Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-08

they are making special sale.
W. II. Fletcher announces the sale at
auction Saturday, Dec 16, at 10 A. NJ, of
his teaming and wood business.
Lucius L. Whitney has sold his coupe
business to George II. Chatfield, who has
been driving one of the coupes for several
months past.
The Green street book club held its an
nual sale at T. j. B. Cudworth's Tuesday
evening when a supper was served. The
election of officers was held some time ago.
A. V. May has sold for L. b. Lamson of
North Hinsdale, N. H., his shop, house
and about eight acres of land to j. b. Tay-
lor of Bratteboro. Mr.. Taylor will take
possession at once.
The Altar society of the Episcopal
church will have sale of aprons, fancy
articles, and homemade candy next Tues
day at 7.30 p. M, at the house of Mrs.
George w Tyler, No. l Tyler street.
Musical selections will be rendered during
the evening.
The ministers of the village met with
Rev. E. O. S. Osgood, Wednesday evening"
for social hour, and to discuss subjects
of common interest. Light refreshments
were served. The next meeting will be
held at the house of Rev. DR.. Marble some
time in January.
H. F. Weatherhead, who bought G. II.
Bonds coal business last week, sold the
business Tuesday to Charles II. Thomp-
son, and the latter sold it Wednesday to K.
b. Barrows, the well known coal dealer
whose office is in Putnam's shoe store near
MILESTONE bridge. Both sales were made
through the real estate agency of F. j..
Bailey d Co.
The defendants in the case of Fred r.
Durgin against Charles Clark and H. G..
Clark, charged with alternating the affec-
tions of Mrs. Durgin, have retained Judge
| l.. NJ. Read of Bellows Falls in addition
to Lawyer G. G. Fits, whose retention was
mentioned last week. Mrs. Durgin went
Monday to the home of her parents in
Winchester, n. II.
The chicken pie supper given by the
women of the Congregational society We'd
nesday evening attracted good number of
people, and it was successful from a Gull.
nary as well as from a financial stand
point. The supper was followed by the
annual pew rental in the church. About
the usual number of pews were sold and at
the same prices as heretofore.
Ernest Cummings, the boy thief who was
arrested by Chief, Of Police Hall for steal
ing 1915 in Easthampton, Mass, as told in
The Phoenix last week, was arraigned in
the district court in Northampton Friday
He pleaded guilty and was held under
bonds in the sum of $500 pending sentence
| by the court. On Tuesday he was sent to
the Massachusetts reformatory.
Allen Wilmington of Guilford was driv-
| ing from Walnut to Main street Tuesday
afternoon when his horse SHE'D suddenly,
| throwing him over the dash board of the
| wagon on to the ground. The frightened
animal started down Main street but soon
collided with herd of cattle. The horse
went through the herd, dragging the wag-
on, and finally collided with a tree in Mrs.
| +. A. Whitney's yard. The animal was
stopped by W. P. Eames.
Oscar +. Drury, formerly of Brattleboro,
who has been a clerk with Meekins, Pack
ard & Wheat of Springfield, Mass, the
past eight years, has given up his position
with that concern to go into the Spring
field Office of the American Real Estate
| company of New York. The manager of
the Springfield Office of the American Real
Estate company is Albert S. Howe, Brat
tleboro boy, who worked for G. f. Allen
after attending the High school.
At the annual meeting of Sedgwick
post, G. A. R., held at Grand Army hall
Wednesday evening, Dec. 6, the following
| officers were elected: Commander, A. b..
Ashley; senior vice commander, <. Has
kell; junior vice commander, d. Waite /;
| quartermaster, o. Prescott; surgeon,
| g. w. Thomas; chaplain, K. j Knowlton I;
officer of the day, j. A. Stafford; officer
of the guard, T. Harmon; delegates to de-
partment encampment, K. Haskins, <.
Haskell and G. E. Greene; alternates, D.
Waite, S. S. Hunt, j. M. Joy.
The entertainment committee of the
Vermont Wheel club met in the Vermont
National bank yesterday afternoon to
make arrangements for the series of ladies'
nights which will be given this winter
| The first entertainment, which will be held
Tuesday evening, Dec. 20, will take the
form of lantern party. The second en-
tertainment, which will probably be given
the last of January, will be a musicale fol-
lowed by farce. No definite arrange
ments have been made regarding the last
two entertainments. The members of the
committee who have charge of the first en-
tertainment are @. A. Boyden, j. r. Ryder
and H. X. Randall.
The second meeting of the recently Or
ganized Baptist Social union was held in
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evening, about As members of the union
being present An informal reception was
held from $3.50 to 7 o'clock, after which
about so sat down to the banquet. Dur
ing the banquet Miss Ethel Bruce render
ed selections on the piano and pipe organ.
The topic for discussion at the post pran-
dial exercises was "Man's Work for Man"
DR.. ii. ID. HOlton, president of the local
union, acted as POSTMASTER, and there were
four responses. William II. Breed of Bos-
ton, president of the Boston Baptist social
union, spoke upon "The Power of the
Layman," and Rev. Clayton Cooper, pas
tor of the Washington street Baptist church
of Lynn, Mass, dealt with "Work for the
Young Man" Jesse <. Haynes spoke of
the work which is being done by the Bible
class OF which he is a member, and Rev.
f. E. Marble discussed the work which
needed TO be done in the community. In
addition to those who attended the banquet
number of the ladies of the church listen
ed TO the speeches, which were of unusual
interest to all who heard them.
There was hearing Tuesday before o.
K. Butter6eld of Wilmington, j. w. Mel
endy of South Londonderry and A. W. j.
Wilkins of Putney, commissioners appoint
ed by the court of insolvency on the petit
tion of Charles Miner, to decide whether
Mr.. Miner had a lien on certain horses,
carriages, ETC., sold by the assignees of the
ii. M. Adams estate, amounting TO about
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