Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-20

There is due help as wages SllOS.25.
There are about 125 creditors. George
Eager has brought suit to recover bill
of SIC and has attached a carload of lum-
her The first meeting of the creditors
will he held in the office of f. ID. Stowe
I'm Brattleboro referee in bankruptcy,
April 6. when a trustee will be elected.
MIR. Pierce has been unfortunate in his
business ventures having lost five mills
by FIRE causing a loss of over S3O,OOO on
which there was small insurance. With
this burden upon him it has been difficult
TO carry on business, and while there
is universal regret at the outcome all
will agree that he has taken the best
course to get on a new footing.
Miss Helen Robertson went today to
Springfield Mass, for a visit of several
days.
Liveryman E. e. Blood has been seri-
ously i'll with appendicitis again this
week.
W. e. Aver of Windsor visited relatives
in town the first of the week, returning
Tuesday
The basket ball team defeated the
Grafton team 2S-11 in the town hall
Thursday night of last week
Mr.. and Mrs. VanCor of Saxtons River
are spending two weeks with Mrs. Van
Cor's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Hol-
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. d. Britton went Mon
DAY to Boston to spend three or four
days buying goods partiy for themselves
and partly for A NJ. Corser.
The ice has gone out of the river, but
the water is so high that the big ferry
boats have not yet been put in. Pas
sengers cross the river by means of
skiffs.
The terms of office of the members Of
the board of license commissioners are
as follows: w. 5. Adams six years; ~
j. Aver. four years; w. G. Treadway,
two years.
The Congregational Sunday school has
adopted a graded system, using the Blak-
slee lessons There are Sin grades
The graduating exercises will be held
each year on Easter Sunday, beginning
next year.
Leon Heenan entertained IS of his
playmates at a birthday party Saturday
afternoon, the occasion being his
eleventh birthday anniversary. Re-
freshments were served and games were
played
The Baptist Endeavorers will hold a
potato sociable next Wednesday even
ing, March %, in the church session
room. to which all are invited. An add
mission fee of. five potatoes or five cents
will be charged which will help to pay
for the refreshments.
Rev. c. E. Hayward preached power
full sermon to young men Sunday even
ing on the lesson contained in Ebert
Hubbard's Message to Garcia, read
ing the booklet to the congregation be-
fore beginning the sermon. He has dis
tributed 100 copies of the booklet about
town.
Next Sunday morning at the Baptist
church the pastor will begin a series OF
sermons from the topic, GOD SchooI
and it's Curriculum" to be followed by
others from the topics, Reading, Writ
ing Arithmetic, etc. In the eVenln e
the subject of his sermon Will be "BaIo
Heads and Pealed Shoulders.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. \. Iittlefeld observed
the Goth anniversary of their marriage
a few days ago. About % people were
present to enjoy program of music anc
games Refreshments were served
Mr.. and Mrs Littlefeld have lived II
Putney some 10 years. They nave lNet
in their present home about Il years
The closest and fastest basket bal
game on the local floor was played
Wednesday night between the Putne!
Athletes and the Walpole, n. H., team
The Putney Athletes won S0-2S, taking
the second successive game from tn
Walpoles Two more games between
the same teams will be played in tn
near future.
Mrs. C. D. Britton has engaged tw'
rooms in II. G.. EVerleth's house ana VII
open them as millinery rooms next week
one is a large front room and the other
adjoining it, will be used as a SEWING
room. Mrs Britton has spent five AM
a half years in the millinery business Il
Holyoke. three years as head trimmer
so that she is well trained for the pusi
,Io tt-i11
need,
The management of the reading roor
have secured the use of the vacant 10
between w S. Adams's house ana tn
house occupied by II. w. Cobb and l
p Bailey to be used as game an
athletic field. Two tennis courts VIII
laid out, parallel and horizontal paI
and trapeze VIII De pr Ill beii wi
equipment for ladies' basket pall WI
he nut up. The ground for the TENN
courts will be plowed at once IN
Young people have wanted a field OF I'M
kind for a long time.
Elihu Wilson 49, died Friday at tn
home of Solomon Washer in West DUN
merston after a weeks Illness caused
chronic bronchitis complicated by ~
advanced age. For many years Mr.. WI
son lived alone in his house just over III
line in Dummerston, devoting his time
fruit growing. About week peIore II
death he was visited by relative WI
found him i'll and had him moved
West Dummerston. The funeral was ne
there Sunday, Rev. R. X. Marvin, past'
of the Universalist church OF Brattl
boro. officiating. The burial was
West Dummerston. Mr.. Wilson we
born in West Dummerston in June, ls2
and always lived in that town with u
exception of a few years spent IN u
West He had always been tru
grower and was successful in h
younger days. For the past few yea
he had been afflicted with partial blin
ness. so that he was able to carry on n
work only to a limited extent Du
ing his early life he found time duriI
the winter months to teach school. /
had the respect of all who knew him.
Rev. B. N. Seymour of Washington
c.. died Feb 81 at the home OF MS SO
Rev. e. p. Seymour of Interlaken' Mas
formerly of this town