Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12

escaped Saturday and has not been re-
Miss Elizabeth Cattanach has sold to
DR. w. p Craig of Walpole the Ford
which she drew at the
Knights of Columbus bazaar.
MIR. and Mrs George w. Fuller will
observe their golden wedding anniver-
sary Saturday. April 90. They have is
sued cards this week announcing that
they will be at home from 3 to $50
o'clock on that day.
The funeral of w. II. Minor. who died
in Chicago Thursday of last week, was
held Saturday and the body was placed
in a tomb. on account of the Illness of
his daughter it has not been decided
where the burial will take place.
The Fort Drummer Mills have opened
an office in the old house near the mill,
which has been completely rehtted, and
c. A. Brown of Providence, II. l., is
employed as bookkeeper and Miss May
Moylan of this town is stenographer.
large electric sign has been suspend
ed from the Brooks House balcony in
front of Robbins e Cowles's hardware
sire which advertises Keen Kutter"
tools. The sign is in the form of the
Keen Kutter" trade mark and red and
white lights are used for illumination.
In speaking of the flood which mum
dated the greater part of the island this
week, M. j. Moran of the Island Park
company said that the company had an
ticipated floods and had made plans ac-
cordingly when its buildings were built
and that the flood would not affect the
plans for building hotel on the island.
Lieut. ]. P. Barnes, 5th United States
Infantry, of Plattsburg, with Adjutant
General Lee s. Tillotson of ST. Adams
and Capt. L. d. Taylor of this town, held
the annual inspection of Company l, Sat
urday evening in the armory. There was
a full attendance of the company. The
same officers inspected the First Regi-
ment band in the band room Sunday and
Monday afternoons.
F. w. Keuch sustained an injury
to his ankle and cut above the right
eye Saturday afternoon when ladder on
which he was standing slipped and threw
him to the ground. He was lifting a
storm door into his barn on Chase street
and had placed the ladder at the door on
the second floor. When he was up about
10 feet the ladder, which was standing
on the ice, slipped and let him fall
John B. LHeureux, 81, died Friday
night in the home of his daughter, Mrs
v l.. Mettey. in Northampton. The
funeral was held Monday in Sacred
Heart church and the body was taken
to South Hadley Falls for burial. Besides
Mrs. Mettey, who formerly lived in
Brattleboro, he leaves two daughters
Mrs. A. N. Dragan of Northampton and
Mrs Chester Gilmore of this town.
The West River passenger train due
here at $40 a m. did not arrive until
3.45 Wednesday afternoon. While near
the Salmon Hole in Newfane the rails
spread and dropped the cars upon the
ties. a wrecking crew was sent from
here and the mixed train which had met
the passenger at Townshend went back
to assist in getting the cars on the track.
The mixed train proceeded to South Lon
donderry and returned in the night
About 40 friends of Mr.. and Mrs. H. L.
Clark gathered at their home at 16 Cen
trail street Tuesday evening to remind
them of their 25th wedding anniversary.
The gathering was a complete surprise
to Mr.. and Mrs. Clark. Refreshments
were served and the guests We're enter
tanned by piano selections by Miss Hazel
Clark. Games were played and the oc
casion was very pleasant. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark were the recipients of many sill
yer gifts and sum of money.
L. II. Barber opened his new music
store in the former sample room of the
Brooks House Saturday evening. There
was no formal opening The new store Is
finished in white and on one side is
shown the several lines of pianos which
Mr. Barber carries and on the other are
displayed the talking machines records
and supplies. The music is shown near
the front Of the store is a modern
display case and a show case is
used to display various musical in
struments and musical goods. The window
offers an excellent opportunity for show
ing the goods and a large assortment
has been placed there.
The annual meeting of Fort Drummer
chapter, r. A. NJ was held last evening
in the Masonic temple. These officers
were elected: e. II. p, c. B. Crowell;
K, o. F, Benson; s., X. P. harrington;
treas, F. w. Putnam; Sec. w. A.
Shumway; c. of H., A. L. Pettee; p. s.,
L. H. Houghton; R. A. c., William
Cushman; NJ Sd ", V. H. Winchester;
NJ I'd ". p F. Crown; NJ. LIST ", f. G..
Pettee; chaplain, Kittredge Haskfns; s.,
NJ. c. Houghton; s., G. NJ. Clay; r., j.
Albert Taylor; trustee, j. Albert Taylor;
corporatOr of the building association
for three years. j. A. Taylor.
The funeral of Mrs. Norman f. Cabot
was held in the home on Terrace street
at 2.S0 o'clock Monday afternoon Rev
Roy Nj. Houghton, pastor of the~Congre-
gational church, officiating The church
quartet sang Lead, kindly light" and
Rock of ages" The burial took place
In the Cabot lot in Prospect Hill oeme-
tary, the bearers being Francis Goodhue,
ir., of Germantown, Pa, Frederick Hol-
brook of Boston and William Brooks and
Emerson Brooks of New York Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs. William
b. Cabot and two daughters, Miss Anna
Cabot and Miss Eleanor Cabot. of Boston;
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Holbrook, SON and
daughter, Cabot Holbrook and Miss
Grace HolbroOk. of Boston; Francis
Goodhue, jr-. and daughter, Miss Mary
Goodhue, OF Germantown, Pa, and Will
lam Brooks, Emerson Brooks and Mrs.
Augustus HurIburt of New York;
Plans for building a dam across the,
Connecticut river at the French King
rapids north of Turner's Falls were dis
cussed before the harbor and land COM
missioners in Boston Wednesday, Ste
phen Young, counsel for the Connecti-
cut River Power company, and Henry T.
Hartman president of the French King
Rapids Power company, appearing in
behalf of, the project No opposition to
the plan WIS made. The river Is 400 feet
wide. 1t is not proposed to put any
structure in the river which will make
1t higher at high water than now. The
two stpneways on the west quarter OF
the dam VIII take care of the surplus
water. At the most there are, not over
10 acres in Massachusetts which will
have to be flowed so that damages must
be paid, and an acre or acre and a half
in New Hampshire. The banks. of the
river are Is to 20 feet high. Motor boat
and canoe owners want some way pro-
Vided for going above the dam, and Mr.