Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-17

Mrs. Charles Harris of West Brat
tieboro will be celebrated at their
home tomorrow, Saturday.
w. e. Haskell now has as assistants
in the pipe work at the Estey Organ
factory r. Busby. r. Blomberg and II
win Heckroth, all from Philadelphia.
The listers are making progress
with their work which has proceeded
sufficiently already to show an in
crease of over 100000 in the grand
list.
The Congregational Sunday school
voted Sunday to equip the Sunday
school which is being organized in
the Union church in Vernon with
hymn books.
Charles r. Crosby and G. F. r. Jen-
ne have ueen drawn as petit JURORS
and s. w. Edgett and j. E. Hall as
grand JURORS for the coming SESSION of
the United States court in Windsor.
The last meeting of the Woman's
club this season will be held at the
home of Mrs. Herbert Clark in West
BrattleborO tomorrow afternoon. A
large attendance is urged as there is
business of importance to be trans
acted.
A professional golferfrom the Wright
& Ditson establishment will come to
Brattleboro next week to lengthen the
courses, direct the building of the
| greens and to have general charge of
other improvements on the grounds of
| the Wantastiquet Golf club.
Rev. E. Q. S. Osgood. Charles II.
Pratt and Mrs. Charles Warder were
| appointed delegates last Sunday to
represent the Unitarian churcn of this
town at the annual meeting of the
American Unitarian association, to be
| held in fremont Temple, Boston, on
| Tuesday, May p.
Tommy Guiheen, the young profess
sional base bail player, left this morn
| ing for Nashua, n. H., where he will
| join the Bangor team against Nashua
| in the opening game Of the New Eng
| land league today. He has not signed
a contract, and is undecided as to
whether he will play with Bangor reg
| ularly.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hope of Brattleboro
| has been granted, through the agency
of Col. John Hunt. an original pen
sion of IS per month An original
pension has also been secured for
! Thomas Hill of Vernon, and an in
! crease has been issued in favor of Mil
ton H. Davis, lately of Mortified,
Mass.
The annual meeting of the Rural
! Improvement association will be held
at the Brooks House Monday evening,
May 20, 1901 at 7.3O for the election
of officers and any other business that
may come before this meeting
| Everyone interested in the work of the
society is requested to be present.
The girls of Miss Ruth Sawyer's
class in the Methodist Sunday school
| gave their teacher a surprise visit
| Monday evening and presented her
with a group photograph of the class.
| The evening was spent in a pleasant
| way and refreshments, carried by the
| girls, were served. The occasion was
Miss Sawyer's birthday anniversary.
The Epworth League observed its
18th anniversary Sunday evening by
a special service in the Methodist
church at o'clock. A program of
- parts was rendered by u person.
| including members of the junior
League. The pastor made both fav-
orable and adverse criticisms of the
league at the request of the league
members. The service closed with
a conservation and altar service.
James Bagg of Brattleboro, a sophie
more in Wesleyan university, who has
won several prizes as a sprinter. fin
ished third in the 220 yard dash in
the dual games Saturday, in which
Wesleyan defeated Trinity by a score
of 6S % to 81 1-3 points Wesleyan
has entered Bagg as one of her rep
resentatives in the 100, 220 and 44O
yarG dashes in the national intercolle-
giate meet.
Brattleboro people and others from
this section who intend to visit the
Pan American exposition at Buffalo
will be interested to know that Mrs.
F.. J. c. Clary has undertaken the
management of a summer lodging
house for exposition guests. The
house, which is known as The Stew
art" is conveniently located at No.
90 Nineteenth street, and is accessible
to lie car lines running to the expo
stion grounds.
A meeting for the purpose of form
ing a local Old Home Week associa-
ton will be held in Festival hall to-
morrow evening at 100 o'clock to
which all citizens and former citizens
OF the town are invited. a notice
to this effect has been posted, signed
| ny W. IL mum, chairman VI lle
board of selectmen, and W. S. Newton,
town clerk, under the authority of the
constitution and bylaws of the Yer
mont Old Home Week association. A
large attendance is desired.
a horse driven by Miss Louise
| Canor of West Dummerston became
! frightened at an electric car near
! WllcoX's store Tuesday afternoon and
SHE'D, running the carriage against
some barrels in front of the store.
! Miss Canon was thrown to the ground
and was severely bruised, the wheels
OF the carriage passing over her. The
! horse started to run, but was caught
| easily Miss Canon was taken into
! John Galvin's store and in a short
time was able to drive home.
The annual meeting o. the stock
! holders in Morningside cemetery was
! held Monday evening in the office of
Dr.. c. S. Clark. These officers were
! elected: President, Dr., S. L. Lawton;
! vice president, Gen. J. j. Estey; secre-
! tary, Miss S. E. Clark of West Brat
! tleboro; treasurer, Dr. c. S. Clark of
! West BrattlebOro; auditor, S. B. EN-
! erson; directors, Dr.. Lawton, Gen Els
| tey, Judge II. H. Wheeler, Maj F. W.
! Childs and Dr.. Clark. The work of
! grading and beautifying the grounds
was considered and it was decided to
continue the Improvements already
! begun TO bring water to the memorial
fountain and TO beautify the grounds
| according to plans recently furnished
| by a Boston landScaDe gardener