Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-18

Frank Gray Ketchum of New York city
and Miss May Myers of Homecoming,
Md.
The annual meeting of the Brattle-
boro Gaslight company will be held i'm
the Office of G. F. Thompson next Mon
day evening.
The body of John Sugland, who died
Friday after being kicked by a horse,
was taken to the house of his mother
in Guilford Saturday.
when We Were Twenty-Five" is
neither tragedy, melodrama nor farce,
| but a clean, wholesome comedy, full
of laughter, with here and there
dash of pathos.
Miss Carrie H. Spaulding, %, who
died Friday from bright's disease at
the home of her sister, Mrs. f. c. Prem
tiss, in Burlington, is survived by
mother one sister and four brothers.
one of whom is c. II. Spaulding of
| Brattleboro.
S. w. Kimball, clerk of the village
| school district, is taking his annual
| census of the children of school age.
| The school age was formerly from 5
| to 20 inclusive, but the last legisla-
ture changed the law, making the age
| from to II inclusive.
Invitation is extended to the men,
| bers of st. Michaels Episcopal church
| parish to meet their new rector and
his wife, the Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. E. T.
| MathisOn, at the residence of Col. Has
kins, on Terrace street, next Monday
evening from 7.30 to 10 o'clock
The Woman's Relief corps will hold
rummage sale in the vacant store in
Retting building next week, beginning
| Monday. This will not be a denomi-
national affair, and an invitation is
extended to everybody to contribute
articles for disposal.
r. S. Childs has been in Whining
ton this week preparing for the settle
ment of the New York Life Insurance
company's policy on the life of Archie
| Kingsley, who was KILLED in the rail
road accident last Friday. Mr.. Kings
| ley was also insured in the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers.
The late John w. Curtice of Hins-
dale, Mass, whose death in Washing
ton d. c., was recorded in The Phoenix
two weeks ago, made several indivi-
dual requests in his will, and in addi-
| ton left $4,000 for the establishment of
the Curtice library fund, the income to
| be used in buying books for the library
in Hinsdale.
A trade was made Saturday by the
| selectmen and G.. T.. Gilman whereby
the pair of town horses which has
| been used by Road Commissioner
Perry was exchanged for pair of bays
owned by Mr. Gilman. One of the
town horses had been ill two weeks
and the selectmen ordered - it shot.
but Mr.. Gilman, believing he could
save the horse, offered to furnish a
new pair for $3.50 and the old pair,
which offer was accepted.
Judges Colt, Webb and Brown in the
United States circuit court of appeals.
at Boston Tuesday, affirmed the judg-
ment of the circuit court convicting
Joel G. Tyler of Leominster of alb
stracting some $4,000 of the funds of
the Safety Fund National bank of
F'itchburg and sentencing him to Jail
for five years. The defendant claim
ed that the 10th count of the indict-
ment on which he was found guilty
was defective, but the court holds not.
On complaint of the selectmen of
Hinsdale, Officers Kinds and Metcalf
made one of their little midwinter
pleasure trips to the Island brewery
on Friday evening, and found the per-
ennial flow of beer at this favorite re-
sort undated; therefore they gave
the ostensible proprietor, Tom" Cum
mings, an urgent invitation to appear
before Judge Howe in the police court
on Monday. Fine and costs amounted
to $62.22.
The annual meeting of the corpora
tors of the Brattleboro Savings bank
was held in their rooms yesterday
forenoon. These officers were elect
ed: President, f. L. Waterman; vice
president, +. X. Barrows; treasurer
G. A. Harris; assistant treasurer, j. C.
Dewitt; trustees, H. H. Wheeler, f. K.
Barrows, l.. +. Adams, S. e. Lawton,
E. w. Melendy, +. L. Waterman, c. w.
Wyman, H. p. Wellman, j. l.. Martin,
j. Harry Estey and c. A. Harris;
board of investment, F. X. Barrows, l..
f. Adams, E. L. Waterman, c. w. wy
man and c. A. Harris. The annual
corporators' dinner was served in the
Brooks House at 2 o'clock.
An impressive service was held in
the Roman Catholic church Tuesday
evening-the blessing of two statues,
one of st. Anthony, the other of the
Sacred Heart. The service was at
tended by large audience. 1t open
ed with the Rosary, which was follow
ed by the blessing of the statues by
Rev. Father Corcoran of Manchester,
N. H. Rev. Father Corcoran then de-
livered an excellent address and eXpla-
nation of the ceremony, showing that
it is not the images themselves but
what they represent that is wor-
shipped by Roman Catholics. The
benediction was asked by Rev. Father
Mccarthy of Brooklyn. One of the
statues was bought by the st. Ce-
ella Altar society and the other was
donated by a friend. They are over
four feet in height.
A volume called CIRCUITS Miscella-
neous Pamphlets by Rev. Lewis Grout,
has been presented to the Free Library
by it's author. 1t opens with a mono
graph on the origin and early life of
Brattleboro written with true historic
insight into the events, habits and
morals of the past. 1t should be read
by those who love to be made more
proud of the ancestry of our village
The volume contains some of Mr.. |
CIRCUITS pro-Boer writings on tue Afri- |
can war. Upon this question he is
one of the highest authorities. has a
vigorous and pleasing style, and his |
residence of fifteen years as a mission |
airy in Natal gives to his writings a
personal relish that nothing else could. |
The book contains also matter on the |
history of the Congregational church, |
an outline of a golden wedding and |
occasional sermons.