Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-30

Centre preached at the Methodist church
last Sunday evening.
Brattleboro lodge y. f. IL \. NJ, at "A
regular communication last evening con-
ferred the first degree
Several foot ball enthusiasts will go to
Amherst Nov. Z to see Dartmouth AMI
Amherst line up for their annual contest
\ large number enjoyed the dance given
by the Daughters of Pocahotas Saturday
evening. The committee have decided to
continue these dances every Saturday
evening during the winter.
The Woman's Auxiliary will hold their
regular meeting next Tuesday at
o'clock in the Y. Nj. &. a. parlors. Mrs
II. l.. S. Patton will speak on the Lao
Land After the meeting n social tea will
be enjoyed.
Newfane people who are grateful to
Mrs. Jennie b. Powers for the humane
work which she has done in that town
have contributed S2j toward the cause
this week. sending Mrs Powers a check
for that amount
The Congregational club has decided to
hold a series of entertainments the COM
ing winter An excellent program is un-
der consideration. There will be "A meet
ing of the executive committee this after
noon to take final action
The Brattleboro Womans club viii
meet at the Brooks House parlors Wed
nesdav afternoon. Nov 4. at $50 p. IN.
Two very interesting papers will be
given, one by Miss Kate Selleck upon
the Gentle Art of Lace Making" and
the other by Miss Mary f. Stakeholder,
upon American Book Binding
c. Il. Iamsou will build two cottage
houses on his premises at the west end
of Washington street II" has let the
contract to Daniel Harris of West Brat
tleboro and W. II. Fletcher He has
raised up one of his old houses making
it two stories high. The other will be
moved back from its present location
and converted into a barn
Col John Hunt. the pension attorney,
has been notified that AN original pension
has been granted to Joel Grout of New
fame, and Mrs. Lizzie Marsh of Brattle-
boro is the recipient of an original wild
ow's pension. Thomas Betterlcy of Brat
tlcboro and Austin Hin of West Halifax
have had their pensions increased.
Rev Carl a. Llndevall, pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran church of Lynn, Mass,
has resigned and is considering two calls,
one from Philadelphia and the other from
Brattleboro. He visited Philadelphia re-
Gently and will come to Brattleboro to
look over the field. He will remain with
his Lynn parish until early in the com
ing year.
The first socablc in the series given
| by Bingham Chapter. Order of Eastern
Star, was held in Masonic han Tuesday
| evening Cards and dancing We're the
/ amusemeuts. About 40 couples partici-
! pated in the dance. which was about all
( the han could accommodate conveniently.
/ +. c. Leitsinger, Carl Leitsinger and G.
NJ. Dugan furnished music and A II.
/ Hines prompted
| \ straw hat from which ddngled about
100 shipping tags was thrown off an eX-
press train at the local baggage Office
| yesterday. The tags Dor" stamps of rail-
/ road Offices all the way from Maine to
| Texas and throughout the West. many
| of them being inscribed with the names
/ and sentiments of baggage and express
/ men. Baggage Master Carey and Express
! Clerk Switzer attached tags and sent the
! thing along on the II o'clock train.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
| luton will serve IA chicken pie supper
! Thursday evening, Nov. 3, at t o'clock, in
! the dining room of the Baptist church.
! Everyone is cordially invited. \ distiuc-
! tive feature of the evening will he the
| presentation by members of the chapter
! of $l.00 each. to be given towards the
old camp ground monument, and the re-
| port of the way in which the money was
| obtained. The Daughters have been
| busiy engaged during the past few days
| earning the money for this local patriotic
work, which appeals very strongly to all.
Edmund b. Fox. 81, who died at his
| home in Nantucket, Mass, Friday night
after a long illness. was "A native of Ber-
! nardStOn, Mass, sand had taught school
ever since his graduation from college.
He was principal - years of the Coffin
school, founded by Admiral Sir Isaac Cof-
lin in Nantucket, retiring five years ago.
! lie had previously taught in the reform
/ school in WcStboTo and in schools in lios-
ton and New York. He was one of the
most prominent men in Nantucket, serV-
! ing several terms as sclectman, and for
II years he had been director of the
| Pacific National bank. He was unmar-
! Tied, but is survived 10y a sister Mrs. O.
| B. Mack of Bratteboro. Mr.. and Mrs
Mack were called to Nantucket Friday.
Grade in the High school building was
closed Monday, and during the day all
the school books in that grade were thor
| oughly disinfected with formaldehyde
under the direction of the state board of
health in order to destroy whatever
germs of scarlet fever might Ice confined
in them. In the evening the entire
building was disinfected. ON the
strength of the fact that there was a
case of scarlet fever in grade last year
a report has been circulated to the effect
| that the disease this year started from
| that room, but this is erroneous. The
first case this year was reported from
the Canal street school building. Three
new cases of dphtheria have been quar-
! antllleu lillS week, lnt lidllenlS bclnH
| Ruth, daughter of q. II. Bourne of Green
street Ebert Hall of Main street. and a
| son of Charles Grotto. No new cases
| of scarlet fever have been reported. The
| suspected case of scarlet fever in the
| Washington street school last week was
Investigated by Dr Waterman. health
officer, who decided that it was not scar
let fever Dr.. Waterman examined tn,
children in the third and fourth grades
| Monday.
Albert WoDdard, SDn of Mrs. Charles
I.eitsingrr of Brattcboro. was seriously
dale saturday afternoon 10y being struck
10y "a falling limb. 1t WAS thought at first
that he had sustained u fracture of the
si-ull AT the base of the brain as the ac-
cidcnt Was followed b. ITofusc bleeding
| from the mouth, nose, ears ana eyes.
! Woodland physician now Stys that there
| Is no fracture at the base of the brain,
ont That probably some 81 the thin bones
! uf the skull alr fractured and that while
| he may not recover the chances are that
IL" VIII get well. Woodland was at wOrl,
| eNcdVdtinS near a large tree, the dirt be-
ing used by the town of IinSdale for
making the roadway at the east end of
! the new bridge across the Connecticut
river. The digging lOosened the tree
| which fell against another tree breaking
off a limb. which struck Woodland in the
back thrDHins him forward head first 10
the ground. Physicians were summoned
from Ilinsdale and Bratteboro, and
| Woodland was removed To the house of Il.
l.. Toombs of North lliusdale, by whom
ne is employed. lie is in IA semi-con-
SciouS state