Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-02
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The annual business meeting of the
Y. NJ. C. A. will be held next Thurs
day.
Thomas Cain has opened a repair
and paint shop in the basement of
Ryther building.
Brattleboro High school and Turn
ers Falls nigh school have base
ball game scheduled for Saturday af-
ternoon on the island grounds.
The summer schedule for the even
ing church services went into effect
this week. Hereafter the Sunday
evening services will be held at 7.30
o'clock instead of o'clock, and the
week night services at 7.45
instead of 1870 o'clock.
A fund of $500 is being raised
among the business men of Brattle
boro for survey of the Connecticut
river, to determine the best plan and
location to develop a water power for
Brattleboro and to take the necessary
preliminary steps for securing charter,
rights and lands.
The steam shovel and part of the
gravel train used in the construction
of the double track of the Boston &
Maine railroad north of East Putney
was overturned Tuesday night by the
caving in of a clay bank The shovel
did not clear the main track, which
made it necessary to move the track
in order to allow the passing of trains.
The trustees of the Thompson fund
have engaged Miss Ferguson, stu
dent in the training school for nurses
in Waltham, Mass, to assist Miss Hill,
the district nurse. Her room is at
S. w. Edgetts on Green street. The
calls for work of this kind were more
than one person could attend to- which
in itself is an excellent testimonial to
the great amount of good that this
fund is doing.
The highest class honor of the dental
department of the Baltimore Medical
College, the gold medal known as the
faculty medal, to the student standing
the best final examination, was award
ed to Raymond S. Elmer of Brattle-
boro. The graduating exercises took
place this week. DR.. Elmer left
Baltimore last night, to engage in
practice with DR.. E. B. Allen in Nor
gantown, w. Va.
The Harvard male quartet who will
sing at the First Regiment band con-
cert May Is, sang recently in Atlanta,
Ga, and were spoken of as follows
by the Atlanta Constitution: The
singing by the quartet was declared
by many to be the finest ever heard
in this city. Too much cannot be
said in praise of it, and the entertain
ment will be long remembered by the
people of Atlanta"
The members of the Methodist
parish held an informal reception in
the church Wednesday evening in or
der to hasten acQuaintanceship with
the new pastor and his wife, Rev
and Mrs. F. W. Lewis. The neigh
boring pastors were invited, and in
all there were about 200 people pres
ent. The evening was spent very en-
joyably. A pleasing musical program
was rendered under the direction OF
Miss Laura Leitsinger.
The w. C. T. U. held it's annual
meeting in the Methodist vestry yes
terday afternoon and elected these of
ficers: President, Mrs. A. j. Stearns;
vice presidents, Mrs. Henry Tucker
Mrs. Farnum, Mrs. Jane Reed, Mrs. j
r. Rand and Mrs. Henry Moore; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. j. S
Brown; recording secretary. Mrs.
Bardwell; treasurer, Mrs. Hemenway
auditor, Mrs. F. E. Perry. Superin
tendents: Evangelstic work, Mrs. Al
exander Allen; flower mission. Mrs
Mary Chamberlain; scientific temper
ance instruction, Mrs. F. E. Perry; so
cial purity Mrs. Trip and Mrs. Ellis
hygiene and heridity, Mrs. Ella Hill
dreth; Sunday school, Mrs. Alice Kim
ball; union signal, home guards ant
press work, Mrs. Mvra Moore litera
ture, Mrs. Louise Whitney; fair work
Mrs. r. H. Baker; rescue home work
Mrs. A. A. c. Ware.
The Brooks House barge, the mai
and express wagon and three horses
connected with the Brooks House liy
cry stable. have been bought this weel
by Daniel Brosnahan formerly drive
of the Estey truck team. Mr.. Brosna
han also leased the stable and intend
to conduct first class livery. feed an
boarding stable He is an old han
at the business, having worked min
years for ]. w. Smith when the stabl
was first opened, and having ha
charge of the Brooks House bushes
in this line when the hotel was frs
opened bv Allen & Bardwell of Ne,
York w. o. Powers sold the staDl
some time ago to H. S. Way of Peru
but on account of illness in Mr.. Way
family the trade fell through. 1t wa
then sold to r. f. Proctor of KeenC
brother of w, H. Proctor. Mr. Proc
tor is selling the horses and equil
ment by auction today, C. P. Gilso
welding the hammer.