Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-11-29

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The annual rental of pews in the !
Congregational church will be held |
next Wednesday evening at 7.30
o'clock.
The annual Thanksgiving ball for
the inmates of the Brattleboro Retreat
was held last evening, Knapp's or
chestra furnishing music.
There will be initiation and enter
tainment at the regular meeting of the
Pilgrim Fathers next Wednesday even
ing. A large attendance is desired.
Miss Kathryn Dryer entertained
the Sewing club Wednesday evening
at the home of Mrs. Thomas Foley on
Canal street. Refreshments were
served.
About 80 members of Oasis Encamp-
ment of Odd Fellows went to Spring
field this state, to attend the encamp-
ment meeting of district No. s Friday
Oasis Encampment conferred the Pa
triarchal degree.
At the next regular meeting of Pro-
tective Grange. which will be held next
Wednesday evening, a special feature
will be a paper on parliamentary rules
as applied to the Grange, given by
Lawyer John e. Gale of Guilford.
About 30 friends of Mrs. Charles
Welcome made a surprise visit Tues
day night at her home in the Leonard
building the occasion being her birth
day anniversary. Gifts of silverware.
china and furniture we're made and
the evening was spent in very pleas
ant way with games and refreshments.
There were six hearings of China
men Monday in the office Of Waterman
& Martin before Judge Wheeler. In
spector Hatch of New York and United
States District Attorney Martin APP
peared for the government and p.
McManus of Rutland appeared for the
Cinnamon. Moy Dow was the inter
prefer.
The next regular monthly meeting
of the Audubon society will be held at
the Brooks House Monday evening at
730. The society will be the guest Of
Mrs. Sidney o. Miner. The subject
for the evening will be owls" and
the program has been arranged by
Mrs. Walter ID. Stockwell of West
Brattleboro.
/ At the annual meeting of the Brattlc
boro Woman's Indian association the
following officers were elected Presi-
dent, Mrs A. c. Davenport: secretary
and treasurer. Mrs. J. NJ. Tyler. 1t was
, voted to send a barrel of Christmas
gifts and supplies TO the Indian Hos
, pital for Women and Children at Crow
, Creek, South Dakota
, Judge Wheeler rendered his de
cisions in the cases of 20 Cinnamon
: whose hearings were held before him
5 recently in the office of Waterman &
? Martin. In l3 cases the order of the
commissioner, ordering the respon-
; dents deported, was sustained. Seven
y were discharged. Thirteen more cases
, are now awaiting decision.
? An inconsiderate youth called out
j. ''al aboard at the railroad station
Wednesday afternoon after the crowd
/; who filled the depot had waited about
= 20 minutes for a late train. The
l. crowd poured out of the station ex-
l pecting to see the train, but no train
was in sight and the youth excused
. himself by stating that he had not sale
anything about any train.
S John Larrow. the barber. who is
r employed in John Bissets shop on FL.
e hot street and Miss Katherine Hig
a gins, daughter of Mrs. Mary Higgins of
! iSlllOl SllCtlB were IldIIltu III OF. MI
/ chaels Roman Catholic church at 9
r o'clock Monday morning by Rev. Pat
n rick Cunningham. John Dillon OF
: Chicopee, Mass. was best man and
Miss Mary Mcguire was bridesmaid
+ The bride was gowned in blue and
@ the bridesmaid in brown. Mr. and
= Mrs. Larrow went away on the lilo
h train for a short wedding trip. after
I which they will live with the brides
D., mother.
+ The funeral of George II. Clark was
:. held at the home of Mr.. Clark's grand
t daughter. Mrs. Gerry Messer, on High
+ street Saturday afternoon at 23C
+ o'clock. There were present a large
+ number of members Of Wantastiquet
S lodge of Odd Fellows and of Mr.
o Clark's old-time associates, members
of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, and
4 others. Rev f. Q. S. Osgood, pastor
# of the Unitarian church. officiated and
o the singing was by f. H. Miller.
n Bearers were Lewis S. Higgins, George
n z. Greene. Oscar B. Mack. George Cut
4 Ter, T. W. Bruce and w. T.. Banks and
= the honorary bearers were Grand Mas
n ter S. B. Waite of Hyde Park, Grand
v Secretary II. Z. Parker of Bradford
l. and Past Grand Masters H. C. Farral
d of Rutland and Leopold Retting o.
s Brattleboro. The burial was in Pros
6 pect Hill cemetery, where the commit
6 ment service was conducted by the
3 officers of the grand lodge, Col. Par
ker acting as grand chaplain. Mr.
q Clark was next to the Oldest pas
/, grand master in Vermont, his senior
+, being E. B. Hollister of Manchester
e The effort which has been made by
T.; the officers of the Vermont Humane
e. society to have cattle pens built soutl
j. of the local railroad station will re
i suit in an improved condition O.
e things, although it appears that theil
t desires will not be carried out in full
n The facilities for loading cattle at the
y station are very poor, and every Mon
c, day morning COWS and calves are lief
!. standing in the yard, tied to freigh
s, cars and whatever else is available fo
'e the purpose, until after the departur,
e, of the lilo train, when they are takeI
9. across the platform between the pas
senger and freight depots and loaded
" into cars on the main track. Formerly
" the cattle often received harsh treat
r. ment during the loading process, bu
Is this has been abolished to a large ey
II tent through the watchfulness of thu
Ie Humane socity. In order to provid,
* adequate facilities a petition wa
80 made tO the manapamant Of tho no Il