Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-11
BRATTLEBORo.

of contract was entered in the SUI
perior court in Greenfield this week.
The annual meeting of the Centre
congregational church will be held
this evening There will be a roll
call, followed by the serving of re-
frcshments.
Wallace Rockwell of Dummerston
Hill exhibited on the streets of the
village Monday a lynx which he
caught in a trap Saturday. The ami
NAL weighed 13 pounds.
Jacob c. Ullery. who has had
charge of the publication of the news
paper directory issued by the Pet
tengill advertising agency of Boston,
has resigned his position with that
concern and will devote his entire at
tention to his property interests.
Fort Dummer Colony of Pilgrim
Fathers will install it's officers next
Friday evening. w. c. Huntoon,
d. S. G., of Concord, N. H., will act as
installing officer. The regular bust
ness meeting will be called at
6 O'Clock. A social and dance will
be held after the installation.
Bishop Ninde, 6S, of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, who was found
dead in bed in Detroit, Mich, Thurs.
day, is remembered as the presiding
officer at a Methodist conference held
in Brattleboro, and he was also sched-
uled to preside at the next Vermont
conference to be held in April.
The Boston Transcript, in announc-
ing Rev. Samuel M. Crothers of Cam
bridge as the first speaker in a course
of lectures to be given in Steinart
hail. said: Mr.. Crothers needs no in
PRODUCTION to Boston audience.
The reading public has been charmed
with his Gentle Reader" so full of
dry wit and humor which never fails
him.
From IS to 100 children of the
Grange came together in Grange hall
Friday evening for their annual fes-
tivities. A large number of them
were accompanied by their parents
Supper was served at 6 o'clock. fol-
lowed by the playing of games and
the rendering of a program consist
ing of songs, recitations, tableauX,
| etc. Before going home each child
was given bag of candy.
The following is from the literary
letter in the Boston Transcript: AS
yet no particular purchaser has been
found for Rudyard Kipling's former
home in Brattleboro. Several pros
! pective buyers have appeared how
ever, and a sale may be effected in
the spring. Most of the furnishings
are to go with the house. Mr.. Kip
ling and his family have arrived in
South Africa, where they will spend
the winter. The writer has rented
house near Cape Town"
The Wilmington, Del, Morning News
says of the organization which will
give performances at the Auditorium
tomorrow afternoon and evening:
"Stetson's Uncle Toms Cabin com
pany gave two excellent presentations
of that sterling old drama at the opera
house yesterday. OF all tne Uncle
I : om Cabin eeppaltes, Stetson's
is the largest and best. Those who
attended yesterday were we'll pleased
with the performances. The same
company will appear this afternoon
| and evening and no doubt have big
houses.
The case against Arthur E. Carpen-
ter, formerly of Brattleboro, who has
was charged with insurance rebating
in Boston, where he has been an agent
of the Northwestern company several
vars, came up before Judge Adams Fri
day in the municipal court. The de-
PENDANT pleaded guilty. The court
| heard the evidence, tending to show
| that the person who secured the re-
bate by convincing defendant that
| another agent had offered larger re-
bate and would get the business, had
paid back the $335.50 rebated and vol
unteered to pay the fine besides. It
was also to show that Mr. Carpenter
| committed the offence under strong
pressure. The court imposed a fine
if $3.50.
T. T. Hazelwood, interstate secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian as
sociation of Vermont and New Hamp
shire, will speak at the o'clock meet
ing in the Y. NJ c. A. rooms Sunday
a preliminary service will be held at
9.45 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr.
HaZelwood is a member of the inter
state committee, which he has freed
from an Indebtedness of $500.
Through the efforts of himself and
Assistant Secretary Roby the smaller
towns in the two states have been
visited and about 40 conversions
made. At the meeting next Sunday
there will be special music by Mrs.
OXley, the gospel singer who is assist
the Baptist church.
The Boston Transcript Saturday
contained the following in reference
to an individual whose peculiar ap-
pearance and actions attracted some
attention on the streets while he was
in Brattleboro two or three years ago:
A man giving the name of Clinton A.
Dodge, Al of II Norway street, was
arrested by Inspector Morrissey of
the bank squad this noon and locked
up as insane. 1t is claimed that the
man went into the Suffolk savings
bank this forenoon and, after draw
ing out a few dollars. made more or
less disturbance because he could
not get part of it in gold. On the
way out of the bank he is said to
have frightened a female customer,
and within a few minutes he was ar
rested by the inspector who had fol-
lowed him from the post office. The
police say that Dodge claimed to have
come originally from Dodgeville,
Mass, and stated that the town was
named after one of his relatives.