Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-02-24

The Modern Woodmen of America
Will give calico masquerade and dress
as-you- please ball at Festival hall Mon
day evening, March 6.
Leslie Smith has bought of George e.
Crowell the land on Flat street which he
has occupied for his shop and lumber
yard the past seven years.
The meeting of the Alliance study class
will be held at Rev. E. @. S. Osgood's
Monday evening, Feb. "a, at 100 o'clock
Subject, The meeting at Jerusalem"
State Fish and Game Commissioner II.
G. Thomas of Stowe has sent out notices
asking all persons requiring fish to be
planted the coming spring to send to him
for blank requisitions
A sheriff's sale of j. j. Rafters house,
hold goods will take place at the Ameri-
can House at o'clock tomorrow to satisfy
three executions. Deputy Sheriff c. l.
Knapp will make the sale.
At the stated convocation of Bingham
chapter o. e. s., on Tuesday evening,
three candidates were elected to member
ship. This CHAPTER will do the inltatory
work at the district meeting, which will
be held in Bellows Falls March 8. after
noon and evening.
The new kindergarten rooms in Emer-
son block on Elliot street will be open to
visitors next Thursday afternoon. March
=, from to o'clock. The kindergarten
committee and teachers cordially invite
all who are interested in this work to
come to see the improved conditions I'M
der which the work can now be carried
on. An entertainment will be given in
the kindergarten room the same evening
at O'Clock, to which all mothers of kim
dergarten children are invited.
The Congregational Christian Endeavor
society's Washington party, which was
held Wednesday evening. was very en-
joyable affair, over 10 young people being
present including "A good number from
the West Brattleboro society. The rooms
were tastefuly decorated with flags. each
guest receiving a gided cardboard hatch
ct tied with the red, white and blue.
| Charming colonial costumes were worn
| by the ladies. Much merriment was
caused by the guessing contests and by
the manner of choosing partners. Va
rious games were enjoyed. after which
| refreshments were served.
| DR.. II. d. Holton, secretary of the
state Board Of Health, is sending out this
week copies of the pure food law passed
| by the Legislature together with the regI =
lations as to its enforcement arranged
! by the board The pamphlet will be
mailed to S744 persons. including town
and village clerks local boards OF health.
| town and city officers and as far as posi-
| BILE every dealer i'm any kind of produce
| in Vermont. DR. Holton has visited the
| state laboratory I'm Burlington this week
| and has spoken at meetings held under
the auspices of the state board of agri-
culture in Brandon and Castleton.
Arthur L. Gates, 81 of Burlington. died
| in st. Augustine, Fla. Tuesday from
! brights disease after an illness of two
years. Mr.. Gates was born in Brattle-
/ boro and his early life was spent here
! i'm Philadelphia and in Burlington He
! had been associated for years with
| his father, Joel II. Gates. first in
| the management Of a furniture fac
| tory and later of wooden fac
| by wife, who was Martha f. Merritt OF
| st. Armand, =. O., and by "A daughter
/ Hazel, who is I'm Smith college: n son
| Harold, student in the University OF
! Vermont; and another son, Leon, who
attends the Burlington high school
As was stated several weeks ago. the
Bradley farm herd of Gucrnseys was
/ tested for tuberculosis and all diseased
| animals were taken away Since then all
the stables on the Bradley farms hav,
| been thoroughly disinfected, and all tn,
! remaining stock placed on one farm. The
stock will be tested again before going
to pasture. Thirty head of tuberculir
tested young COWS and heifers have beer
bought and placed on the Bradley farms
] II IL inc llltlLlbD OF inc owners OF INT
Bradley estate to buy only tuberculr
| tested cattle and have the herd tested
| once each year hereafter thus assuring
| their milk customers that they are buying
milk from a herd of healthy cows.
Among the exhibitors at the goth an.
! nual exhibition of the Architecture
League of New York. which opened Feb
10 at the Fine Arts society building, wa,
Herbert r.. F. Horton, son of Frank T
npfn on Of a..
one of the few awarded prizes for the eX-
cellence of their work. His name appears
in the catalogue as the winner OF tn,
| Avery prize OF $50, the subject of the
! competition being flower box 10 inches
! by II inches by three feet, suitable foi
execution in terra Gotta. In the report
! the committee on competition and awards
state that they have Awarded the Henry
| q. Avery prize to the design of Herbert
| r. Horton as by far the best of those
submitted" Mr.. Horton is in the studio
! of Herbert Adams. the well-known sculp-
tor, with whom he has been a number OF
years.
George f. Moore of Lakeport N H.
brother of Mrs. Henry Tucker of Brattle-
boro, died Friday night Mrs Tucker is
in Lakeport, having gone there on ac-
count of her brothers illness, aud she will
remain there until March T. The fol-
lowing is from the Lakeport correspon-
dence in the Manchester Union of Sat
urday: George F. Moore, a brother OF
DIR. j. c. Moore of this city. died at his
residence on Union avenue last night OF
apopleXy. Mr.. Moore was born in Lon
don, Dec 16. 1871, being the son Of Dr.
! David F. Moore In 1855 the family
moved to I.akeport then Lake Village
Mr., Moore was for many years the senior
member of the firm of G. +. Moore x Co.
wool dealers of Boston, which concern
I was some years ago one of the leading
houses in its line in New England. Mr.
Moore had the reputation of being one
of the leading wool experts in the country
Besides his brother. he is survived by
three sons, Howard p. of Albany, n. Y,
Arthur c. of Lowell, and Proctor r. of
New York. and one sister, Mrs. Mary f.
| Tucker of Brattleboro, VI. The funeral
services will be held at the residence OF
DR. j. c. Moore, 594 Union avenue, sun
day afternoon at o'clock"