Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-12

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tate in Guilford.
The annual meeting of the BrattleborO
savings bank will be held next Thursday,
Jan. IS, at IL A. NJ.
The firm name of A. w. Childs and f.
w. Putnam is now Chids & Putnam in
stead of A. w. Childs & Co.
Emery & Co. of Montpelier, the collec-
ton agents who rented rooms in the Ullery
building, moved in Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William LAWN and Luclen
Howe will begin series of concerts Feb.
I, singing in Troy, N. Y, on the evening
of that date.
The Young Peoples Christian union has
placed a tablet on the front of the Univer-
salist church. 1t has also donated $40 to
the church in Vernon.
The first meeting of the Emerson study
class for the season will be held with Rev.
E. O. S. Osgood, 80 High street, Monday
evening, Jan. Is, at 1880 o'clock. The
essay entitled THE Poet" will be read and
discussed
The adjourned meeting of the Brattle.
boro East society was held in the Congre-
gatonal vestry Tuesday evening. The at
tendance was small. The only business
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treasurer, although the finances of the So
ciety were discussed at some length.
Sheriff Gordon and Deputy Sheriff Nc
Clure went to Guilford yesterday morning
and raded the Broad Brook House on a
complaint issued by States Attorney Bar
ber Landlord Thayer and Mrs. Thayer
left town the night before. The officers
made thorough search of the premises,
but found no liquor.
There has been a large sale of tickets
for the lecture in the Auditorium tonight
by Rev. Thomas Dixon, jr. Rev. Mr.. Dix
on comes to Brattleboro from Pennsylva-
mia, where he has been lecturing for the
eighth consecutive season. His subject
will be "Fools, or the School of Expert
ence" The lecture will be the last in the
Y. NJ. c. A. Star course.
A fiye-pound box of dairy butter was
sent, express prepaid to the manager of
the dairy exhibit in Grange banquet hall
this week by c. II Bigelow of East Brook
| field with these instructions: "If the but
ter scores 30 points or more give the box
and butter to Kit Haskins, the next rep
resentative from the Second district (prob-
ably" The butter scored 81 points.
These officers were elected at the semi
annual meeting OF the Baptist Christian
Endeavor society Sunday evening: Presi-
| dent, H. L. Gale; vice president, Z. v.
Morse; secretary, Miss Izetta Stewart;
treasurer, Miss Nellie Stratton; recording
secretary, Mrs. c. f. X. JENNIE. The
question of changing the evening Of meet
ing to Tuesday, as formerly, was discussed
and it will probably be decided next Sun
day.
j. l.. Stewart of Clarendon, one of the
firm of tin can makers, who have been ne
gotiating with the Brattleboro Street Rail-
road company for location in the Centre
vile factory, was in Brattleboro this week
to attend the meeting of the Vermont
Dairymen's association, and he and Super
intendenL Jones went over the factory and
discussed various phases Of the question,
but it is not likely that any arrangements
between the two companies will be made
this winter.
Miss Lydia Hartig is to speak at the
Congregational church in West Brattle-
boro next Sunday morning. In the even
ing, at the same place, there will be
union service at Z o'clock for the men,
bers of the Christian Endeavor and other
young peoples societies, TO be addressed
by Mrs. Harriet E. Clark, wife of the
founder of the Christian Endeavor society.
All young people and all the friends of
young peoples Christian work are cordially
invited to attend.
The regular meeting of the Alliance
study class was held in the Brooks House
reception room Monday evening, a good
number of members and their friends be-
ing present. Rev. f. Q. S. Osgood read
two papers-one upon WESTMINSTER Alb
bey'' and the other on "The English
Lakes" Mrs. Plummer read Words
worth's "The Daffodils," Mrs. Charles
Davenport read Southeys 1.-The Well of
st. Keyer," and Mrs. Lawton read one of
Coleridge's poems and selection from
Irving's sketch book.
Tinkham, O. M, of Pomfret was for a
few minutes the unexpected centre OF at
traction at the banquet of the Vermont
Dairymen's association in the Brooks
House Wednesday night. He got astride
the Pegasus of Governor Smiths response,
but the governor took him TO such a dizzy
height that he fell Off like Bellerophon,
and came down with a crash, the spiudles,
posts and rounds of his chair flying in all
directions. The cheers of the crowd were
deafening, and it was some time before the
object of the hilarity could regain his COM
posture or the governor could 60 ON with
his speech.
The annual supper and parish meeting
of the Unitarian society was held at Wells
hall Tuesday evening. Supper was served
at 6:30. An hour later the meeting was
formally called to order and the call read
by the clerk, James Dalton. G. A. Boy
den was chosen chairman of the meeting.
The report of the treasurer showed sat
isfactory condition of the society's finances
Reports of the various committees of the
church were also presented. The old board
of officers was reelected: James Dalton,
clerk and collector; S. E. Lawton, c. A &.
Miles, L. D. Taylor, parish committee; G.
Fl. Pratt, treasurer. The usual commit
tees on the benevolent, social and other
work of the church were elected.
A "Dry" Raid Monday Afternoon.
Nine officers armed with search and
seizure warrants issued by States Attor-
ney H. G. Barber visited the American
| House, Hotel Brattleboro, Martin Dunn's
| pool rooms in MILESTONE block and K. G,
Frost's bottling works on Flat street sim
ultaneously about o'clock Monday after
noon. Dunn's place was locked, but at
the other places thorough search was
made. No "hard STUFF was found, but a
bottle half full of beer was seized at Hotel
Brattleboro and three bottles of beer at
Frosts. These will be analysed. At
Frosts a government license was also
seized, made out in the name of the Club
Bottling company. Mr.. Frost was not
present, but when he visited States Attor-
| new BarbeF'S Office later i'm the aftarnOOn