Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-14

gin at / o'clock.
The directors of the street railroad have
decided 10 bring all cars to a stop for few
seconds at the corner of Elliot and Main
streets. This is a central point, and many
people have missed a car there when it did
not stop and they were not near enough to
hail the motorman
Dr. j. S. Dutton applied the tubercu-
lin test to % head of cattle in Townshend |
Tuesday. Two of them were found to be |
diseased and they were condemned and |
will be slaughtered. DR.. Dutton states |
that about two per cent of all the cattle !
he has tested have been found to be at-
! fected with tuberculosis
/ Protective grange will hold a supper and
! dance in grange hall next Friday evening
| A supper of escalloped oysters etc, will
be served from q to S o'clock, after which
dancing will begin and continue until II
| o'clock The floor managers will be ID.
| T Perry, A. L Miller. II. W. Sargent,
viii Willard and A, j. Currier. Good
music will be furnished, and all are invited
TO 60.
Dennis Rebekah lodge installed these
officers Tuesday evening: Noble Grand,
Mrs. Marcia Harvey; vice grand, Mrs
Susie Reach; secretary, Mrs. Mary Ami
son: treasurer, Mrs Ida Spear; warden,
Mrs. Lulu Perry; conductor, Mrs. George
Root: chaplain. Mrs d W. Tenney; right
supporter OF the noble grand, Mrs. W. &.
Stone; left supporter. Mrs f. L. Young
right supporter of the vice grand. Mrs. A.
j. Currier lett supporter. Mrs. +. +. Bee
man inside sentinel. Mrs. O. II. Hal;
outside sentinel. Henry Wilcutt.
Haskius q S,hwenk have received no.
tice this week from Minnesota that one of
the Kelley suits has been decided by the
district court iu favor OF their client
, This case involved the same questions
. which are being contested 10y several other
parties ia Windham county. hence will be-
, of no little Interest The kelleys had col
iected the amount OF mortgage before u be-
came due but failed to account TO the
o. mortgage, who was wholly ignorant OF
, the payment until a year after the tran
4 saction. Kelley in the meantime had paid
interest to the mortgagee, thus avoiding
all suspicious.
o The Bratteboro physicians have sent
their certificates of births and deaths which
h occurred in town during 1897 TO the town
= clerk The certificates show that there
were 81 births and l07 deaths or the
children born 81 were males and 40 fe
=. males. The death record includes o.
n males and 80 females. The ages at whlcl
~ the different persons died were as follows
p Under .. Il: between . and 20. D between
~ - and 80. Z; between 30 and AZ, %
r., between ~ aud 80, q; between 'l
/. and g.. IL. between go and 10. 10
/, between 10 and so, %. between 81
and 90, 49, The number of deaths ne
tween the ages of 20 and 50 was very un
usual There was one death from dlph
~ iberia, two from paralysis. seven iron
W cancer, eight from apopieXy and II iron
. seuiiily or old aga.
. Doctor John NJ Tyler, professor OF %.
~ olorv IN Amherst cllieI, spoke IuesIa
evening m the Centre Congregations
n, church TO a large audience, whose close al
~ tentiou h. held from the beginning to tn
a eul of his lecture His suulec,, "A ea'
T. Cake. was treated IN manner entire.
n scientific vet so simply that anyone cou.
- / follow the speaker With interest Pre-
"a lessor Tyler discussed the low forms &
plant life m Yeast and in fermentation an
went on 10 q very simple form OF anlm'
IN life. the amwua. aud the interesting cue
l.. tions which intimate knowledge of th
8" little creature eXcites: closing with a pie
~ for more use OF the seeing eve upon q
ny common things about us. Professor lvh
n- is son OF the late Professor W. >. Iyh
N' OF Amherst and Is one of the foremost "a
eu ologIsts in the country.
80 one hundred amateur photographers
90 BrattlebOro are TO show their pictures
D.. tine Photographic exhibition which W
~. omen al the \. NJ {. \ rooms the eveniI
w.. of the 21th inst, continuing through u
80, afternoons and evenings OF the =oth al
2ath There will be- TWO classes, Tor cor
petition and Tor exhibition. All those vi
igc enter the competitive list must DO the
ter own work. The committee requests ID
of. all pictures be left al the rooms toy the -1i
the All pictures must he plainly marked VI
oi. the name OF the owner and the name a.
the size of the camera. An persons who ha
II. not given their names to the committ'
'ly- but who expect To- make exhibits, are
OF auested to leave their names with \
.lso / Hariv. the !. NJ. &. 4. secretary, not la
a than saturday noon OF this week. I
IN. committee consists OF Miss Maria Stedm
Will of West BrattlebOro. Grace Emerson, n
ing ence Pratt. Louis Whitney and Henry III
las wood
"A Romance Of Coon Hollow VIII
use will be seen at the Auditorium to-morr
II. night. has some of the best scenery on
,urt road The trst act reveals an autul
ST. view OF a typical southern plantation W
tate sunset and moonlight effects, and conta
for a splendid electrical display The secc
Dad act is a reproduction of "CoOn Hollow,
hey rugged glen in the Tennessee hills, pain
tate from sketches made on the spot.
his third act shows a wood landing on
,lier Mississippi, and a night view of the fam
lred Lee Natchez steamboat race, the be
OF being lighted and under full head OF stea
. p The last act is given TO an actual cot
can press in operation, and is thrllllngly d
ring matte. The play will be given with ali
day effects used in the original run at the
nts, street theatre, New York. In the VI
landing scene is introduced rollick
melange OF songs and dances by troup
- colored boys and girls, including TWO qr
.l4o tets and plantation brass band.
'test Unitarian SOcIety's Annual Meeting
erst The annual parish supper and meet
. c. OF the Unitarian society was held at w
and hall Tuesday. Supper was served at h
lton past SIX and an hour was spent In
nted leisurelv and social discussion. The e
mp ton of officers and the presentation OF
lect- annual reports followed, with George
uild Clark in his old-tme place as modera
road The treasurer's report showed that
otOn the bills of the year. including some )
Am or $500 of unusual expenses, had b
ed q fully paid, and that balance remained
the | the treasury with which TO begin anot
ID TO year The report of DR.. Lawton Tor
the / prudential committee recalled the un
also action taken by the church in cal
men Rev. L. .. 5. OsgoOd TO the pastOrate
lovc, ] inn tho vpar and CONGRATULATED all