Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-02-03

The town auditors began work Monday
on the town accounts of the past year.
Rev Father Carmody will be the Me-
mortal Day orator i'm Brattleboro. this
year.
The Knights and Ladies Of Honor will
hold regular meeting in Red Mems hall
Monday evening
The First Regiment band of 25 pieces
has been engaged by the knights Temp
lar commandery of Greenfield to go to
Boston May "a to appear in the parade of
the grand commandery of Massachusetts.
The February mothers meeting will be
held in the Centre Congregational chap
ell next Wednesday. afternoon at $3.50
o'clock. Mrs. e. II. Crane win talk up
on Library Work and Reading for Chill
dren. Tea will be served.
sale of unclaimed express packages
will be held I'm Bellows Falls Saturday,
Feb %, at 100 D. m Packages i'm the
Brattleboro express office, which will be
sold then If not claimed before are adj
dressed to the Brattleboro overall COM
pany, ]. NJ. Baker, Estey Organ company,
Fred Heaton. j. j. McIverr. w Il. Mil
Ter, Manley Brothers, II. Cakes, Il. Smith,
c. NJ. Woodward, ]. r. willis and l.. Il.
Wheeler
Charles p. Hall superintendent of
schools in Shelburne Falls. Mass, is ar
ranging a personally conducted tour to
Washington covering the period between
March IL and 49, with rate of $50 for
the round trip of seven days. Brattle-
boro people will have an opportunity, as
in former years, to go with Capt. Halls
party. leaving here on the early morning
train and joining the excurslonists at
northampton. the rate from there being
$295O.
Road Commissioner Eames is having
large quantity of gravel drawn from
the gravel bed on the George Wilder
farm and deposited on Canal street, to
be put in the road the coming spring
a quantity was left near the West River
bridge last week for the same purpose
The gravel can be drawn at less expense
in the winter, and moreover it is an ad-
vantage to have 1t where ii can be put
in the road just when it is needed
The Colonial trophy, one of the finest
prizes of the whist world, was won
recently by the Bay State club team of
Holyoke from the American Whist club
of Boston. Since then the Bay state OK
perts have defended 1t successfully twice
This week they defeated the Duplicate
Whist club of Springfield - to II. Three
of the Bay state players took part ia the
close contests between Holyoke and the
Vermont Wheel club a few winters ago
Messrs. Judd, Mansir and Buchanan
Branch No / Of the International Sun
shine society of Brattleboro was organ
lied less than five years ago, and the
good which has emanated from this So
ciety is not generally known. Although
their working force is small (as the mem
bershp is limited to 800 yet their deeds
OF Kindness and thoughtfulness have
been many. Since last May sunshine has
been carried in the way of money. cloth
ing. Thanksgiving and Christmas din
ners. fruit. flowers, and i'm many other
ways to over 10 persons. The society
plans to give in the near future "a supper
to replenish its treasury. which it is
hoped the public will literally patronize
Glass 9 of the Baptist Sunday school
of which Carl s Hopkins is teacher
met at he home Of Mrs Mary f.
Smith on Oak street Wednesday even
in \. w Roel. who acted as
teacher last summer and fall during
the absence of Mr.. Hopkins. was asked
to meet one or two Of the class at supper
but was greatly surprised to find Rev
Mr.. Lawson. l.. w. Hawley. the superln-
tcndcnt of the school 80 or % members
of the class, and other friends After sup
per some time WAS spent i'm identifying
amhrotypes. dagucrreotypcs ana early
Of those present. Mrs l. O.
T. Smith gave a reading ana there were
interesting "reminiscences OF earlier DAYS
by Messrs. Hawlcy. Roel and l. O +.
Smith and Mrs. w. T.. Banks
When Roy. f. r. Mathison. rector Of
St Michael's Episcopal church. saw in
the newspapers cut of Father Gopou.
leader of the workmcn in the Russian
uprising, he was impressed with it's re-
Semblance to a photograph which he had
of Rev Father Nicholas Nasselien for
nerly pastor Of St Basil's church i'm An
sonia, Conn He looked at the photograph
md compared it with the picture and
was stu more convinced that the
pictures were of the same man. The An
sonia newspapers published statements
Indicating that Father Gopon was Father
NasSelien, b and dispatches from st
Petersburg which have given Father
iopons real name have spelled il very
nearly like that of the former Ansonia
PRIEST Father Nassclien was a Russian
missionary priest at Ansonia from 1896
@ 1899 and was personal friend of Rev.
Mr.. Mathison. who was rector of an
Episcopal church i'm Ansonia at that time
lie returned to Russia some five wears
lgo. and on a later visit to this country .
10 found that Rev. Nh Mathison had .
'ome to Brattleboro. He wrote that he I
Intended to visit the latter here in Brat /.
l'"'I"' put MS duties prevented him /
rom doing so.
The consolidation of the Schorling &, .
Johnson and G. q. Abbott meat markets .
ook place this week The business will
'e conducted under the firm name of
Abbott & Denison Brothers Denison
frothels, who own meat market I'm
'laremont. \. H., bought a half interest
II the Abbott market last December and
y Nj. Denison came to J3rattlcboro 10
sslst in the management Of the market
nder the new deal Mr.. Abbott, S. NJ
)enlson and Adney n. Denson each will
WIN one-third of the business of Abbott
: DeniSon Brothers. The books of both
iiattleboro markets will be- kent i'm the
'bbott market, and George Wilson. who
as been with Schorlng ~ Johnson. win
e the bookkceper $. NJ Denison win
axe charge Of the Schorling a johnson
market Adney n. DcniSon will remain
charge of the market in Claremont
Ut VIII come to Brattleboro frequently
IT. Abbott will have charge Of the All
OFT market The new firm intends To re-
an ITS present employees in both markets
nd MI Schorling will be employed Inv
ne hrm, The sale of the Schorling g. |
ohnson market was made through
o May real estate agency and posses
on was given Wednesday.
ldden Death of Miss Nellie J. Howard (
Miss Nellie J. Howard. so. died at the
lme OF her brother, Frank II. Howard Z.
north Main street, at !. 20 o'clock Tines
~ morning after a brief Illness with