Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-11-01

number OF empty bottles were found,
but no liquor.
The Altar guild of the Episcopal
church elected these officers at its
annual meeting Monday night Pres
ident. Rev. Il. r. Mathison; director
and secretary, Miss Belle Guild treas
urer, Miss Ruth Childs.
Marion Lawrence of Toledo, Ohio,
field secretary of the international
Sunday school committee, is to spend
Sunday, Nov. 10th, as the guest of l..
w. Hawley. It is hoped that our peo-
pie may have an opportunity to hear
him while here.
The unsettled accounts due the
estate of Miller and Kinson, in bank
ruptcy, were sold at auction by Dep
/ uty Sheriff A. Starkey at the Ameri-
can House Saturday afternoon. There
! was a small attendance, and the ac-
counts were bid off by Mr.. Starkey.
Miss E. C. Udall has returned to
! Brattleboro after spending several
months with her nephew, H. X. Bush
/ Brown, at his summer home at New
burgh N. Y, upon the Hudson. We'd
nesday evening Miss Udall entertain
ed about % Of her friends at Mrs.
! Atherton's on Harris Place. Refresh
ments were served. Rev. e. c. S.
! Osgood and Miss Udall read original
poems, and an enjoyable social time
was spent.
David T. Perry, road commissioner
has reported to the state highway
commissioners, as required by law,
work to the amount of $4,000 which was
been done on the highways of Brat
| tleboro the past season, and which is
! classed as permanent work by the
state commissioners. This does not
include new walks, the grading of
hills. graveling and many other ex-
pensve repairs which may be given
in detail in the next town report.
Lawyer Frank Stowe was in Gull.
ford Saturday as counsel for the
plaintiff in the case of Henry Stowe
of Green River VS.. w. r. Bridges OF
Leyden. The suit was to recover a
balance claimed to be due on a book
account. The hearing was before
Justice F. E. Ward. who rendered
judgment for the plaintiff The de.
PENDANT pleaded in Offset for the use
of a stoneboat, and was allowed 50.
Lawyer ]. E. Gale appeared for the
defendant
o. II. Ellis and Charles Henkel. who
hold a mortgage given by T. Frank
! Turner on the personal property in
the Brattleboro House, will sell the
property by auction next Tuesday
afternoon at l o'clock, Deputy Sheriff
F. w. Mcclure acting as auctloneer
unless it is redeemed before then by
the payment OF Turner's note for the
amount of the mortgage. The prop
erty includes all the furniture, house
hold and hotel furnishings, groceries
stock in trade. etc. The sale will
take place at the hotel.
Several young men of the village
have taken the initiative in a move
ment to get up a number of dances
during the winter months, to be held
at the Brooks House, and to be known
as the Brattleboro assemblies. The
series, If arranged, will begin with a
Thanksgiving dance, and will be fol
lowed by a New Years dance, with
three others later on. Other Con
necticut valley towns support such
assemblies, and it is felt that series
properly carried out here would dc
much to cultivate and sustain the
social life of the village.
In its report of the recent meeting
of the national Congregational council
in Portland, Me-, the Congregation
alist said in its last issue: THE devo
tional service, which at $50 broke the
run on business, was led by Rev. Vim
II. Manse of Lincoln, Neb. and among
those who offered prayer were Rev
II. r. Miles of Brattleboro Vt, and
Rev. F. n. White of Sioux City. Ia
These three typical younger clergy
men revealed a fine strain of spiritual
vision and power, which some pessi
mists believe is extinct among the re
cent graduates of the seminaries."
Ten candidates were out for prac
tice Tuesday night for the basket bal
team which is to be organized at the
Y. NJ. c. A. Further practice will be
held next Tuesday night. The pros
poets are for a strong team. The can
didates include nearly all of last years
team as we'll as some new material
among the leading candidates being
Ferriter, Tufts. Monroe, E. Cundiff, l.
Cundiff, Ellis, Langille, Woodland, Stat
ford. Walker and others. A game
with the Holyoke st. Jeromes ha.
been scheduled for Nov. &c, and CORE
spondence is in progress between the
teams at Keene. Vermont Academy
North Adams, Montpelier seminary
Millers Falls, Chicopee, Cushing acad
envy and other strong teams. Arthur
Monroe has been elected captain of the
team, Secretary Wilson manager anC
! Tufts assistant manager
The marriage of Miss Dorothy
Estella Cray to Arthur Chesleigh Bar
of Manchester, n. H.. took place a
the home of the brides parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William II. Cray, at II
o'clock Wednesday morning in tn,
presence of the members of the tive
families. Rev. II. r. Miles, pastor o
the Centre Congregational church, per
formed the ceremony, using the rims
service. The bride wore a travelling
gown of brown broadcloth, will
brown panne velvet and white broad
cloth trimmings, and a black tailor
made hat. She carried a largt
bouquet of Parma violets. Mr.. anC
, Mrs. Barr left on the 1925 train To-
, New York and Washington before re
turning to Manchester, where the!
will live. Mr.. Barr is connected will
the city division of the Mancheste
postoffice. which position he has hell
for nine years, and is one OF Man
chester's best known young men. TIL,
bride is a graduate of the Swantol