Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-23


day evening in the Congregational church
will be given TN.
Clothing I'm J. u. Mclens house on Wal
nut street caught fire from cigar stub
Friday afternoon and did damage amount
ing to about S25. The loss was covered
by insurance
The International Sunshine society.
Bratteboro branch No t. will meet Fri
day, Dec. 30, at O'Clock p. m. with Mrs.
f. w Putnam, 80 Green street. \ large
attendance is desired.
A Christmas supper will be held In the
vestry of the Methodist church tomorrow
evening at $50 O'Clock. followed 10y So
Ciahle. All members of the Sunday
school, church and congregation are in
vited.
The New York man who was expected
to come to Brattleboro the last of last
week to look at land owned by J. Henry
Pratt I'm Guford. was detained He Is
expected this week His plan is to es-
tablish deer park.
At the close of the state Grange meet b.
ing in Bellows Falls last Friday the Sc
lection of the place I'm which to hold the
session next year was left with the eN-
ecutive committee. The sentiment of the
members appeared to he I'm favor Of
coming to Brattleboro.
The local council of knights of Column
bus met Sunday and worked the first de-
gree. 1t was decided to accept the invi-
tation of the Springfield. Mass. council
to witness the exemplifcation of the third
degree in that city next Wednesday 1t
was voted to furnish a basket ball team
for the proposed Brattleboro league.
The annual roll call of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union will be held
at the home of Mrs. Wardner. s Walnut
street, Thursday afternoon. Dec 90. at
23O o'clock The women are filling n
box which will he sent to a mmbermen's
camp in Wiuhall. Anyone wishing to do
nate magazines or periodicals for this
box can leave them at the home of Mrs
Tucker. 1 Williston street IL is ear
ncstly hoped that every member will be
present at the meeting to respond when
her name is called
DIR, Conrad Wesselhoeft. one of the
most eminent homeopathic physicians i'm
the United states who had been i'm pIac-
tice i'm Boston nearly half century.
died at his home in that city SATURDAY
night He was a native of Germany but
came to this country with his parents I'm
his boyhood He was president of the
American Institute Of Homeopathy i'm
1879 and was widely known 10y his writ
ings on medical subjects lie was a
brother of Or William Wesselhoeft of
BiattlcDOlO water cure fame.
The Union Publishing company Of
Methuen Mass, which issued in 1908 the
most satisfactory Brattleboro directory
which has ever been published. is
planning to bring out a new edition
next spring, and to continue the
publication once in two years thereafter
Canvassers for another directory have
been soliciting orders recently. II. NJ
Lothrup of the Union Publishing company
has been in town this week making pre-
liminary arrangements for a house to
house canvass by his concern in order to
have the directory accurate.
The following apprecative notice is
from the Hinsdale Herald: Those who
attended the concert given by the Hins-
dale brass band Dec. a. under the di-
rection of Carl Leitsinger of Brattleboro.
Vt, were agrceably surprised by the
work Of the boys. That their efforts
were appreciated was shown by the gem
erous applause given Although Mr.
Leitsinger has been with the band only
short time his ability as an instructor
was very readily displayed by the bands
improvement during the few weeks he
has been with them. He is gentleman.
unassuming but of great accuracy and
push His method of conducting n band
is striking and unique and he Is per-
son whom band truly may be proud Of
as a leader"
The Chellis Rifles of Claremont cele-
brated Monday the 10th anniversary of
their organization. Only one charter
member Sergeant James DAILY. now be-
longs to the company. The first captain
of the company was Lieut.. Col Julius C.
Timson who was at the head of the or
ganiZaton when 1t went into the service
of the United States in the Spanish Amer
lean war. After the war Col. Timson was
elected major and afterward advanced Ia
his present position. He received his
first military training in Company | of
8rattleboro. one of the first lieutenants
of Company ID was w. F. Walker who
had been sergeant in Company l. Mr.
Walker was captain of the Porthmouth
company in the Spanish American war
At the gathering at Claremont Monday
Col. Timson presented the company with
framed portrait of himself. Col Tim
son has held commissions in the New
Hampshire militia ten years. and the Yer
mont records credit him with IA years of
! service I'm the national guard of this state
| Tho Manchester Union of Tuesday con-
tanned portraits of Col. Timson and Other
officers who have been connected with
| the company and complete history OF
the organization.
IT G. Thomas of Stowe, state fish
and game commissioner, figures that 81!
| deer were killed during the open seasor
| this year, the last ten days of October
| The number last year was 754 and IN
| 1902 1872. The returns by counties wer,
| as follows: Addison 80, Bennington 81
! Caledonia %. Chittenden II, Essex 20
! Franklin 90, Lamoille "a, Orange 30, Or
! leans a. Rutland 81. Washington 81
| Windham AZ. Windsor 119. grand tota
! 5l9. Mr. Thomas's statistics for Wind
| ham county are approximately correct
| although errors appear in the returns 10y
separate towns. In Brattleboro, for in
| stance, no deer We're killed and at least
| five were shot in Dummerston and al
| least three in Marlboro. His table read,
| as follows; Athens |. Brattleboro 3
Brookline /, Dover >. Dummerston 3
! Grafton 2, Guilford /, Halifax 2. Jamaica
4, Londonderry 4, Marlboro 9 Newfan,
?, Putney 3, Somerset /, Townshend 3
! WardsbOro g. Wilmington g Windham 8
total ~. The best hunting ground ir
former years has been in Plymouth anc
| adjoining towns in Windsor county, bu
according to Mr. Thomas the larges
number of deer shot this year was II
Barre 10, and Rutland town Is Elever
We're shot in Plymouth and 10 each II
Bridgewater and Springfield.
The Campbell patent suit against tn,
city of New York in which $l5. 900 OO(
We're involved and which had been in tn,
federal courts for nearly 80 years dur.
| Ing which period 1t had been heard sew.
eral times in Brattleboro by Judg,
| Wheeler, was decided in favor of New
| York Thursday by the United State.
court of appeals. The suit was of som,
local interest in that 1t would have ex,
acted ROYALTY from this and many othel