Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-16

A baptismal service was held in the |
Centre Congregational church Sunday |
morning.
Fort Drummer Royal Arch chapter |
worked the Royal Arch degree on sew
eral candidates Wednesday evening.
John Buckley of Bangor, Maine,
has leased the Edgewood hotel, in the
Waite district, and will open it this
week.
A. /. Perham, whose hand was cut
on a circular saw at the Estey organ
factory July 23d, was able to return
to his work this week.
Rev. George B. Lawson of Benning-
ton, who has recently been called to
Worcester, preached in the First Bap-
fist church Sunday in the absence of
Rev. F. E. Marble.
Brattleboro Y. M. G. A. was beaten
in an exciting game Of base ball at
Bellows Falls Saturday, 2 to /. The
score is given in full in the Bellows
| Falls correspondence.
DR.. c. G. Wheeler was elected Sec
rotary of the Methodist Sunday school
to succeed Harry Kimball, who re-
Gently went to Clyde o., to work for
One of the attractions of the Old
Home Week celebration in Winches-
! ter, N. H., tomorrow will be a base
ball game between Winchester and
Brattleboro Y. NJ. c. A. teams.
The local society of Colonial Danes
met Saturday to make further plans
for the annual meeting of the state
| society, which will be held in Brattle-
boro during the first week in October.
The plans made were not of public
nature.
The Baptist chapel is being reno
waited and retinted by the painters
this week and a new carpet is being
laid. The ladies' society will pay the
expenses of the improvements and
funds for buying the carpet were rails
ed by subscription.
The Stacy and Larrabee reunion
will be held at the home of E. N. Lar
rabee in Greenfield Mass. August 81.
poned to the following day. All are
cordially invited. 1t is hoped there
will be large attendance.
Fred C. won his third consecutive
race in straight heats within ten days
at Worcester Friday in the 2.30 class
for a purse of $780, There were five
starters and the heats were covered
> in $50, 2.2S1a, 2,27. The Boston Her
AIDS despatch said: "In the 2.3O trot
; Fred c., the favorite, could trot rings
around his field, but he allowed Dolly
Viking and Jimmy Michael to get near
enough to make it seem like race
In the pools Fred c. sold % to
against the field.
. Mildred Holland, who will play re
! turn engagement in Brattleboro in
1.-THE Power Behind the Throne" un
der the direction of Edward c. White
will begin her season of 80 weeks
! Sept. II. Frank Winter will continue
to play John Winter and Lillian Nor
> ris the Duchess Won Waldheim
, Leonard Walker will again be Mis-:
Hollands leading man. While il
Paris recently Miss Holland bought
two elegant ball gowns for use in the
: third act of the play.
4 Edward H. McLachlin. who was
5 principal of the Brattleboro Higl
5 school IL years ago, has been appoint
r ed supervisor of the public schools
: in Bath, Maine, at a salary of $140t
{ a year. Mr.. McLachlin, who is ma
tive of Peacham and a graduate o
o Dartmouth class of 'S3, went from
Brattleboro to South Hadley Falls
I Mass, as principal of the high schoo
there. Later he became supervise
!. in that place, but he has been IL
+ Bristol, Conn. for the past three o
o four years.
Another pursuit race is being ar
S ranged between two teams of loca
bicychsts, including Shaw. Miller AM
Benson on one side and Campbell
e Longueil and Johnson on the other
g The race probably will be held on tn
). Valley Fair ground track in Septem
e Der. Miller, Shaw and Campbell wer
# in the race July 4, Campbell givin
e Miller a hard fight Johnson is EN-
5, ployed by Manley brothers. Benson
l. in WAITS studio and Longueil live
S in Esteyville.
+ Thomas X. Fessenden has receive
9 news of the death of his aunt, Mrs
>. Elisha d. Smith of Menasha. Wi:
q Mrs. Smith was the widow of Elish
.. D. Smith, native of this village, VIII
n became a prominent manufacturer i
o Wisconsin. Mr.. Smith died two year
e ago. He gave the Brattleboro HON
for Aged and Disabled $4,000 and pre-
scented the city of Menasha a fin
= park. Mrs. Smith was stricken wit
: apopleXy Aug s and lived only eigh
hours, never regaining consciousness
;. She was 70 years old.
e The funeral of Mrs. Martha F
a. Howe, widow of c. L. Howe, was hel
t. at her late home on Harris Place at
d o'clock Sunday, Rev. H. r. Miles an
S. Prof. Williston Walker officiating
s. The services were impressive an
4, were attended by a large number
e The singing was by Mrs. Osgood-Dey
e ter of Philadelphia and her sistel
0 Mrs. Hanscom of Boston. The buI
n ial was in the family lot in Prospec
IS Hill cemetery, the bearers bein
s. George H. Clapp. George L. Dunbar
]. Leroy F. Adams and Henry H. ThomI
D. son deacons of the church of whic
d Mrs. Howe was so many years men
1t Der.
al George A. Brlggs's Experience with
o Fire in cIaremont.
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