Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-12
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY, DECEM

The annual meeting of the Sunday
school board of the Methodist church !
will be held at 1870 o'clock next Mon
day evening in the Epworth League
room.
Chicken-pox has swept through the
Chase street school, and every pupil
there has now had the disease. One
day recently only ten scholars were
present.
The current number of the Metro
politan Magazine contains a picture
showing President Roosevelt address
ing 5000 people from the band stand
on the Brattleboro common.
The young ladies' of the Episcopal
church will hold a sale Of Japanese
ware in the vacant store in Retting
building the afternoon and evening of
Dec. 20. Homemade candy will also
be on sale.
The official averages of the New
England base ball league shows that
in Sc games Tommy Guiheen batted
at .24S clip, and in Ga games at
second base his fielding average was
1926. Guiheen has been reserved by
Dover for next season.
Barry Johnston, an actor. who kill
ed Mrs. Kate Hassett, an actress, in
Philadelphia, confessed on his death
bed that the two had discussed double
suicide and that during an endeavor
to force her to carry it out she shot
him and he then killed her.
The annual meeting of the Univer-
salist parish was held Tuesday even
ing, when these officers were elected:
President, James L. Martin; clerk and
treasurer, c. l.. Stickney; trustees,
C. F. Reed, f. d. Stowe and Walter
Cook; auditor, c. A. Harris.
The teachers of the Congregational
Sunday school met Monday evening
and decided to have a Christmas tree
and entertainment on Wednesday
evening the night before Christmas.
The exercises this year will be held
in the vestry as there will be tableaux
and other numbers which will require
the use of platform with curtains.
Many householders have had a try
ing experience the past week with
leaking roofs and in some cases val
liable articles have been damaged
The snow which fell Friday and Sun
day has remained upon the roofs dur
ing the extremely cold weather. The
heat from inside has melted the snow,
causing water to run through roofs
heretofore considered water tight.
G. p. w. Minis, the drummer evan
gelist," will lead the 4 o'clock meeting
in the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms Sunday. Mr..
Minis travels extensively, visiting va
rious sections of the United States,
and always sends word ahead to those
he knows, offering his services. He is
an able speaker, as those who already
have heard him in Brattleboro know.
He will be the guest of Secretary Will
, son.
James S. Henry. who has been APP
pointed to fix the compensation on all
cattle, from the government killed in
the attempt to stamp out the foot and
mouth disease. is widely known among
farmers in southern Vermont and New
: Hampshire. He is native of Cheshire
/ county. has been engaged In the cat
: tie business as drover and tradesman
at WATERFOWL many years. and owns
: with his brother fine farms In Chester
field. Owners of cattle slaughtered
! will receive 20 per cent. OF the valua-
ton fixed by Mr. Henry.
The New York Sunday Herald an
nounced the engagement of II. s.
, Taintor Of New York and Mrs. Nino
.. Hunt Hayes of Weathersfield. Mrs.
, Hayes is a horse fancier and her jump
ers and runners have taken blue rib
bons at the New York show. She is
descendant of an old and famous
Brattleboro family, Richard Morris
Hunt, the architect and William Nor
ris Hunt, the artist, being her uncles.
Her grandfather, Jonathan Hunt, of
Brattleboro died in Washington while
} a representative in Congress. Mrs.
Hayes and Mr.. Taintor were visitors
in Brattleboro during the Valley Fair,
Mr.. Taintor having charge of the fine
horses from the Evarts farm at Wind
sor. He rode Mrs. Hayes's horse,
Crusader, the winner OF the running
, races here.
Michael Lillis. 40, son of Mrs. Eliza
r Lillis, died Monday afternoon at the
home OF his brother John. on Maple
street. He was born in Brattleboro
and always lived here. having employ
ment in the Estey organ factories.
He had been i'll with consumption the
past two years. Besides his mother
he leaves three brothers, John, James
. and Thomas. The latter lives in Meri-
den, Conn. The funeral was held at
o'clock Wednesday in the Roman
Catholic church, Rev. Father Cunning
ham officiating, and the burial was in
the Roman Catholic cemetery. The
bearers were Michael Lynch, Michael
: Baker, Michael J. Baker and John
Cavanaugh. Mr.. Lillls was a member
of the Brattleboro Camp, Modern
Woodmen of America Members of
the order attended the funeral.
/ Charles L. Washer sustained horri-
bic injuries which may result fatally
in the Wilcox & White organ fac
tory in Meriden, Conn.,. Monday af-
ternoon. His left arm was torn from
the body at the shoulder, being caught
In one of the large belts. He was at
} work in the engine room and was
Strengthening one OF the belts and his
arm was caught between it and the
f1y-wheel, and before the engine could
be stopped the arna was pulled from
the shoulder. A physician was called
at once and as soon as possible Washer
|, was taken to the hospital, where his
wound was dressed. Washer has a
wife and two children. He was for
merly a well-known Brattleboro man.
, He was alive Wednesday night and 1t
was thought then he would recover
The accident caused such great dis
tress among the employees OF the fac
tory that work was suspended for the
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