Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-01-27
BRATTLEBORO.

DR. John ]. McGrath of New York per-
formed an operation at the Brattleboro
Memorial hospital Saturday.
Durham Brothers annual school for
statesmen will be held next week Thurs
day and Friday closing with social
gathering Friday evening.
The ladies' aid society of the Methodist
Episcopal church had a supper and a
social Wednesday evening at the home
of c. d. Smith on Cedar street.
On account Of the severe storm this
week, the auction of the stock, farming
tools, etc, belonging to George Birch of
Guilford, advertised to be held Thursday
Jan. &c, has been postponed to next Tues
day, Jan 81. at 1 o'clock p. m.
While at the automobile show i'm New
York last week w. f.. Haskell bought a
40-horse power Thomas car s. A. Smith
secured the Vermont agency for the Pre-
mier machine and ordered several for i'm
mediate delivery. John Manley took the
state agency for the Winton automobiles
and ordered five for early shipment
Several carloads of iron for the new
railroad bridge across West river at West
Dummerston arrived in Brattleboro last
week. A gang OF Central Vermont bridge
men are at work on the foundations. The
new bridge has been used on the New
York Central railroad The bridge now
take the place of the one carried out by
the freshet last spring.
Alpha lodge knights of Honor. elected
these officers at the last meeting: Past
Dictator, j. w. Simonds; dictator, ]. o.
stone; vice dictator, N. H. White; as
sistant dictator w. II. Gage; reporter.
c. l.. Piper; financial reporter F. X.
Barrows; treasurer, w. Dorr Perry: guide
w. y. Cunningham; guardian James p.
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A. Cunningham. These officers will be
installed the third Thursday in February.
The annual sleighride of the Epwortb
league was enjoyed by its members last
Monday evening, and was voted a COM
plete success Three big sleigh loads
containing nearly 40 people, made the triu
to Williamsville, where a bountiful sup
per was served by the ladies of the Metho-
dist church in that place, and where two
or three hours were spent very pleasantly
The night was clear, the seighing good
the moon barely past the full, and every
thing conspired to make the occasion one
to he long and pleasantly remembered
An unusually interesting meeting of the
Professional club was held in the Brooks
House Wednesday night. and considering
the bad weather the attendance was good
Supper was served, after which Rev
George Il. Lawson read a paper or
slbilitY of their practical application. "
The paper was of special merit 1t was
sufficiently biographical so that it brought
Tolstoi before the audience as a living
personality. 1t told how by contact
with the peasantry, Tolstoi's ideas of life
underwent a complete revolution. and
gave a full and clear idea of his ethical
system, which was asserted to be that
of the Sermon on the Mount and the pith
of the New Testament. He discussed the
practicability of the system as an ideal
and something toward which the world
must advance. The discussion was ably
led by Rev. F. w. Lewis, who met each
one of the features of the system by pas
sages of Scripture in contradiction
c. C. Carter, alias Gusse DeFord. sup
posed to be the leader of the gang OF
burglars who blew open the safe in the
Windham county savings bank at New
fame Aug. g. was taken before United
states Commissioner Smith at Rochester
N Y, this week for examination and
identification in connection with five posi-
Office robberies in South Carolina He
was positively identified by five witnesses
brought from South Carolina by Post
Office Inspector Gregory and a hearing
was set for next Tuesday. Associated
with carter in these post office robberies
were Thomas Nolan, Charles Howard
alias Charles. Hearn, alias Charles Har-
Der, Edward Dugan and William Nc
Kinley, who were arrested in Columbia
S. c.. Jan. s. 1903 and were sentenced t.
imprisonment for five years in the United
States prison at Atlanta, Ga. and to pay
fine of $500, each. After DeFord'.
arrest through Pinkerton detectives il
New York Dec. 81, he was taken L
Churchvtlle, N. Y, on the charge o.
burglarizing the bank of Briscoe e. Tup.
per of that place but as there was no
sufficient evidence to convict him he wa.
turned over to a United States marsha
on other charges.