Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-12-06


Savings bank met Wednesday and de-
clared the usual semi-annual dividend
of one and three-fourths per cent.
Townshend and Putney are included
in their list of towns in which farmers
meetings will be held during the win
ter under the direction of the state
board of agriculture.
e. L. Cook was working upon a
sanding machine at J. T. Hildreth's
factory Saturday when his hand
slipped upon the sanding belt, and in
an instant the flesh of two fingers was
scraped to the bone.
Among the suits entered in court in
Springfield, Mass. this week are
those of William r. Stark and George
Vassar, both of New London, Conn.
against the Central Vermont Railway
company. Each man is suing for
$4,000.
At the last meeting of the Sunshine
society it was decided to send a Christ
mas box to headquarters to be dis
tributed by the president general,
Mrs. Alden. Any articles for children
or shuts ms" may be left at Mrs. c..
The Congregational club will OBJ
serve ladies' night next Thursday
evening in the Brooks House. Supper
will be served. after which Rev. w. p.
Jackson of Dummerston will give an
illustrated lecture on Egypt. through
which country he has travelled
Having captured a congressman,
Brattleboro now wants government
building. Her ambition is reasonable
and ought to be gratified. If her
congressman wants to wear a halo in
| the eyes of his local constituency. let
/ him bestir himself for that building
II Windsor Journal.
A union session of the Woman
/ club will be held at the Brooks House
! Monday evening. Dec. 9, by invitation
of Mrs. w. n. Thompson. The topic
for the evening is "Education,' and
/ all interested in the subject are in
vited to attend the meeting. Mr.
Whitaker will be the principal speak
/ er
The union gospel services Sunday
evenings will be held hereafter in the
Baptist and Congregational churches
/ these churches alone being larg,
enough to accommodate the audiences
The meeting next Sunday will be il
the Baptist church, with sermon by
Rev X. F. Lowe. A union prayc
meeting will be held tonight in tn,
Methodist church.
Rev. 5. J. Smith of West Halifax, re
Gently appointed toUnited States arm,
chaplaincy. has been assigned to duty
~. Tt,f Frsy-
stationed at Cebu in the Philippine
Islands. Mr.. Smith reported las
week at Fort Ethan Allen for tempo
rary duty. He will leave that pos
for San Francisco in season to sal
January LIST to join his regiment il
the Philippines
Sedgwck post, G. A. r.. held it
annual meeting Wednesday evening
and elected these officers: Com
mander, c. p. Nash; senior vice com
mander, p. j. Fenton; junior vice com
mander, c. L. Piper; quartermaster
Ornan Prescott; chaplain, f. j. Know
ton; surgeon, p. S. Chase; officer o
the day, John G. Stafford; officer o
the guard, C. NJ. Smith; delegates T.
the department encampment II. I
Titus and c. l.. Piper; alternates
Eugene Clark and C. E. Sturges.
While the prices of meat, eggs an
other necessities of life have been ad
vanced there has been no change i,
a large part of New England in tn
price Of milk. This week the Bosto
milk contractors have increased tn
price to consumers to eight cents pc
quart. and at the same time hav
marked up the payment to the farm
q ers four cents per can. In Spring
field, Mass, the wholesale price ha
been advanced one-half cent per quar-
to producers and an advance to seve
cents retail is contemplated. Their
have been advances in several othe
localities.
! Rev. DR.. C. |. Scofeld of Mortified
{ preached at the union meeting in tn
! Congregational church Sunday evel
ing from the text. Lord, What Wait
2 For?" Psalm xxx. 7. Almost the el
5 tire seating capacity of the church wa
= utilized, and the sermon appealed
= the large congregation with unusui
3 force. DR.. Scofeld said he believe
there was not person in the cOngr
CATION who did not believe that Chri
' tianity was right. Why then this he
10 itation about publicity acknowledge
, Christ? Not a single reason ca
: be given; there are many excuse
but no reason. On the othe
| hand there are many reasons why tn
r should be done Immediately. TIL
3 speaker then gave some of the re
I sons, clinching his argument cor
e pletely and effectively. That til
t sermon made a profound impressiC
S upon those who heard it was show
K by the large number who attended IL
I afteT-meeting in the vestry.