Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-29
BRATTLEBoRO.


The ladies of the Universalist church
will serve supper at 6.15 next Thursday
evening.
DR.. W. II. Lane will present a paper on
the social evil before the mems class of
the Universalist church Sunday noon.
All men are cordially invited to attend.
special convocation of Fort Drummer
chapter Royal Arch Masons, was held
Wednesday evening, when the mark, past
and most excellent degrees were conferred.
The directors of the Peoples National
bank met yesterday morning and declared
a semi-annual dividend of four per cent
and an additional dividend of two per
cent, making a total of ten per cent. for
the year.
Dennis Rebekah lodge elected these Off
GERS Tuesday night: Noble grand, Mrs
Della f. Haigh; vice noble grand, Mrs.
Jennie Moran; recording secretary, Mrs
Mary Amidon; financial secretary, Miss
Minnie Brown; treasurer, Mrs. Ida Gill
son: first trustee, Mrs. Mary Brown;
second trustee, Mrs. Ida Spear; third
trustee, mrs. Alice Landry.
The usual New Years reception for the
people of the town will be held in the
rooms OF the Y. NJ. c. A. next Monday
evening from s to 10 o'clock. Members of
the womans auxiliary of the Y. NJ. c. A
be served and there will be music by an
orchestra. cordial invitation is extend
ed to everyone. especially to the young
men CT the town.
letter from Senator Redfeld Proctor
to United States District Attorney ]. L.
Martin says that President Roosevelt re-
appointed Mr. Martin district attorney for
four years and sent his name to the Senate
for confirmation just before Congress adj
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week, and one of the first matters of bust
ness to be taken up by the Senate will be
action on appointments.
Alfred Granville Sharp, So, for more
than 20 consecutive years town clerk Of
Richmond, Mass, died at the Brattleboro
Retreat Monday night. He came to Brat
tleboro last July for treatment. Mr.. Sharp
was one of the best known men in Berk-
shire county and was a widely known and
successful fruit grower. He spent few
years in the mercantile business. The
body was taken to Richmond Wednesday.
The burial was in West Stockbridge yes
terday.
The matron of the apartments occupied
by Miss Helen Crosby of Brattleboro and
Miss Winifred Bird of Portland Ore, con-
nected with the New England conser-
Vatory of music in Boston, has written
Miss Crosby a letter concerning the
says that the burglars did not find the
key to Miss Crosby's silver closet, and
she thinks not many articles of value
were taken from Miss Crosby's room.
Miss Bird was more unfortunate and lost
many things.
Much attention has been attracted re-
Gently by the dead English sparrows on
Main street, every morning. The number
yesterday morning was unusually large,
t1na oY1xF cNQ Fsrn
were seen to fall from flying flocks to the
ground. The birds are victims of poison.
English sparrows drive away song birds
and for that reason various people put
poison where they will find 1t. The birds
alight on telephone wires and fall off dur
ing the night 1t is a case, however,
where the remedy is worse than the cure,
as it is impossible to exterminate the
sparrows and the dead birds on the street
are a nuisance.
The basket ball season, so far as Man
ager James H. Allen is concerned, is over.
The Independents were scheduled to play
Company d team in St. Johnsbury We'd
nesday night. Some of the men went to
the northbound afternoon train expect
ing to meet the other members, who live
in Springfield, but the others did not APP
pear, so the game was defaulted. The
games had not paid. j. w. Cobb has
withdrawn from the management. and
altogether the prospect was so discourage
ing that Manager Allen decided to throw
up the sponge. He at once cancelled a
game for next Tuesday with the Cres-
cents of Paterson, ~. j., one of the
strongest teams in the country. The
team will dlsband. Long and Davey are
employed by the Estey Organ company.
The Estey Organ Company Benefit as
ISOLATION held its annual meeting We'd
nesday. The committee, consisting of
George A. Hines, Jerome w. Knight and
Willis d. ellison, was reelected and
II. F. C. Todt was reelected secretary
The annual report which is the 18th. con-
tains the following items: Membership
during the year, 375; number of accidents
since last report, 49, number of claims
paid, AZ; number of accidents, bene-
iiciares not yet able to resume work, / 4;
balance on hand at beginning of year,
1924. 43; receipts from membership fees,
1875; received from Estey Organ company
20 per cent. of membership fees, SIS; paid
for printing, $3.50; paid AZ claims, S573;
balance. $l0393 The report of the COM
Inittee begins as follows: 1.-THE year Just
past having been very prolific in acct
dents. the treasury balance presents a
less hattering figure than in that of any
previous year of the associations exist
ence. Yet, it is a gratifying fact that,
after paying all claims, there is a fair.
though reduced, balance to aid in carry
ING lOIWdIu inc Wolh VI llle COlilllB
year"
p. T. Perrault, 81, of Brattleboro, for
merlY of North Adams, Mass, died at
the Farren hospital I'm Montague Monday
night, where he went about three weeks
ago The cause of death was cancer
Mr.. Perrault was a shoe manufacturer
and at one time was the best known man
in the business in this country. He
started the Lestershire Manufacturing
company in Lestershire, N. Y, now the
Endicott-Johnson company, whose pro-
duct is one of the leaders in the market
He moved to Port Jervis N. Y, in 1858
and started the Port Jervis Manufacture
ing company, retiring in 1898, He came
TO Brattleboro with his daughter and her
husband, Mr.. and Mrs Harry Gray, last
April and had since lived on Chase street.
The body was taken to North Adams
Tuesday and the funeral was held in
Notre Dame church Wednesday at 9
o'clock. The burial was in South View
cemetery. Mr.. Perrault was the first
president of Lestershire. He leaves four
sons and three daughters, Peter A. of
Binghamton, N. Y, who succeeded his
father in the shoe business, Harry of
Midway, N. Y, Elmer of Lynn, N. Y,
George of Binghamton, Louisa wife of
Fred It. Slater of Lestershire, Alice, wife
OF Harry Gray of Brattleboro, and Mabel
of Pittsheld, Mass. He also leaves four
brothers and two sisters.