Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-15

termasJeT sergeant, JOnn willard; sergeant
major, E. r. Hesdle; sentinel, Dennis
Richards; color bearer, j. P. Whitney;
representative, A. @. Cobb; alternate, g.
H. Phillips.
These officers were elected by Col
Greenwood Woman's Relief corps: Presi.
dent, Annah l.. Gale; senior vice president
Ida E. Whitney; junior vice president.
Weltha j. Brainerd chaplain, Mary Fem
treasurer, Frances M. Bailey; secretary,
Annie b. II. Harris; conductor, Kittie G.
Everleth; guard, Lizzie NJ Littleheld.
Malcolm Crawford has gone to Hatfield,
Mass, to sort tobacco for Roswell Billings.
John Clark is i'll with sclatc rheuma-
tsm. He has suffered severely on several
days.
Dennson Davis has sold his place to
James Whitney, who will take possession
next spring.
Samuel Underwood has gone to Mrs.
MONEYS and Eugene Willard to Homer
Taft's to board.
Mrs. Lucretia Daniels of Northampton,
Mass, visited her sister, Mrs. George
Stowell, this week.
Delta lodge, Knights of Honor, will
hold its annual installation Of officers the
first Friday evening in January.
George WOODBURY. of East Putney went
Monday to Brighton market with 80 head
of CATTLE a lot of calves and some poultry.
The settlement of the G. W. Kimball
estate is delayed awaiting the settlement
of another estate in which there is con-
tingent claim.
The next assembly in the town hall will
I'll nf
nounced. Leitslnger's orchestra of Brat
tleboro will furnish the music.
At meeting at Charles F. Bailey's Mon
day evening it was decided to have the
4'neighborhood" Christmas dinner at f.
A. Burditt's on Christmas day.
Mr.. Chase, formerly teacher in this
village, has been in town this week selling
patent mop. He has taken up this out
of-doors occupation on account of failing
health.
George Towards family and household
goods and Arthur Lowell left this week for
East Templeton, Mass, where Mr.. How
ard has employment in wood working
factory.
The body of Mrs. Ida Roscoe, who died
in Omaha, Neb, last week, was brought
here last Friday morning and was buried
in Maple Grove cemetery, in the Eels fam
ily lot. Mrs. Roscoe formerly lived on the
old Eels homestead above the Puffer farm
on the East Putney road.
J. H. Walbridge has been in town this
week collecting material for history OF
the town which is soon to be published to-
gether with histories of the towns of New
fame and Townshend. Besides historical
sketches the book will contain sketches of
individuals together with portraits and
views about town.
The three churches will unite in meet
ing in the interests of the Vermont Bible
society next Sunday evening at the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. Rev. L. Fl. Elliott,
agent for the society, will give an address
and present the work being done in the
state There should be a large audience
The service will begin at 1880 o'clock
A Fellowship meeting was held at the Con-
gregational church on Thursday. Rep
resentatives from Dummerston, Saxtons
River, Westminster, Westminster West
and West Brattleboro, and the Baptist
and Methodist pastors were present also
Rev o. S. Davis of Springfield. Topics
concerning the welfare Of the neighoorlng
churches were discussed.
The Empire Moving Picture company Of
Athol gave an exhibition in the town hall
Monday evening, showing some interesting
moving pictures and stereopticon views
and giving an enjoyable Photographic con
cert. There was an interruption IN tne
performance while trip was made 10 tht
depot:after a second tank for use In pro
ducing calcium light, the supply IN INT
first one having been exhausted
Several tobacco buyers have been II
town within a week, and they secured sew
eral lots. Fred Harding received II cent
pound, j. II. Kent IA cents, and II Is re
ported that Moses Benson received 10 cents
p. S. Hannum was offered 153 cen S, bu
would not let his tobacco go at that price
The fog of Monday night afforded an ex
cellent opportunity for growers to tax
down their tobacco, and most of them tooi
advantage of it.
The public schools opened Monday TO
the winter term with a small increase owe
last term in attendance. The attendanc
in the Central school was 81. There ma
been large decrease in attendance In al
of the schools within few years. In dis
trict No. 7 in Putney Falls, where ~ year
ago the attendance averaged from ~ 10 Az
there were but eight scholars last Term
When some of the older people in town a.
tended school there were not far from W
children of school age in all OF the districts !
Now there are 209 and of these about Ia
attend school.
The concert and sale by the ladies' s.! socI |,
ty of the Congregational church VIII
held in the town hall next Friday evening
An attractive musical program mas pee
arranged which will include works Dy sou
of the best composers. Among the nun
bers will be piano solo by Miss Laul so,
vocal solo with violin obligato by MI
Sparhawk, trio by Miss Sparhawk, MI
Denison and Miss Lamson, violin SOLO ! !
Miss Denison, "Schubert's Serenade'
Miss Sparhswk, with flute, violin a. a.
piano accompaniment, and other equal
pleasing and attractive numbers.
Golden Rule lodge of Masons instal i
these officers Wednesday evening; ~
NJ, L. P. Bailey; S. W., f. A. b1 IT
j, W., H. L. Pierce; treasurer, d.
Evereth; secretary, M. d. whitman,
D., g. T. Aplin; j. D., q: w. bro 0n
stewards, G. f. Farnum and Eugene ~
bins; tyler, A. Wing. ii. H. fIeree =
livered the address of welcome, when W
followed by the annual banquet W.
Waite was the marshal of the eVenin
Solos were rendered by j. W. Shelley, d,
remarks were made by Rev. j. II. Benhe
Rev. w. 4. Sparhawk, Dr. H. o. Muns'
DR.. G. S. Foster and II. L. Pierce
Albion Cobb, 10, brother OF the 70