Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-12-28

put lU Tine armOrN by John Calvin was
tested Wednesday night and gave perfect
satisfaction
A special meeting of the Dennis Rebekah
lodge To initiate members was held We'd
nesday evening Two of the candidates
were from Hinsdale, where a lodge will
soon be formed. with the aid of the local
lodge
The Prince Pro Ten company will prob
ably come to Brattleboro ON the return trim
from Montreal 90 New y ork the latter part
of January The composer of the opera
is Barnet, also composer of "l492" and
Iabasco.
Henry Allen was driving q the west part
of the town Tuesday when his horse was
attacked and bitten by dog. causlnga rum
away Mr.. Allen was thrown out. but not
seriously injured The horse was stopped
near the Deertield stock farm
The annual election of the officers of
| Quonektacat tribe of Red Men will take
/ place tins evening. The Pilgrim Fathers
/ will also elect officers and q full attendance
of members is desired. The annual cleo
tion of Wantastquet lodge, l. O. O. f..
Will be held next Monday evening
Buttermilk flowed in the bitches and
covered the highway OF High street Tues
day. The buttermik from the Brattleboro
creamery is used st the Waite farm and
! siX-horse team was drawing a load there
when the wheels struck the ice at the side
/ OF the road IN turning out and the wagon
/ was overturned, splitting the entire load
AT the annual meeting of the Epworth
/ league, which was well attended at the
Methodist vestry last evening. these Off.
! GERS were chosen for the year President
/ f. ;. LIvermore: first vice. w Il. Geddis:
J second vice. Mrs. G. L Weymouth: third
/ vice. Miss Laura Williams; fourth vice.
/ Mrs Z. Westgate; secretary. a. H.
/ Frazer: treasurer, Harry Smith.
The death of Mrs Carrie (Wardenl C'li-
] son occurred Monday night at Chesterf eIo
/ Factory from heart difficulty. follow I'D g
pneumonia. A large part OF Mrs. Gilst'H
/ life was speu. ia Chesterfield She le ives
a daughter Mrs. Wheeler of Keene. Z and
two sons, one living in Ashburnham. NJ ass,
and the other 10 New urk. The fur4lefal
/ was held in Chesterfield Factory vest -vrday.
! Mrs ellison lived two or three years I'D
/ Geo. L. Crowelrs family, and hlau visited
/ often with her sister-in-aw, MIS-. Saiah
/ Burpee. While here She p hiue many
warm friends
Mr.. Billings bought AT Nernou. Wednes-
/ day. +. W. johnson 94 crop OF tobacco,
/ and G. + Davis.s 81 8" and 94 crops. There
was tbp produotl OF about two acres IN each
/ of the tbraa crops The price paid was 10
cents the - 90 tobacco being re-weiuhed.
Several "3i5 crops injured by hail and wind.
have l-oeeu sold recently 10 a Philadelphia
bur-er az and 4 cents This is probably
-u.titIs worth 20 the dealers. but If there
is deducted from the proceeds tha cost OF
harvesting. stripping and sorting it will be
found that tue cheaper way for the grow
.sfIH ttrsfa .f..
aged crops under
The nrst reunion Of the Bratteboro High
schoo class ot 600 was held Christmas eve
at the home OF Mr. and Mrs. L. l.. Holden.
Fifteen members were present. aud let
tiers We're read from several who We're
: absent Much merrlmeuJ was caused by
reading the class prophecy The following
class officers were elected: President. Miss
Ella l. Newman vice president. Miss
Edith L. Emerson: secretary. Mrs. Nellie
b. Root; treasurer. Guy. J.. Howe: execu-
tive committee. G. l.. Suckney. Miss Belle
II. Emerson, Mrs. Grace Holden After
refreshments were served progressive
whist was the ordet-untu the dawn OF
Christmas morning
. Leroy Kent OF Brookline was arrested
/ Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff Martin OF
= / Townshend, on complaint of the state s
attorney. charging MIN with the larceny Of
a horse from Henry Franklin of Towns
bend. The horse was taken from Mr..
Franklin barn with bride Monday night.
p the thief riding away. Mr. Franklin and
. / Deputy Martin started Tuesday in search
Of the horse, finding the animal on the road
u TO West Townshen,. They also found
I where the rider had aiighted. and the thief
was traced 10 beyond Wardsboro Station.
and thence back 20 West Towusheud.
where he took the train Kent was
e arragned Wednesday before Justice +. q.
I Burditt at Newtane He pleaded not
guilty when arrested and also az the hear
in-. and. as be wished 20 consult his faith
er. the case was continued until today.
Kent claims 10 be l3 years Old. but he mas
. the appearance OF a young man of 20
A petition is being circulated which
states that the service rendered by the
h New England Telephone company. through
the local exchange, is greatly impaired Toy
/ neglect 10 construct ana maintain metal
lie circuit. and the service Is unsatisfactory
in many instances because of placing too
many patrons on one line. IL is stated
that BrattleDoro people are paying the com
pany 5000 annually Tor rentals and thar
in other towns where the receipts are less
3 the service is better through metallic cir
ACu4ls- u. 3. HUI, I. a. Harris and 4 q, .
Holman are named as a committee TO ac-
> for the subscribers IN obtaining a metallic
circuit without an increase OF rental The
4 subscribers agree TO stand 10y the commit
5 tee, and TO withdraw their patronage and
authorize the committee 10 negotiate with
other telephone companies il necessary Ia
= secure the desired improvements About
4 80 firms and individuals nave signed the
& petition.
Rev. Lewis Grout has had printed re-
Gently, IN pamphlet form. "A Practical
r sermon, which has received warm com
. mendation in the several places in which
e il has been preached during the past few
i months. The sermon has as its general
p title spiritual Masonry, personal and
. public but 10 is scarcely necessary TO say
d that there is nothing in il 90 which the
Il most Jealous anti-Mason can take eXcep.
e ton. The text IS from the familiar passage
d in Nehemiah which describes the rebuild
e ing of the walls OF Jerusalem after the re.
d turn OF the Jews from the seventy years,
b captivity, when every man wrought ''every
p man over against his own house" Ia lis
- central thought the discourse illustrates
D the practical ana universal fact that i'm do.
r. inc MS mart of the world work aagI ir,