Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-12-15

The o'clock meeting at the Y. NJ. c.
A. room next Sunday will be led by H. f.
c. T6dt
The High street an Chase street prim-
airy schools are to have spelling match
next week.
At the regular meeting Of the Dennis
Rebekah lodge Tuesday evening eight can
didates were initiated.
f. =. Carpenter is now connected with
the Worlds Fair bureau of awards, with
he adquarters at Washington, d. c.
The annual society meeting of the First
Baptist church will be held in the hapel
next Tuesday evening, the 10Th.
A Wheel club team and picked players
had bowling contest Tuesday evening,
the Wheel club winning with a score of
2l62.
Attention is called to the advertisement
of a painters swinging stage, adjustable
ladder, etc, which are offered for imme-
diate sale
\ A special Christmas sale will be held by
The women of the Industrial union, at their
room in Rythcr building, beginning next
Monday and continuing through the week
About 40 members of the Universalst
society, unamnounced, called at the Univer-
salist parsonage Saturday evening. Geo.
A. Hines, on behalf Of the parishioners,
presented Mr. and Mrs Sprague with sum
of money, and both of the recipients re-
sponded.
A new whist club has been formed which
will hold weekly meetings At the first
gathering Friday evening with Mr.. and
Il Gr,n1-a Ia. ].
George b. Hit and Mrs. G.. II. Ryder
The Remembrance circle Of the King $
Daughters and Sons held a meeting Satur-
day evening at Miss Helen Browns The
county secretary, Miss Florence +. Clark.
was present and gave helpful talk on the
meaning of the order.
The Baptist Sunday school expect to en-
ploy a stereopticon in connection with their
Christmas Sunday evening service They
are planning for a setting forth of the life
of Christ in pictures. recitations and
songs.
Angelo Gorborino's new steam power
corn pepper and peanut rooster has attract
ed the attention of hundreds who have
passed the town hall this week. and there
has been liberal patronage of the tempt
ing goods which it turns out.
The French Protestant college Of Spring
field, Mass, of which Rev. :. II. Lee is
president. has made acknowledgment in the
Springfield papers of the receipt of a sum
of money and box for furnishing a stu.
dents room from the ladies of the Centre
Congregational church of Brattleboro.
Supervisors Goodhue and johnson visit
bed the Brattleboro Retreat Wednesday and
Thursday. They found the household
numbering SO patients, and everything in
excellent order. In the evening consul.
tation was held with GOV. Fuller with ref.
erence TO affairs at the state asylum. All
Brattleboro friends are glad to see Mr.
Goodhue able TO resume his duties upon
the board
The annual meeting Of the First Unver.
salist society was held Tuesday evening.
when these officers were chosen: PreSi.
dent, &. \. Hines; clerk, Clarence Stick
ney: treasurer, Leslie Scott; trustees. +. r.
Vaughan tchairman). G.. W. Pierce, d. f..
Tasker. There is a mortga ge Of $500 on
the parsonage and the society has a few
other debts, but on the whole il is in good
financial condition.
A pleasing novelty in Christmas window
decoration is the "bachelors house" which
sprang up in Jordan ~ Van Doorn's win
dow one night this week The house. the
cupboard, the bread and cheese and the
mice-queer black and white little fellows
are all there. So is the youthful bache.
Tor, on his way with his wife. and all the
other accessories to properly illustrate the
familiar nursery rhyme.
The following item in reference to a
former Brattleboro clergyman is from the
I .rr 4 ..f 81
Times: The Rev. F. f. Tower. for nearly
eight years pastor of the Baptist church in
this place. has rendered his resignation. TO
take effect January /. Mr. Tower will 20
to one of the leading churches in Provi-
dence, r. l. As a preacher. NJ. Tower
was much liked, and outs de the pulpit he
was a power, as he kept abreast Of the
leading thought of the times in social and
ether matters
The public are cordially invited TO any
or all of the exercises TO be held at the High
school Wednesday, Dec. 20, beginning at :
o'clock There will be singing. followed
by the weekly rhetorical exercises. and at
9:S0 Rev. Mr.. Ieavitt will deliver his pa
per on 'Some things which astronomy
teaches us about the universe" This is
the paper which attracted so much atten-
tion when presented before the Professions
al club. After the paper there will be a
short intermission, followed by spelling
match between the different classes.
The Congregational Sunday school voted
$50 and the Merry Workers S25 last sun
day for the Italian mission in New York.
of which Rev. Antonio Arrhigi has charge.
Eighteen captains were also chosen from
the different classes of the Sunday school,
each captains duty being to secure pledges
for two articles from each of 10 persons.
These $50 contributions are for a Christ
mas box for the mission. The captains
are George Clapp. Raymond Elmer, Geo
Adams, Harry Greene, Marshall Moves,
Edna Crosby, Margaret Averill, Matte
"~rker, Hatty Tidd, Helen Emerson, Flor
ence Hemenway, Lucia Foster, Alfred
Thompson, Florence Fits, Sarah Cobb,
Florence Allen, Abbie Pratt, Arthur Tidd.
The annual report of the Estey Organ
company Benefit association shows a mem
bership of 800. There we've j3 accidents
to workmen recorded, on which 20 claims
were paid; one claim is not settled: no
claims were made fot Is accidents, and
there were eight accidents TO non-members
of the association. The financial account
shows that $4,000 was received in mem
bership fees, SCI. so from the Estey Organ
company, which with the balance of SlS9. 90
on hand last year makes a total OF $500. 70.
The amount of claims paid was $3.50,