Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-17
PICENTX BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY JANUARY IT, 1902.

The annual election of officers of
the Congregational Sunday school will
take place next Sunday morning
The annual meeting of the Bratte-
horo Gas Light company will be held
next Monday evening in the Office of
c. f. Thompson.
Save the schools Of Boston from
fanaticism and fossilism, prayed
Rev. f. W. Spraguc at the opening of
the school board in Boston a few days
ago.
The local Office of the American En-
press company has been authorized
by the president Of the company to
issue express money orders free of
charge for the transmission of funds
for the Mckinley memorial.
Mrs. Jennie b. Powers Of Brat
tleboro. agent of the Vermont Humane
society, received this week a check
for 500 enclosed in letter from a
Vermont woman not many miles a
way who stated that she had just
been informed that Mrs Powers was
engaged in protecting stock from
cruel treatment and asked that the
money be used in carrying ont that
work
Deputy Sheriff A. Starkey will con
duct a sale in the Vinton building at
10 o'clock Jan. % to satisfy claims of
jewellers. and W. II. NintOn of Brattlc-
boro against Henry w. Marcus. whose
ieWerry swindle was exposed in The
gp,.,Yg1 no sti l.
llcs for sale. as given i'm the legal no.
ticc of the sale. are dry goods, fancy
goods. fixtures. paste board boxes, and
dry goods boxes.
\ regular meeting of the Professions
al club was held in the Brooks House
last evening with large attendance.
Supper was served as usual after
which DR.. IL. l.. Waterman read a pa
per on The Modern Physician and
His Relations to the Public" The
paper was somewhat speculative in
character. containing suggestions as
to what the public relation of the mod
ern physician should be rather than
dealing with the conditions as they
exist at the present time. The sug-
gestions were good ones. too. and
there are indications that some of
them will be realized in due time. One
suggestion was that a cabinet office
should be created for secretary of
public health. with a sanitary expert
at the head Another was that public
school children be examined regularly
| by physicians and still another was
that candidates for marriage be re
quired to submit to physical eXamina-
ton. Brisk discussion of the subject
| followed the paper, J. L. Martin tax
ing the lead
The annual business meeting of the
Grange Store was held Tuesday after
noon with a good number of stoCkhold-
| ers present. The report of the trade
| for the past year showed an unusually
| large volume of business, amounting
to about $4,000. which is about $4,000
more than for the previous year. \
dividend of five per cent on the
stock was declared and a dividend of
six per cent on the members trade.
The store is in a better condition
than it has been at any time since it
was moved to its present quarters.
and the prospect was never so good
as now. Officers were elected as fol
| lows: Directors. T. j. b. Cudworth.
| O. 7. Ware A. Marshall c. S. Hop
| kins and J. c. Dewitt auditors. w.
| II. Bracket. NJ. l. Reed and G. +.
Crowell. Following the meeting of
the Grange Store the annual meeting
of the Grange Block association was
held. A dividend of three per cent
on the stock was declared and these
officers were elected: Directors. T.
J. b. Cudworth, w. F. Goddard, w. f.
Banks, p S. Eames and NJ |. Reed ::
auditors. W II. Bracket, NJ |. Reed
and f. f. Mather.