Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-06-16

added recently.
DR.. E. A. Pond, physician and surgeon,
who came from Portland, Maine. has
opened an office in the American House.
The high school class of '07 will go to
Spofford lake tomorrow morning. on a
taly-ho ride, drawn by a four-in-hand.
Fred Rand, the well-known horseman
of Saxtons River has sold to a man i'm
Maine for $1,000 the span of bays which
was awarded first prize in the gentle
mems driving class at the Valley Fair
in 1908.
Owing to an engagement of the First
Regiment band this evening the moon
light dance at the Wantastiquet Golf
clubs house will be held tomorrow, Sat-
urday, evening. Supper will be served
under the direction of the ladies' of the
entertainment committee. If the weather
is stormy the dance will be given up.
A representative Of the Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance company of Montpelier
was i'm Brattleboro Monday and placed
the agency for that company with George
NJ Clay, who bought the JENNIE insurance
agency last week The agency for the
Vermont Mutual, which Mr.. JENNIE held.
constituted a material part of the busi-
ness of that office.
The Vermonter for June is a summer
resort number, containing large number
of views of picturesque scenery and in
teresting descriptive matter. One view
shows Brattleboro and the Connecticut
river from Wantastiquet. Mrs Nellie Com
ins Whitaker of Brattleboro has resigned
as editor of the department devoted to
the federation of woman's clubs in the
magazine, and Miss Margaret Robbie of
| st. Johnsbury is her successor.
! An automobile party Of five, in charge
of Mr.. Potter Of Greenfield, met with an
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afternoon, in front of the Brooks House.
The rear axle of the automobile, Win
| ton touring car, broke near the right
| wheel, but as the machine was running
on very slow speed there were no serious
consequences. Mr.. Potter telephoned to
Greenfield that he was in trouble and
another machine was sent after the party
George A. Eels. proprietor of the C. H
Eddy & Co. bottling works on Frost
street, sold a half interest in the business
Monday to William II. Haywood, former
| ly of the Brattleboro overall company
Mr.. Eels heretofore has been the sole
possessor of the formulas and has had
to devote himself closely to the COM
pounding work. Under the new arrange
ment his work will not be as combining
as formerly.
| The Odd Fellows and members Of
Dennis Rebekah lodge observed Sunday as
memorial Sunday. In the morning they
| decorated the graves of members buried
| in Morningside cemetery and at West
! Brattleboro, and in the afternoon they
! performed the same service in Prospect
Hill cemetery. Before going to the last
named cemetery they held a service in
their lodge rooms, consisting of music,
prayer by the chaplain, NJ Yeaw, and
a brief address by James F. Hooker.
In spite of the rainy weather Sunday
afternoon between 300 and 400 people at
| tended the service on the common. Rain
| fell during a large part Of the service, but
less than a dozen people left before the
close. The choir of the Baptist church
sang one selection and Miss Alice Butter
field, member of the choir. rendered a
solo. The sermon was by Rev. Edward
T. Mathison. There will be no service
next Sunday, on account of the bacca-
laureate sermon in the Congregational
| church.
d. Frank Shea sold his fish market on
| Elliot street Monday to George II. Dam
yew, formerly proprietor of the American
House. He also sold his restaurant to
James Fields and Charles Burnett of Bel
lows Falls, both of whom have had ex-
perience in the hotel business. Mr. Bur-
nett who is cook, is already in possession.
Mr. Fields is clerk in Hotel Windham. He
will come to Brattleboro soon. Mr. Shea
will move to Montpelier in September to
help carry on the business of the Mont
pelier Grocery company, in which he Is a
stakeholder He has conducted the
Elliot street fish market eight years
A recent write-up OF the police situa-
ton in Brattleboro, in a Boston daily
paper, contained the statement that A. ].
Currier was candidate for the Office of
| tax collector to succeed r. e. Gordon,
intimating that Mr. Gordon would have to
meet opposition In connection with the
office because of his stand in the police
question. Mr.. Currier has returned this
week from an out-of-town trip. When
the matter was brought to his attention
he stated that he was not a candidate
and that that was the first he had known
about his name being connected with the
! office.
NJ. e. Nelson, 60, who died recently in
Condit township, ~ miles northeast Of
Champaign, ILL, after an illness of over
a year, had lived there all his life on a
farm of 400 acres His residence was
one of the most attractive in that part
OF the county, elegantly furnished and
| provided with many conveniences. Mr.
| Nelson is survived by a wife and four
children. He was of Windham county
| stock, being the oldest son of Myron E.
and Lucy Lynde Nelson. NJ. E. Nelson had
visited in Brattleboro, and there are a
number of friends of the family, readers
of The Phoenix, who will regret to learn
of his death.
DIR. A. H. Lewis, the veterinary who has
been through several escapades since he
went from Brattleboro to Barre, was ar
rested Thursday afternoon in Montpelier
on the charge OF intoxication. In the
evening one of the inmates of the fail
told Sheriff Tracy that Lewis was i'll and
an investigation showed blood running
from his mouth and ears. He was in a
very exhausted condition, but 1t is thought
| that he will recover. Some time ago
he underwent an operation for a mastoid
abscess and the outbreak Thursday was
a reoccurrence of this trouble.
Rev. Father Patrick j. Donovan, 81.
died Saturday morning from consumption
at the home of his mother in Springfield,
this state. He was born in Ireland, but
came to this country when two years OF
age. He attended the public schools OF
Springfield, Eastman's business college
in Poughkeepsie, and was a bookkeeper
in the Jones & Lamson factory two years
He studied for the priesthood in Balti-
more, Montreal and Toronto, and was
ordained at Swanton August 81, 1904.
Soon after the death of Rev. Patrick Cum
bingham he came to Brattleboro and for
few months was in charge of the parish
here. He was a man of strong, noble
character, diBnlfed manner and won
FAVOR with the people both in and out
OF the parish while he was here
d. Frank Shea's suit against Mr.. and
Mrs. c. ]. Paro was heard by Justice
Merrlheld Friday Frank Barber appear