Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-06

didate.
The Brattleboro Local Option club
has decided to continue it's organiza-
ton and it is expected that a meeting
will be held Saturday evening for the
reelection of officers.
]. O. Sanford of Stamford state
highway commissioner, is arranging
for county meetings throughout the
state. The highway commissioners of
the Windham county towns have been
requested to meet in BratTleboro.
Thursday April 2.
The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth S.
Wood was held at her late home in
Centreville at 2:3O o'clock Sunday.
Rev. l.. NJ Keneston of West Brattle-
boro officiating. The Congregational
church choir in West Brattleboro
sang The burial was in Prospect
Hill cemetery.
The diamond prize in the Vermont
Wheel clubs pool contest was won by
r. c. Bacon. The series narrowed
down to three contestants. c. NJ.
Dugan (95) defeated Bacon 600 by a
score of 80 to 26. Homer Cray then
put Dugan out of the running. win
ming on his handicap at 40 points,
while Dugan was scoring "A In the
last game Bacon scored GO and Cray
10.
The last entertainment of the Y NJ.
c. \. star course will be the lecture by
Ebert Hubbard at the Auditorium
next Tuesday evening. March 10, on
"Roycroft Ideals" All persons hold
ing course tickets will he admitted on
their tickets marked for the lecture
by John Temple Graves. There is a
great demand for seats and it is prob
able that the Standing room only
sign will be out Tuesday night
A paper is being circulated in Brat
tleboro to raise money for John Mari
borough of SaXtons River. who re-
Gently had both hands sawed off in an
accident at Putney over 5000 has
been raised. The paper has been
left with Miss Edith Stolte in the Of
fee of II. Z. Taylor & Son where all
who wish may make contributions.
Marlborough is % years old and is a
nephew of John Strand of Brattleboro.
The question of continuing the case
of Charles DeWulf of Halifax against
Joseph Clark of Guilford came before
Justice Merriield yesterday. F. D. +.
Stowe arguing for a continuance and
II. C. Barber Directing The dispute
is over an apple account and was set
for a hearing yesterday. The hearing
was continued to March . with the
understanding that Mr.. BARRIERS wit
uesses be paid for their trouble in APP
pearing for a hearing yesterday.
Dispositions will be taken in Hins.
dale tomorrow in the case of Mrs
stephen Ellis against F.. c. Gale. !.
A. Taylor and O. II. Ellis, brought to
recover damages for the death of Mrs.
Ellis's husband. who. while intoxi-
Gated, was killed by the accidental
discharge of gun in Mortified.
Mass. Citations to appear in Hins-
dale We're served on the defendants
Wednesday. The case will be tried
at the coming term of the county
court
Plans for important revisions in the
constitution of the Vermont Wheel
club were presented at the meeting
Tuesday night by Martin Austin. jr.
chairman of a committee appointed to
review the document and to make sug
gestions for changes. The club will
vote upon the proposed revision at the
annual meeting in April. The ques-
tion of increasing the limit of the
membership will also be settled at
that time. The club now has $50
members and several names are on
the waiting list.
The late Judge Russell S. Taft of
L.
this endorsement to Ebert Hubbard
era Elbertus)' who will lecture in
the y. NJ. c. A. star course next Tues
day evening. The man speaking to-
day at Queen City Park is a genius of
whom America will yet be proud. |
am quite used to eloquence. argument
and oratorical pyrotechnics, but I am
moved by this man and would advise
the people of Burlington to listen to
him who has a message while they
have an opportunity"
a large number of members and
guests of the Brattleboro Woman's
club We're present at the meeting
Wednesday afternoon at the Brooks
House. The meeting was given over
principally to paper prepared by
Miss Newton. describing her trip of
a summer ago through the Rhine
country and this fact gave the paper
unusual interest. 1t was interspersed
with readings by several ladies of
legends connected with the different
spots indicated by the writer. Miss
Howe was present, and to her broth
er's accompaniment charmed her
hearers with her sweet singing of
The Lorelei,' and generously re-
sponded to an encore.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. S. Goodenough
We're surprised very agreeably Friday
evening by the members of Sedgwck
post and the WOman's Relief corps.
The day was the 25th anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Goodenough's marriage.
Mrs Goodenough. who is president of
the Relief corps went to Grand Army
hall with the expectation of attending
a sewing meeting, but found a card
party arranged in her honor Later
in the afternoon Mr.. Goodenough was
asked to call for his wife on his way
home to supper. which he did. At the
proper time Mrs. II. |. Bangs. in be-
half of the organizations, presented
the guests of honor with a handsome
set of solid silver spoons of different
sizes. Mr.. Goodenough responded
as well as he was able. Refresh
ments We're served and the evening
was spent very pleasantly.
The suit of the village of Brattle-
boro against w B. Johnson of Estey-
Vile, brought by Village Attorney