Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-15

beers were initiated
The Christmas holiday for the village
schools will last from l o'clock on We'd
nesday. Dec 20. until the morning OF
Wednesday, Jan. 3.
The next meeting of the Woman's club
will be held Wednesday afternoon, Dec.
20. at the Brooks House. Mrs. Henry d.
IIolton will give a paper on "a Trip to
Mexico" and there will be Mexican mu-
sic.
A change has been made I'm the admit
ting board for the Brattleboro Memorial
hospital since the list was made up as
given on page of this paper The board
consists of DR.. Charles S. Pratt and DR..
Henry Tucker
Warren Eason has made and given away
over 400 canes. When he was employed
at the Brattleboro Retreat years ago he
began making canes from walnut sticks
which he cut on Wantastiquet mountain
and has kept 1t up ever since.
The following increa ses OF pension have
been secured recently through Col John
Hunt. pension agent Harry A. Ellis,
Jamaica, to S2I; George /. Birchard,
Springfield Mass, to $14; John Rogers
Springfield, to Sl2; Charles S. Stacy Brat
tleboro, to SIP; c. w. Nation, North
field to $l2; Ira s. Higgins, Brattleboro.
to $12
Bishop A. c. A. Hall of Burlington made
his annual visit to st. Mlchaels Episcopal
church Friday evening and confirmed a
class of nine. He preached to large
congregation, and 1t was the opinion of
many that he was even more vigorous In
mind and body than before his recent
operation for appendicitis Rev. e. y.
Mathison, rector OF the church. says: Il
think 1t was one OF the strongest sermons
ever heard him preach"
Joseph Feran, 49, who has been en-
ployed by the Brattleboro Cabinet COM
pany at the factory on Vernon street. had
his right arm mutilated on a ripping saw
Monday afternoon. He was taken to the
Brattleboro Memorial hospital with the
expectation of having the arm amputated
below the elbow. but II was decided to
make an EFFORT to avoid amputation.
Feran had been using an oil can. He
reached over the saw to put the can in
its regular place, and his right sleeve
caught on the saw.
The physicians who went to Rutland
to take examinations gave a banquet at
Shea's restaurant Tuesday evening and
invited the other physicians. Fourteen
were present. The supper consisted OF
clans, chicken, steak. etc. and was pro-
nounced first class. The doctors enjoyed
the occasion so much that they organized
a social club and called 1t the Brattleboro
Medical club. These officers were elected:
President DIR. r. $. Bowen: secretary.
DIR. George r, Anderson: treasurer. DR..
w. II. Lane; entertainment committee.
DR.. II. l. Waterman and DR.. q. X. An
derson.
Mrs. Harrison Fisher, ca. died at $40
o'clock this morning at her home at
Forest street. She had been in falling
health with consumption a year or more
Her maiden name was Sarah Cole. and
she was born in Marlboro a daughter OF
Hollis and Eunice Cole. All but a few
. WH.aa H..Fl..
She was "A Christian Scientist. Besides
her husband she is survived by one daugh-
ter Mrs. John l. Lawton OF Forest street,
and three brothers, Henry Cole OF Wal
lingford this state. Nelson Cole of Suffield
Conn, and Harrison Cole OF California
The funeral will be held at the house at
O'Clock Sunday.
OF interest to all lovers OF music Is the
letter which the star course managers
received from the Redpath Lyceum
bureau this week. Mr. Webber writes
that while ten of the Bostonia orchestra
were formerly members of the Fadettess
orchestra. they left them five years ago
| when their leader arranged for them to
! go to keith's theater in Boston. Being
| all solo artists they felt that they could
| do much better and so organized the Bos-
tonians, with Mss Renfrew leader. 4
series of unbroken successes has attended
| their concerts and In their line they are
| ton travelling. Mr.. Webber has very gem
erously promised a splendid entertainer.
| Mr.. Mart King. TO add to the evening =
! pleasure, and guarantees his work to be
| of the highest type. Certainly next
| Tuesday evening promises to all rare
| delight.
! Charles Sibley Of Brattleboro was robbed
Of some money and an overcoat in
| Holyoke Friday He met Policeman
Peter A. Cullen Friday morning and told
! his story. He said he was induced by
! two men to accompany them to n barn
| near the Walsh boiler works. where they
| robbed him. The officer took Sibley to the
! police station, where the story was re-
| peated. Three officers started out with
| Slbiey TO md the barn, but Sibeys con-
| dition was such that IL was located with
! difficulty. Six men We're found sleeping
! in the barn. but four of them claimed to
nave permission TO do so. Their claim
| was verified but the two others were
! taken to the police station. One of them
mad on an overcoat which Sibley identi-
| fled as his, The two men were arrested
and on Saturday they We're arraigned i'm
court. They gave their names as Joseph
"A. Boulais and Alphonse Beique. Boulais
was sentenced to one month for vagrancy
ana one month for larceny and Beque
was sentenced to three months for larceny
Sibley was fined Sc for drunkenness
theft of nearly $50 from c. F.
| Wrights bakery on Main street was re-
ported to Night Waterman William War
rem Saturday morning. Mr.. Warren re-
sponded to a signal call and found Mr.
and Mrs. Wright at the store 1t was
then about o'clock In the morning Mr.
and Mrs. Wright said they had been to a
card party. Mr.. Wright told the clerk
when he left at o'clock Friday night to
put the money in a drawer In his desk
on closing the store and that he would
go to the store for 1t after attending the
party. When he opened the drawer he
found only empty money bags. A rear
window in the, basement, which had been
fastened insecurity, was open, as were
the doors leading up to the office. An in
vestigation was held Saturday by Village
Attorney A. F. Schwenk. The employees
in the store were questioned. They said
they finished work Friday night at
o'clock and did not know any money was
to be left at the store. About $14 was
taken from the bakery one night last
June. No money had been left in the
store until last Friday night.
Dan Darleigh in "Old 81 Stebbins" to-