Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-07-14
<, BRATTLEBoRo, FRIDAY, JULY IL, 1905.

A. will will hold a cake sale at the as
ISOLATION rooms from 3 to 6 o'clock to-
| morrow.
Twelve members Of the Brattleboro
high school class of 1904 spent Wednes-
day at Spofford lake, making the trip in
a tally-ho.
The Grange held a regular meeting
! Wednesday evening. on account of the
d heat and the small attendance the lit
| erary program was omitted. The as
sistant steward and lady assistant stew
ard Will have charge Of the program for
the next meeting, July 26.
! The quarterly accounts of United
States Marshal II. w. Bailey of New
bury were passed upon in Brattleboro
/ yesterday by Judge Wheeler in the pres
ence of United States District Attorney
Martin Mr.. Bailey came to Brattleboro
Wednesday, returning yesterday
Assistant Judges Frank worden of Hal
| flax and Fred b. Pier. of Rawsonville in
spected the court house i'm Newfane Tues
day with a view to building an addition
on the south side, directly back of where
the presiding judge sits during court The
| new rooms will be for the convenience of
the judges and attorneys.
The ladies of the Methodist church sold
ice cream on the common during the
! band concert Wednesday night The sup
, ply was exhausted long before the de-
| of local dealers also was disposed of.
| The weather was fine and a big crowd
| was present. The concert was particu-
larry good
The statement published in a Boston
| paper a few days ago to the effect that
John r. Gale of Guilford. guardian of
Lester j. Stafford, had decided to offer a
| reward of $1,000 for Stafford's recovery
was without foundation in fact Mr.
Gale says he will not increase the reward
to $1,000 because he does not think II would
| do any good.
L. II. Richardson opened the meat mar
ket at the old Richardson stand on Elliot
street yesterday 1t Is in charge of H. A.
Stowell. Mr.. Richardson will conduct
this market and the one near the Ameri-
| can House for the present, but ulti-
mately he probably will consolidate the
two with headquarters on Elliot street.
He sold the Elliot street market three
| years ago last April.
The ladies Of the Unitarian society will
hold their annual fair, followed by a
dance, at Festival hall on Thursday, July
20. Among the novelties offered will be
specimens of Merrimac pottery, Japanese
china from Hatch's. Boston, and Indian
war clubs, toys. pipes, spoons and bead
work from the Dakotas The doors will
be open at o'clock. Supper will be
served from to s o'clock. All are
cordially invited
Brattleboro chapter. No. 75. Daughters
of the American Revolution. will be en-
tertained by Mrs. NJ. l. Reed and Miss
leila Johnson at Miss Johnson's home at
Vernon Thursday. July ~. from until
$50 p M. the party leaving by the train
from Brattleboro at o'clock and return
ing at $40. Each member is requested to
give an item or short anecdote of Rev
dictionary times In response to her name
at the roll call. All will remember the
pleasant time enjoyed at this place two
years ago 1t is hoped there will be
large attendance
Miss Mary Pauline JENNIE has accepted
a position as teacher Of French and Eng
lish at Leicester academy in Leicester
Mass, the coming year There were
many applicants for the situation and
as OF the number Miss Jenne was the only
one without experience she should be
congratulated upon her appointment The
academy was founded in 1884 and is one
of the oldest schools of its class in the
country. 1t has an honorable record of
more than century. The school has a
large endowment fund. the income from
which is applied to the maintenance OF
an efficient corps of teachers and of a
well-equipped library and laboratories
The high school calendar for 1eO5-Os
, shows that the fall term will begin Sept
and end Nov. 90. The winter term will
open Dec. and end March %. In the
spring the schools will begin April 29, the
grades will close June Is and the high
school June 23. The Christmas holiday
viii extend from Dec 20 to Jan l. the
Easter holiday from March 90 to April s.
School will not be in session during the
. Valley Fair, Sept. 81 and %, and the
day Following; Thanksgiving day and the
day following Washington's birthday and
, Memorial day. The prudential committee
: WIN holu their regular meetings the first
saturday evening of each month at 7.3O
IN the office OF the supervisor in the high
: school building Other meetings will be
called by the chairman.
The United Irish league of America
made prompt answer to the proposition
OF the English tory government cabled
10 Boston Tuesday, by which Ireland's
representatives. in parliament are to be re-
duced by %, If Mr. Bafour's proposal is
carried. The news of the plan was first
published In the morning papers Tuesday.
and before noon $4,000 had been mailed 70
the chairman of the Irish party, John E.
Redmond, to help the Irish party in its
nght against the government proposal
BOSTON, Philadelphia, New York, Wash
lngton, Elmra, WATERFOWL BrattIeboro
RoXbury, Brookline and other places In
Which the league Is strongly established
responded Immediately to the call for
financial assistance. The remittance COM
pletes $4,000 of the $4,000 pledged from
|
alton in New York last autumn The
Brattleboro branch was a subscriber TO
the amount of $S3.
Thomas Judge. the veteran shoe dealer
has decided to retire from business This
announcement, which is put I'm the form
or an advertisement In another column.
VIII interest everybody In the Brattleboro
community. Mr.. Judge is the dean of
Brattleboro merchants, being the oldest
business man in respect to both his age
and the length of his business career He
started In business 4S years ago shortly
before o. ]. Pratt began his mercantile
IRE. During nearly half a century Mr.
Judge has been on duty practically all of
the time, and that he has been successful
deservedly so, is well known Honest
dealing, with all bills promptly met IS
his record. Mr.. Judge will be "a years
old next November. He feels that he
fairly has earned vacation for the rest
OF his life. The public will agree with
him on that point, at the same regretting
10 see him step out of the ranks of the
| active business men. He will sell his
stock of goods, but will retain his real
estate leasing the store, opposite the
American House, on reasonable terms.
Acting upon information received Fri
day by Sherif Frank Mcclure that the
three-year-old stallion stolen from viii
Bevis OF Chesterfield and the light road
wagon stolen from Fred C. Gale had been