Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-01
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The first of the series of assemblies in
the Brooks House will be held tonight.
F. D. e. Stowe won second prize on his
pen of buff leghorns at the Holyoke Score
Card show.
The movement has been started again
for the formation Of an aerie of Eagles in
town, also lodge Of Elks.
The auction sale of the Sholes farm by
E. s. Hall, trustee of the N. F. Skies
estate in bankruptcy, is in progress to-
day.
Dennis Rebekah lodge will hold a rum
mage sale in Retting building, beginning
Dec. and continuing through the week
All members are requested to contribute
articles.
The marriage of Robert w. Mitchell Of
Brattleboro and Miss Bessie NJ. Hervey
Of Mortified Farms will take place at
Miss Hervey's home at ~ o'clock tomor-
row. Only members Of the families will
be present.
A large crowd attended the auction at
the American House Saturday. The sale
continued all day. Many Of the best
articles were left, and these will be sold
by auction tomorrow beginning at l
o'clock.
Between 20 and 30 dinners and parts of
dinners were sent out yesterday under the
direction of the parish committee of the
Congregational church. Several Thanks
giving dinners were supplied in town by
the Baptist Bible school.
At the meeting of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society to be held in the Bap-
fist chapel Thursday. Dec. Z, at 3 o'clock,
an address will be given by Miss
Reed Of Boston. This will be followed by
a social hour and refreshments.
The high school football team has i'm
proved steadily throughout the season
and showed wonderfully god form in the
game yesterday. The boys ought to give
a good account of themselves next sea-
son, as they will only lose Bardwell and
Thurber by graduation.
The funeral of Mrs. Hale r. Rose was
held at her late home on Canal street at
o'clock Saturday. Rev. George B. Law
son, of the First Baptist church. ofhciated
and the burial was in Prospect Hill GEM
etery The bearers were d. F. Bracket,
Ira Burnett, Ira Higgins, H. E. Bond G.
H. Bond and Frank Burnett.
A series of Advent season services will
be begun in the Congregational vestry
next Sunday evening at o'clock. They
will be largely services of song, in which
the choir will be assisted by a chorus
There will be short addresses by the pas
the topic next week being The Door of
the Mind"
A mass meeting was held in Festival
hall Sunday evening under the auspices
of the Vermont Anti-Saloon league. Ex-
cellent addresses were made by Clarence
j. Ferguson, superintendent, and Rev. W.
r. Davenport, field secretary In the
morning Mr.. Ferguson spoke in the Bap-
fist church and Mr.. Davenport in the
Congregational church
The biggest success of the season is
Frank Waite's roller skating rink in Emer-
son building. 1t was opened Monday and
has been well patronized every afternoon
and evening. Mr.. Waite started with 100
pairs of skates. Several times during the
week all have been in use. Twenty-Five
more pairs have been ordered The skates
are made of steel and have ball bearings.
The barn on the farm known as the
Israel Wood place in the west part of the
town near the Gullford line was burned
Thursday night Of last week with large
part OF the contents. Isaac NJ. Robb, oc-
cupant of the farm, was bedding his horse
when the animal kicked and broke a Ian
term setting fire to the building He cut
the rope which held the horse and the
animal ran out. The cows were also re-
leased. Mr.. Rosb in trying to save his
hens had narrow escape and was oblig-
ed to crawl through a window after he
was nearly overcome by smoke. The hens
We're burned There was only $3.50 in
surance on the property burned.
Lawyer Arthur C. Spencer of Brattle-
boro and Miss Margaret Dunn of Wal
than, Mass were married in Greenfield
Oct. Fl. but their friends in Brattleboro
did not learn of the marriage until last
Friday. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Austin H. Herrick, pastor of the
Methodist church of Greenfield. Mr.. and
mill
GERS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Porter c.
Spencer this winter. Mr.. Spencer stud
led law with Attorney General C. c. Fits
and remained in his office some time after
being admitted to practice He has an
office in Crosby block. Mrs. Spencer for
merly was bOoklSeeper in the office of
the New England Telephone e Telegraph
company in Brattleboro.
Thomas II. McVeigh, who has been
missing since March 81, has been heard
from this week. On Tuesday night Mrs
McVeigh received a brief letter from her
husband stating that he had just arrived
in New York where he has a brother.
The letter gave no details as to where Mr..
McVeigh has been since he disappeared
mysteriously. McVeigh was night engin-
eer at the Brattleboro Gas Light COM
pany's power plant on West River, about
seven miles from Brattleboro. When the
day engineer went to work on the morn
$50 VI 4Nal SA o. hS iOuiu Nne machinery
running all right, but there was no trace
OF McVeigh. During the night the river
rose rapidly and several acres Of ice
broke up. McVeigh's dinner pail pipe
and tobacco were found on a table in the
power house, and from these facts it was
believed by many that he had gone out to
push away the ice, that he lost his foot
Ing and fell into the river. Others be-
lieved he had run away, as he had done
before. and that he would be heard from
In due time.