Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-08-03

hold their annual lalI at restiNai man
on Sept. 6.
The ladies' of the Universallst church
will conduct food sale tomorrow after
noon for the benefit of the Y. M. {. A.
from 2 to &. o'clock
The boring machine has been moved
again. and an excavation is being made
near Little river, at a point almost di-
rectly east from where the first shaft
was sunk
The New England Telephone & Tele-
graph company has three men at work
putting in a new switch board changing |
the key boards and making other i'm |
provements in the local exchange. 1t viii |
require several weeks to complete the |
work
The 6Oth anniversary OF Wantastiquet |
lodge, No. 5, l. o. o. F., will be cele
brated tonight with appropriate exercises.
Ice cream and cake will be served. All
members of the order with their families,
friends, and members Of Dennis Rebekah
lodge are requested to be present.
The large Brattleboro Y. NJ. c. A. tent
is in its usual place in front of the
Auditorium at Mortified and will be
there all through the August conference.
The tent is fitted up with a correspond
ence table and several chairs. Any friends
of the association may feel free to make
this their headquarters while in North
field.
Russell Brothers, who are among
Americas foremost comedians, have been
engaged this week by Manager Fox to
appear at the Auditorium the first two
nights of the Valley Fair, Sept. % and 20
1t was only through special inducements
that they were secured, as ii was neces-
sary for them to cancel an engagement
for three nights in Albany, n. Y.
call has been issued for a special
village meeting, to be held I'm Festival
hall Friday, August II, at am, when
a collector of taxes and member of
the board of bailiffs will be chosen. The
| collectorship will undoubtedly go to w.
a. Shumway without contest. No dis
cussion is heard with reference to elect
| ing a bailin to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Of r. E. Gordon.
In addition to the fine attractions for
| the Auditorium announced last week
| Manager Fox has booked this week Peter
| F. Daley in THE Press Agent" for Oct
| %, and the Red Feather" opera COM
| pany which contains over so people and
| carries two carloads of equipment for
! Oct. 16 Miss Cheridiah Simpson will ap-
/ pear as the star in Red Feather" THE
| Press Agent" is a Shubert attraction.
S. w. Kimball brought home from Bos-
| ton Monday an interesting relic in the
form Of a block Of wood taken from the
side Of the historic Constitution. This
| relic mas been placed in the free library
this week. The wood was given to Mr..
| Kimball by his brother, a ship caulker by
trade, who is now employed In the pre-
liminary work for the restoration of the
old frigate to her original form, as nearly
as possible. Congress has appropriated
$100,000 for this work and the Daughters
of the American Revolution have given
$4,000 to aid in the undertaking. Sixty
five years ago Mr.. Kimballs father, also
ship caulker, brought home pieces OF
wood which were utilized as backs for
clothes brushes, and one of these backs
is now In Mr.. Kimball's possession.
Ernest d. Croser, who died in New
York city Tuesday on his 31st birthday
anniversary, was born in West Brattle-
| boro, the eldest Of the eight children OF
Dudley and Mary ]. Richardson Crosier
who now live in Guilford Dudley Cros-
Ter had two daughters by n previous
marriage and this is the first death
among the ten children. Ernest Crosiei
was resident of Bellows Falls IA years
He was first engaged in the bakery bust
ness there, and later ran livery stabl,
, four years, selling II about year and
a half ago. He went to New York las
November, intending to buy a bakery
but his health failed and he had beer
: under medical treatment since then. HI
Is survived by a wife, who was Ida Ishan
, of Bellows Falls, and two children TIL,
! body has been taken to Bellows Falls
, | and the funeral will be held there today
; Friday, at 1 p. m.
t The annual meeting of school dlstric
No. l, adjourned from July 16, met Tues
a | day evening with 26 voters present to ac
I | upon article three, the election of officers
which was dismissed at the regular meet
' ing. Dr. III. D. Holton acted as moder
ator and in the absence of Clerk w A
4 | Gilbert, c. G. Staples was secretary pro
o tenn. The following officers were electe
e by reclamation: w. A. Gilbert, clerk; 1
a F. Adams, member of the prudential com
n mittee for term of three years to sue
e coed himself; George c. Averil treas
n | urer; Charles A. Harris. auditor; WilliaI
h Shumway, collector with a salary @
$500. George w. Pierce moved that tn
salary of the prudential committee
$500 a year, $3.50 of which should go I
II the chairman and SIS to each of rhe oths
y two members. Col. H. F. Taylor sec
; onded the motion, stating that at preser
{ the members of the committee did nc
receive 81 a day for their services. TIL
: motion was carried and there being n
u further business the meeting adjourned
# Mrs. Eliza p. Ames, 20, died Monda
n evening at the home of Mr.. Farnum |
d West Brattleboro after an illness o
st eight months, the result OF a shock
paralysis sustained last November Sine
Ie Memorial hospital until, having PARTIAL
2 recovered, she was moved to NJ
ie Farnums June Z. She failed rapidl
~ however, and the last three weeks wa
l. confined to her bed, unconscious mo,
. OF the time. The funeral took place
r Mr. Farnums Wednesday at IL oclocl
( Rev. II. II. Shaw of the Marlboro Congrt
IS gational church officiating The buri
n was in Marlboro. Mrs. Ames's Made
r name was Phelps and she was born
n Mortified, Mass, Sept. 80, 1886. ST
II came to Brattleboro in early woman
hood and was soon after married
Henry Dexter Ames of Ames HILL Mar
y boro. No children survived infancy.
y the early SOS Mr.. and Mrs. Ames came
y West Brattleboro village, where NJ
- Ames died in December, 1887, and whel
y Mrs. Ames had lived as nurse and hous,
y keeper until short time previous to h,
- Illness OF her seven brothers and siste
only two survive, Mrs. Abbie Holton
II Mortified Mass, and Eli Phelps of Obi
" Though she had few relatives a wit
- circle of friends felt sincere sorrow upC
W W learning Of her sickness and death.
90 Mrs. George S. Dowley's residence {
re North Main street was entered by
Of burglar early Tuesday morning. The il
d. truder was frightened away by the bari
m ing of the dog. When an examinatiC
is was made 1t was found that a scree
I'd had been pried open in the pan
try window on the north side
IN the house. Entering through the windo
|, the marauder ate oranges and tomato
~ | In Mt fI,ov,