Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-31

Protective Grange will hold its next
regular meeting Wednesday evening.
! The program will be in charge of Mrs.
Oscar Covey and Mrs. S. w. Edwards.
Supt. Arthur l.. Trip of the street
railroad has bought of Erwin Nj. Holden
his house and lot at the corner of Can
al street and Belmont avenue, which
Mr.. Holden built last year and now oc-
cupies.
Adela Juascen, eight months old,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jua-
seen of 1870 Elliot street, died Tuesday
of pneumonia The burial took place
Wednesday in the Roman Catholic
cemetery.
County Commissioner c. NJ. Norwood
of Cheshire county. n. H., and Archi-
tcct Mason of Kccne were here We'd
nesday inspecting the Memorial hospit-
AL They are seeking ideas for new
hospital which is to be built at the
Cheshire county farm in Westmorcland.
Carriers on rural route No. 3 (Guil-
ford routc) and route No. (Dummers-
ton route) from the Brattleboro pest
Office will leave hereafter at s a. m. in
stead of 10 IN. and route No. from
West Brattleboro station (Marlboro,
Halifax and West Guilford route) at
$50 instead of - until travelling con
ditions are improved.
Veronica Mary Robinson, eight
months old, daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry A. Robinson of Clark street,
died of pneumonia Monday night in
the home of her parents. The child
was one of twins born July 3. The
other, Vincent H., died July 2S. The
body was taken Wednesday tc White
River Junction, where the burial will
take place.
The Woman s society of the Baptist
church has engaged Miss Agnes Her
sey, u graduate of the Emerson School
of Oratory, to give an entertainment in
the church Saturday evening, April 10.
She will be assisted by Miss Mary
Bane and Fred c. Adams. Miss Her
sey comes exceptionally well recommended
and an entertainment of unusual merit
is anticipated.
About 80 members of the Yer
mont Wheel club were present in
Red Men hall Tuesday evening
at the banquet provided by the mem
bers of the pitch team captained by
II. Scaverns for the members of the
team captained by w. A. Subway.
The latter team won the recent tourna-
ment and the banquet furnished for
them was the prize. Fred G. Shehay
Of the Empire thcater sang several Sc
lections.
An employee of the New England
Telephone Telegraph Co. was en-
gagged Wednesday testing with special
instrument the bonding of the rails Of
the trolley line. AS some of the lines
of the telephone company are grounded
to the trolley rails it is as much for
the interest of the telephone company
as that of the trolley company to keep
the rails well bonded in order that
there may be as little loss of electric:
ty as possible.
The social in the Methodist church
March % was well attended. The
program included a piano duet by Miss
Rachel Packard and Miss Doris Wy
man; banjo solo, Howard Mowry
trombone solo, Mr.. Carney; songs, Alb
bolt Richmond, Sanford Plumb, Mrs.
f. f. Cutler; readings, Mrs. Cola c.
Morse, F. E. Shaw; recitation, Archi-
bald Ainsworth Miss Emily Clapp was
accompanies. Forty silhouettes of peo-
pie in the church were guessed. Re
freshments were served by the Attain
ers.
! Overseer of the Poor, Oscar Z. Ware
has engaged Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Mat,
| of Hartford, Conn, as superintendent
and matrOn of the town farm, to take
| up their duties there early in April
Mr.. Matt, who formerly lived in Brat
/ tleboro, has had experience in this kind
of work, having been employed on the
farm at one time. He thoroughly un
derstands farming. Mr.. and Mrs. A. L
SaXton, who have had charge at the
town farm for five years, will go tC
/ North BernardstOn, where they have
bought small place to carry on.
Men are at work in the new union
railroad station setting the marble
steps and other pieces of marble called
for IN the specifications. The milo
weather has permitted the resumption
OF outside work and painters are a
work on the roofs of the train plat
forms and masons are putting finish
ing touches on the outside walls. Tilt
that was shipped weeks ago from New
Jersey has been in the railroad yards
at Hartford over week, but every
effort to have it moved has been un
successful. Considerable work is helC
up until this reaches Brattleboro
Car No. l of the trolley system O.
the Twin State Gas & Electric Co.
Motorman Wentworth in charge of tn,
front end, left the rails, in front o
the home of Mrs. George S. Dowle,
/ ON Main street at 5.45 p. m, Frida,
, and the front wheels started through
the snow towards the Dowley resi-
. dence. Some of the passengers wer
} transferred to the ear that came dow
from the switch on the common an
! others walked the rest of the way t
, their homes. A ear was sent down iron
Pine street and later car No. ! was re
. placed on the rails. One of the pas
sengers was heard to remark shortl
: after the mishap that the ear SCENE
2 to ride more smoothly after it left tn
p. road bed
- The cover on Il cistern on the llcoke
, property ut the corner of Main am
! High streets has partially rottld ava
a and fallen in. 1t is one of the old els
terms installed in different parts Of tt
, village in the days before hydrants TO