Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-19


in Hinsdale Wednesday evening.
Rev. ]. r. Cow, ID. d., will conduct
the chapel service at the Retreat Sun
day afternoon at o'clock.
Several motorboat owners expect to
put their boats in the river tomorrow and
Sunday. No new boats have been added
to the fotilla in the houses on the island,
but several of those that were on the
river last summer have been remodeled
and their equipment changed.
Harold Shaffner drove a Lozier auto
| mobile from Boston to this town Monday,
| the trip taking between seven and eight
! hours The machine will be used by the
Holbrook, Cabot and. Rollins corporation
! to carry men from this town to Hnsdale
during the railroad construction work.
A. E Cudworth of South Londonderry,
| referee in bankruptcy, presided at
meeting Saturday of the creditors of
| William II. Burby, bankrupt, who was
proprietor of the Bratleboro Dairy COM
pany several months last year. Several
| claims were proved and o. b. Hughes
was appointed trustee
The directors of the board of trade
in a meeting Tuesday evening decided
to hold the annual meeting of the board
| next Wednesday evening in Festival hall
| at 7.30 oClock. 1t was voted to take over
| the souvenir program of the pageant to
be held In June. +. l.. Hildreth gave an
| account of the made in Pittsfeld
exhibition which he visited.
When Walter H. Haigh went to his
| cottage on the Broad brook road Sunday
| he found that persons had entered it the
previous week Not content with eating
some of the canned goods there they had
| broken a quantity of china dishes and
done some other damage. Ralph Allen,
who owns another shack" found con-
ditions similar at his place.
According to a despatch from Littieton,
! n. H., in Saturdays Boston Globe. Fritz
| Hanson threw James Kicker of Littleton,
who was substituted for Eli Bourdons,
three times in thirty minutes Friday
| night The fact Is that Hanson was in
this town Friday evening and was train
4 ing with Eddie Bolin in the armory. Han
/ son says he has no idea who the man
| was who was masquerading under his
name.
Howard c. Hoyt. a Brattleboro boy
who has been the Methodist preacher in
| Weston the past year, was transferred
to the church in Randolph Centre at the
conference held in Newport. Rev E. w.
Sharpe. local resident, who retired a
few years from active ministerial work
| and who has been preaching in Windsor
the past few months. will have charge
| of the church in Springfield the coming
year. A. w. Atwood of this town, who
|
turn to the church in Belmont.
The first real thunder shower of the
season occurred between 10 and IL O'Clock
Monday night and sharp flashes of light
ming were accompanied by heavy thunder
Another storm passed overhead between
3 and o'clock Tuesday morning accom-
panied by thunder and lightning. Tues
day morning broke cloudy, with mist
falling, but about 10 o'clock the skies
| plaare1 and no weather
like. Between 3 and 4 o'clock another
thunder storm arose. but it lasted only a
short time.
NIiddlebury college. whose death is re-
corded in another column lived in Gull
ford in his boyhod. His father was pas
tor of the Methodist church in that town
at the time. Later the younger Howard
lived in the home of the late c. c.
Lynde. father of Mrs. S. S. Hunt. He
also worked at one time in the brickyarj
at West Brattleboro and in riding
through that village within a few years
stated that he helped make the brick
used in the construction of the West
Brattleboro Baptist church. Prof. Howard
|, lectured in the Centre church during the
past winter, and while here was the guest
of Mrs. Hunt, with whom he had KEEP
up a correspondence since boyhood
IOHlOIIOW is the udle set Tor lnt
auction sale of the Hardware & Wooden
ware company's plants in Worcester
but it is expected that Special Master
Robinson, who has charge of the matter
will postpone the sale again on account
of proceedings brought by the bidders
at the former sale, r. B. Fentress OF
Baltimore, to oblige Judge Martin tC
confirm the first sale. Judge A. F
Schwenk, representing the managers OF
the various factories, who have put il
a higher bid for the property, does MOI
believe Mr.. Fentress stands any chance
of being successful in his proceedings
and thinks he is undertaking to weary
the managers. The managers have asked
to have the case advanced to the circuit
court of appeals and tried at an early
date, and it is probable that that will
be done.
During the absence of Rev. Roy NJ
Houghton, who will go to Europe the
first week in May, the pulpit in the
Congregational church will be supplied
by the following named persons: May 5
Rev. c. II. Merrill, d. D., of ST. Johns.
bury; May u, Rev. Martin D. Kneeland
D. D., of Boston, May 10, Rev. Ruben l.
Breed of New York city; May &C. Rev
S. G. Barnes, d, D., of Springfield Mass
June 2, Rev. C. II. Smith of Burlington
June 9, Children's day, George l.. Dun
ham in charge; June &c. Prof. Lewis b
Patton. PHI. D., of Hartford, Conn; June
%, Prof. Lewis B. Patton; June 30, Rev
Edward S. Tead of Boston; July 7. Pres
ident John M. Thomas, d. D., of Middle
bury; July IA, Rev. A. E. Lambert, DID.
of Middlebury; July q. Rev. A. E. Lam
bert; July 2S. Rev. S. G. Barnes, d. d.
of Springfield, Mass; Aug. 4, Rev e. @
S. Osgood of Brattleboro; Aug H. Rev
George E. Martin, d. D., of Lexington
Mass
Clement Robert Douglas, "a. died in the
Memorial hospital Saturday afternoon
about 230 o'clock after being i'll since
November with diabetes. He was taken
to the hospital IA days before his death
He was born in Providence, r. l., June
20, 1887, and was a son of Albert and
Anna Rourke Douglas. When he was q
small boy his parents moved to Win
chester, N. H., and later to Vernon
where his mother now lives He came to
this town to work five years ago and
since then had been employed in various
capacities, but for the greater part OF
the time had worked as carpenter
for several builders He married
June T. 1910 Miss May Lawler OF this
town He was a member of Company l.
First Vermont regiment. Besides his
wife he leaves a son, William Wendell
Douglas, one year old, and his mother
Mrs. Oscar Thayer of Vernon. A detach-
ment of 10 members of Company l es-
corted the body from the home on Birge
street to st. Michael's Roman Catholic
church Monday afternoon and prayers