Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-02-26
BRATTLEBORO.

regular Grange lance VIII he given
in Grange hall next Wednesday evening
st. Michaels parochial school was closed
Monday in honor of Washington's birth
day.
c. f. X. JENNIE has settled with Parker
Fuller of East Putney. whose house was
burned last week for $1,000
One case of scarlet fever has been quar-
antined this week the patient being
Brayman child in West Brattleboro.
Harry Gray returned to Des Moines yes
terday after visiting his cousins, Mrs,
Annie C. Cobb and Mrs. Florence G..
Estey
Mrs William C. Horton is visiting in
Orange. She will visit some of the public
schools in Massachusetts before her re-
turn home
The house in Chesterfield owned by
Charles Royce. formerly of Brattleboro,
was damaged by fire. but not destroyed,
early this morning.
The meeting of the Alliance Study class
will be held at the Unitarian parsonage
Monday evening at 40 o'clock. Subject,
THE Scientific Spirit
The Reds. who won the color contest in
the Baptist Bible school. will be enter
tanned by the defeated Blues with a So
ciable in the Baptist church next Thurs
day evening.
The ladies circle of the Universalist
church will meet in the church parlors
Thursday afternoon. The business meet
ing will be held at o'clock and supper
will be served at 6.l5
Evelyn. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs G. l..
Durham, was operated upon for gall
stones Saturday by DR.. B. F. Wells,
New York specialist. The operation was
successful and the little girl is doing well.
Elizabeth Marshall, will return from Ger
many about April l. The son, Oscar, has
been treated by specialist for enlage-
ment of the heart and is much improved.
Preparations are progressing rapidly
for the play Strife which the Grange
Dramatic club will bring out at an early
date. Although the club has scored many
successes it is expected that this play will
be the best to date.
The Young Peoples Home Missionary
circle of the Methodist church will hold
colonial social at the home of Mrs. F. f.
Beeman, 20 Canal street, Thursday even
ing. March 3. Home made candy will be
on sale. Silhouettes cut while you wait.
Hooker c. Winchester slipped ana fell
on the ice while on his milk route Monday
and broke his collar bone. Mr.. Winchester
had been confined to his house nearly all
winter with typhoid fever The accident
will confinc him two or three weeks
longer.
Rev Arthur C. A. Hall, bishop of the
Vermont diocese of the Episcopal church,
will preach in st. Michael's Episcopal
church next Sunday morning and even
ing at the usual hours and will speak at
the Y. NJ c. A service for men and boys
at O'Clock.
Miss Alice f. Holden entertained 80 of
her friends last evening at her home on
Common street at a heart party. The
young women wore colonial costumes
The first prizes We're awarded to Miss
Ethel Randall and Sherman Abbott the
second to Miss Edna Lawton and John
Brasor, and the consolation to Miss Flor
ence Howe and william Whitaker.
Rev. U. Grant Houston, the we'll known
lecturer on Bible lands, will speak on THE
Land of Moses" in the Baptist church
next Tuesday evening at 7.3O, under the
auspices of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety, Mr., Houston was baptized in the
river Jordan by Rev. r. Dewitt Talmadge
The land which he describes comprises
Palestine. Egypt, Asia Minor, Greece and
Italy.
Mr.. and Mrs Leopold Retting We're
rendered farewell reception in odd
Fellows hall Wednesday evening by about
$50 OF their intimate friends, church and
fraternal associates. The affair was a
complete surprise to Mr. and Mrs Ret
ting. who We're ''lured' to the hall to at
tend a musicale, After they were told
that they were to be the guests of the
evening musical program was carried
out according to promise, the num-
bers including a solo by Miss Laura Lett
singer, solo by Fred S. Knight and
duet by Miss Louise Coates and Arthur
l.. Maynard Then in behalf of the friends
Rev F. w. Lewis presented Mr. and Mrs.
Retttng with a purse of $40 in money, a
half dozen silver tea spoons and other
gifts, in recognition of their work in
the church, lodge room and in various
capacities. Mr.. Retting responded to the
presentation. Refreshments were served
and all enjoyed the occasion fully. Mr.
and Mrs. Rettng will leave Brattleboro
next week, Mr. Retting going to Detroit
and Mrs. Retting to Nashua n. H., and
therce to Detroit
Mrs. Mary j. Dickinson. g. died at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs, Arthur C.
Gilbert in Philadelphia last Friday. She
was the widow of Heman Dickinson of
South Vernon, where she lived until the
death of her husband, when she moved to
Brattleboro. Later she went to Philadel-
phia to live with Mrs Gilbert Besides
her daughter she leaves three sons, Will
liam of Iowa Falls Iowa. Theodore c., of
Philadelphia, and George H., of Detroit.
Mrs. Dickinson was a daughter of the
late Harriet and William Johnson of
Vernon. of whose children three survive
Mrs. John Hunt of Brattleboro, Mrs s.
II. Houghton of WoI cester, Mass, and
+. w. Johnson of Vernon. Their sister,
Mrs. Lucy Slate, died i'm Omaha, Neb.
Jan. l, 1904. The body of Mrs. Dickinson
was brought to Brattleboro Monday night,
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Gil
bert and Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Dickinson,
and WAS placed in the vault in Prospect
Hill cemetery. Burial will be in South
Vernon in the spring The relatives who
accompanied the body were met in Brat
tlchoro by Mrs. Houghton. Mrs Dick
inson was a woman of sterling character
and was ever ready with kind words and
willing hands for every good work Her
MANY friends extend much sympathy to
The bereaved family. Mrs. Dickinson
was "A Unitarian. Prayer was offered at
the tomb by Rev f.. Q. S. Osgood, pastor
of the Unitarian church.