Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-16
BRATTGE BoRO.

BRATTLEBoRO.
The reports filed in the town
clerks Office show ~ marriages, 81
births and 1871 deaths in Brattleboro
during 1902.
A regular meeting of the Brattle
boro Woman's club will be held at the
Brooks House at o'clock Wednes
day afternoon. Jan. 81. There will
be papers on The American Girl in
College" and The Social Side of Col
lege Life" by Mrs. II. X. Whitaker
and Mrs. I'll. G. Rice.
Graduating exercises, open to the
public. will be held in the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday. when 30
members Of the junior department of
the Sunday school will be advanced
to the intermediate department. The
exercises will begin directly after the
close of the church service Diplo-
mas will be awarded. There prob
ably will be no study period
DR.. Holtun, as secretary of the state
board of health. went Tuesday to
ProctCrsyilIe to see that proper pre-
cautions are being taken to prevent
the spreading of smallpox Two
children. aged six and IL respectively,
in the family of Frank ]. Farr, are i'll
with the disease. which is thought to
have been brought to them by a friend
from ClaremoHt, where there have been
several cases recently. Or. Hoton
went from Pructorsyile to North
field to deliver an address at a meet
ing held under the auspices of the
state board of agriculture.
The Congregational Sunday school
held its annual business meeting last
Sunday at the close of the study
peroid The report of the secretary
showed an average gain of over IA
per Sunday during the past year.
The treasurer report showed that
the school had raised over $24O for
benevolent purposes. These officers
were elected: President, Edward c..
Crosby; superintendent. Walter A.
Gilbert; treasurer, Charles H. Thomp-
son; secretary and assistant treasur-
er, Louis A. Whitney; librarian, Fred
c. Adams; assistant librarian Earl
Arnold; auditor Henry e. Bond; book
committee. Miss Mary r. Cabot and
Mrs H. r. Miles; superintendent of
the junior department, Mrs. F. w
Kuech; superintendent of the prim-
airy department, Mrs. F.. E. Perry.
On account of his inability to devote
the necessary time to the work
George NJ. Clay declined a reelection
as assistant superintendent An
election to fill the vacancy in that
office will be held next Sunday.
Hon. f. NJ Crosby of Hastings,
Mimi, completed the 31st of Deem
Der a continuous service of 81 years
on the bench of the district court of
the first judicial district of Minneso-
ia, comprising the counties of Good
hue, Dakota. Washington, Pine, Chisa-
go and Kanabee. Mr.. Crosby is a ma
tive of Wilmington, born November
10, 1880, and lived in that town until
May. 1858 when he removed to Hast
ings, where he has since lived. He
studied law with Hon. o. L. Shafter
at Wilmington. and for year or two
was a partner of Stephen p Flagg in
that village. Among his fellow stu
dents in the Office of Mr.. Shafter were
Horatio N Hicks, Charles n. Daven-
port, B. l.. Knowlton. S. r. Heming-
way, Kittredge Haskins, James w. Car
penter, Winslow S. Myers and E. M.
Forbes. Before going West Mr..
Crosby served two terms in the Yer
mont House of Representatives-185
g. How fully he has won the conf
dence of his constituency during his
long term on the bench is shown by
the fact that at the last election he
was unanimously reelected to the
judgeship for another term of six
years.
The annual meeting of the Centre
church was held Friday evening in
place of the usual prayer meeting,
when reports of the past years work
were given by officers of all the or
CARNATIONS connected with the
church. The net increase in mem
bership during the year was consider
ably in excess of the average The
expenditure by the church and
its organizations in benevolent work
amounted to $l872. of which 1903
went for foreign work and $1569 for
home work. OF this latter amount
$3.50 was spent in Brattleboro. In
addition to these sums $3.50, the in
come from a special fund, was eX-
pended among the needy of the par
ish, bringing the amount given in
charitable work in Brattleboro up to
$3.50. These officers were elected:
Clerk, S. w Kimball; treasurer of
the church. II. II. Thompson; treas
urer of benevolences. C. F. Thomp-
son; church committee. e. C. Crosby,
G. c. Averill. C., II. Thompson, G. C.
Fits, H. G. Pearson, the deacons and
the pastor; Sunday school committee,
Miss Maud l.. Emerson, Miss Edith
NJ. Stolte. Mrs, A. A. c. Ware, II. f.
Jordan. II. Il. Bond and Fred C.
Adams. BY vote of the church the
usual number of missionary reporters
were appointed by the pastor. The
church voted to support the Sunday
school, as usual. and to adopt the
same plan as heretofore in regard to
the contributions for benevolent oD-
jeCts.