Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-22

The annual convocation of the Vermont
Spiritualist association will be held at
Montpelier Jan. %, % and "a. Bradley
c. Newell, the magnetic healer of Whiting
ham, will be present.
Miss Mamie Whitemarsh of Mortified
died in Boston Sunday as the result of an
accident at Jericho Centre last summer,
when she was thrown from her bicycle
while coasting down a steep hill. She
went to Boston with the expectation that
her life would be prolonged by all opera
ton, but died before it could be performed.
The st. Johnsbury Shoe company was
organized Monday at an enthusiastic meet
ing of 200 stockholders. A board of seven
directors was elected. The capital stock
is $50, 1000. A. F. Stocker will begin the
removal of his machinery from Lynn to
St. Johnsbury as soon as building is OBJ
tanned for a factory. Mr.. Stocker will be
the manager of the company.
A meeting of the con missioners TO the
Tennessee exposition will be held at Mont
pelier Jan. 20. Steps will be taken to Sc
cure representation of Vermont's indus
tries at the exposition. The Sugar Max
ers' association has already appropriated
5000 to have their product shown aud it is
likely that the Jersey club of Vermont
will take like action. The commissioners
will be glad to have all who represent in
dustries attend this meeting.
Mrs. T. II. MacAvoy of Winooski
bought a ton of coal at the Burlington
wooden mill office recently and rendered
$50 bill to be changed and the price of the
coal retained. She was handed $44. Some
time afterward the cashier noticed that the
bill looked peculiar and upon minute eX-
animation it was found to be counterfeit
Mrs MacAvoy returned the S44 and paid
for the coal, refusing to divulge where she
acquired the counterfeit money. The case
will be investigated.
James Heath of Mortified, employed by
the West Berlin Granite company, was
terribly injured in the company's yards
Friday. His clothing vas caught by a
swiftly moving belt which drew him up to
a shaft, around which he was whirled sew
eral times, each time striking against a
projecting beam. Several minutes elapsed
before the shaft could be stopped. One
leg was broken and hung only by few
muscles and he was otherwise seriously
injured. The leg was amputated below
the knee.
Rev. DR.. John Hopkins Worcester, So,
Worcester came of distinguished ancestry,
being lineal descendant of Rev. William
Worcester, who came from England to be-
come pastor of the first church in Sails
bury, Mass, in 1910, and cousin of DIR.
j. E. Worcester, the famous photographer.
He was born in Peacham (Vt) in 1912
and at the age of Fl graduated from Dart
mouth college. He studied for the minis
try and, in 1889, was installed pastor of
the church at St. Johnsbury, where he
preached seven years, going to Burlington
in 1847. The University of Vermont con-
ferred upon him the degree of doctor of
divinity in 1866.
A press despatch from Concord, N. H.,
strong effort will be made by Senator Red
field Proctor and other Vermont Republi-
cans to induce President Mckinley to give
the position of pension agent for this dis
trict to a man from that state instead of
New Hampshire, and also to remove the
location of the office from Concord to
some place in Vermont. They use the
arguments that New Hampshire ought to
be satisfied with the Boston naval Of
fee, and that Vermont is entitled to
the pension agency as the next best
/ place at the disposal of the admins
tration for the residents of the two states. 4"
| This report may have arisen from the can
didacy of the late Dr.. B. f. Ketchum of
Brattleboro for the position. DR.. Ketch-
um had very strong support, and many
Republicans regarded him as sure of the
appointment.