Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03
PHOENIX BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3, 1905.

Rev. B. @. s. Osgood will conduct the 3
o'clock Sunday service at the Home for
the Aged and Disabled during the month
of November.
loan exhibition of about 40 pictures
by William Morris Hunt will be opened
Nov II in Milton, Mass, by the Milton
Education society.
II. ID. Ryder, county examiner of teach
ers, elsewhere announces that teachers
examinations will be held in Bellows Falls
Nov. "a and 20 and in Brattleboro Dec.
and 2.
The strip of narrow gauge railroad from
the crossing near the Crosby store house
to the railroad station was taken up Sat
urday. removing the last reminder of
the Brattloboro q Whitehall railroad.
A large sale of live stock will be held on
the Sholes farm next Tuesday at ~
O'Clock, when IL. S. Hail. trustee, will sell
the cattle and horses belonging to the
bankrupt estate of N. +. Skies. A. w. j.
wilkins Will be the auctioneer.
The Professional clubs opening meet
ing of the season will be held at the
Brooks House next Monday evening.
supper will be served as usual. The paper
will be given by Rev. Il. L. Masseck upon
our Prison Problem" and j. l.. Marun
Will lead the discussion.
A mems rally service was held in the Y.
NJ. G.. A. rooms Sunday afternoon. Piano
and cornet solos were given by Miss
Emily Clapp and Robert Goodhue, after
which L. w. Hawley gave a 1O-minute
address on Character Building" Re
freshments were served.
The fourth of the weekly handicaps for
men at the Wantastiquet Golf clubs links
was won on Saturday by John L. Tasker
captain of the club team, who playing
from scratch made the round of IL holes
in 81, having a 81 on each turn of six
holes. Each time he scored threes on the
fifth and sixth holes.
An examination of n f. Skies was held
before f. ID. Il. Stowe. referee in bank
ruptcy. Monday on Mr.. Sikess petition
for discharge from bankruptcy. II. G.
Barber conducted the examination, A.
F. Schwenk appearing from the bankrupt.
No one opposed the petition. Referee
| Stowe will report his findings OF fact to
Judge Wheeler
The Canal Street Book club held its an
nual meeting Wednesday evening at the
| home of Mrs. c. II. Ryder. These officers
| were elected: President. Mrs. G.. II. Ry-
! der; secretary and treasurer. Miss Flor
| ence Foster: assistant secretary and
! treasurer Mrs. Charles j. Reach; book
committee. the president secretary and
treasurer and Miss Amy Hines
Volume /. No. l. OF The Dial was issued
! oct. 81 II is an attractive magazine OF
a dozen pages. in addition to the cover
! Besides the variety OF interesting
! matter relating to the school II contains
several wel-written special articles from
the pens of students. The paper is q
| credit To the high school. and its projec
tors are deserving Of announcement anC
support.
Rev. +. W. Sharp, pastor Of the Meth
!
bought of J. H. Brink yesterday the Park
ess house at the corner of Central an,
| Prospect streets. He will rent II for tn
present, and may occupy 1t later. Mr.
Brink will move soon To California, bu
he has no plans for business there. Rev
Mr. Sharp was in Brattleboro Wednesda.
and yesterday.
Rowland & clifford will present at tn
Auditorium Saturday evening. Nov. IL.
dramatization Of Bertha NJ. Clay's move
The Life Of Dora Thorne." The 81
Louis Post-Dispatch says: 1t is a stron
comedy drama with sentiment. patho
and comedy I'm abundance. and lacking /
melodramdtic impos sibilities. 1t is we
} staged and enacted by "A strong and we
balanced company that came in for ger
eral praise from all who witnessed the In
itial performance"
, About 20 miles OF the West River raj
, be kept up as long as the weather pei
mits, and one steam shovel will be keI
at work all winter making a fill north {
the Salmon Hole in order that the trac
at that point may be Strengthened neN
spring If the weather continues favol
able the end of this month will see III
cut at Sand Hill. north OF Willamsvil
r station completed and the curve reduce,
/ The new track there will be from 80
40 feet from the point of the preser
curve
. Invitations were issued Monday by Re
t George b. Lawson. Rev, Harry r. Mile
3 Rev Luther NJ. Keneston. Rev. \.
= Webb, Rev. Edward T. Mathison, Re
= Edmund .. S. Osgood, Rev. ]. a. Mitche
( and Rev. Frank L. Masseck to a meetir
= OF clergymen, of all denominations, in Il
n Y. NJ. c. a. rooms Monday, Nov. 10,
g 10 a. IN. The purpose Of the meeting wi
I be to consider proposition to form a
( association of clergymen of all denomnG
d tions, resident in Brattleboro and 4
g vicinity, to meet at regular intervals. (,
the consideration of such subjects
shall be interesting and profitable
!. The material for the report of the con
& mittce appointed by the village to invest
= gate the subject of increased water supp
s for the village Is i'm the hands of f. v
o Gibson, who will draft the report an
= submit 1t to the other members of Il
= committee for revision. The voters wi
e be given ample notice of the special vi
Il lage meeting which will be called to a.
e on the report. Probably three or fol
:. weeks will eiapse before the meeting
e held The plans of the Chestnut Hill Re
h ervcir company, fully described on pal
v two of this paper. will obviate the necei
: sdty Of any action on the part of the vi
e lage.
= Charles w. Cutler of Townshend. di
trict deputy grand master of the eight
" Masonic district, directed meeting
V instruction for worshipful masters an
= senior deacOns of the several lodges
If Masonic hall Tuesday, forenoon and afte
|. noon. Representatives of the lodges
e Brattleboro. Townshend jamaica Lo
II donderry, Wilmington and Putney we
e present The lodges in Bellows Fal
: South Londonderry and Jacksonville we
q not represented. Mr.. Cutler has been n
II tilted by the grand lecturer of the graz
g lodge that the regular district meetin
I which he intended to call i'm Decembe
:, will be held In Brattleboro in January
a February.
IS The business Of the probate court Sa
n urday was as follows; The will OF Sal
n. Carpenter of Dover was allowed II
will Of Herbert c. ROess Of Brattlebo
was presented by G. c. Averill The W
OF Mary Ann Faulkner of Whitingha