Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-22

Lucien Howe has been engaged as or
ganist at the First Baptist church.
All the clothing stores will be open
next Friday night, but will close at l
O'Clock Memorial day.
The ladies association of the Congre-
gational church will hold a supper in the
vestry week from next Thursday.
The annual meeting Of the Rural Inn
pro1ement society will be held at the
Vermont Savings bank Tuesday evening,
May %, at 80 o'clock
\ movement is on foot to organize a
union among the Brattleboro clerks, not
to affect their salaries but to protect
their interests along other lines
poor decrepit horse was taken off the
street Saturday by Mrs Jennie b. Powers
and shot The owner claimed to be from
Hoosick, y. Y, hut his name was not
learned
The program Of the Womans Foreign
/ Missionary society Of the Methodist
/ church FOR the meeting which will be held
next week will be prepared by Mrs. A. G.
Allen and Mrs. George l.. Shuts.
/ At the Congregational church in West
/ Brattleboro the pastor will preach sun
day a 1870 q. III. and 8 p. m. The sub
ject Of the prelude to the morning ser
mon viii be y Half Hour in License
Brattleboro'
/ l.. j. strong, who bought the Melrose
/ House at West Brattleboro this week.
| has applied for license of the third class
/ to sell intoxicating liquors y hearing
on the application will be held in the
seleCtncns room June 8.
\ lo-hours devotion service will begin
in St Michael Roman Catholic church
/ Monday, with high mass at O'Clock.
Rev. Father Reynolds of Bellows Falls,
Rev Father Carmody of Ludlow, Rev.
/ Father Drouin Of Woodstock and Rev.
/ Father Ling of Hinsdale will assist Rev.
Father Cunningham.
Asa Goodenough. aged about II. died in
/ llnsdale last night. He was a brother of
| H. $ Goodenough and Mrs. s. f. Foster
of Brattleboro. He also leaves widow
I Funeral arrangements have not been
made. Mr.. Goodenough was a native of
| Brattleboro and lived here until going to
/ IInsdale a few years ago.
The base ball league executive COM
mittee have engaged Holden & Martin to
I enlarge the grand stand on the ball
grounds by adding two 12-foot bents,
which will make the stand about 10 feet
/ long. The back Of the stand will be built
! up about five feet SO as to protect those
occupying the seats from the suns rays.
DR.. Holton has been in Montpelier this
the state board IT health in regard to the
water supply of that city. Wednesday
afternoon he attended the meeting of the
Vermont Homeopathic Medical society
. ana gave an informal talk on the general
subject of tuberculosis in the discussion
following one of the papers.
Congressman Haskius has been caught
! red-handed using store garden seeds in
stead of those he has scattered profusely
. among his constituents supplied by the
I government The newspaper men that
are having fun with Kit" over this
matter Will do We'll to recall the Old adage
about doctor taking his own medicine.
-[Randolph Herald and News.
The jury in the case Of r. c. Bacon
/ administrator of the Winfred Z. Randall
estate, against the New England Order
of Protection. returned a verdict in the
/ United States court in Windsor yester-
day in favor Of the plaintiff The action
was brought to recover insurance on the
life of Mr. Randall, amounting to $1,000
The will be carried to the United
States Circuit Court of appeals
The members of Beauseant Comman-
derry. knights Templar. attended, in full
, uniform, an Ascension day service in St.
Miohdels Episcopal church last evening.
Rev Edward T. Mathison, rector of the
church and prelate IF the commandery.
. preached a very interesting sermon ap-
propriate to Ascensontide The musical
part of the service was rendered by the
choir and was OF a high order.
AT the meeting of the w. g. 7. L. yes
lerdaE afternoon the following delegates
ana alternates We're elected to attend the
county convention to be held in Wu-
mingtou June and .: Mrs L. l.. Bard
we'll Mrs. y. j. Stearns Mrs A. \ Ware.
Mrs. w. w. Plimptou Mrs. Fred Hough-
I ton; alteruateS Mrs G. II CIapp. Mrs.
FRANK Perry, Mrs. George kimblll, Mrs,