Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-04-03
THE VERMONT PHOENIX. BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY April

A dance will be held at Red Mems hall
next Tuesday evening. The last of the
series will come two weeks later, when the
ladies will claim the privileges of the year.
A. N. Burbank, A. N. Swain and C. E.
Howard of Bellows Falls were in Brattle-
boro Friday to make thorough investiga.
tion of the electric road and plant, in com
pany with e. G. Crosby and NJ. A. Coolidge
Mr.. Coolidge will look over the route be-
tween Bellows Falls and Saxtons River as
soon as the snow disappears and make an
estimate of the expense of constructing
the road
The Island Pond Herald, in its report of
the recent session of the Essex county
court, says: The term was an exceed
ingly pleasant one, and the business was
done thoroughly and yet without friction,
as it always is when Judge Tyler presides,
a respect for whom as judge and a man
increases with every occasion he has to
come among us"
Rev. A. j. Hough closes his pastorate
with the Methodist church next Sunday.
Mr.. Hough's ability, not only in the pull
pit, but also in literary and social lines of
work, has been recognized and appreciated
by many outside his parish, and he will
The annual meeting of the Vermont con-
ference opens next Wednesday at Barre,
and will be presided over by Bishop Fowl
er.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Pratt planned to
celebrate their 22d wedding anniversary in
quiet way last Saturday, and invited a
few friends to take tea and spend the even
ing with them. About 8 o'clock, much to
their surprise, the party was increased by
the arrival of % others, and the evening
was much enjoyed. After refreshments
of ice cream and cake were served, Mrs.
w. F. Mixer (the men with the modesty
to be expected of them in a leap year
shrinking from so much publicity pre-
sented the gifts which had been brought
to mark the occasion. Silverware, china
and linen were included in the generous
array of articles.
The annual meeting of the First Baptist
church was held Wednesday evening. The
report of the clerk sho we'd total member
ship of 492, a net gain of % during the
year, there having been 36 additions to the
church, p by letter and nine by baptism.
Three members of the church have died
Dr. o. II. Post, Mrs. p. F. Strong and
James G.. Howard The election of off
GERS resulted as follows: Clerk and treas
urer, w. b. Smith; auditor, j. 4. Hall;
standing committee, j. j. Estey, j. E.
Hall, l. o. p. Smith, F. S. Knight, l.. B.
Hardy, Geo. S. Phillips; committee on
benevolence, S. II. Warren, G. S. Phillips,
II. f. c. T0dt, II. II. Burnett, F. A.
Woodbury.
Rev. Arthur j. Smith, former Brattle-
borO boy, is now conducting revival ser
vices at Marshalltown, Iowa The Times
Republican of that city publishes a long
article on Mr.. Smith and his work. Mr..
Smith gave up a position as commercial
traveller in 1885, and for a time was en-
gagged in Y. NJ. c. A. work in New York
and Chicago. In 1889 he went to Phia-
delphia as assistant pastor to DR.. Chapman
in the great Bethany church, and while
there was associate superintendent of the
Sunday school, which contained 5000 peo-
pie. After leaving Philadelphia Mr.
Smith engaged in evangelistic work, which
he still follows. He has been associated
with b. Fay Mills, d. l.. Moody and other
noted workers. Mr.. Smiths home is in
New Brunswick, n. j., and he has a wife
and two young sons.
In the Wheel club tournament c. A.
Harris has won both the three and four
ball billiard contests. +. A. Tyler is second
in the three ball, the second in the four
ball being undetermined. The scores this
week were as follows: Three ball billiards,
c. A. Harris 100, f.. A. Tyler 50; G. A.
Harris 100, f. 4. Perry 14j, Harris win
ming on handicap; +. A. Tyler l20, f. f.
Perry 1913, Tyler winning on handicap.
Four ball billiards: w. II. Childs 300, II.
f. Jordan s.; c. A. Harris 100, w. II.
Childs "A; +. A. Tyler l20, II. F. Jordan
90. G. A. Smith has won the pool tourna-
ment, beating Pettee $50 to 70. McRae and
Streeter have finished first in the whist
contest with 2S7 points and Thompson and
Gregg second with 2S6 points. The scores
this week were Thompson and Gregg 81,
Bracket and Crosby 3S. In the duplicate
whist Gale and Minor won from Hunt and
Robbins 1877 to 145, original play, "a deals.
John Butler Smith, who was elected
governor of New Hampshire in 1892, was a
native of Saxtous River, and it is now an
nounced that this comfy will furnish an
other candidate for the position in the
person of DIR. j. A. Greene, of Greene's
Nervura fame, who was born in Whiting
ham in 1915. He was educated in the
schools of Boston and the Ohio medical in
stitute at Cincinnati, and in 1861 set out
from Boston for the West with SO in his
pocket He brought up at Pixies Peak
and there enlisted in Company II, LIST Col
Orado cavalry. After the war he returned
East. He has a beautiful home on the
ahores of Lake Winnipiseogee, and there
he entertains lavishly. He is a member of
the Grand Army, Odd Fellows, Knights of
Pythias, Masons and Amoskeag veterans.
He is financially interested in many enter
prises in New Hampshire and other states
e. A. Ramsdell of Nashua will be the
leading candidate in opposition to Dr.
Greene for the gubernatorial nomination
w. p. Noyes, superintendent of the Brat
tleboro electric road has rendered his resig.
nation, to take effect April 1. w. F. Car
y,who has been in the employ of the COM
pany for the past eight months, takes his
place. Mr.. Noyes came here with Contrac-
tor Coolidge eleven months ago and had
entire charge of the electrical construction
of the line. He leaves to return to Mr.
Coolidge and will have the position of sup
erintendent of the electrical construction of
a road in Hanover, Mass, which Mr.. Cool
idge now has under contract, and later will
probably have charge of the construction
of the electric road at Keene, which Mr..
Coolidge has also contracted to build. Dur
ing Mr.. Noyess connection with the Brattle-
bOro road he has had the success ofIthe
line fully at heart, and has been able to
keep the road open and running nearly on
time in spite of many severe storms, and
Notwithstanding the predictions of a year
ago that this could not be done. Where
ever he goes he will have the good wishes
of the management of the Brattleboro com
pany.