Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-04-28

Manufacturing company has been settled
amicably to both parties.
The grand lodge of odd Fellows and
the Rebekah assembly of Vermont will
both hold their annual meetings in Bur-
lington May 16, II and IS.
The selectmen have appointed A. W.
Roel, r. L. Frost. Fred Marsh, c. l.
Knapp and c. II. Thompson fish and
game wardens of Brattleboro.
The annual meeting of the Ladies' En-
terprise society will be held with Mrs. G.
e. Downer at Cottage street next We'd
nesday afternoon at three o'clock.
The ground was white with frost Mon
day morning, the temperature being
around % degrees above zero. Probably
no serious damage was done to vegeta
ton.
c. S. Stockwell who was confined in
bed several days, is out on crutches.
Three toes on his right foot were put out
of joint as a result of a cow stepping on
his foot.
The ladies of the Congregational church
are making preparations for their fair, to
be held in Festival hall on Thursday,
May IL. There will be an entertainment
in the evening and the usual excellent
supper will be served at o'clock New
features for the tables are being devised.
The fire department was called out
Saturday forenoon to protect j. Harry
Estey's buildings on North Main street.
A brush fire scorched the clapboards on
the barn and the danger seemed great.
Men working nearby, largely by the use
of dirt, put out the fire before the fire.
men reached the scene
masquerade ball. probably the last
of the season, will be given I'm Festival
hall Monday evening. Leitsinger's orches-
ira will play, A. H. Hines will prompt
and A. E. Miller will cater. Prizes will
| be given for the most original costume,
the best lady and man walters and the
best old-fashioned dancers.
The net proceeds of the Easter SALE
held by the Murray club Thursday after
noon and evening, April 20, at the Uni
| versalist vestry, were $36. The vestry
was decorated with chrysanthemums.
Musical numbers were rendered by Mrs.
A. F. Roberts, Miss Adeline Warner, Ruth
! Brown, Lawrence and Margaret Barber,
Misses Elizabeth and Flora Tuthill and
the Girls glee club.
| 1t is expected that the new pastor of
! the Universalist church, Rev. Frank l..
Masseck of Spencer, Mass. will come to
! Brattleboro during the coming week and
! will preach a week from Sunday. He
will live in the Universalst parsonage, G..
b. Gilman moving from there to Mrs.
| LeonardS house at the corner of Oak
and Chaplin streets. Rev. 1. ]. Mead of
Boston will occupy the pulpit next Sun
! day.
At meeting of the officers Of the
womans auxiliary of the Y NJ. c. A.
! the following board of managers were
chosen for the coming year. Mrs. j. ].
Estey, Mrs. J. e. Hall. Mrs. A. c. Cobb,
Mrs. Kittredge Haskins, Miss NJ. j. Raw
son, Mrs A. E. Atwood, Mrs l.. NJ. Ken
eston, Mrs. H. F. Weatherhead, Mrs.
Katherine Evans, Mrs. Helen Miller Mrs.
C. H. Thompson, Mrs. l.. ID. Marston.
The May meeting of the woman's aux
iliary of the Y NJ. c. A. will be held in
| the association rooms Tuesday afternoon,
at 3 o'clock Mrs. G. II. Clapp will give
a report of the state convention recently
held at Rutland and Miss L. c. Newton
will read a paper on Greetings from the
| Philippines" This will be the last meet
| ing before the vacation months and 1t is
hoped that a large number will attend.
A pamphlet for the benefit of all inter-
ested in the work OF the training school
of the Brattleboro Memorial hospital has
been issued, showing the course Of in
struction and the regulations. Pupils
| will be received at this time as Vacan-
cies occur, in order that they may take
| advantage of the course of lectures given
| by the doctors connected with the hospi
| tai which will begin the first week in
May. Copies of the prospectus may be
|
Harry d. Elmers house and contents
and barn on the Gulf road were burned
| about o'clock Sunday morning. The
stock was saved Mr. Elmer and family
were in bed when the fire broke out and
| were not awakened until the flames had
| progressed to a point which put them in
danger. The cause of the fire is not
| known, but Mr.. Elmer thinks it may have
| started from a defect in the chimney.
The loss was about $500. The property
was insured through the agency of c. F.
r, Jenne's agency.
Current discussion over the Rockefeller
gift of $780, 900 to the American Board
| has raised the question as to whether ac-
ceptance of a gift by any public institu-
ton is to be decided upon the principle
of the use to which ii is to be put, or in
wolves also tacit approval of the means
by which the money was acquired. The
subject of the meeting in the Congrega-
tional vestry tonight will be the principle
upon which gifts are to be accepted or
| rejected, not the application of this princi-
| pie to the particular case now decided.
| The subject will be discussed by several
men.
Mrs Elizabeth Willard, who lives with
her daughter Mrs. n. H. White. observed
her S1st birthday anniversary Tuesday.
| Her six daughters We're with her and,
with other relatives had supper at the
home of Mrs. A. F. Boynton. Mrs. Will
lard was presented with many handsome
and useful gifts The daughters are Mrs.
C. c. Clancy of Newton Upper Falls.
| Mass, Mrs Charles Prescott of Bristol,
n. H., Mrs. Flora NJ. Leonard of Port
land, Maine. and Mrs. n. H. White, Mrs
| A. F. Boynton and Mrs. Charles Drown
| of Brattleboro. Mrs. Clancy, Mrs. Pres
colt and Mrs Leonard are spending the
week in Brattleboro.
Charles Franklin Mcknight and Miss
Eva Adams were married at 3.45 o'clock
mother Mrs. E. NJ. Higley of 3 Grove
street. Rev, II. r. Miles, of the Con-
! gregational church, performed the cere-
mony, using a double ring service. The
bride wore a blue travelling dress. Mr.
and Mrs Mcknight went away on the
! AIS train for a short wedding trip On
| their return they will begin housekeep-
| ing at Harris place, Mr. Meningitis
/ home is i'm East Wallingford. He has
! lived in Brattleboro about three years and
| is employed by the Estey Organ company
Mrs. Mcknight has been stenographer for
| Durham Brothers in the wholesale de-
partment about 10 years
meeting of officials of the Grand
Trunk and Central Vermont railroad COM
panies was held at the Grand Trunk
offices in Montreal Monday to discuss the
question of building a branch railroad
from the West River road to the timber
tract in Winhall, Stratton, Somerset and
other southern Vermont towns. c. c.
Fits of Brattleboro, representing certain