Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-04-12

steel ceiling in the store of Clapp &
Jones this week
Presiding Elder w. r. Davenport
has been invited to the principalship
of the Montpelier seminary.
The meeting in the Centrevile
school house next Wednesday evening
will be in charge of Secretary G. c.
Wilson.
County Examiner Ryder of Bellows
Falls conducted teachers examina-
lions in the High school building Mon
day and Tuesday. Fourteen teach
ers took the examinations.
The railroad station is being wired
by Il. f. Harvey, an electrician en-
ployed by the Central Vermont Rail
way company, to conform to the rules
of the New England Insurance Elk
change
Frank Lafrinea, jr., went to Spring
! field, Mass, Tuesday with a string of
trotters, including j. A. Taylor's
| Thornburg and Frank s., o. II. Ellis's
| Joe d., and w. H. Minors bay horse.
| These horses will be put into racing
trim by Trainer Brennan at Hampden
| park.
The funeral of Mrs. Rachael Smith
Elmer was held at the home of her
| son, j. p. Elmer, on Frost street at
3 o'clock Sunday, Rev. H. r. Miles
| officiating. Mr.. Elmer left with the
body on the 1910 train Sunday night
| for Canton, N. Y, where services were
| held Monday in the Baptist church,
of which Mrs. Elmer was member.
call has been issued by the Repub-
| lican and Democratic town committees
| for citizens caucus to be held at FEES
tival hall Friday evening, April 10, at
8 o'clock, for the purpose of nominal
ing five bailiffs, village clerk, village
! treasurer. collector of taxes, chief en-
| gineer and auditor, to be voted for at
the annual village meeting, to be held
| Tuesday, May Z.
A copartnership was formed this
week. beginning Tuesday, between
Lawyer Robert G. Bacon, who has had
an office in Ullery building, and Law
| yer James Fisk Hooker who has had
an Office in New York city. The firm
name is Bacon & Hooker. Frederick
l.. Houghton of Putney will retain his
Office in Ullery building
Three of the present members of
Company | have served in the Philip
l
Knight-and II former members are
now soldiers there in the regular or
volunteer branch of the service-Lieut.
| j. l.. Elmer, A. V. ID. Piper, ID. G..
O'Neil, Michael Sherry. p. Mandigo,
E. W. Haskell, w. j. Ryan, A. l.. Hart
ford and Golden and Smith, two Hins-
dale boys who are in the hospital
corps.
The annual meeting of the First
Baptist church was held Monday even
ing. The reports of the various or
| CARNATIONS connected with the church
were accepted and these officers were
elected: deacons for three years, l. o.
p. Smith and l.. w. Hawley; trustee
for three years, j. j. Estey; trustee
for one year. to succeed G. S. Phillips,
resigned. S. w. Edgett; clerk, Fred S.
Knight collector, Jesse +. Haynes;
treasurer. H. b Chamberlain; auditor,
j. f. HALL two ladies to serve on the
| prudential committee, Mrs. w. +.
Banks and Mrs. NJ l.. Bruce.
A meeting of the Professional club
was held in the Brooks House Tuesday
| evening with an attendance of about
80. Supper was served, after which
paper on "Degeneracy' was read by
DR.. s. f. Lawton, superintendent of
| the Brattleboro Retreat. The paper
| dwet at some length upon the cause
| of degeneracy, showing that environ
| ment and heredity are responsible in
a large measure and gave various
other important facts, which cannot be
stated within the limits of this para
| graph The discussion was led by
Dr. II. d. Holton and was participated
in by several, including a number of
| physicians. The next meeting will be
ladies night May 40. when DR. c. S,
! Pratt will give paper on 'Stimulants
| and Narcotics
Fred w. Putnam has filed objections
to Knott 4 Blossoms discharge from
bankruptcy on the grounds that they
concealed their assets. a hearing will
be held in this matter shortly, prob
ably in Burlington. The case out of
| which this grows, is the one in which
| Fred w. Putnam of Brattleboro obtain
ed close Jail execution in Windham
county court against Knott 4 Closson
a few weeks ago. and in which Knott
| 4 ClOsson got out an injunction against
Mr.. Putnam from carrying the eXecu-
| ton into effect. The hearing on the
| bill and answer was held in Burlington
| before Judge Wheeler recently, and
| luG ueClSlOI Was llldl the luJuuCllOll,
which stayed the execution should
be sustained until Knott a Closson
should receive their discharge in bank
| ruptcy.
The annual meeting of Columbian
lodge, NO. SO, f. & A. NJ, was held
Tuesday evening. These officers were
elected: James b. Randoll, worship
full master; Frank B. Putnam, senior
warden; Anthony Schwenk, junior war
den; c. F. r. Jenne, treasurer; Z. H.
| Putnam, secretary. The elective Off
GERS and the following appointive Off
GERS were installed by Past Master
Miles Senior deacon, Fred Cressy;
| junior deacon, w. E. Hubbard; stew
ards, A. H. Coombs and p. F. Crown;
chaplain, H. E. Taylor; marshal, c. B.
Dickinson; tyler, J. A. Taylor. Suit
able recognition was made in resolu-
ton of the faithful work of E. F.
Brooks, treasurer of the lodge for over
a third of a century, who was unable
to continue longer in the position on
account of his business interests in
| Worcester, Mass.