Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-17


garding new spring woolens for custom
clothing
Charles T.. Fisk of Springfield, Mass.
has sold through II. A. Pierce & Co. of
that city a wood lot of las acres in New
fame to men in Worcester for $4,000.
Emil Apfelbaum of Brattleboro, formerly
connected with the management of the
water cures, sustained a fractured hip
Saturday by falling on the ice at Ludlow,
where he has been an inmate of the Gill
odd Fellows home several years
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Smith of Gullford
street entertained Mr.. Kenestons and
Mrs Johnson's Sunday school classes, of
which four of their children are MEM
mers, at a sugar party at their home We'd
nesday evening. A large and jolly COM
pany was present and the occasion was
spent delightfully."-.
Walter and Foster Crown, sons of p. F.
Crown, have bought a grocery business in
Northampton, Mass, and taken posses
sion. Both young men have been living
in that city some time. p. +. Crown was
in Northampton the first Of the week to
look over the store and Foster Crown
was in Brattleboro Wednesday.
The funeral of Charles Ellis was held
at the home of William Ellis. brother of
the deceased, on Canal street Friday at
2 o'clock, Rev. l.. NJ Keneston of West
Brattleboro officiating. The body was
placed in the tomb in Prospect Hill Gem
etery, the bearers being William T. Ellis.
Orlin H. Ellis, Louis Ellis, and Ozro Ellis
of West Brattleboro.
Rev. Alfred DeBarritt of Cienfuegos,
Cuba, will speak at the Centre church
midweek meeting tonight on the work Of
his church and the school for Cuban
orphans of which he has charge. The
Centre Sunday school has contributed to
his work several years A number Of
children from his school have been placed
in Vermont homes
The odor of gas in several cellars on
Elliot street Friday indicated plainly that
there was a leak in the Brattleboro Gas
Light company's gas main on that street.
Employees of the company found the de-
feet in front OF the Grange store Tues
day, uncovering it the first time they dug
down. The heaving of the pipe by frost
had broken 1t. The ground was frozen to
a depth of five and half feet.
Dan Riley of the local freight office
| force, saved a mans life Monday after
| noon. He left his home on Vernon street
and went through the fence to the rail-
road yard on his way to the freight office.
| Close by was a drunken man walking
near the track on which the 1 o'clock
passenger train from the south was pulling
in. The man staggered to the track and
Riley barely had time to pun him or
when the locomotive reached the spot.
The Brattleboro Machine Works is the
name under which Brink & Washer, who
| have moved their machine shop from
| Harmony building to Elm street, will con-
tinue to do business. The new company
will assume all the liabilities of the old
| firm. The plant is now located in a new
| ly constructed brick building and with
the increased floor space. new machinery
and skilled workmen the company will
| have ample facilities for carrying on their
\ business as manufacturing and jobbing
machinists.
Knott & Closson of Burlington, bank
| rupt brokers, presented a petition to
Judge Wheeler at a session of the United
States court in Brattleboro Monday, ask
| ing for an injunction restraining Homer
| Fits and II. A. Phelps & Co. of Barre
| from pressing cases against them now
| pending in the Washington county court
until the United States court has rendered
| Its decision on the question of Knott q
| Blossoms discharge from bankruptcy The
| petition was granted and restraining
order was issued. II. w. Taft Of Buring-
| ton and Waterman & Martin of Brattle-
| boro appeared for Knott & Closson, and
Gordon & Jackson of Barre appeared for
Fits and Phelps & Co.
Three services were held Sunday at the
rededication of the Swedish Congrega-
| tional church on West street Swedish
services were held at 1890 in the morn
ing and 1880 in the evening, Rev Oscar
F. Koch, pastor, being assisted by Rev.
| c. j. Anderson of Orange. A service in
| English was held at o'clock, with
| preaching by Rev. II. r. Miles of the
| Centre Congregational church and Rev.
! L. M. Keneston of the West Brattleboro
| Congregational church All the services
were well attended. The church was
practically rebuilt during last summer,
and the improvements were mentioned in
detail in The Phoenix at the time of the
10th anniversary jubilee service Aug. 4.
The death of Mrs. John A. Winter, 2s.
| occurred Wednesday under circumstances
which make it particularly sad. She gave
birth to a son Wednesday morning and
| died soon afterwards, having had weak
| heart action for some time, The child
is doing we'll. Mrs Winters maiden name
| was Lura Lucina Frost, and she was
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roswell Frost
She was born Aug. 1. 1876. Since her
marriage to Mr.. Winter they have lived
on the Samuel Bradley farm in West
| Brattleboro. Besides her parents. hus-
band and the baby, Mrs. Winter leaves
one son, six years old a sister, Mrs.
| George Adams of Marlboro and brother,
| Clark Frost, of Westfeld, Mass. She was
an estimable young woman, full of
| courage ana good cneer. Funeral services
were held at the house at II o'clock to-
day, Rev II. Fl. Shaw of Marlboro off,
ciating, and the burial was in West Brat
| tleboro.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Smith) Hope, n. died
about lis o'clock Wednesday at the home
of her daughter Mrs. Charles +. Downer
at Cottage street. She was taken i'll
with influenza March a. Prayer was offer
ed at the house yesterday afternoon by
Rev. George b. Lawson, pastor of the
First Baptist church. and the body will
! be taken to Berlin, n. Y, tomorrow for
| burial. Mrs Hope was born in Berlin
Sept II, 1927, and was a daughter of
! Robert Smith and Hannah Field. Her
first husband was Dwight Chamberlain,
and after their marriage they lived for a
time in Williamstown, Mass, going from
there back to Berlin. For her second
husband she was married to Lewis Hope
of Berlin in 1867 He died six years ago,
and after a year Mrs. Hope came to
BrattleborO to live with her daughter
Although advanced in years and although
her residence in Brattleboro was brief she
made some warm friends. She was
member of the First Baptist church of
this town and of the home department of
the Bible school She is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Charles Prindle of Will
Jamestown Mass, and Mrs Downer. two
sons, Ralph Chamberlain of Albany, N.
Y, ard Albert b. Chamberlain of Holton
Kan, and two brothers. William T. Smith
and Clinton Dewitt Smith, both of Berlin
The new pump which was installed at
the pumping station on West River last
week was started Friday afternoon about