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

the firm in the Brooks House next Tues
day evening
William. c. Horizons agency has sold
for George A.. Eels his two story house,
barn and several extra lots on Clark
street to Abbie A. Griffin for a home and
Tor an investment
An accumulation for years in the line
of household goods will be sold by auc-
ton at the W. II. Adams place, 2e
Washington street, at 1 o'clock tomor-
row by A. w j. wilkins. Further de-
tails are given in an advertisement in
this paper.
The Hartford Courant of April 10 con-
tanned an article half a column in length
headed. Section of Vermont that is
Worth Knowing" 1t was an account of
the formation of the West River Valley
association for promoting the interests of
the West River valley.
Henry Arnold Wood, 6S, who died
April in Groton, Conn, was the father
of Mrs. william Belden of Brattleboro.
Mr.. Wood was a native of Jamaica and
lived in Londonderry many years. He
was a veteran of the Civil Var. Mr..
and Mrs. Belden attended the funeral,
which was held in Londonderry, burial
being in the Thompsonburg cemetery in
that town.
A good financial showing will be made
by the bailiffs in their forthcoming an
nual village report. The debt is SllOO less
than it was a year ago and there is que
$4,000 on sewer assessments which is all
considered good and the village has in
court a claim of $4,000 against the Con-
nectcut River Power company for dam
ages on account of the destruction or
the sewer emptying into the river near
the White River Chair company's fac
tory which the bailiffs epect to collect
bay ma "A somewhat SMALL
err tax rate this year.
While George Danyew was boiling a
concoction on his stove Sunday after
noon about $50, from which he intended
to make gum, the contents of the kettle
boiled over and caught fire. He grasp
ed the kettle in his hands and started
for the door, but as he went across the
kitchen he was burned and was forced
to drop the kettle at the door. The
door casing, piazza and side of the house
caught fire and someone rang in an alarm
from box ga The department responded
but had little to do as neighbors had
extinguished the blaze.
The village bailiffs are looking at a
fine pair of black horses owned by F. A.
Iarrow with a view to exchanging the
pair of bays now kept at the fire depart
ment headquarters and paying a bonus
They have received an offer for the pair
them a price for his pair. A change will
have to be made soon, as one of the bays
is getting old and the other, which is
eight years Old is a mare and weighs
considerably less than her mate. The
blacks are five years old, are evenly
matched and weight 5000 pounds without
harness.
In a recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Windham County Sun
do cd n
hold the annual convention in Brattle-
boro May 3, and to make it a one-day
meeting with three sessions, morning, at
ternoon and evening. The program has
been arranged and includes j. U. Barss
of Vergennes, superintendent of the Ver-
mont industrial school, Rev. c. H. Smith,
superintendent of the Vermont Anti
speakers. The committee is planning for
the largest convention in this history of
| the association.
The funeral of Mrs. Irene S. Couch
| who died April IL. was held in the home
| of her son, Henry F. Jordan, Sunday af-
| ternoon, Rev. r. NJ Houghton officiating.
| Fred C. Adams sang Lead, kindly
light" The bearers were Alfred B.
Jordan and Henry H. Crosby of this
town, ]. C. Lewis of New York city,
| and A. C. Lewis of Taunton, Mass
The burial took place in Prospect Hill
cemetery. Those from out of town who
attended were F. d. Morris of Green
field, Miss Dorothy Lewis of Mortified
| and Mrs. NJ. c. Van Doom and Miss
Amy Van Doom of Wallingford, Conn.
The travel club observed guests night
| in the parlors of the Brooks House Tues
| day evening and about 100 persons listen
| ed to an interesting illustrated travel
| ogue by David Willard of New York city,
| who will sail shortly for Spain. In con-
| versatonal way Mr.. Willard told of
| many trips in France, paying especial
| attention to the interior towns which he
| has visited and emphasizing their interest
| in historical events The talk was Illus
| trated with many postcards, the reflec-
| tons of which were thrown on the screen.
| Miss Emma Gregg sang group of songs,
accompanied by Miss Izetta Stewart on
| the piano, and Mrs. John d. Barrows ana
Miss Stewart rendered a piano duet.
The need of new headquarters for the
| fire department is becoming apparent
| and steps toward "a new building will
| have to be taken before long. There is no
room in the building for housing the
slejs and wagons, and they have to be
stored elsewhere or left out of doors, eX-
posed to all kinds of weather. The site
is very valuable for other purposes and
could be sold for a good sum- and a new
site probably could be secured in as CEN
trail a location. The new building doubt
less would contain the village lookup,
and it is a question of only a short time
when the present lookup under the town
hall building will have to be given up.
1t already has received attention from
the state board of health, and a formal
order from the board abating it as a
| menace to public health is liable to come
at any time.
The annual meeting of the Woman
Exchange was held Monday afternoon
In the rest room. 1t was voted to
amend the constitution so that five
members of the governing board shall
constitute quorum and these officers
were elected: Pres, Mrs Fred l. Swift;
vice pres, Mrs. c. c. Fits; Sec, Mrs.
Emma f. Bartlett; treas. and member
of each committee, Miss Addie M Fay:
handiwork committee, Mrs. ]. c. Dewitt,
Mrs Harriet Tucker, Mrs. o. f. Benson;
rooms com, Mrs. S. Wilcox; membership
COM, Mrs. A. ]. Currier; finance and
printing COM, Mrs. Eugene Clark; board
of directors, Mrs. Mary Warder. Mrs.
A. ]. Currier, Miss Judith Cain, Mrs.
Henry Tucker, Mrs. Charles Gray of
Hinsdale. Mrs. ]. c. Dewitt Mrs E. ".
Morse Mrs. F. L. Smith, Mrs. Francis
Bemis, Mrs. 8. Wilcox. The accounts
of the treasurer showed gross receipts
of s12S1.24, the largest part of which was
paid consigners, with a balance OF
$S4.92. The exchange received $62 76
from rummage sale held last week.
Two out of three horses owned by Dr.
f. w GWyer which were In an exciting