Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1915-12-24
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basement for the storage of books and
records.
One case of measles on Valley street
and one case of erysipelas on Reed
street have been reported this week to
Health Officer Henry Tucker.
Nicholas Francis Seymour of Canal
street, shoemaker, and Miss Eliza
beth Gertrude Ford, also of Canal
street, were married Monday after
noon in the Office of the town clerk by
Carl $. Hopkins, Esq They will live in
Brattleboro
Harry Gould and Adelbert Ingraham
caught 80 pounds Of pike and pickerel
through the ice on the Connecticut
river Dec. 16. Two small pickeral
were in the lot, which was on exhibit
ton in the window of Cakes 8 barber
shop on Main street.
Oasis encampment, l. o. o. F. elected
the following officers December IS: G..
p, Ernest M. White; s. W., Henry NJ.
Williams; H. p, Herman J. JOY; r. S.,
w. j. Cain; F. S., d. w. Tenney;
treas, c. G. Staples; j. w. Ernest D.
DuTemple. A class of four received the
degree.
The steam heating equipment of the
new railroad station has been installed
and steam will'be turned into the pipes
this week in preparation for beginning
the plastering. The last of the steel
for the posts and roof over the plat
forms at the station has arrived and
the men have been at work putting il
in position.
In compiling records Health Officer
DR.. Henry Tucker has found the inter
esting fact that there were more
deaths in Brattleboro from cancer for
the year ending Dec. l than were
caused by tuberculosis. Ten deaths in
town were reported due to cancer and
only six were caused by the great
white plague.
The automobile fire truck was called
by telephone Sunday afternoon at
5.45 clock to the home of Clarence L.
Wyman, 20 Pine street, for chimney
fire. A partition next to the chimney
had caught fire from the overheated
chimney. Call firemen who lived neal
used garden hose effectively before
the arrival of the fire truck. The dam.
age was confined to the kitchen.
The Baptist Bible school assembled
last evening at little after 7
O'Clock, bringing their gifts for de.
serving families in Brattleboro, less
favored than themselves. The chill
dren of the beginners and primary de-
partments gathered for supper at 5 |
O'Clock. After this those who could
remained for the gift bringing and
FOR the distribution from the Christmas
tree.
John F. Alexander, jr., of Rocking
ham, administrator of the estate Of |
Warner G. Townshend of that town. |
has entered suit in county court for |
$4,000 against George w. Hall of Graf
ton. The suit-is-te-recover $3,507.21 al |
legged to be due for unpaid notes. pro.
tested checks, interest and for the pay
ment for cows, sheep and hides. The
papers are from the office of Stickney,
Sargent e. Skeels.
Although the automobile fire truck is
able to respond to all demands upon it.
even in the present hard wheeling, the
fire department has prepared for all
by placing in service a
sleigh in place of one of the horse.
drawn pieces of apparatus. This sleigh,
which has been painted and lettered,
~ to be drawn by one of the pairs of
horses in answer to bell alarms during
the period of sleighing.
The express business in Brattleboro
is unusually heavy. 1t is not entirely
because of the Christmas business, for
the month of November developed lar
ger receipts for the express company
here than did the corresponding month
IN 1913. Two years ago the rates were
higher so that to do more business last
month than two years before under
higher rates indicates a material in
crease in the volume of business.
In order to facilitate the handling
and delivery of mail during the Christ
mas holidays, the requirement that
domestic matter bearing on the ad-
dress side adhesive seals or stickers,
other than lawful postage stamps, shall
be treated as unavailable, is suspended
until Jan. /, 1916. This applies to
mail only Postmasters are asked how
ever to notify their patrons that such
seals or stickers ought not to be placed
on the address side of mail.
''lNNoiCl, WIN WAS lHp HTSI
person to play the part of Uncle Tom
after Harriet Beecher Stoves novel,
Uncle Tom s Cabin, was dramatized and
who died in the Soldiers Home in Ben
nington, December &C. visited Brattle-
boro with theatrical companies several
times during his stage career. He was
a close friend of Daniel Kellogg, at
that time postmaster, and had pleasant
visits with Mr.. Kellogg on his trips to
Brattleboro.
Last week was the first in many
months in which no marriage ceremony
was performed in town. One marriage
license was issued Monday, but the
marriage ceremony was not performed.
Since the marriage laws in Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut and New Hamp-
shire have required wait of several
days after a marriage license is issued |
before the ceremony can be performed |
legally, Brattleboro has been prom. |
inently on the list of towns and cities
where marriages may be contracted
without delay.
Tina Barrett Streeter, who was sued
last week by her husband, Lyman II. |
Streeter, for divorce on the grounds or