowledgements, and the law
yer, strange as 1t may seem to some, had
to tell her the truth.
The directors of the Brattleboro Jelly
company have voted to wind up the
concerns affairs and have instructed A.
l.. Blair to sell all the property. includ-
ing stock on hand, fixtures. real estate,
etc. The directors are George f. Crowell
president, A. A. Dunklee, vice president
o. o. Ware, f. II. Akley and c. ID. Whit
man. They will lose what they have paid
in toward the capital stock. The COM
pany was organized i'm 1883 and made
apple jelly and maple sugar and syrup.
They stopped grinding apples about five
years ago They have put up cucumber
pickles since A. L. Blair came to Brat
tleboro i'm 1899, that being their only
business since 1900. In order to make
the picking business pay at least 100
tons of cucumbers year would be neces-
sary. Two years ago about IS tons were
grown. Last year n special effort was
made to increase the acreage and about
40 tons were received. Those who grew
the bulk of the cucumbers last year said
they would not grow any the coming
year, so the directors decided that the
only thing left to do was to close up the
business Mr.. Blair has had his office
at his house the past year, and he will
continue 1t and will handle the product
of the Clyde Kraut company of Clyde
Ohio, and Jackson, Mich, and the Canas-
tota Picking company of Canastota. n. Y
George w. Fisher.
George w. Fisher, 70, died about $50
O'Clock Saturday morning at his home on
| Western avenue, after a weeks illness
with pneumonia. He was one of ~ chill
dren of Asa and Mary (Streeter) Fisher
and was born in Brattleboro June T. 1882
In lS49 he began work for Asa Miller
learning the carriage business, and after
wards was employed by Williston &
Waite, being in that business about 80
years. For the greater part of the time
since then he has been n carpenter. Mr.
Fishers great grandfather Ebenezer
Fisher, was one of the early settlers of
Brattleboro, coming to town in 1852 and
settling near Meeting House hill. where
\ he was a farmer and brick mason. On
| Aug. 4, 1853. Mr., Fisher married Lucinda
r, Wood, who was then living In Brattle-
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