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

ming.
The Murray club is planning for
valentine party to be held early in
! February
The annual meeting of the Carpen-
ter Organ company will be held next
| Wednesday.
The 9S club met last evening with
| Mr.. and Mrs. T. Aher for the first
time this season. The club was re-
organized and 7. A. Austin was elect
ed president.
The annual meeting of the Valley
Fair will be held at the Brooks House
Friday, Jan 25tn.
Miss Kitty Phillips had the thumb
of her right hand badly jammed Sat
urday by being caught between two
wheels at the hosiery factory.
About IS persons attended the fish
and oyster supper in the Congrega-
tional vestry Wednesday night, not
withstanding the severe storm.
II. W. Sargent installed the officers
of Dummerston Grange Tuesday even
! ing and those of Broad Brook Grange
in Guilford Center Wednesday even
! ing.
The sale of reserved seats for
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| open at the box Office of the Audito-
rum Wednesday morning Jan. 20, at
s o'clock
The Fessenden Helping Hand soci-
! ETY. will meet with Mrs. c. H.Thomp-
! son Thursday afternoon, Jan. "a, at
| 2.30, to sew for their Easter sale
which is to be held April LIST.
The Twentieth Century club were
! DO m
! Austin Wednesday evening Next
! Wednesday evening the club will meet
with Miss Margaret Austin, Elliot
street.
The evening session of the Woman's
club will meet with Miss Lillian New
ton on Thomas street Wednesday, con-
tinuing the subject Japan. Mrs. H. X.
! Whitaker will read a paper on Japa-
nese literature.
Judge II. II. Wheeler is holding
court in New York two weeks. An
order has been issued for a special
term of the United States district
court, to be called at Rutland Feb 4
at ? p. m.
Mrs. Harriet Brasor-Pratt has been
engaged to assist the choir of the Uni
versalist church, beginning next Sun
day. The pulpit will be occupied on
that day by Rev. Albert Hammatt, pas
tor of the Universalist church in Bel
| lows Falls.
stage Coach and Tavern Days"
book written by Alice Morse Earle,
contains a half tone picture of the sign
board of the old Hayes Tavern in West
! Brattleboro, besides numerous other
! pictures of sign boards and taverns
which once were in use in the Connec-
! ticut valley.
The large elevator in the Taft build
ing on Flat street fell from the fourth
story Wednesday, after it had been
raised there by Michael Henessey,
and the load of household goods be-
longing to his daughter, Mrs. Goodrich
which was loaded on it. was badly
smashed.
The annual meeting of the Assocat-
ed Charities was held Wednesday af
ternoon with the treasurer, Mrs. j. NJ
Tyler. The reports showed that
$l200S had been expended during the
year in assisting Is families where
there was serious illness. The items
of expenditure included for nursing,
$31.50; services of an occulist, $40;
medicine S23.47; fuel, $22.49; food,
24.22; clothing, $40. A long dis
cussion was held over the need of a
hospital and day nursery in Brattle-
boro, which was considered very ur-
gent
The Murray club had an evening de-
voted to James Russell Lowell Wednes-
day at the Universalist vestry. The
program included piano solo by Miss
AnnieWarner; short biography of the
authors life by John Tasker; poems
read by Mrs. Lucy Whitney, Mrs. S.
w. Edwards and Miss Mabel Aplin.
Mr.. Marvin read The Present Crisis"
and made a few remarks. The latter
part of the evenings entertainment
took the form of an authors party,
characteristics of the authors being
given and the people present attempt
ing to supply the names.
Lawyers e. w. Gibson and A. F.
Schwenk went to Chesterfield Factory
this morning as contending counsel in
the case of the state against Charles
Hills of Chesterfield, who is charged
with aggravated assault against Hattie
NJ. Davis. Mr.. Gibson is counsel for
the state and Mr.. Schwenk for the
respondent, 1t is claimed that Hills
drove to the Davis house and at
tempted TO induce Pole, who is en-
ployed there, to go out of the state.
Mrs. Davis interfered, and it is claim
ed that Hills took a gun from the bot
tom of the wagon and discharged it
over Mrs. Davis's head in order to
brighten her. 1t is understood that
the defense will attempt to show that
the Pole would not go with Hills be-
cause the latter had a gun and that
for that reason Hills discharged the
gun. Hills formerly lived in Brattle-
boro. \