Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-01-17

heu Men nail TUESDAY evening.
The annual meeting of the Centre church
will be held Friday evening of next week.
The Brattleboro Athletic club will hold
a dance in Red Mems hall next Tuesday
evening.
Real Estate Agent A. V. May has sold
Miss Agnes ID. Gales house on South
Main street to Mrs. w. II. Welcome, wife
of the longtime cutter for Young &
Knowlton.
Frank Bohrman was arrested last even
ing by Officer Hall for being intoxicated.
He was brought before Justice Newton
this morning, plead guilty, and was fined s.
and COSTS amounting to S1I51. He said
he became intoxicated by drinking some
pure alcohol, which his mother had in the
house, and which he found and reduced.
The next meeting of the Alliance study
class will be held in the reception room of
the Brooks House, next Tuesday evening
at 1880. The meeting was changed to
Tuesday on account of Mr.. Leavitt's lee
lures on astronomy delivered at Miss Saw
yer's school on Monday evenings A pa
per on asylums for the insane and modern
methods in the treatment of insanity, will
be read by Mrs. Smaller Lawton. All men,
bers are cordially invited.
II. N. Dyke has been spending several
days hereabouts looking at farms. Mr..
Dykes buildings at Swanton were burned
last August and little later he came here
and through A. V. May bargained for two
farms, one owned by John Retting at
North Hinsdale and the other by Mrs.
| Clegg at West Chesterfield. Because of
the delay In adjusting his insurance Mr..
Dyke will not take either of these farms,
but Mr.. May thinks he will sell him a
place within few weeks.
The many Brattleboro friends of Hon.
Homer GoOdhue of Westminster West re-
greet to learn of his disabling illness which
takes the form of general arrangement
of the system, the natural result of his adj
vanced years. Drs. Lawton and Conland
paid him visit Tuesday, meeting there
his physician, Dr. Pettengill of Saxtons
River. They found his condition some
what improved, and join with all other
friends in hoping that he may recover a
reasonable degree of activity.
The fire department test Wednesday
evening attracted a large crowd of people
interested in the fire department. The
hitch and run to box 81 was made in 5s
seconds from the stroke of the alarm. In
| 7:43 the indicator showed Is pounds of
steam. The time to the box was remark
ably good, but the time for getting I'D
steam was slow, owing to too much coal
being on the fire. 1t was only two seconds
| quicker than at the previous test, when
| No. started with cold water i'm its boiler
| When No. started Wednesday evening
the water was warm, heaters having been
| put in the engine house since the last test.
Another trial was made last evening, and
steam was gotten up in 5:1S-a remarka-
bly, fine record. No attempt was made for
quick run on the last trial
The armOry will be a-glow with light
and life and color this evening. when the
annual military ball will be given. The
| decorations are the most effective ever ar
ranged in the building, silver star con-
tanning 80 electric lights being the centre
| piece, while all about is red, white and
blue, artistically draped and arranged. At
| the north end of the hall is a wall of flags
making refreshment room, and over the
entrance to this, and to the main floor. are
arches of electric lights. The floor is COW
cred with white duck. The First Regi-
ment orchestra of 10 pieces will give a con-
cert before the dancing. The orchestra
will be under the direction of Mr.. Nutting.
the well-known musician of Springfield,
Mass. A. E. Miller will furnish the re.
freshments. Everything points to highly
successful and enjoyable social affair. On
with the dance!
The 18th annual meeting of the corpora
tors of the Brattleboro Savings bank was
held yesterday at the banking rooms of
that institution. The old board of officers
was reelected, with B. d. Harris president
and G. A. Harris treasurer. j. &. Dewitt
and c. d. Whitman were elected members
OF the corporation to fill vacancies in the
board. The annual corporation dinner was
eaten at the Brooks House, 2S being pre-
sent. The official report of the bank,
which is published in another column,
shows prosperous years business. The
assets now aggregate 81 1886, 1914 "a, having
increased during the year by the sum of
Sll7, 1924. Over $4,000 has been car
ried to the reserve and surplus, these items
now standing at $145, 466.7l. The bank
has no foreclosed property on its hands,
and none in process of foreclosure, has
never passed dividend, and has always
promptly paid back their money to all de-
positors on demand. And furthermore.
the bank has not lost dollar on any in
vestment made in the last 10 years, GER
taluly very remarkable record, and prob
ably without parallel in the experience of
similar institutions.
On Wednesday and Thursday there was
at the reception room of the Brooks House
an exhibit of art needlework which was
rare treat TO those who were fortunate
enough to hear of it. 1t was an exhibit
from the Boston house of Bedding Bros.
d Co., silk manufacturers, and included
pieces designed and embroidered specially
for the Mechanics fair. The exhibit was
for the trade, and so was not advertised.
but all who visited the room were pleasant
ly received by Miss II. M. Camp, who was
in charge, and the merits of the "new pro-
cess" flo, its delicate shades, brilliant
lustre and smoothness of working were
conclusively shown by the beautiful speci-
mems of needlework as well as by the
punches of the silks, showing the many |
shades of each color and their perfect |
blending. The most elegant piece in the |
exhibit was a portiere embroidered on |
satin sheeting, the design being rose run
ming over stone wall, the value of the |
hanging being placed at $500. The ''new |
process" flo is, 1t is claimed, making for |
Itself an almost universal place in the |
schools OF decorative art. The exhibit |
here included large variety of exclusive |
designs and started pieces, as we'll as the |
and drawn work doilies and
centre pieces.
some OF the Main street abutters have
protested against the assessment for the
new sewer which 10 loid nm A.