Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-04-21
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Watch out for the big street parade of
the Band Ministries at noon next We'd
nesday and Thursday
Danyew & Duquette, the present pro-
prietors of the American House, will con-
tinue to run it the coming year.
Reports of the state Y. NJ. c. A. con-
vention will be made at the meeting in
the association rooms Sunday at o'clock.
An adjourned quarterly conference of
the Methodist church was held Friday
night The small defecit in the current
account was provided for, bringing the
church up to the annual conference free
of debt.
Willard Taylor, 55, of Marlboro died
Friday after an Illness of two weeks
with pneumonia. He was born in MARI
boro in 1850 and was a son of William
and Myra (Bellows) Taylor. He was
farmer and was unmarried. The funeral
was held at o'clock Sunday, Rev. H. H.
Shaw officiating.
The April meeting of the Professional
club was scheduled for next Wednesday,
but on account of the minstrel show by
the First Regiment band it has been post
poned to Wednesday, May g. DR.. c. r.
Aldrich will give a paper on Light, the
X-Ray and Radium." A. c. Spencer will
lead the discussion.
The Northampton & Amherst Street
Railway company, in which E. c. Crosby
is managing director, is surveying a route
for poles in furtherance of a plan to OBJ
tain power from the unfinished plant of
the Turner's Falls Electric Power COM
pany The consolidated Northampton &
Amherst, Greenfield, Deerfield & North
ampton and Greenfield & Turner'S Falls
street railway companies plan to take
all the power necessary for the so miles
of road from one source. About 1900
horse power is required for the whole
system.
The secondclass licenses held by c. E.
GRAHAM and c. F. Thomas and the fifth
class licenses under which F. H Holden
& Co. and George E. Greene sold liquors
on physicians prescription only expired
Monday. The American House and the
Brattleboro House have first-class licenses
which run respectively until May and
May 81. p. l.. Shea's first class license
will expire April 25 but his second class
license will continue in force until May 81
The hearing on the applications of the
proprietors of the four drug stores for
fifth-class licenses will be held May l.
James L. Amsden, who was born in
Brattleboro rs years ago, died April IL
in Providence, r. I. When he was ten
years old his parents moved to Spring
field, Mass, and for years he conducted
fruit business in that city. About 20
years ago he went to live with his son
in Providence. Mr.. Amsden had Travelled
much abroad and In this country having
visited all but four states of the United
States. He claimed to be the oldest living
automobilist, as he rode many years age
with John Gore, who built a steam carri-
age which was successfully operated on
the roads in Brattleboro and vicinity.
At the close of the mid-week meeting
in the Baptist church Friday night DR.
L n TT ia
behalf of the church formally accepting
the gift of pipe organ from Col. j. Gray
Estey and Capt. ]. Harry Estey as a me-
mortal to their father, Gen. julius ]
Estey, and expressing the appreciation
and gratitude of the church. The resolu-
ton was adopted unanimously. The
trustees of the church. to whom is left
the matter of selecting a location for the
organ, will take steps at once to decide
upon that point and doubtless will employ
an architect to assist them. 1t is expect
ed that work on the location and the
organ will be begun during the coming
summer so that the instrument may be
installed next autumn.
Referring to the subject of soil inocula-
ton, discussed in The Phoenix this week
1t is of interest to know that the inocula-
ting material offered at Burlington is
prepared under the direction of one of the
assistants of DR.. George T. Moore, who
mas charge OF the laboratory work In
Washington, and is believed to be genuine
and. reliable. This is the preparation
recently advertised in our columns by c.
E. Allen. While the price is high COM
pared with the actual cost of the prepare
ton to the department at Washington
(said to be about four cents a package)
it is probably mot too high to afford a
commercial profit at the present stage
of these eXperiments--and since no farm
er or gardener will think of using the
inoculating material this season except
eXperimentally the cost of a single pack
age is not an important item.
Wednesday afternoon a good number
of club women, with invited guests
gathered at the Brooks House parlors for
their semi-monthly meeting. Various
business matters were considered, includ-
ing the election of Mrs. w. n. Thompson
to honorary membership. Mrs. Thomp-
son has filled very acceptably the office
of vice president several years, and when
she moves to Hartford, Conn, the best
wishes of the club will go with her. The
speaker of the day was Miss S. Maria
Elliott, an instructor in Simmons college
Boston, who spoke on "Our Common
Enemy, Dust" Miss Elliott is an au-
lucrative, as well as a pleasing speaker
and her audience became interested i'm
the subject, and were glad of the privi-
lege of meeting her at the close to express
their interest in all she had told them
young mems quartet and a mixed
quartet contributed patriotic music, and
Miss Ellen Sherman played a piano solo.
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