Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-02-24


administrator Of the Merrill II. Adams
estate.
The Epworth league Of the Methodist |
church will hold a food sale at the store
of w. r. Geddis March a.
The ladies' circle Of the Unlversalist
church will meet in the church parlors
Thursday afternoon, March 2. Supper
will be served as usual at 6,15 o'clock.
Several of the rare volumes in the late
Dr. James Conland's collection were
secured for the Fletcher Memorial library
in Ludlow. They relate to early Vermont
history.
The board of civil authority met in the
selectmen's room Monday to revise the
check list All the business that came
before the board was to add two names
to the list.
The ladies' aid society of the Methodist
church will meet with Mrs. S. A. Dan
lels Canal street, Wednesday afternoon,
March 1. at o'clock. \ large attendance
is desired
DR.. Ida r. Brigham, superintendent of
the Brattleboro Memorial hospital, has
handed her resignation to the directors
of the institution, asking that it take
effect April l.
Chief Engineer Sanders has bought
Mrs May Smiths two tenement house
down stairs tenement and will rent the
upstairs part
The Washington street school, which
was driven out of it's building by fire
Dec 20, resumed session in the recon
structed building Monday The school
room is one of the handsomest in town.
The wind blew with great velocity all
day Saturday piling the snow in drifts
and making the roads in some places
m ggah L #
boro attempted to drive from that village
to his home some distance out, but his
horse and sleigh got stuck i'm a drift. He
unhitched the horse and led him back to
the village, abandoning the sleigh and
went home on foot.
hearing on Frank Barber's final ac-
count as trustee of the John +. Morse
estate in bankruptcy was held before
Referee f. ID. E. Stowe Saturday. There
was no dividend for the creditors the
trustee having collected only $54. Morse's
property was attached by Miss ella
Stratton to secure a county court judg-
ment for $425O. and her attachments took
precedence over the other claims against
the estate.
Since Tax Collector r. e. Gordon filed
with the town clerk a list of about $50
delinquent taxpayers a large number of
those whose names were on the list have
paid up. which will allow them to vote
1t is asserted that the delinquents who
| favor license and who are not able to
pay their taxes are having their taxes
paid by certain liquor interests without
the state which would profit by having
the town vote yes"
The women of the Episcopal church
| held a sale and sociable at the home OF
| Mrs. f. w. Childs Friday evening which
| was largely attended Useful and fancy
articles were sold, and as one of the en-
| tertaining features song story was read
! by Carl Cain, certain omissions i'm the
! story being the titles of familiar musical
! selections which were played by Miss Har-
! riet Holden, the titles being guessed by
those present. A brace of songs was sung
! by Alfred S. Thompson, and refreshments
were served The receipts were about
$40.
! ID. X Butterhed, who has managed
! the Goddard House in Ludlow the past
| two years has bought the Ludlow House
! in that village. He took possession last
week. He will continue to manage the
! Goddard House until other arrangements
are made. Mr.. Butterfeld has owned
! the hotel in Cuttingsvillo the past 81
years, and during that time has been
connected with the management of these
hotels Bardwel in Rutland. Brooks and
| American houses in Brattleboro. Hotel
Fullerton in Chester and Brandon Inn in
! Brandon.
1t is announced at the Central Yer
mont railroad headquarters in St. Adams
that work will be begun as soon as the
| weather permits on the changing of
the Brattleboro & Whitehall railroad
| from narrow to standard gauge. although
the terms of the contract do not call for
| its completion until Dec. /, 1906. The
! matter of extending the line to the tim
Der district in the four southern counties
of the state is still under discussion.
At the meeting of the New England
Military Rifle association held in Boston
last week the following directors from
! Vermont were chosen: Col. J. G.. Estey
of Brattleboro Major c. T.. Dyer of Rut-
land Capt ]. c. Burnham of Burlington
Lieut. w. w. Russell of White River
Junction. The president is Col. James c.
White of Boston. Col Estey is one Of the
vice presidents and Capt. Burnham a
member of the competition committee.
Rev, L. d. Temple, who resigned as
pastor of the Baptist church in Brattle-
boro to accept a call to Pennington. N
j., is now devoting his time to personally
conducted tours to Europe, Mrs. Temple
being associated with him in the bust
ness. Their office is in WATERFOWL Mass
| They have engaged Rev. F. f. Marble
OF Cambridge. another former pastor of
the Baptist church here, to conduct a
party through Europe during July and
| August
The pipe organ department of the Estey
Organ plant is busy making instruments
to fill western orders. Within six weeks
! four large organs have been built for
shipment to the Pacific coast Over 100
pipe organs We're shipped last year, which
was pretty good record for the second
year the company was engaged i'm that
! branch of the business. and only the linn
tied facilities prevented the number from
being twice as large. Facilities for in
creasing the output are being made.
Policeman Worden arrested John Glea-
son of Barre Friday night for ntoxica-
| ton. On Saturday morning Gleason
pleaded guilty before Justice Newton and
was fined IS and costs, which he was I'M
able to pay. He was sentenced to 10 DAYS
| in Newfane jail. Chief-of- Police Hall
arrested Thomas Keene OF Concord ~
| H., Saturday morning for intoXicatfon
and on Monday morning Judge Newton
gave Keene similar to that of Gleason
! The weather was so rough Saturday that
/ it was thought best not to take Gleason
/ to Newfane that day, so he was detained
| until Monday, when Constable Walker
took both men to Newfane.
The funeral of Alanson o. johnson, ir.
was held Sunday afternoon at his late
! home on Myrtle street, Rev. Il. II. Mathi-
| son of the Episcopal church officiating
! There was a large attendance which in
! cluded members of the Hydrofountain
| club, Mr.. Johnson being member of
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