Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-29

rooms on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 2, at
3 o'clock
Norman Darling has been appointed by
the prudential committee the janitor of
the Canal street school building for the
remainder of the school year,
The annual meeting and dinner of the
Valley Fair association will be held at the
ing will be opened at IL o'clock.
The annual shooting match of the
Turkey club took place Christmas day,
when the first prize was won by Ralph
Allen. On Tuesday evening the members
of the club celebrated with a banquet at
Halls restaurant.
The skating rink in the Centreville fac
tory will be opened at noon tomorrow. A
brass band will furnish music in the even
ing. A new hard wood floor has been
laid, making probably the finest floor for
public use in Brattleboro.
The Klark-Urban company in roper
toire that will come to the Auditorium
the week of Jan Is bears an excellent
reputation and will offer our theatre
going patrons an entirely new list of
plays and specialties.
The special feature Of the program for
the meeting of the woman's auxiliary of
the Y. NJ c. A. next Tuesday afternoon
will be an address by State Secretary f.
S. Morrison. 1t is hoped that there will
be large attendance.
b. E. Herrlck unjointed his right thumb
in the Richardson market on Elliot street
Friday. He was holding a butcher knife
in his teeth when a piece of beef swung
against 1t and dislodged it. The knife
fell point downward on the joint.
The next meeting of the Professional
club will be held at the Brooks House
Monday evening, when Lawyer Frank e.
Barber will give paper on Fundamental
Reforms Needed in Life Insurance" All
of the men engaged in life insurance
business in town will be invited to the
meeting in addition to the regular mem
bers.
Quonektacat tribe of Red Men held it's
annual business meeting Friday night and
elected these officers: Sachem, Charles
Brockington; senior sycamore, Fred Miner:
Junior sycamore, John Wilson; prophet, II.
f. Harris; chief of records, c. p Spencer;
collector of wampum, r. H. Baker; keeper
of wampum, Il. L. Parker; trustee for
three years, c. c. Fits.
The Daughters of Pocahontas held their
semi annual meeting last night and elect
ed these officers: Prophecies, Mrs. Hattie
Lord; Pocahontas. Mrs. Eveline Smith
| Wenona, Mrs. Georgia Sears: Powhatan,
John Wilson; keeper of records, Mrs. Ida
Miller; collector OF wampum, Mrs Flora
| Ellis; keeper of wampum, Miss Hattie
| Barden; trustee for three years, Mrs
Ashton Taylor.
Sunshine branch No . held their an
rual meeting and Christmas festivities at
the Home for the Aged Wednesday after
noon. Officers for the coming year are
president. Mrs. Ryder; secretary and
treasurer. Miss Genevieve Slate Mrs. f..
l.. Parker was elected to arrange for Sun
| day services at the home. and the COM
mittees upon entertainment, refreshments
and tree were reelected.
Oasis encampment. l. o. O. F.. elected
these officers at its annual meeting: Chief
Patriarch, c. G.. Staples; senior warden.
w. 7. Haigh; high priest, II. j. JOY; ju-
nior warden. George Metcalf scribe, II.
S. Goodenough; financial scribe. ID. w.
| Tenney; first representative n. NJ. Will
son; second representative. r. f. Young
trustee for three years +. a. Cook. The
officers will be installed next Thursday.
Wantastiquet lodge of Odd Fellows
elected these officers Monday night: No
BILE grand w. j. Cain; vice noble grand,
| M. II. Micott; secretary, A. j. Currier;
| financial secretary. Charles l.. Cobb
treasurer, C. f. Sturges; junior warden,
| George Metcalf; first representative w
e. Combs; second representative w. T.
! Haigh; trustee for five years. w. T..
| Combs. These officers will be installed
next Monday night by District Deputy
Trask of Bellows Falls and his staff
The Vermonter for December is an odd
| Fellows number, devoted largely to mat
| ters relating to the order. A history is
| given of the sovereign grand lodge, the
| grand lodge of Vermont and the Rebekahs
| of the state. Among the portraits are
those Of F. f. Perry of Brattleboro, grand
conductor of the grand lodge; w. e.
| Combs, grand senior warden of the grand
encampment; A. W. Roel grand sentinel
| of the grand encampment: Lieut. Col
w. T. Haigh of the Patriarchs Militant
Major II. ]. Joy of the Patriarchs Mill
tant; and Mrs. Alice A. Landry, who
| was assembly president of the Rebekahs
Of the state in 1904.
About 40 of the Sir knights of Beau
seant Commandery, X. T., according to
custom met in their asylum on Monday
for their annual Christmas observance,
when at ~ m. they participated in the
| following sentiment: ITO our most
eminent grand master George NJ. Moulton.
merry Christmas, with health and
prosperity to all the goOdly fellowship Of
| the cross The grand master sent the
| following response. which was read: ITO
| all the loyal and loving soldiers of Christ
| enlisted under the banner of our order,
wheresoever dispersed throughout the
world: Peace be unto thee and that con-
tentment which cometh from a firm and
! unfaltering reliance upon our Father who
| art in Heaven"
Dispositions were taken Monday by c.
| c. Fits of Brattleboro and c. w. Writer'S
| of St Adams in the suit of George Wells
| of Brattleboro against the Central Yer
mont Railway company for damages for
injuries sustained I'm a wreck on the Brat
tleboro e. Whitehall railroad in 1903. Mr.
Writer'S is general counsel for the Central
Vermont company and Mr.. Fits is at
torney for Mr.. Wells. The suit will be
tried in Boston next month. The depo-
sitions taken We're those of w. ]. Ander-
son, brakeman, Frank Foster of Wards
boro, who was a passenger on the train
at the time of the accident, and Charles
ii. Pratt, George L. Durham, George c.
AVerill and Charles A. Boyden, who tes-
tilted as to the character and standing
of Mr.. Wells.
George w. Pierce, president of the
Valley Fair association, has sent out
circular letter soliciting subscriptions to
the capital stock of the association. He
says that the association owns its
grounds, buildings and equipment free of
debt, but that with the present growth of
the fair it is important that additional
buildings be erected and that 1t is de-
sirable that the capital stock be increased
and that more stock be subscribed The
capital stock of the fair is $4,000 d.
vided into shares of $25. Twenty eight
shares remain unsold Mr.. Pierce says: