Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-03-09

The funeral was held at the late home
on Tuesday, Rev. N. s. Moore officiating
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Hescock and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Whitaker sang Sometime
Wen Understand" and Nearer My God
to Thee" The burial was in Townshend
Relatives present besides Mrs. Woods
son were Mrs. Mcclure, Mr.. and Mrs
Arson Howard an uncle, Romance How
Miss d. NJ. Tuthill, a distant Howard
relative.
Rev. G. w. Lawrence went to Boston
this week to consult a lung specialist
Mrs. S. S. Hunt of Brattleboro recent
ly has been a guest of Mrs. c. p. Dewitt
at Newfane Inn.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rose and family
of several children have moved from dis
trict No. 8 to Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Car
penter's house.
Miss Florence Hall and Miss Lucy Da-
Wis are invited to be guests of Miss
Switzer over Saturday and Sunday at
West Townshend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davis are in Land
grove today at the late home of their
mother, Mrs. Abbott, and will remain
there through tomorrow.
Union Hall Helpers will hold a special
meeting at Mrs. w. N. Chase's Saturday
evening" March II, at which all members
Dr. Marshall A Howe, curator in the
Bronx gardens, New York. is in Porto
Rico as a member of a scientific expe-
dition in botanical Investigations.
Mrs. Rosa Hall and three daughters of
Springfield, Mass, have been here sew
eral days on account of the critical ILL
ness of Mrs. Halls mother Mrs. Abbott
The prize speaking contest for a silver
medal, mentioned last week as likely to
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been postponed, Mrs E, A. Kenyon, the
director, having been called to her aged
mother in Bristol, r. 1.
A regular meeting of Birchard post G.
A. r., will be held at Union hall Satur-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock One feature
of this meeting will be the mastering
in service of a new member. The Re-
lief corps will meet at the same hour
with Mrs H. A. Carpenter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Nichols of Luz
nenburg, this state are again tenants in
the Windham County creamery building,
Mr.. Nichols being the successor OF w. b.
Willard as butter maker a position which
he held here previously and one in which
he gave general satisfaction.
At the Congregational church meeting
last week the new deacons elected were
c. L. Hescock for three years and G. w.
Parsons for two years. The senior dea-
cons, Joel Grout and Faster Whitaker
will remain in the service which they
have filled acceptably many years.
Mrs. Frank E. Davis returned Monday
from North Londonderry after the illness
and death of her mother, Mrs. Abbott, at
the home of the latters daughter, Mrs
Vilroy Warner. Mrs. Abbott spent sew
eral months the past year with Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis, but her home has been for
years until recently in Landgrove.
AS will be seen by reports of town
meetings elsewhere in The Phoenix, there
is a change in the boards of selectmen
and listers. Articles to appropriate $25
each for expenses of Memorial day, May
30, and carrying books from Moore free
library were carried, and the no-license
vote was, as usual, in very strong ma
jority.
]. F. Mccarthy of the state prison, well
known for his connection with the local
bank robbery, with more extensive af-
fairs of the kind, and his confession
which led to the conviction of several
other bank burglars, has sent here a set
of dolls chairs beautifully made, polished
and upholstered, presumably by his own
hand, and accompanied by a character
istic Letter.
A February number of the Scientific
American contains an account of Santos
Dumont's latest flying machine" or hello
coptere or "screw-flyer' with illustra-
tions of the same. Hermon A. Howe of
this place, who long has been interested
in the subject, says that he recognizes
in the illustrations mentioned the main
features of a drawing which he sent to
NJ. Santos-Dumont about two years ago.
The diagram in the Scientific American
represents a machine combining minimum
weight with maximum power. The frame
and rigging, like the balloons by the same
inventor, are entirely of bamboo. silk and
plano wire and only the motor and mec-
hanism for the transmission of power
are formed, necessarily, of heavier metal
parts. The entire apparatus manned and
equipped will weigh 352 "a pounds, and
will be furnished with "a horse power
air-cooled motor weighing n 1-6 pounds.
Other inventors, some of whom Mr.. Howe
says have acknowledged his drawings,
claim that 1t is impossible to construct
perfect machine within the weight given.
NJ. Santos-Dumont. however expects
to win the Deutsch-Archdeacon $4,000
prize offered for machines heavier than
the air." The entire length of his ma
chine is Al feet and the total height