Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-01-27


ton with the Murray clubs flagralsnl
entertainment.
An important meeting of Canton Pales
tine will be held in Odd Fellows hall mex
Tuesday night to discuss plans for tn,
Odd Fellows parade which is to occur IL
Brattleboro next May.
John f. Gale of Guilford, administrator
will sell the Reyes farm by auction mex
Tuesday. This farm consists of so acres
and is situated south of the W. +. Richard
son farm on the old road from BrattleborC
to Guilford.
A representative of the United State.
government was in Brattleboro Tuesday tC
collect pay for government license from
w. e. Mitchell, proprietor of the NIGH
lunch room. A fine equal TO one.half the
amount of the license was imposed and
collected because of the fact that Mitchell
had pleaded guilty of selling liquor when
he had no license from the government.
Arthur V. d. Piper passed special ex.
animation for admission to the Vermont
bar at Montpelier Wednesday. The ex.
animation was held for the benefit of the
law students who enlisted in the war with
Spain and were therefore prevented from
taking the regular examination. Mr.
Piper and another student took the eXami-
nation. They were admitted yesterday
morning.
Clark W. Bryan, the veteran publisher
of Springfield, Mass, whose death by his
own hand on Monday last is recorded in
another column, was known by many
Brattleboro people. He wrote some inter
esting letters of his carriage drives through
Western Massachusetts and Southern Yer
mont. The letters first appeared in the
Springfield Republican and were afterward
published in pamphlet form.
Seventy-one members of the Baptist
church went to Hinesburg for a sleghride
Wednesday evening. Some % West Brat
tleboro people and about 30 from Hnsdale
also went, making about 1870 in ALL The
women of the Baptist society in Hinesburg
served a chicken-pie supper. The Brattle-
boro people left Brattleboro at 80 o'clock
and returned at 9:30. They describe in
choice superlatives the supper which was
furnished them, and they also state that
the social hour which they spent after the
supper was full of enjoyment.
The Burlington Free Press contained
the following Wednesday in its account of
the doings of the supreme court at Mont
pelier: cat the opening of the afternoon
session, the application of Frederick l..
Houghton of Brattleboro for admittance TO
practice before the courts of Vermont was
presented to the court Mr.. Houghton
showed that he had been since 1884 an
attorney in good standing in the Massa.
chusetts bar and after the oath had been
administered to him by Clerk Smile, Mr..
Houghton was made member of the bar
of Vermont"
movement is on foot which, it is ex-
pected, will develop into petition to the
selectmen asking them to insert in the
warrant for the next March meeting an ar
ticle to see whether the town will vote to
appropriate money for the raising of
the new Main street bridge. 1t is as
serted that the bridge, as it now stands,
is about foot too low, especially on the
west side. The company who built the
bridge has the proper appliances for rails
ing it. 1t is doubtful, however, If the vot-
ers Of the town will care to incur any fur
ther expense upon this structure.
The Ladies' Home Journal is publishing
half-tone pictures, showing "the prettiest
country homes in America" These pic.
lures are from 1000 photographs taken last
summer in competition for prizes offered
by the Journal, and only the best 100 are
to appear in print. One picture which
shows the residence of Sidney o. Miner
appears in the Journal of February, with
these lines under the illustration: "a typ
ical village house which is located in the
town of Brattleboro, Vermont. 1t is sim
pie, harmonious and interesting. Awarded
a fifth prize" Another picture shows the
home of George L. Durham, which is de-
scribed: "a successful solution of the
plan problem is shown in this
house in Bratteboro, Vermont The de-
tail is excellent, the roof lines charmingly
simple"
The Denver Republican of a recent date
contains a notice of meeting of the Re-
form club in that city, over which Mrs.
Van Kleeck, daughter of Col. and Mrs.
Francis Goodhue, presided The object of
the meeting was the consideration of plans
for the formation of "white list" and a
consumers league" The purpose of the
league is to secure living wages,
suitable hours and good treatment for the
very poor-the workers in the sweat shops
and the department stores. The white
list contains the names of firms who agree
10 live up to the principles of flair J
store" as laid down by the consumers
league. The fair stores agree to conform
10 the laws of the state regarding the en-
ployment of minors, to pay living wages to
all employees, and to provide seats and other
comforts to clerks.
S. W. Potter, IS, died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Clarence Whitaker. at
j3 South Main street Sunday, after a |
weeks illness with the grip. His death |
vas due to the disease and to old age.
The funeral was held at the house at IL |
''clock Wednesday, Rev. F. E. Marble |
The body was placed in the |
'ault in Prospect Hill cemetery, and it will |
1e taken to Jacksonville for burial. Mr.. |
Potter was born in Halifax, Oct. %, 1878. |
lie left his native town at an early age |
md was employed in several places, among |
hem being the Brattleboro Retreat. He |
vas formerly well known as a peddler of |
ilk. He married Miss Lestina Briggs |
md they settled on a farm in Nottingham. |
Thirty years or more ago they moved to a
arm in Halifax. Mr.. Potter sold his
arm and came to Brattleboro to live with
DIR. and Mrs. Whitaker a year ago last
october. A daughter, Miss Lottie Potter,
ives with Mr.. and Mrs. Whitaker.
The Old Homestead.
Denman Thompson received as warm a
Welcome as he could have wished on his
ppearance at the Auditorium in the Old
homestead Monday evening. In spite of the
many copies and limitations which have been
rought out since this play was first put
pom the stage quarter of century ago,
he Old Homestead remains the ideal pro-
uction OF its class, simple, genuine, true