Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-01


Sargent Wednesday afternoon.
The Farther Lights Society OF the
Baptist church has elected these officers:
President, Miss Esther Barrett; vice pres
ident, Miss May Douglas; secretary, Miss
Florence Moran treasurer, Miss Harriet
Douglas.
The Brattleboro branch Of the womans
alliance will meet with Mrs. John Bar
rows at the Colonial Friday evening at
1870 1t will be the regular birthday So
ciable for the season, and a large attend
dance Is desired.
The annual reception and exhibition by
e. Waless dancing classes will be held
in Festival hall Friday evening of next
week. The doors will open at 7.15 and
the grand march will begin at s. Wales's
orchestra of 10 pieces will furnish music
The contest night, in which the men
of the Protective Grange were going to
show what they could do In the way Of
giving an entertainment has been post
poned from Wednesday to April 20. The
lecturer will have charge of the program
Wednesday evening.
Sedgwick Woman's Relief corps invite
the Grand Army to meet with them
Thursday evening in Grand Army hall
to spend a social hour. The new flags
which the corps have bought will be
presented to the post at that time. Re
freshments will be served.
Pocahontas council, No. ?, Daughters of
Pocahontas, will hold an old time Indian
fair in Grange han Tuesday afternoon
and evening. \ chicken-pie supper will
be served from $50 to 730; an entertain
ment will be given from to 9. and dane
ing Will be in order from to u.
The lecture in the Universallst church
Sunday evening will be on Germany
from the Baltic to the Bavarian Alps"
One hundred slides will be used. The
lectures will be continued through April
only, but they will be resumed next fall.
Every one Is invited to the few remain
ing lectures.
Fire from spark of a passing engine
caught In the grass along the bank be-
tween Tyler street and the railroad
Tuesday afternoon and reached a point
where it threatened the houses The
chemical engine was called out and the
blaze soon was eXtinguished Fire also
caught near the Goodall place on the
Putney road, but it was put out without
damage.
Mrs. Jane Ryder. a. widow of Charles
I. Ryder of Wardsboro, died Wednesday
morning in the Home for the Aged and
Disabled. where she had lived two years
Several years ago she broke her hip, and
since then she had been obliged to use
a crutch. Death was due to a complica-
ton of ailments. Mrs. Ryder was born
in Wardsboro March 20, 1913. and she
was married to Mr.. Ryder in 1863 She
leaves a brother. Charles knight of
Chicago, and two sisters. Mrs Esterbrook
and Mrs. Marshall Hasklns of Wardsboro
In the monthly session If the probate
court saturday the petition of V. w
Ranney. administrator of the estate OF
-Silas n. Kenny of Newfane, for license
to sell real estate with the consent of the
heirs was granted. The final account of
the executors of the estate Of Everett
ID. Miner Of Dover was allowed The final
account of Annie Freyenhagen as adj
ministratriX Of the estate of Charles w
Freyenhagen of Newfane was allowed
The petition Of A F. Miller, administrator
OF the estate Of Mary NJ. Washer of
Dummerston, for license to sell real es-
tate was granted. The petition of Elmer
W. Knapp, administrator of the estate
of Everett w. Knapp of Newfane, for H.
cense to sell real estate with the consent
OF the heirs was granted. The will Of
w. b. Eddy of Brattleboro presented by
A. +. Carpenter was allowed The
inventory of the estate of John b. Dun
leavy of Brattleboro was filed by the ad-
ministrator. s. S. Washer filed a waiver
of the will of his wife. Mary NJ Washer
Francis L4aFrance was adopted and made
helr at-law of Edward and Emma la
Duca The Brattleboro Trust company
was appointed guardian of Francis Thur
Der of Halifax in place of Albert L.
Ihurber, resigned. The final account Of
Catherine r. Haywood as administrator
OF the estate of Henry Haywood of Brat
tleboro was allowed.
recent issue of the Erie Herald. Erie.
Col, contained a sketch of Alonzo D.
| Stoddard, brother of Mrs George "A
Timson and Mrs. Rosetta Knight OF IS
FROST street. Mr.. Stoddard is n native of
West Dummerston, a son Of the late Levi
ana Elmira Stoddard, and Is IS years old.
lie learned the carpenters trade and on
Dee. %, 1853, when he was IS years old,
ne went to Illinois. He enlisted in Peo-
ria in the 18th Illinois regiment in Sep
TENDER. 1862. The regiment became a
part of the ill-starred expedition that
went up the Red river in Louisiana under
command Of General Banks ana was
| badly defeated, 1870 men of Mr. Stod-
dard : regiment being taken prisoners
That was in April. 1864, and the men
were kept at Camp Ford until the close
of the war, being paroled May p. 1865.
Ihey were well treated. life there af-
fording striking contrast to that in
Libby or Andersonville. Mr.. Stoddard re-
ceives pension of 500 a month After
remaining in Illinois several years he
went to FL Paso, Texas, remaining there
until two years ago, when he went to Erie
on account of his health. His SON. Smith
Stoddard, is principal OF the school in
Erie. Mr.. Stoddard has a wife who came
from Grafton, and a daughter, Alma who
lives at home. The late Horace Stoddard
OF Dummerston and the late Levi Stod-
dard Of New Orleans were brothers of
Mr.. Stoddard and the late Mrs. LEROY
Bond Of Brattleboro was his sister