Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-11-29

a dwelling house near his mill on the Brook
road.
The annual pew rental of the Brattleboro
East society will be held at the church
next Wednesday evening at 1880.
The Faithful and Thoughtful circle of
Kings Daughters met Monday evening
with Miss Emma Gregg on Green street.
A "a foot fag-pole was erected on the
front end of the town hall roof Tuesday by
Holden & Martin who contracted to fur |
nish it.
The Wantastiquet club, who have quar-
ters in the Devens block, have leased the |
rooms in Market block, formerly occupied |
by the Vermont Wheel club, and will move
there Dec. l.
A barrel well packed with warm cloth
ing and toys has just been sent to the
Moqui school in Arizona by the ladies OF
the BrattleborO Woman's Indian assoca-
ton.
Three nocks of wild geese passed over
the village Monday toward the south. They
were doubtless parts of large flock which
was broken up in one of the towns farther
north by sportsmen's shots.
The Murray club held its regular meet
ing Tuesday evening at the residence of
Mrs. Harris on Oak street. Music was
furnished by the orchestra and the time
was spent socially with games.
A pleasant meeting of the Ruthians was
held at the home of Miss Mabel Freeman
Wednesday. The young women voted to
assume charge of and provide clothing for
a girl in the Wichita mission, Oklahoma
Territory
d. l.. Griggs's season at 1.-The Nina,
Northfeld Mass, has been so successful
that he has plans in hand for alterations
which will give 20 additional rooms for
next year. The house will be kept open
during the winter.
The Rebekahs will offer two prizes, one
for men and one for women, at their Salma-
| gundi party at Odd Fellows hall Dec. II.
| These will be awarded to the two persons
whose costumes are the best exponent of
the word which gives the party its name.
| c. w. Sargent found in one of his fox
traps last week a skunk which must have
been a very aristocratic representative OF
its race. 1t had not black hair on II and
was of a smoke or dark cream color, save
only slight marking of white on the head
and neck. None of the sharps had ever
seen its like.
The Farmers and Mechanics Exchange
have had on exhibition this week an extern
sive display of II. j. Heinz company's
Keystone pickles, preserves, and table con
diments. Goods in bulk are shown as well
as specialties which are put up in an at
tractive manner. The public are cordially
invited to call at the store aud see and
taste these goods, which are in charge of a
young woman from the Heinz house at
Pittsburg, Pa.
Our paragraph of last week in regard to
the Accommodations and liabilities of the
Brattleboro savings banks would have been
correct if the very comfortable items OF
surplus reserved had been included. The
figures should read: For the Vermont saw
ings bank, surplus reserved. S142, 500
other accumulations, $3.50, 1913. 80, total LA
blites, 81, PSI, 5G6.6S For the Bratte
boro savings bank, surplus reserved, S61,'
800, other accumulations, 81, JOSH, tota
liabilities, Sl,S03, 244.06.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Stearns passed theil
2jth wedding anniversary Sunday, and on
Tuesday relatives, with neighbors and
friends, took hand at helping to mark the
occasion. A party of relatives, sef-invited
made themselves welcome at dinner, and il
the evening a company of friends JOINED
them TO add their congratulations. Cake anC
coffee were served for their refreshment
and with music and cards for their enter
tainment, the isagreeable weather, which
had detained many, was forgotten, and al
enjoyable hour passed.
Another of the pleasant occasions which
the off-night socials are all proving them
selves occurred at the Y. NJ. c. A. room
; Saturday evening, there being good at
tendance in spite of the storm. In tn,
t parlors twelve tables, supplied with sucl
T. games as authors dominoes, crokOnole
fishing ponds, etc, were surrounded by in
e terested players during the early part o
5 the evening. The winners of the mos
- games were Miss Florence Clark and A. ID
t Longueil. Later, in the gymnasium,
I class of eight, with II. r. Horton as leader
e illustrated the regular class work, with eX
ercses on the ladder, parallel bars, vaultini
/ buck, etc This was followed by bowl
ing contest, the participants being Mise
r Emma Gregg, Florence Clark and Maui
Emerson in one team, and Misses lett
: Stewart, Minnie Z. Horton and Louis
l Rawson in the other, Miss Gregg's team
winning by 20 points.
4 Rev. S. NJ. Crothers of Cambridge wa
the principal speaker at the Novembe
l meeting of the Unitarian club of New
. York, held at the Hotel st. Denis las
| Friday evening His theme was "Ou
new creed" referring undoubtedly to tn
4 declaration by the Unitarian national con
: ference at its meeting at Saratoga las
S year. The Tribune quotes Mr.. Crothers a
a saying in part: 1.-THE real function of tn
= Unitarian church today is something NOR
:, than the cultivation of the spiritual life;
v is the heritage of free, honest thinking
left TO us by our New England fathers
S The most practical work we have to do /
= TO clear the ideas of men, and to give then
4 a true conception of what are the essen
e tials and what the non-essentials of tru
= religion. The object of a creed should b
. to establish guide to right thinking. Tn
r danger of a creed is that it may become
sort of delusion and catch-word, havin
Y the form and still not defining right think
/ ing, l do not believe in following Jesus a
: an individual. Supreme loyalty to a tru
Y and lofty idea should be our principle
a Then we shall see this principle personifie
4 in the lives of the great historic person
n ages whom we love to honor. We becom
f loyal to Jesus when we become loyal :
f truth"
e The body of Mrs. Harriet b. Simpson
: of Bradford, Mass, was brought to Brattle
= boro last Saturday by her brother and sis
S ter, Elisha d. Smith and Miss Elizabeth
5 b. Smith of Menasha, Wis. A funera
y service was held in the Centre churcl
+ chapel Monday morning and the buria
o was in Prospect Hill cemetery. Mrs
Simpson was one of the seven children o
s Maj. Henry Smith, whom the older Brat
n tleboro residents remember as a well-knowI
: landlord of the old BrattlahOro HOuse