Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-01


The High school class OF 1902 went to
Chesterfield on a sleigh ride Monday night.
On the following night the class of 1903
went to Newfane.
N. H.. White slipped on ice and fell
while at work at the Thompson hospital
Saturday and broke one bone in his right
hand.
The Carpenter company closed their
organ factory last night to take inven-
tory. The factory will be closed until
Tuesday.
The name of Grace Hawley Durham is
given in the January number of the La
dies Home Journal as winner of the first
prize in the Journals vacation trip story
contest.
The Brattleboro Ice company harvested
its first crop from the Crystal Springs
pond this week. TIL ice is of fine quality,
and the new elevator is doing satisfactory
work, putting in 16 cakes of ice a minute.
Sedgwick post, G. A. r., and Sedg-
wick Woman's Relief corps will hold a
joint installation of officers at Grand
Army hall on the evening of Jan Z, at
100 o'clock. Associate member are cor
daily invited to attend.
Rev. w. II. Lambert, the Boston singer
and evangelist, will conduct the service
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o'clock. Mr.. Lambert is speaking every
evening in the Baptist church in West
Brattleboro. lie is an excellent speaker
and is drawing large audiences.
G. w. Pumer sold his grocery store in
Crosby block Tuesday to a. f.. Roberts
Il Co, through A.. V. Mays agency. The
store was closed Wednesday morning for
inventory. Roberts n Co. will vacatc
their present store in the Ranger &
Thompson building as soon as the in
ventory of the two stores is taken, con-
solidating their stock with the newly ac-'
quired stock.
Forrest w. Orkins and Miss Annie L.
Maynard were married Friday evening by
Rev. George b. Lawson at the Baptist
parsonage. on Saturday they went to
Brooklyn to begin housekeeping. Mr..
OrRins has a position as one of the book
Keepers in the office of the Arlington
Manufacturing company in New York.
Recently he attended the Albany Bust
ness College.
At the last regular meeting of Alpha
lodge, No. so. knights of Honor, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: j. w.
Simonds. G. d; J. O. Stone. D.; Noyes
White, V. D.; W. r.. Gage. \. c.; w. \.
Cunningham. guide; c. l.. Piper. reporters;
f. X. Barrows. financial reporter; w. ID.
Perry, treasurer: Albert Baldwin, CHAP
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monds and w. n. Cunningham. trustees.
The annual meeting of Branch No. . Of
the Sunshine society was held at the
Home for the Aged Tuesday. the 29th.
Mrs. Julia RYDER was elected president,
Mrs. John Ryder secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. G. y. Davenport. Mrs. Parker and
Mrs. Clapp social committee. Mrs. r. ID.
Whitney and Mrs. f. w. Putnam COM
mittee On entertainment and Mrs. Miner
and Miss GrpuH committees for Christ ma
tree. Eight new members were received.
The monthly meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary OF the Y. NJ. c. \. will be held
at the parlors of the Y. NJ. G. a. Tuesday
afternoon, Jan. ,. promptly at 3 o'clock.
After the devotional exercises there will
he music by Miss JENNIE. followed by an
interesting talk upon The Negro by
Mrs. Charles II. Thompson. Her study
Of the race, as well as her visit to the
South. has given Mrs. Thompson ample
and intimate knowledge of her subject.
Miss Florence Clark will give a reading
appropriate to the occasion.
The Brattleboro Woman's club will hold
its next regular meeting Wednesday af-
ternoon. Jan. 6, at $50 o'clock at the
Brooks House parlorS. This will be
daughters day. and each member who
has a daughter is invited to take her as a
guest of the club, and. If not, the daugh-
ter of some friend. The paper for the af-
ternoon will be given by Mrs. George II.
Wright of Greenfield. Mass, upon YAM
ishing and Growing Ideals of Woman
hood" There will be readings by Mrs.
Frank \. Wells, and cradle songs will be
rendered.
The esponse to the call of the united
societies of young people at Christmas
time was hearty and generous. over 40
families We're embere with dinners
or clothing. The remainder of the money
and clothing contributed was turned over
to the Associated Charities to he used in
cases of need. Many We're the express
sions of commentator that such work
should be done in the town. and the
thanks of the young people are due those
who made the work n success by gener-
Gus contributions, by giving the use of a
room and for hearty cooperation.
The annual meeting of the Estey Or
gan Company Benefit association was neld
in Shop 6 Monday at l o'clock. The re-
port for the past year was accepted and
the association elected jerome w. Knight
and Willis ID. ellison members of the COM
mittee. and H.. f. c. Todt secretary. the
Estey Organ company naming George a.
Hines as the third member and chairman
of the committee. The following figures
are from the annual report: Membership
during the year. S31; humble of accidents
reported since the last annual report, 80;
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number of accident claims paid. 81; acct
dent, beneficiary not yet able to resume
work, |: accident, claim presented but not
allowed, |: accidents, no claims presented,
4: paid for 81 claims. $i44. The sums paid
for accident claims range from 81 to $50.
The Daily Mining Record of Colorado
Springs. issue of Dec. Pc, in answer to a
correspondent from Brattleboro. throws
some illumination upon the Banta Hill
Consolidated Mines company, in which
"A large block of stock is held by men in
this town. The ompany was aided in
its start by the belief that Rockefeller's
influence was back of it, and 5000, 900
shares of stock are held in and about
New York city. 1t appears hat John
Livsey and w. II. Curtis, who We're then
in William Rockefeller's New York office,
received 1000. 600 shares each to act as
promoters of the scheme, Much money
was spent I'm trying to produce ore on, the
c%ompany's property, but unsuccessfully.
A suit has recently been brought by a
stakeholder in Greenwich. Conn. against
the company for $4S, 943. The amount in
volVed is for work in operating and de-
veloping the mines.
w. n. Langley. IA Boston real estate
broker who has consummated real estate
transactions in and around Brattleboro
and i'm the West river valley, is in jail
in Augusta, Me. He was put in the
count jail at Thanksgiving time to be
held on the charge of ~defrauding G. f.
Cobb, a Vassalboro farmer, in a deal In
which houses in Everett and Chelsea were
given in exchange for a farm. Langley
secured bail the night before Christmas.
In the sum of $1,000, and preparations We're
made for setting him free on Christmas
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