Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-19

ago has been found to be Patrick Winn,
who is employed at the snath shop of
Derby & Ball. He found 1t slipped under
the railing between Canal street and the
canal and left 1t at the market of Lowell
& Shedd. The point where 1t was found
was just north of the A. II. Brown block.
There is considerable talk upon our
streets the past few weeks of the neces-
sity of the village erecting a more COM
modious and presentable structure to ac-
commodate the different village offices,
lookup and storage. The present build
ing between Canal and Rockingham
streets is entirely inadequate and in
tumble-down condition throughout About
$4,000 to 100000 would give much better
condition, meaning a tax of from 6 per
cent. to 10 on the grand list.
John a. Thwing has sold the milk route
which he has conducted in the village the
past 10 years. The trade was made
month ago, or more, and will take effect
Jan. l. The purchaser Is Robert Foster,
who for the past two years has run
the Brosnahan milk route, and has thus
become familiar with the business and
the people of our village Mr.. Thwing
is one of the oldest milk dealers here
In point of years of service. He will
give his attention to his dairy and farm
work, furnishing milk to Mr.. Foster
= The annual meeting of the Rocking
ham Town Sunday School association
was held Sunday evening at the Con-
gregational church with a full house.
The meeting was opened by a praise SER
vice led by b. Il. Merriam. Reports
were given from the ten schools of the
town. The membership of the schools
has remained about the same as in the
previous year, with the exception of the
Methodist church. which shows an in
crease The address of the evening was
given by Hamilton F. Conant of Boston,
superintendent of the Massachusetts,
Sunday School association upon general
Sunday school work. officers elected
FOR the year were as follows: President
Fay Fuller of Saxtons River; secretary
and treasurer, j. A. Pierson of Bellows
Falls; vice president. the superintend-
ents of the town Sunday schools.
There will be special Christmas music
Sunday morning in the Universalist.
| Methodist Baptist and Congrega tional
| churches. In Emmanuel church special
music for Christmas-tde will be rendered
| Christmas morning and the Sunday fol-
/ lowing. At the Congregational church
| children's Christmas service will follow
the morning service, in place of the Sun
day school. next Sunday. In the even
| ing the cantata, 1.-THE Word Made Flesh -
will be rendered. At ST. Charles's and
st. Peters churches midnight mass will
be held and fine musical programs given
| At Emmanuel church a carol service will,
be given at Christmas eve. followed BY
a supper for the children and a Christmas
tree, The children of the Baptist church
will also be given a supper followed by
short exercises and a tree The Sunday
schools of the Congregational and Metho.
dist churches will have their trees Christ
mas eve, and the Universalist church
Christmas night.
Dares D. Hall, who Is the son of Her
bert n. Hall. and who was born a.
Rockingham % years ago. is now privat,
clerk of the superintendent of the ele
waited division of the Boston street rail
way system. He entered the service o.
the West End street railway-the prede
cessor of the Boston elevated railwa,
company. which now operates the entir,
street car system of Boston as well a!
most of its suburbs-in 1898 as time
keeper for the road department of tn
Cambridge division. Later he was pro
NOTED to be private clerk to the superin
tendent of the same division, and a littl
more than n year ago was transferred L
the offices of the elevated system proper
Besides himself and his father, who 1
starter at the River street station II
, Cambridge there are two other member
of Mr.. Halls family in the employ O
the Boston elevated. His uncle ". Nj
Hall, is starter at Harvard Square, Cam
bridge, and his brother. II. " Hall, 1
clerk of the road department in the Cam
bridge division.