Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-03
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, JANUAR


salist church and society will be held
in Festival hall Jan. 80
The chiefs of Quonektacat tribe of
Red Men will be raised up next Friday
evening by Deputy Great Sachem c.
4. Miles
The annual meeting of Company l.,
First regiment, Vermont National
guard, will be held in the company
headquarters next Thursday evening.
A regular meeting of the w. c. T..
u. will be held with Mrs. Chamber
lain on Elliot street next Wednesday
afternoon. Jan. g. \ full attendance
is requested.
The Sunday services at the Home
for the Aged and Disabled will be con
Quoted during the month of January
by Rev. Mr.. Mathison, of the Epis-
copal church.
The ladies of the Univorsalist church
have engaged the Ladies' Symphony
orchestra Of Athol to furnish music
for the concert and dance at their an
nual fair Jan. 80.
Arthur Lewis Winchester 5-weeks-
old son of Archie c. and Mabel A..
Winchester, died yesterday. The
body was placed in the vault in Morn
ingsde cemetery today.
The second term of Mrs. Baldwin's
dancing classes will open tonight in
Grange hall at 80 The children's
class will be held from to : tomor-
row. a social will follow each class.
S. w. Kimbau. clerk of BrattlebOro
school district No . began this week
taking the enumeration of children of
school age throughout the district.
The school age is from > to II years,
inclusive.
The Sedgwick post, c. A. r.. met
Wednesday night and voted to
accept the invitation of the Woman's
Relief corps to hold joint installa-
tion of officers with them next Thurs
day evening
Ernest Thayer of Vernon. the young
man who was SO horribly mutilated
several weeks ago by being drawn
against circular saw. is making good
progress toward recovery in the hos
pital in Greenfield.
Three Chinese boys who have been
in Newfane Jail were given a hearing
before Judge Wheeler Wednesday in
the Office of Waterman & Martin and
were discharged. They had been or
dered depOrted by Commissioner
Young of Newport and had appealed.
The December receipts of the Brat
tlebOrO postofice. not including the
money order receipts were the larg-
est in the history of the office. The
total receipts from the sale of stamps.
cards. etc, was S26G4.i9 In the year
1900 the receipts wer A243S.53. and in
the year 1899 they were S1953.51.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Audubon society will be held with
| Miss jeanette Howe. Harris Place.
Monday evening. Jan 6. at $50. The
program will consist of a report of the
| 10Th Congress of the American Orni-
biologists union, report of the Florida
State Audubon society and some ac-
IA,
New York city.
e. B. Bissell of Washington street
| has brought an ejectment suit against
| d. Jacobs and NJ. Bugbee of East
Putney. claiming damages in the sum
of $500 Mr.. Bissell owns a house and
lot situated near the Putney meadows,
which is occupied by the defendants.
| He claims that the defendants broke
| open the door and took possession of
the place and refused either to vacate
or to pay rent The suit is returna-
able at the March term of the Wind.
ham county court and is brought
through H. G. Barber, attorney.
The record of vital statistics kept in
the town clerks Office shows that in
the year 1901 there were 1876 deaths in
Brattleboro, which TALES with the rec.
ords kept by the local undertakers
OF these sc took place at the Brattle
boro Retreat, leaving an even 100 as
a basis of comparison with the birth
rate. Eighty-seven of the 1876 people
who died were 80 years old or over
| .olAlS 1--WE were OU Ut over, ~ were
70 or over; % were so or over. and
six were 80 or over. Nine were less
than 10 years old. The record OF
births shows that SO children We're
| born during the year. "A males and 80
| females.
Christmas entertainment was held
by Branch No. of the international
Sunshine society at the Home for the
Aged last Friday. Miss Cox, Miss
Tuthill and Mr.. Barnes, of the man
dolin club. with Miss Spear at the
piano, played delightfully."- at intervals
| during the afternoon. Miss Daven
port, with monograph, contributed
to the enjoyment Mrs, f. d. Whit
ney and Miss Emma Gregg read hui
morous selections, which were fully
appreciated. The singing of a mum
Der of songs by Mrs. Harriet Brasol
Pratt was a bit of sweet melody fit
ted to go with sunshine to every heart
They were enjoyed and will be lone
| remembered. Tea was served dur
ing the afternoon. After supper the
gifts from the beautiful Christmas
tree were distributed among the in
mates of the Home, and the words o.
appreciation and the happy face.
made sunshine and blessing for all.
Suit has been brought by Miles ]
Merrill of Boston, through Water