Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-02-06
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The annual convoCation of district
No 3, Order of Eastern Star, which
comprises Windsor and Windham
counties. will be held with Bingham
chapter March 18th.
The heavy rain of Wednesday even
ing, Feb. 4. mingled with snow, was
accompanied by vivid lightning, with
thunder. 4 year ago there was a
thunder storm on the I'd of February
Business Methods in Farming
will be the subject of an address
which will be given by John f. Gale
on several dates next week in towns
in the north part of the state.
The deeds in the real estate trans
action between f. T. Lines and Otis
Thayer were passed this week. Mr..
Lines will hold his auction sale of
household goods and farm tools at the
farm in Vernon next Thursday at I
o'clock.
A meeting of the Audubon society
will be held with Miss Emerson Mon
day evening at $50. Mrs f. b. Dav-
export will give paper entitled
June and July on Mansfield" Mem
bers are requested to bring their an
nual dues.
Dr.. Gales meteorological record
for January shows mean tempera-
ture for the month of II 24-31 degrees
at a. m. and 81 1921 at I p. m. The
maximum temperature was 43 above
on the 18th. and the minimum II be-
low on the Goth. Rain fell on six
days, and snow on eight. The total
snowfall of the month was II inches.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Adams of Myrtle
street were surprised by visit from
between 80 and 60 persons Saturday
night, the occasion being the 18th an
niyersary of their marriage. A sec
ond surprise came soon after the first.
when furniture wagon drove up with
a Morris chair and other articles. The
presentation was made by Rev. f. w
Lewis, Mr.. Adams responding. Re
freshments. including a wedding cake
were served.
Waterman & Martin brought suit
yesterday for $4,000 in favor of 0. d.
Guilfoil of Derby, Conn, against
O'Brien & Sheehan of New York con-
tractors, Butler & Moloney and p. w.
Clement trustees. The claim is for
services rendered in constructing the
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Point. The suit is returnable at the
April term of the Windham county
court, but probably will not be tried
before September.
The funeral of Mrs. Arthur l.. May
nard was held at her late home on
Oak street at o'clock Saturday.
Rev. George B. Lawson, pastor of the
First Baptist church officiating. There
were present very large number of
friends, including Mrs. Maynard's
classmates in the Baptist Bible school
and many of the teachers in the Brat
tlebro schools. The floral remem-
FRANCES were many and beautiful.
Miss Emma Gregg sang. The body
was placed in the tomb in Morning
side cemetery the bearers being rel
atives.
The trustees of the Thompson es
tate' with the BrattlebOro committee
have decided that radical changes
from the hospital plans previously
recommended to them by DR.. Cobb
would in their judgment, produce
better results for the money expended
ana nave already engaged Kendall.
Taylor Stevens to draw plans.
which it is hoped to get ready for
early spring work. This firm have
been the architects for a very large
number of hospitals all over the conn
try, and there is every reason 70 ev.
pect that they will be able to do their
work rapidly and well The archi.
tects previously engaged were employ
ed through DR.. Cobb. and the change
from DR. Cobb's plans necessarily in
Of
A revolving case of cruelty came to
the attention of Mrs. Jennie B. Pow.
ers, agent of the Vermont Humane
society, Monday. Several teams
with heavy loads went down Main |
street and while crossing the street
railroad track one of the teams came |
to standstill, being unable to pull |
the load. The team consisted of a |
morse and mule. A crowd gathered |
around and soon blood was seen drip |
ping from the mules mouth. Mrs. |
Powers's attention was called to the
TACT and she stepped forward and
opened the mules mouth, revealing a
;haln bit. The animals tongue was
split two or three inches and the
edges of it were ragged. The load
lnally was drawn to the depot and
"hlle Mrs. Powers was having papers
made out for the mans arrest he took
MS team across the covered bridge in
% New Hampshire. The teams
anne from Chesterfield.
The most important meeting in the
ocal campaign for mo license" was
ield IN the Auditorium Sunday even
ng' when an audience gathered that
llled the house to the doors. The
services in the churches were given
Up on account of this meeting. C.F
hompson, chairman of a committee
appointed to arrange for the meeting.
presided, and the speakers were Rev.
'atrick Cunningham George /.
SHUTS j. l.. Martin and Rev. George
g. lawson all of whom spoke with
treat force and effectiveness. Faith
II Cunningham speech was notable
lot only for the intense conviction
'hlch he evidently felt on the sub
ect, but because he is rarely heard in
'ubllc' outside his own church. The
erlod in Father Cunningham's
peech which brought down the house
vas his declaration that, while the
rohlDltory law might not be perfect.
e very much preferred it to a license
aW, Illustrating his point by telling,
'lth irresistible effect, the story of
ne freshman who was about to die,
ut VINO was very DESTROYS of living,
OF the reason, as he said. that "he
'o1ld rather live with the devils that