Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-28

The employees Of the Hooker, Corser &
Mitchell factory have been having a vaca-
ton this week.
wantastlquet lodge Of Odd Fellows will
hold its annual election of officers next
Monday evening.
Bingham Chapter, Order Of Eastern
Star, will bold its annual election Of Off
GERS this evening
Charles Miner has broken ground for
two cottage houses on the Bonnyvale road
in West Brattleboro.
The marriage of David G. O'Nelll and
Miss Hllma Segerstrom will take place on
the evening of the 31st inst.
A watch-night service will be observed
at the Methodist church Monday evening,
beginning at o'clock.
Henry Wiley and Katie McGovern we're
married by Rev. Father Cunningham at
the parochial residence Sunday night.
The parochial school closed Friday with
appropriate exercises, including Christ
mas tree, dialogues, Rotations, etc.
The Estey Organ company is sending to
its agents from 1000 to 1900 Of the A. K.
Atwood Brattleboro calendars for 1901.
The mission circle of the Universalist
church sent barrel filed with Christmas
gifts to the Every Day church In Boston
last Friday.
The skating has been very good the past
week, and the Mill pond, Lily pond and
MILESTONE brook at Centreville have been
thronged with skaters.
Children's night will be observed by Pro
tective Grange next Friday evening in
stead Of Wednesday evening as announced
on another page Of this paper.
A special meeting of Brattleboro lodge,
No. 102, will be held at Masonic hall next
Friday evening. The third degree will be
worked by officers, consisting OF past mas
tiers.
Charles Miner is negotiating for the va
| cant floor in the Centreville factory, with
the intention of moving his knitting ma
chinery there from the factory on his
farm.
There will be hearing in the Brooks
House this afternoon before Judge Wheel
er in the contempt proceedings in the case
of O'Brien & Sheehan against the Cham
plain Construction company.
The department Of "Vermont's Fair
Women" In The Vermonter will contain
at an early date portraits Of Mrs. Klttredge
Haskins, Mrs. Henry II. Crosby and Miss
Maud Essex.
Gum & Co., 80 Elliot street, have sold
for Charles A. Stevens Of Winchester, N.
H., his large stock farm on the Warwick
road, together with stock, hay and grain.
The purchaser will take immediate pos
| session.
Robert Kenney of Canal street has re-
ceived this week barrel of -four offered
as a pTize by the publishers of "The Amer
lean Boy" This paper offered prizes of
ten barrels of -four to boys who could
solve certain problem.
The animal roll call Of the Woman's
auxiliary to the Y. NJ. G. A. will be held
New Years day at 3 o'clock at the Y. M.
@. A. parlors. A special effort has been
made TO make this a pleasant gathering,
cards having been sent to all the members.
Extra music will be furnished.
The evening session Of the Woman's
club will meet with Miss Della Sherman
next Wednesday evening. Mrs. J. P. FL
mer presents paper on 1.-THE Language
and Literature of the Norsemen," and roll
call will be responded to by quotations
from Bjornstjerne Bjornson.
The Epworth League elected these
officers at its annual meeting last evening:
President, DR.. G. G. Wheeler, vice. presi-
dents, first, Mrs. Bertha Dean; second,
Miss Eta Blair; third, Mrs. Mary Ward
ner; fourth, Mrs. Waldo Richardson;
secretary, Miss Annie Thomas; treasurer,
John Howe. These officers will be in
stalled at the watch night service Monday
evening.
Frank B. Stoddard, II, longtime resi-
dent of Brattleboro, died this forenoon
after long illness with nervous prostra-
ton. The funeral will be held at O'Clock
Sunday afternoon at SO Canal street, and
the burial will be in the Prospect Hill
cemetery. Mr.. Stoddard leaves Q widow
and two children, Frank B. Stoddard of
Boston and Miss Jennie K. Stoddard, a
teacher in the Westfeld, Mass, normal
school.
The New England Education League
lecture 10 be given by r. b. Sanborn of
Concord, Mass, as announced, will occur
on Friday evening, Jan. 4, in the Brooks
House parlors under the auspices of the
Woman's club. The hour has been set at
s 30, so that the church services on that
evening may not be interfered with. The
lecture is open 10 the public. Subject,
"SOcial changes in the half century, 1850
1900"
A pleasant Christmas gathering was
held at the Vinton home on Green street
Tuesday, W. a. Vlnton giving a Christ
mas dinner TO relatives TO the number of
p In honor of the birthday anniversary of
his son, W. B. Vinton. After dinner the
guests were entertained by q recital by
Miss Florence Converse of East Putney on
an Estey baby grand piano, the Christmas
gift of the elder Vinton to his granddauRh-
ter, Beatrice Vlnton.
Mrs. F. w. Childs and other heirs of the
G. W. Fullerton estate will go to Chicago
tomorrow to prove their claims In court
next Monday. There Is every reason to
believe that Mr.. Fullerton made a will,
and this belief is shared by the most prom
nent judges in Chicago, but thus far no
trace of II has been found. A great effort
Is being made by the public administrator
to get the estate into his hands, but the
heirs are taking every possible preliminary
action to have the Merchants Loan &
Trust company Of Chicago and Miss Mar
tina Hill, stepdaughter Of Mr.. Fullerton,
appointed administrators.
Patrick Griffin, 70, died at his home on
Elliot street yesterday with paralysis. He
had a shock about three years ago and had
been In Ill health ever since. The funeral
will be held at the Roman Catholic church
tomorrow at 9 o'clock and the burial will
be in the Roman Catholic cemetery. Mr..
Griffin was born In Ireland. He came to
Brattleboro over so years ago to help con-
struct the Vermont and Massachusetts,
railroad, which was the first railroad to en-