Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-09
There will be a waitzing party in Grange

The Fred j. johnson auction sale of
farm stock and tools and other personal
property will take place in Newfane next
Wednesday at $50 a. IN.
Brattleboro academy opened Monday,
Dec. s, after the usual vacation. The
academy team will play basket ball with
the high school this evening.
The schools in the village district will
close for the Christmas holidays Thurs
day, Dec. %, and will resume their regu-
lar sessions on Tuesday, Jan. 3. 1905.
The Ladies' Enterprise society will
meet with Mrs. Davis on Estey street
next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
1t is hoped that all members will be pres
emit
Elder /. n. Blanchard will speak on
"The need of the individual" at the meet
ing in the Adventist church in Esteyville
next Wednesday evening. under the aus
piCes of the Y NJ. G. A.
The annual meeting of the Brattlcboro
East society will be held next Wednesday
evening in the Congregational vestry at
$50 o'clock. for the election of officers
and transaction of other business.
The Y. NJ. C.. a. basket ball team has
arranged for two games in Brattleboro
this month and is negotiating for another.
ON the 10Th the Springfield VT, team will
come to Brattlcboro and on the eth the
The Brattleboro Gas Light company has
sold to Henry a. Mclean of Jamaica an
incandcscent dynamo with which he will
light his mill and furnish light for the
village of Jamaica. Heretofore the light
for the village has come from South
Londonderry.
An interesting and instructive address
was given by Z. $. Morrison, state Y NJ.
c. a. secretary. at the meeting of the
Miss Gilman sang very acceptably, and
many helpful and inspiring words were
spoken for the womens work among the
young men.
The Congregational Sunday school APP
propriated So Sunday for the Christmas
celebration of the Italian Evangelical
Sunday school i'm New York city, which is
connected with the church of which Rev.
Antonio Alright is pastor also SIS for
the CONGREGATIONAL orphanage in Glen
fucEos. cuba. in charge of Alfred DeBar-
rift of Ma1shfield Hills Mass
The Brattleboro Woman's Indian assoc
citation has this week sent a barrel and
/ half barrel of Christmas gifts To the Crow
Creek hospital for women and children.
/ The contents We're hospital supplies, toys.
/ books and warm clothing for the old In
dams and little children, who suffer much
! in the winter since the government has
/ cut off their ratons The young men can
only take care of themselves and their
/ families The old and helpless depend on
outside aid.
/ Sedgwick post, q. y. r.. held its annual
meeting Wednesday night and elected
/ these officers Commander, Luke Ferri-
/ ter. senior vice commander Henry J.
/ Allen; junior vice commander Frank
! StoCkwcl quartermaster. Oruan Pres
colt; surgeon. Harry Rowe chaplain
e. }. Knowlton; officer Of the day, J. NJ.
JOY; officer OF the guard John NJ Tuck
er; delegates to the state encampment
/ r. H. Putnam and Oruan Prescott; al
| teruates \. V. Cox and J. NJ JOY. These
officers Will he installed in January
William L. Day, 49, who had been iden-
| tilted with musical organizations in New
/ Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts
more than half a century. died at his
home in Greenfield, Monday from an
( apopleCtic stroke. lie was born in Ches-
/ terfeld n. H., and al the age OF l. began
playing in bands and orchestras. For
several years he was cornetist in an or
chestra in Brattleboro under the direc-
tion of the late Christian +. SchuSter. He
was the youngest of five children ana the
last survivor. His home had been in
Greenfield the past ~ years
The case of Orsola Zancan against
Charles Delerio was tried in West Dunn
merston Tuesday before Justice +. II. +,
Stowe of Brattleboro ana a jury Lawyer
y. +. Schwenk appeared for the plaintiff
and f. IL. Laughton for the defendant
The suit was brought to recover SIS
which the plaintiff claimed he loaned
the defendant. The defendant claimed Et
did not borrow money or Zancan and die
not owe him unless II was for beer. Tn,
jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff
to recover the fun amount of the claim
with costs. The Lyons Granite company
was trusted to secure the debt.
Arthur Il. Day. "a, died at his home a
8 Thomas street Tuesday afternoon o
consumption. He had been in III healtl
a year and a half and had been confne,
to his bed three months. The funera
was held at the house at 10 o'clock yes
terday, Rev. +. W. Lewis pastor Of tn
Methodist church. officiating. The buria
was in WillamsVille MIR. Day was borl
in Beckett, Mass. May /, 1880, and was
son of William j. and Amelia II. Ellis
The family moved to Vermont when h.
was a boy. and he was employed 70
t some time in A. NJ. Merrifields baske
shop in Williamsville. He came to Brat
tleboro five years ago and was employee
, | by the S. a. Smith company and after
, wards as fireman at the Brooks House
He also worked for Leslie Smith and {
q | r. Downer. on Jan. I. 1902. he marie
| Miss Ella Il. Prouty of Brattleboro. II
was member OF the Methodist church
= a young man of good character, and en-
joyed the respect of all his acquaintance
He is survived by a wife and a daughter
= Ruth, 10 months old, his parents. tw
- brothers, Frank and George Day, and on
sister, Miss Edith Day all of Brattleborc
Occa sionally some Vermont paper come
= out with an item to the effect that som
= particular person will seek to be appoint
) ed to a position on the federal benz
should Judge Wheeler decide 10 retire.
recent dispatch of that import froT
= Washington refers to Judge Darling, as
- sstant secretary of the navy. who's
-, name is being considered by the Vernon
u delegation for endorsement in connectio
= with two other places, one of them a plac
l. on the federal bench i'm the event tina
r he vacates his present position The tai
l. about Judge Wheeler retiring comes froi
, the fact that he is past 70 years of ag
$ and may retire on full pay. Judge Vince
:. er was Il years old Aug. 80 of this yea
= In March, 1877, President Hayes appoint
- ed him a United States Judge II bein
n what is termed a life appointment. Whe
n he was 20 years old he could have retire
IS on full pay, and he can do so at an
q time, 1t is not his nature to be idle how
IL ever, and being in full possession of mel
70 tai and physical vigor it is only naturi
"a that he should elect to continue in II
o work which he enjoys and which ever
,r one knows he is abundantly qualified
a. perform. No reason is apparent VIII
a Judge Wheeler should not remain rigl
u, where he is.
l. Brattleboro capitalists were largely il