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

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The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. c. c. Winchester, Chestnut
street, next Wednesday afternoon.
A meeting of the Young Mems Chris
tian association will be held at the assoc
citation rooms Monday evening, March 6.
at s o'clock.
A gang of telephone linemen has been
at work between Brattleboro and Town
shend this week, repairing the line and
getting ready for the summer seasons
business.
Elder l. ~ Blanchard will speak for
the Young Mems Christian association in
the Advent church i'm Esteyville next
Wednesday evening at $50 o'clock His
subject will be "The Kept Palace" All
men, women and children are invited.
March will be observed as womans
Sunday at the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION. r. w. Gibson will deliver an
address on christian Citizenship at
o'clock p. m. Good music will be fur
nlshed, and a large attendance is hoped
for.
About 70 couples attended the masquer-
ade ball Wednesday night given by Dem
mis- Rebekah lodge. A large number were
disguised, some of the costumes being
gotten up in a very attractive way. Mu-
sic was furnished by +. c. Leitsinger,
Carl Leitsinger and Clint Dugan, and the
prompting was done by Fred Cressy
Irving L. wrisley. 30. was admitted to
the soldiers home in Bennington this
week He served in Company I in the
Spanish American war. He had met
with several accidents and recently cut
off all the fingers on one hand. He had
no home to go to and was sent to the
home to be cared for until he RECEIVERS.
Next Sunday evening a public meeting
will be held at the Auditorium to con-
slider the question of license or no-license
for Brattleboro for the ensuing year. w.
r. Davenport of Barre, an able and we'll
qualified speaker, has been engaged to
address the meeting, to which all are
cordially invited. Seats will be free, and
there will be no collection.
The sewing classes conducted under the
auspices of the Woman's club, which
have met on Saturday afternoons at the
high school building since last November,
have finished an elementary course in
sewing. and the classes will be dscon-
tinued for the present. There have been
- meetings besides the preliminary one.
The smallest attendance was So, largest
80, average so.
The Brattleboro Private school closed
yesterday for n two weeks vacation. The
next term will open Monday, March 20.
MISS am TIC plillClpdlf Will SDtnu one
week at her home in Townshend and
then go to Northampton, where she will
take private lessons in advanced French
of Mile. Duval, who was head of the
French department of Smith college when
Miss Park was there as a student.
Albert w. Crouch sustained painful in
juries and narrowly escaped death at the
Estey organ factory Thursday. He was
putting belt on pulley, which broke.
and the pieces. thrown with great force.
struck him in the head and face. He was
knocked senseless and his face was a mass
of bruises. Had he been some distance
away. instead of directly over the pulley
1t is probable that the jagged pieces would
have inflicted serious wounds.
Mrs. Julia A. Harris, wife of Marcus
l.. Harris, the veteran engineer on the
Connecticut River division of the Boston
& Maine railroad, died Sunday morning
in Middletown, Conn. after a long Illness
Besides her husband she leaves son,
William E. Harris. at whose home. 70
Seventh street Springfield, Mass. the
funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock, Rev. ID. l.. Sanford. the Episco-
pal rector in Bellows Falls. officiating
The burial was in Northampton. The
Harris family lived on Canal street in
Brattleboro many years. moving from
here to Springfield about 10 years ago.
Archie Mellen's right leg was amputated
at the knee Tuesday at the Brattleboro
Memorial hospital, the operation being
performed by DR.. G. r. Anderson of Brat
tleboro and DR.. John ]. McGrath of New
York city. Mr.. Mellen rallied WELL and is as
comfortable as could be expected. He
was taken to the hospital on Thanksgiv-
ing day, his leg having been crushed
under load of planks at Jamaica. II
was hoped that the leg might be saved
but the bones failed to unite making
amputation necessary. Mrs. Mary Blakes-
lee Piggott was operated upon at the
hospital Saturday for appendicitis, the
surgeon being DIR. b. H. Wells of New
York city, She is making a good re-
covery
Brattleboro lodge, No 1902, A. F.. & A.
NJ, at the regular communication Thurs
day evening of last week, appropriated
500 as the foundation stone of a Masonic
temple to be erected in Brattleboro II
is thought that by having an appropria
ton made by each of the Masonic bodies
annually nucleus will soon be establish
ed which will grow rapidly. 1t is expected
that receipts from entertainments will be
available in addition to the appropriations
and that Masons of wealth will make
direct contributions to the fund. 1t is
understood that several men will provide
in their wills for requests for the temple
lulu' 1 lie pan is not det1n1tely fOrmu-
lated, but it contemplates eventually
having a structure which will provide
suitable quarters, for a variety of pur-
poses in addition to lodge rooms. for the
several Masonic bodies.
The Professional club held a very prof
liable meeting in the Brooks House We'd
nesday evening. Supper was served, af-
ter which the evenings paper was given
by DR.. f. II. O'Connor on Tuberculosis. -
DR.. O'Connor gave the history of the dis
ease and dwelt at some length upon its
rational treatment and its prevention.
tuberculosis was shown to be far from
an incurable disease. but 1t is subtle and
many times gets a firm hold on a per-
son before the patient realizes his con-
dition. The four prime requisites in cur
ing the disease are sunlight pure air.
nourishing food and water. DR.. O'Con-
nor urged medical inspection in the
schools as one of the means of preventing
tuberculosis pr. George f. Gale led the
discussion and paid DR.. OConnor the
compliment of saying those present prob
ably never would have another opportu-
nifty to hear so good a paper on the sub
ject and that the doctor had handled
IT so thoroughly and accurately that moth
ing was left for him to say. DR.. Gale
did speak, however, and Interestingly.
DR.. O'Connor was asked various ques-
lions by members of his audience.