Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-22

H. S. sherwln has gone to Boston to
work.
Fred Hulett has gone to work for w F.
Cutting.
Ed Spencer is working for the Jamaica
Lumber Co.
Mrs. Gladys Case is keeping house for
Ralph p. Spencef.
| ed to $24 per month.
Mrs. G. H. Hollenbeck has been spend
ing the past week in Boston and vicinity.
Charles Allen has bought OF the estate
the driving mare of the late ]. Q. Shum-
| way.
The Baptist Sunday school will have
a supper and Christmas tree Saturday
evening in their vestry.
Mrs. A. o. Coleman of Bondvlle called
on friends Monday, going on to Brattle-
| boro Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. II. w. Kingsbury are
spending the week in Putney and vicinity
visiting Mrs. Kingsbury's parents.
Master Robert NJ. Wardwen has gone
to Fultonvlle, n. Y, to spend Christmas
with his father and grandparents.
The ladies' industrial society held their
annual sale and supper Tuesday evening
which Melted a good sum for their treas
ury.
G. ]. Loveland is skidding logs at the
Cobb brook for F. G. Hosley and is board
| ing at Mr.. Lees at the Holden e. Martin
mill.
A. V.'D. Piper has been appointed town
| grand juror by the selectmen to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF H
F. Willis.
The auditor of the b. S. Gallup Lumber
company has been in town the past week
looking over the books Of the concern al
the Office here.
Fred A. Stone of Brattleboro has been
| spending the past week at his uncle 8
| Milton F. Towards. He returned to Brat
tleboro Saturday.
w. F. Cutting shipped the first car OF
the seasons output of chair stock from
his mill on Tuesday. His shipments in
the future will be one to three cars q
week.
Charles Donavan has returned from St
Albans where he went with the steam
| shovel. He will remain in Jamaica this
winter, running the stationary engine al
H. A. McLean's electric light plant.
Next Monday evening there will be
Christmas exercises in the Congregational
church, followed by a tree in the hall be-
low. Everybody is invited to bring
presents for the tree and to attend both
| exercises.
While skating on Mr.. Lewis's mill pond
Saturday Alice Clark had a narrow escape
from drowning. She broke through the
| ice where the water was about six feet
deep, but succeeded in hanging to the
edge until Roy Soper jumped in, the
water being up to his neck, and brought
her ashore.
The new electric lights in the opera
| nan gave general satisfaction and every
one now feels secure from accidents by
| fire. Our large four-lght chandelier has
| been placed in the centre of the hall, and
two lights at the back. On the stage there
are four electric lights and three over
head lights, entirely doing away with the
old kerosene lamps. The lights are all
connected with a switch board and dim
mers so that the hall or stage may be
darkened at will. The wiring was done by
| White and Walker of Brattleboro
j. A. Muzzy, ]. C. Robinson, E. NJ. But
| Ter and A. NJ. Butler were in Brattleboro
Tuesday attending the hearing before A.
! F. Schwenk, special master in the case
Of the Jamaica Savings bank VS. e. NJ.
Butler, admir-, ct ais This is a case
| growing out of the foreclosure of a mort
gage held by the Jamaica Savings bank
| upon the Lestina Howard farm in East
Jamaica, of which estate f. M. Butler is
administrator, and involves the question
as to whether the lanyard pasture of
about 200 acres on Turkey mountain is
| included in this mortgage.
The play Under the Laurels," by the
Jamaica Dramatic club last Friday night,
drew full house. The parts were well
taken and the presentation showed hard
and consistent work on the part of the
actors. This is the first play presented
by the club in several years, but 1t is
hoped that We may have several more
during the winter. A dance which follow
aH mia
Jamaica band. About so couples partici-
pated in the dance. A general good time
is reported, although there was little
dissatisfaction in regard to the music and
management, but in the future the dances
will be under the same management as
the play, and the public will be assured
that satisfaction will be given.