Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-18

LAWYER Clarke c. Fits will lead the
o'clock meeting in the Y. NJ. C. A.
rooms next Sunday.
; Henry II. Brown has bought of War
rem G. Doolittle "a acres of meadow
land adjoining the south side of
the farm which Mr.. Brown has owned
some time on the old ferry road.
A meeting of the bailiffs and board
of civil authority will be held in the
Office of Bacon & Hooker Saturday,
MAY 3, at 100 o'clock to make neces-
sary changes in the check list to be
used at the village meeting No
changes can be made after that date.
Manager Foxs next attraction in
the Auditorium will be Thomas JEFF
ferson in RIP Van Wrinkle" which
will presented next Tuesday evening.
Mr. jefferson is heralded as a worthy
successor to his illustrious father,
Joseph jefferson, who made rip Van
Wrinkle" famous.
David T. Perry has been in East
Putney recently as an expert road
builder at the request of the Putney
selectmen to estimate the cost of a
mile or more of new highway which
will be necessitated by the extension
of the Boston & Maine double track
from Westminster to East Putney
Thomas Jefferson, who will be the
attraction at the Auditorium Tuesday.
evening. April %, in rip Van
Wrinkle" has made tour of the Pa
ciic Coast this season meeting with
success wherever he has been seen
He has now become one of the stand
ard attractions of the theatrical pro-
fession.
From sire to son the name of JEFF
ferson and RIP Van Wrinkle" will
always live as Mr.. Thomas Jefferson
it is said. has been so successful as
that lovable vagabond. rip" that he
can continue playing it on for years
to come. the theatre going public new
or firing of dear old RIP" and his
dog Schneider Mr.. Thomas JEFF
ferson will be seen at the Auditorium
Tuesday evening, April %, in Wash
ington lrving's masterpiece entitled
rip Van Wrinkle" surrounded by a
company of unusual merit.
The Wilmington Times strongly en-
dorses the movement for the removal
of the county shire to Brattleboro
Speaking for the people of Wilmington
and vicinity it says: The Times be-
lieves that the people of this section
will favor the change to Brattleboro
by an overwhelming majority, assum-
ing that Brattleboro is willing to stand
the expense and this condition will of
course be incorporated into the bill
providing for the change. as the town
of Brattleboro will not be in position
to take action on the subject until the
legislature endorses the plan
Road Commissioner Eames has this
week put in a 15-inch tile for surface
drainage from the corner of Ninton
building to point near the engine
house on South Main street. He will
continue the tile up the hill from time
to time as his appropriations allow.
He also has laid a Pinch tile in the
same ditch to a point near the corner
of Young's grocery store, thence west
erly in a separate ditch to point near
GuellOw's barber shop. These tiles
are combinations of tiles which Mr..
Eames laid from Milestone bridge to
the present starting point when he
was road commissioner a few years
ago.
Rev. r w. Lewis. the new Meth
odist pastor in Brattleboro. will prob
ably occupy the pulpit in the church
here next Sunday. Mr.. Lewis was
born in MiddleseX, this state. Oct. q,
| 1852, but went to live in Massachu-
setts at an early age and his educa-
ton was obtained largely in that state.
He was admitted to the Vermont con
ference in 1879. beginning on one of
the small charges. The past dozen
years he has filled the important
pastorates in Barton. Bradford and Bel
lows Falls. He has wife and three
daughters. The eldest daughter is
now completing the second year of
teaching in Bradford Academy.
A meeting of the Windham county
physicians was held in the BROOKS
House Tuesday forenoon for the pur
pose of organizing a county medical
| society in accordance with plan of
the American Medical society. which
is to have a society organized in every
county throughout the country. There
was a good representation in attend
ance and the plans were talked over
to some length. An organization was
formed and officers We're elected to
continue in Office until September
when the annual meeting will be held.
President, DR.. f. r. Campbell of Bel
lows Falls; vice president, DR.. F. l..
Osgood of Townshend; secretary. Dr.
G.. r. Anderson of Brattleboro: treas
urer, DR.. A. l. Miller of Brattleboro;
censors, DR.. j. S. Hill of Bellows Falls,
DR.. l.. H. Gillett of Wilmington and
DR.. c. S. Pratt of Brattleboro.
Miss Helen E, Coolidge died at the
home of her brother. eX-Congressman
F. S. Coolidge, in Fitchburg, Mass,
April g. She was born in Westmin-
ster, Mass, Christmas day, 1S4S Most
of her active life was spent with her
elder sister, Mrs H. A. Cutler, in Brat
tleboro, and in Detroit and Grand
Haven, Mich. Her home was in Brat
tleboro 10 or Is years. and she went
from here about 20 years ago. She
united with the Universalist church in
Brattleboro. and wherever her lot was
cast she was active in church work
and her earnest, self-denying nature
won her the esteem and love of a
large circle of friends Rev. DR.
Moses II. Harris who was pastor of
the church in Brattleboro when Miss
Coolidge joined it, officiated at the
funeral, assisted by Revs. w. o. Con-
ard and Abram Conklin. Rev. DR.
Harris paid sincere tribute to her
beautiful Christian life.
Beauseant Commandery, X. T.,
elected the following officers at the
annual conclave Wednesday evening: