Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-22
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The daughters of Pocahontas adopted
several candidates into their council
Thursday evening.
The bowling league match scheduled
for Tuesday night, between the Esteys
and seniors, was postponed one week.
Branch l of the Brattleboro Sunshine
society will meet with Mrs Charles A.
Harris Friday afternoon Dec. 30, at three
o'clock.
The next high school dance will be
held in Grange hall Friday, Dec 20, from
to ~ o'clock. All members of the high
school and alumni are invited
The woman's auxiliary has sent out
this week reminders of the New Years re-
ception in the Y. NJ. c. A. All friends
of the association are asked to consider
themselves invited.
The Christmas party for the children
of the Unitarian Sunday school will be
held in Wells hall Saturday evening, Dec.
80. Supper will be served at $50, to be
followed by a tree and games.
The first of a series of ladies' night
sociables was held in the Vermont Wheel
club rooms Tuesday evening. Dancing
was enjoyed by about 40 couples. Lett
singers orchestra furnished music.
The smile on the faces of fox hunters
is due to the recent fall of snow. Six
store this week, taken from foxes shot
by George A. Barker and William Macia.
Miss Flora Cattanach. one of the student
nurse at the Brattleboro Memorial
hospital, was taken i'll with scarlet fever
yesterday. She contracted the disease by
caring for a scarlet fever patient at the
hospital
The rural comedy Isl Stebbns" at the
Auditorium Saturday night was not
largely attended and the play failed to
arouse much enthusiasm. Dan Darleigh
the eccentric farmer, carried his part WELL
and there were some good specialties.
At a meeting held in Manchester, N
H., Friday the state railroad commission
approved the issue of 81, 900, 900 of stock
by the Connecticut River railroad in
exchange for the stock of the Vermont
Valley railroad. which it has absorbed.
One of the smallest audiences ever pres
ent at an entertainment in the Auditorium
attended the concert by the Mozart Sym
phony club, an instrumental quartet.
Other attractions accounted for the small
attendance. The concert was one of rare
excellence and deserved full house.
J. C. Ullery,' publisher of the New
England Farmer, has lost valued MEM
Der of his staff in the death Saturday
at Dedham, Mass. of Alonzo w. Cheever,
73 He was one of the best known agri-
cultural writer's in New England and for
IS years was associate editor Of the New
England Farmer.
The funeral of Mrs. Harrison Fisher,
who died Friday morning, was held at
her late home on Forest street at o'clock
Sunday, Rev. L. NJ. Keneston, pastor of
the Congregational church in West Brat
tleboro, officiating. There was a large
attendance. The burial was in Meeting
House Hill cemetery, the bearers being
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rich Stolte, jr., and Arthur h. Merrill
The Batesburg, Is. c. Advocate of last
Friday contained the following about a
former Brattleboro piano agent: "a num-
Der of concrete hollow building blocks,
made by C. W. Stewart, were exhibited
at the Tri-County fair and took first pre-
MUM. Clemson college has requested a
sample of these blocks to be sent them for
their museum. These blocks are a per-
feet imitation of marble, and Mr. Stewart
has a patent now being granted"
Congressman Haskins has introduced in
Congress a large number of private PEN
sion bills. Among those from Windham
county are the following: Henry A.
Wheeler of Bellows Falls, late of Co. l,
18th VT. regt., $50; Frank w. Weeks of
Brattleboro, late of Co. d, 21st Mass.
regt., $50; Calvin L. Cook of Vernon, late
of Co. H, 8th vt. regt., $50; Frederick
F, I'd VT. regt., $50; T. ]. Miller of Brat
tleboro, late of Co. b, 10th VT. regt., $50
Francis E. Brigham of Wardsboro, late
musician, brigade band, Sd division, Gath
army corps, $50; William r. Livermore
of West Townshend, late of Co. E, 5th
VT. regt., $24; Royal Sanderson, Town
shend, late of Co. d, 10th VT. regt., 1874;
l.. S. AXtell of Windham, late of Co. H,
9Th VT. regt $50; Mrs. Jennie f. Edison
of Grafton, widow of Joseph NJ Edison,
who served in Co. I, 4th VT. regt.
The continual hacking OF axes at the
trees on the railroad bank in the rear of
st. Michaers Episcopal church was a
source of great annoyance to the worship
pers in that edifce Sunday morning. At
the close of the service a delegation
consisting of the rector, Rev. e. T. Math-
ison, F. W. Childs and w. E. Haskell
proceeded in a body to the railroad bank
and found a number of men cutting Off
the trees by order Of officials of the
railroad company. The men were ordered
to desist, the claim being made that the
trees were on the church property, and
1t was suggested that the men were
liable to arrest in any event for working
on Sunday. Night Waterman Warren
acting for the bailiffs also took a hand in
the matter The men withdrew to what
they knew to be safe" ground, and 1t
was decided to have the land surveyed to
find out just where the dividing line
between the church property and the
railroad property was located. r. c.
Bacon was engaged as counsel for the
church.
Mrs. Minnie S. Hunt, 49, wife of Arad
Hunt, died at the Hunt farm at 1890
O'Clock Sunday night after an illness of
about 10 days with pneumonia. Mrs
Hunt was born in Clarksburg, Mass,
April 25, 1865, and was a daughter OF
George and Sophia (Partridge) Herrick.
About 10 years ago she was married to
Arad Hunt, a well known farmer, and
her home since then had been on the
Hunt farm. Her mother and one sister,
Mrs Charles e. Hovey, live in Williams
vile, and a brother, George Herrick lives
in South Londonderry She leaves four
children, Ruth, William, Edith and John,
aged 10, eight, eight and five, respectively.
Mrs. Hunt was a member of the Metho-
dist church and of the home department
of the Sunday school. She was a woman
Of lovable personality, devoted to her
home and family. and endeared herself
to her many friends by these and other
sterling characteristics. The funeral
was held at the house at 100 o'clock
Wednesday, Rev. A. H. Webb, of the
Methodist church. officiating. The burial
was In the Hunt cemetery in Vernon.
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