Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-02-16
John Burns hiss placed a new job wagon

Flagg's photograph studio on Main street
has this week been sold to II. f. Edwards,
from Connecticut.
The 11-weeks- sold daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Dunn died Saturday from
bronchitis. The funeral occurred Monday.
Frost IL White have taken 542 cords of
ice from their ponds this winter 800 cords
of which were placed i'm their own ice
houses. A pretty good crop.
A party from Bratteboro attended the
dance which was given at Fayetteville
Wednesday evening. A party will also 60
to the Vernon House this evening for a
dance.
1t is desired that every member of the
ladies minstrels be present at the rehearsal
to be held tomorrow evening at A. IL.
Illness on Green street. The meeting will
be an important one.
II. c. French has bought the Frank
Reed homestead on the corner of Hudson
and Vernon streets. The terms are pri-
vate. Mr. French has occupied tene-
ment in the house for If years past.
The third lecture in the course on sociol-
ogy occurred at the Methodist church
Wednesday evening, Principal j. ID. Horne
being the reader. The subject was So
cialstic remedies Selections by the
Chautauqua quartet added to the evenings
pleasure.
VIM. b. Goodrich, for year past re-
ceiving teller at the Traders National
bank, Boston, has given up that position
and taken a similar place with the Inter
national Trust company of Boston, strong
and prosperous concern which does a gem
eral banking business.
a hearing will be held next Tuesday in
a proceeding in chancery between Mrs, O.
a. Marshall and the administrator of Mr..
Marshalps estate and the guardian of the
children to authorize the conveyance to
Mrs. Marshall of property held in trust for
her by Mr.. Marshall at the time of his
death.
The Murray club had pleasant meeting
on Tuesday evening at the Unversalist
Vestry. The program included a piano
solo by Miss Sadie Mann, a tenor solo by
w. S. Stearns, and farce, "Topsy Tur-
Wy, given by members of Miss Wilcutt's
Sunday school class. a general social
hour followed the program.
Geo. II. Clark, administrator of the es-
tate of Fred II. Franks. has brought suit
against the members of the former firm
of Hooker, Hidden IL Co., for $1,000, to
recover for services claimed to have been
rendered the firm by Mr.. Franks as sales
man. In defence it is claimed that the
services We're not rendered and that no
payment is due.
At the annual meeting of the Brunswick
Fur company, recently held at Freeport,
Me-, G. w. Pierce of Brattleboro and G..
w. Baker of Cleveland were elected active
tnn1rohops fI'Iic hA,,y. J,,,I.tl,.-.
them in recognition of Mr.. Pierce's we'll
known skill as a coon hunter and the not
less valorous achievements of Mr.. Baker in
pursuit of Reynard
An accident occurred on Elliot street
Saturday afternoon in which Mrs. Geo.
Carver sustained severe injuries to her
back and hip Mrs. d. Benson, Mrs
Carver and Miss Carver were occupants of
a sleigh which was overturned in an at
tempt to turn to one side of the road and
badly wrecked by collision with lumber
team. The ladies were all thrown out, but
Mrs. Carver's were the only severe injuries
The announcement that Rev. A. Mac
george has received and accepted call to
the Bennington Baptist church is mis-
take. He has been released by the board
of the Baptist state convention, to take
charge of the important work now in prog
ress in the Bennington Baptist church and
will continue with them for time. He
has not severed his connection with the
state work, but will continue, as heretofore,
to have charge of the clerical and ministe-
rial departments of that work.
\ leading feature of the February num-
Der of the California Magazine, published
at San Francisco, is an illustrated article
describing Alameda, the "city of homes"
contiguous to San Francisco. Views are
given of many elegant residences, among
them that of Henry X. Field, on South
Paru street, of which the writer says that
1t is lone of the most pleasing of Pacific
villas. From his magnolia shaded lawn
Mr.. Field has but a short distance to 90
to board his yacht, anchored in the bay"
A pleasant evenings entertainment will
be furnished by the ladies of the Centre
church Monday, February 20, when A.
j. Pullen will give at the town hall, under
their auspices, the lecture on his recent
trip through Alaska. Mr.. Pullen has 125
fine views, which will be shown by means
of large lantern, and the lecture will be
a graphic description of the wild country
traversed and the long trip by water, with
sketches of the native Indians and Esuu-
mauN and their manner of life. The
lecture has received favorable comment
from those who have heard it, and the
views are pronounced very beautiful.
Horace Greeley of the New York Trib-
une and George Jones of the New York
Times, two of the greatest newspaper men
America has ever produced, began their
careers on the Northern Spectator of
Poultney. copy of this paper, date of
June s, 1925, has been brought into The
Phoenix office this week. The subscrip-
ton price of the journal was then 81 a
year, but in it the publishers announce
ment is stated that Subscribers who live
one mile or more from the post route will
be charged but S1.75." Subscriptions
were payable sin grain delivered here, or
at specified repositories"
At North street hall this evening the
Hedgerow debating society will present a
valentine entertainment. A little play,
"The court of Errors,' will be given.
Folly and Wisdom, Father Time and the
II months of the year, and numerous
Mother Goose characters will be present.
and the sentences pronounced upon the
prisoners will introduce pleasant features
OF entertainment. a sugar eat will follow
the play. The programs for the occasion
will be charming souvenirs, as they CON
sist of old-fashioned lace-edged valentine
sheets, which formed a part of the stock
in the book store of Joseph Steen, and are
nearly so years Old.
News has been received Of the daatI, in