Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-02

The loss by fire at j. d. Redway's
last week was adjusted through Tay-
lor & Sons agency Mt about $1400.
John A. Davis is incapacitated for
work by a sprained wrist sustained
by slipping on the ice Christmas day.
d. w. Dutton sustained a painful
injury Thursday, straining one leg by
slipping on the sidewalk. He will
be disabled so that the use of crutches
will be necessary some time.
Horace F. Prefountain has leased
the store in Milestone building for
merly occupied by Flagg Brothers and
will start meat market there as soon
as he can complete arrangements{
Fred Warren Hidreth, seven-year-
old son of William Hildreth of North
Hinsdale, died Dec. %, after a. few
days illness with pneumonia. The
funeral was held on Thursday and the
body was taken to South Newfane for
burial
The services of the Baptist church
were held in the vestry last Sunday
and will continue to be held there
until coal is more abundant. The
Christian Endeavor services. usually
held on Tuesday evening, will be held
ON Sunday in order to avoid heating
the vestry on Tuesday
The Christmas offerings of grocer.
les apples and other eatables. several
hundred pounds in weight. which
were brought into the Baptist Sunday
school Dec. 81. were shipped last week
to the fruit and flower mission in New
fnp Il TO-, a..
The Sunday school also gave 600
pounds of flour and other articles for
local charities.
The body of Honora Kane, so.
who died of pneumonia in Hartford.
Conn, on Christmas day was brought
TO BrattlebOro Saturday for burial in
the Roman Catholic cemetery. Mrs.
Kane was a native of ireland and a
former resident of Halifax. She was
an aunt, by marriage. of Patrick Flem-
ing of Brattleboro.
At the last meeting of Alpha lodge.
No. $40. Knights of Honor. the follow
ing officers were elected: J. w. Sim.
onds, p. D.; John o. Stone. D.: f.
X. Barrows, V. D.: w r. Gage. A. D.:
Albert Baldwin. chaplain; c. L. Piper,
reporter H. p Freeman. financial re-
porter; w. A. Cunningham. guide: w.
d. Perry, treasurer; J. p Elmer, guar
dian; Fl. Rowe, sentinel: ]. w Sim
onds, w. A. Cunningham and Harry
Rowe, trustees
The Y. NJ. c. A. basket ball team
has been admitted to the local league
making five organizations which are
represented. the others being the
Wheel club, Catholic union. High
school and the printers. The first
games will be PLAYED at the town hall
Jan. I between Wheel club and the
printers and Catholic union and High
school. If any team loses games
consecutively to all the other teams
the loser will be dropped from the
league Games will be played each
week. and on Wednesday evenings
whenever possible.
hearing was held Monday before
Frank Stowe, referee in bankruptcy
on petition of George T. Aplin of Put
ney trustee of the Walter NJ. Ware
estate, to determine the title to crops
hay and grain, raised on farm sold
to Mr.. Ware by II. p. Farr of Putney
by way of bond for a deed Mr..
Farr holds a chattel mortgage given
on the growing crops within four
months of the date the bankrupt's
petition was filed and he claims that
this mortgage holds good because
standing crops are exempt from at
tachment, and that bankruptcy pro-
ceedlngs do not effect them. Mr.
Aplin claims title to the property as
part of the bankrupt's estate. A
F. Schwenk and Burt Chellis appeared
for Mr.. Aplin. and f. l.. Waterman
and c. c. Fits for Mr.. Farr.
Judge ]. NJ Tyler has given a de
cision this week in matter growing
out of the Stoddard will case of a
year ago. The will made specific
requests of between $4,000 and $4,000
to those persons who contested it,
After it was settled that the will
should stand the contestants set up
a claim that their requests should
bear interest from one year after the
viii was probated The representa-
tives of the estate Of Julia F. Wood
ard of Boston, the residuary legatee,
contended that interest should be al.
lowed only from one year after the
final establishment of the will in the
supreme court, which would make
difference of year and half. The
decision is in favor of the residuary
legatee Waterman & Martin for the
specific Iegatees; c. c. Fits for the
residuary Tegatee.
Mrs. John l.. Knowlton, who has
been the organist at the Unitarian
church the past II years, has resigned
that position in order that she may
devote more Of her time or SUNDAYS
to her children. Miss Helen Crosby
VINO las been studying in the Boston
Conservatory of Music. has been en-
gagged temporarily ana will begin her
dnties LII about a month Mrs. Knowl-
Ton has faithfully anu conscientious.
ly fulfilled the requirements of the
position to the entire satisfaction of
the church. and on Saturday the mem.
bers OF the parish presented her a
handsome opal ring as a memento in
recognition of her services. At the
session Of the Sunday school last
Sunday Mrs. Knowlton made some
remarks OF reminiscent nature, recall
Ing some OF the pleasant incidents
and associations of her fong period of \
service which will forever remain in
her memory
Compliment FOR Company /.
The report of Major Walter Howe
or the artillery CORPS O. 9 A stn,