Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-26

MONDAY morning.
The Y. M. G. A. basket ball team
will play in Shelburne Falls Christ
mas night, Thursday.
The Boston Sunday Globe contained |
a sketch and portrait of William Saw !
yer Newton, the veteran town clerk
James s. Clark of the Hartford
Theological seminary, a son of DR.. G. |
s. Clark, will lead the o'clock meet !
ing at the Y. M. G. A. rooms Sunday
afternoon.
There will be the usual supper for
the members of the Unitarian Sunday
school next Saturday afternoon at
Wells hall. Supper will be served at
o'clock, to be followed by Christ
mas tree and games.
The High school class of 1902 will
have a sleigh ride Friday night to the
County House at Newfane where a
supper will be served, and later the
young people will participate in a
dance which has been arranged by
the people of Newfane village.
Collections were taken in the local
churches Sunday morning for chart
table work in and around Brattleboro,
principally in the line of buying fuel
The total amounted to about 5000.
This will not be spent all at once, but
| from time to time as occasion de-
mands.
The rain Sunday washed out part
of the trestle under the narrow gauge
| railroad between Townshend and
! West Townshend, but workmen were
soon on hand to make repairs. so that
| the trains were able to cross regular
| ly. The washOut occurred at the
| same place where a large section of
! track was undermined last week.
George Whitney, the veteran trap
| per, caught a bay lynx in a trap in
West Brattleboro Monday. When he
visited the trap the lynx ran up a
tree, dragging the trap and clog after
him. Mr.. Whitney shot the lynx, but
in falling the animal lodged in the
branches of the tree so that it was
necessary to cut the tree down. The
animal weighed about 20 pounds.
The train from the north, due at
4.32 p. m, which is drawn by a Cen
trail Vermont locomotive, was delayed
in Brattleboro Monday until 740
o'clock on account of hot box on one
of the drive wheels. The passengers
| Wdlteu vi lHe sue lIdCh White lDe 10
connective was hung up in the engine
house, missing their New York con-
nection in Springfield.
From the Des Moines Register:
"Mr. Delivers speech last night will
extend the bounds of his growing
reputation. Ii will honor Iowa as
well as the strong and stalwart and
noble orator who so worthily repre-
sents the best life and noblest aspira-
tons of Iowa people, Senator Dolli-
yer will be the speaker in the Y. NJ.
c. A. star course next Wednesday
evening.
The sleet Sunday afternoon froze
to the rails of the electric railroad.
and the rain which came later also
froze rapidly. One car was four hours
in making the round trip in the after
noon, but the rails were cleared so
that schedule half-hour time was made
after o'clock. The cars were kept
running at intervals of half hour all
night in order to keep the rails free
from ice.
The Epworth League held its an
nual meeting Monday evening. and
the following officers were elected:
President, DR.. G.. G. Wheeler; vice
presidents, Mrs. c. G. Wheeler. Miss
Hattie L. Smith, Miss May Fraser
Miss Gertrude Matthews. having
charge, in the order named of the de-
partments of Spiritual Work, Mercy
and Help, Literary Work and Social;
secretary, Miss Annie Thomas; treas.
urer, C. c.. Hemenway.
St Michael's Court, Catholic Order
of Foresters. elected these officers
Tuesday evening for the coming year:
Chief ranger James c.. Sullivan; vice
chief ranger, David O'Keefe; record
ing secretary. T. A. Austin; financial
secretary. David S. Carey; treasurer
H. B. Haus; trustees, John Grady
Peter B. Lavelle and William O.
Young; delegate to the state conven-
ton in Newport in June, David S
Carey; alternate, John Grady.
The volume of Christmas business
. at the office of the American Express
, company this year has been fully up to
the average, but it has not been as
difficult to handle, having begun
earlier than usual. An express ser
vice was established on the "owl
train south at SIS o'clock in the
morning this year for the first time
which helped materially in keeping
the business cleaned up. The reg
ular Office force has been assisted by
two extra men this week
The members of the Baptist Sun
day school met in the vestry Monday
evening to give contributions for
Christmas distribution. Responding
to the call of the superintendent each
class made its offering with an ap-
propriate exercise. The amount of
provisions, ETC., received was sur.
prisingly large, one class giving nearly
three barrels of flour. The gifts will
be distributed largely in Brattleboro
and some will be sent to the fruit and
flower mission in New York. The
children of the school will be given a
supper tonight, Wednesday.
Mrs. Lucy Ann Townsend. 60, wild
ow of John e. Townsend of West Dunn
merston, died Monday in Brattleboro
of exhaustion after a long illness.
The funeral was held in West Dunn
merston this, Wednesday, morning,
Rev. N. A. Wood of West Brattleboro
officiating. The burial will be in
Meeting House Hill cemetery Mrs.
Townsend formerly lived in West
Brattleboro. She was married to the
late ]. e. Townsend, formerly mer-
chant and postmaster in West Dunn
merston, Jan. 3, 1878. She leaves a
son. J. e. Townsend, in West Dunn
merston, and daughter, Miss Abbie
l.. Townsend, in Brattleboro.