Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-15

| decided to continue the pickle business
| here another year.
on the same night that Mr. Hardie
died his old teacher. Jean Leon Gerome,
the painter and sculptor. passed away
suddenly at his home in Paris from cere-
| bral congestion.
one of the contestants in the Boston
Herald's voting contest. which will en-
title the winners to a free trip to the
| Worlds Fair in st. Louis, is Harlan r.
Miller, clerk in O. j. Pratts store.
The Y. Nj. c. \. basket ball team left
today for Saratoga, n. Y. They will play
the Fort Edward team at Saratoga tonight
and at Fort Edward tomorrow night. They
are scheduled to play at North Adams
| Feb. I.
\ special meeting of company ! was
held Tuesday night to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Wallace n.
Batcheder, second licutenant-elect Thirty
one electors were present. Sergeant Geo
Il. Mosher was elected.
The Brattleboro Womans club will OBJ
serve its annual geutemen's night at the
Brooks house. Wednesday, Jan. 20. An
informal reception will be held at
O'Clock, followed by an entertainment to
be given by Miss Elene Foster of Boston
4 session of the United States circuit
court was held i'm the Brooks House Tues
day. In the case of Wilson against Glenn
ent, motion was made by the defendant
for an increase of bail. The plaintiff did
not appear, SO no order was made by the
court.
The annual meeting Of the Meeting
House Hin Cemetery association was held
Tuesday evening at the home of f.. f..
Fisher. These officers were elected:
President L. T. Fisher; vice president,
Il. c. .DunlIlee; secretary and treasurer,
f. ID. Il. Stove; trustee, Jesse Johnson,
to succeed the late .. III. Carpenter
The Congregational vestry was well
filed Monday evening, when Miss Gene
We've Howard, Shaksperian reader. gave
from memory. The Merchant of Venice, "
impersonating the various characters Miss
Towards delineation of the parts was
easy and graceful. showing careful train
ing and an intelligent Interpretation of
the text.
At the annual meeting of the Vermont
National bank held Tuesday the following
directors and officers were elected: Di-
rectors-H H. Holton. VIM. II. Rockwell.
Geo. c. AVerll, Chas. :. Clark, 5. T.. Law
ton, John r. Moore, +. f. Amidon. Of
icers-President, Geo. c. Averill; vice
president, VIM. H. Rockwell; cashier,
Chas. w Richardson; teller, Chas. a. Boy
den; boollkeeper, John Il. Ryder.
Columbian lodge. No. SO. f. x y. NJ,
conferred the Master Mason degree AT a
regular communication Tuesday evening
Refreshments We're served fonowing the
work. Brattleboro lodge. No 1902, f. x
~ M, conferred the Entered Apprentice
degree at special communication We'd
nesday evening. Last evening Fort Dunn
MOI, o,,,,.,cati,,, .,,f..,.,,5 tho pc Nc
t.r and Ntost Excallout Nt,stor 1.orons
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The trust aes of Norwich University. at
a meeting Friday. accepted the resigna-
tion of President Allan -. Brown Of that
institution. Commander Brown is i'm
proving in health at WayncsVille. y. G.,
but is not in condition to take up ac-
tive work. The Mortified News says:
Mr, brown was erected president Oh the
thNciSltH III NoNeinper' $3.50 anu uiuel
MS administration me cohese mas crown
anu PI"Sp''eu' ms ciHCIent "oiN' III
"iIcl ne ms put MS "hoie 'ile anu en-
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ticmeht Is lhuch regretted IL Is hopeu
that REIMBURSEMENT OF the cares ana
duties "i ms ppsitloh may result IN the
iuIl recovery oil ms health. NO movement
so las as KNOWN mas YET peeh Haue 10
secure Il successor 10 MI Brown
Arthur ]. Munroe is ut home from Yves
leyan University, being one of the six
sophomores SUSPENDED until the mid
year examinations in February The
| trouble arose from an attempt of a num-
Der of sophomores to take Frank b. Tay-
lor of Cambridge. Mass. from his room
the night of Dec. Is to initiate him into
one of the fraternities. Taylor. thinking
he would he injured fought with a screw