Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-20

Mrs. Frances Il. Horton, president
of the Audubon society, gave a lecture
on birds before the Art club in Keene
last Monday evening.
Miss Ellen Sherman entertained
about 80 of her young friends at her
home Saturday evening in honor of
18th birthday anniversary. Games
were enjoyed and refreshments were
served
The L of the Dalton house on Lin
den street bought recently by o. NJ.
Lawton of Brooklyn, n. Y, is being
torn down by Leslie Smith. Mr.. Law
ton will make extensive improve
ments in the place.
Secretary c. II. Bagley of St.,Johns-
bury secured several members in
Brattleboro to the Merchants associ-
alton last week This is an organi-
cation to protect merchants against
customers with poor credit.
Within three or four days flocks of
wild geese have been seen going north
and on Tuesday night one flock was
seen returning south. On Wednes-
day the toads were heard on the Dor
ders of the Frost pond for the first
time this season.
Protective Grange gave its annual
sugar supper Wednesday evening and
received large patronage. In quail
ity the supper was on a par with
those of former years, which was all
that could be desired. The supper
was followed by a dance, Dugan and
Hines furnishing music.
The appointments for class day at
the Brattleboro High school are as
follows: Presidents address, Marshall
Noyes; class history, Raymond
White: ivy grafton, Florence Putnam;
address to juniors, John KANE; class
prophecy, Zetta Weld; class poem,
Edwina Whitney; ivy ode, Stuart
Frost; response for juniors, Frank
Roberts.
Through an oversight the date for
the special village meeting to vote on
the matter of laying a water main
through Vernon street to the b. Sou
to furniture factory was fixed for the
same night on which Isabel Irving
will appear in The Crisis in the
Auditorium. AS access to Festival
hall is gained only through the Audi
forum entrance it would be manifest
ly impracticable to hold the meeting
on that night. On this account the
meeting will be adjourned and a call
will be issued for meeting at later
date.
hearing in the case of Charles
DeWolf of Halifax against J. A. Clark
of Guilford was held before Justice
Merrifield yesterday. The suit was
brought to recover 1868, claimed to be
due on an apple trade. The plaintiff
claimed that he sold all his apples to
Mr.. Clark under a contract and deliv-
cred them at the Milestone building
in Brattleboro, but that Mr.. Clark re-
fused to accept the last two loads,
amounting to 40 barrels. H. G. Bar
Der. appeared for Mr.. DeWolf and was
give judgment to recover the amount
claimed +. ID. f. Stowe, counsel for
the defendant. put in no evidence, but
appealed to the county court.
Ellen n. Crouch was arrested by
Constable f. r. Thayer Tuesday on a
writ issued against her body by II. G..
Barber on complaint of Charles Berry.
who has brought suit against her to
recover damages in the sum of $4,000.
She furnished bail, Frank T. Horton
becoming surety. Mr.. Berry sets
forth in his complaint that he married
the defendant Dec. IS, 1884. on her
representation that she was a single
woman; that she told him that she
had been married to one Silas Adna
Crouch, now of Boston. but that the
marriage had been dissolved BY di-
vorce proceedings, she having been
given a divorce. The plaintiff states
that he lived with the defendant, be-
lieving that her representations were
true, until Feb. IL, 1903. when, he al
leges, he learned that she never had
been granted a divorce. The suit is
set. for trial at the April term of the
county court.
John l.. Knowlton, formerly of the
firm of Young & Knowlton, clothiers,
went last Monday to Keene, n. H., to
take possession of the well known
Mason clothing store in that city
which he has bought. The store has
one of the best locations in Keene,
and under Mr.. Masons management
held leading position in the trade.
Mr.. KnoWlton carries to it long and
successful business experience in
Brattleboro, and the Keene commun-
ity will find in him a positive acquisi-
ton in point of business ability and
enterprise, unquestioned integrity and
positive conviction. In the Brattle-
boro community it will be universally
regretted should it prove that this
move takes Mr. Knowlton and his
family away from town permanently.
The family will remain here for the
present, and they have no definite
plans beyond the acquisition of the
keene store as a promising business
venture.
The Essex, Iowa. Independent of
March 13 contained an extended
sketch of Edward Carter, whose death
in Omaha, Neb., was recorded last
week. 1t said that at the time of his
death he was first sergeant of drill
team Camp 1870 of Modern Woodmen
of America, this being the champion
team of the West. Three uniform
ed teams. or about 115 men in line.
besides the regular members of the
lodges, attended the funeral in Hans
com Park Methodist church, Omaha.
The seating capacity of the church,
about 500, was entirely filed. Rev.
c. c. Cissel delivered the funeral SER
mon and Judge Slabaugh spoke in be-
half of the lodges. There were many
beautiful floral tributes. The body
was taken from Omaha to Essex,
where the lodge of Modern Woodmen
of that place assisted in the burial,
and its members acted as pail bearers.
Mr.. Carter carried $4,000 insurance in
the Modern Woodmen of America.