Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-01-12

O'CLOCK.
Sheriff Frank w. Mcclure of Brattle-
boro will be a candidate for reelection at
the coming county convention. SO far as
known no one is in the field against him.
Brattleboro lodge, No 37S, New Eng
land order of Protection, served an oys-
ter supper Wednesday evening, and fol-
lowing the supper officers were installed
by the district deputy and Junior Past
Warden w. IL. Haywood. waltzing
party was enjoyed after the meeting.
Leitslnger's orchestra Of 10 pieces has
been engaged to play for a masquerade
ball in Festival hall Monday evening, Jan.
20. Buchholz of Springfield, Mass, has
been engaged as costumer. The com
mittee in charge will spare no pains or
expense to make this the local social
event of the season.
A meeting of the newly elected water
| board of the village of Brattleboro has
! been called, to be held in the office of
James f. Hooker at 7.30 o'clock tomor-
row night. Mr.. Hooker's name appears
! first in the resolution naming a water
board which was adopted at the special
| village meeting Wednesday night, but he
says he shall not consider himself chair
man of the board.
There is no doubt about 1.-THE intel
| lectual treat of the season is yet to
| come on the 23d of January Prof.
! Long Of Dayton, Ohio. will give one of
| his wonderful lectures in the Auditorium.
! Or Longs powers of description are eX-
| traordinary. his word pictures are won
! derfuly realistic and his addresses from
| beginning to end are packed solid full of
meat, served in the most palatable man
| ner.
The January term of the Vermont SUI
| preme court will begin in Montpelier Jan.
| 49, The trial calendar includes these
cases from Windham county: P. w. Man
| ley against the Vermont Mutual Fire In
surance company, Holden & Martin
against John Gilfeather, appellant, Bridget
Cavanaugh against the Vermont Savings
bank and Mary Lillis, and the Luke
White case, which is an appeal from the
allowance of the will by George S. Rice.
Services of prayer have been held each
night this week at the Baptist church.
1t is expected that Rev. c. c. Maxfield,
evangelist for the Baptist state conveu-
ton. will be here the first week in Feb
| ruary to conduct a series of evangelis-
tic meetings. Neighborhood prayer meet
| ings will be held each week in different
sections of the village, next week fol-
! lows Wednesday night at the chapel in
Esteyville, Thursday night with Mr.. and
Mrs. Enos White, Forest street, and
with Mr.. and Mrs. l. o. p. Smith, %
Canal street.
The ladies of the Congregational church
held a mothers meeting in the church
parlors Wednesday afternoon. Excellent
| talks on Religious education" were Civ
| en- by Mrs. II. l.. Emerson and Mrs
Mastin and there was a general discus
sion of the subject. The ladies held a
missionary meeting yesterday afternoon
Miss Mary r. Cabot presiding Miss
Cabot gave an Introductory talk on At
RIGA and Mrs. f. A. Wells gave a paper
| on General Gordon and his work in
| Of which n
joyed. A business meeting followed the
missionary meeting.
The w. c. T. U. voted at the last meet
ing to discontinue the meeting the first
| Tuesday in the month to accommodate
the women belonging to the woman's
auxiliary as well as to the union. Here
after the regular business meeting will
occur the second Tuesday in the month
and the educational meeting on the fourth
| at the usual hour. with no intervening
gathering. Food sales will be held reg
ularly Wednesdays and Saturdays by the
union at their rooms in Emerson block.
opening at o'clock p. m, and closing at
I. The first sale will take place next
Saturday. 1t is purposed to develop this
semi-wekly sale into an exchange where
members of the union and others may sell
on commission. Orders will be taken to
fill from week to week as customers
may require.
The selectmen of Brattleboro have filed
with the probate court petition asking
that the property of the late David Booth,
a negro, be assigned to the town, after
payment of just debts. Booth died July
IS, 1908, of paralysis. He left $500 in the
Vermont Savings bank. The petition
says that he left surviving him no
widow, child, brother or sister, no heir at
law or person by law entitled to said
property and estate of which he so died
siezed, and that said David Booth left no
last will and testament" The probate
court has ordered that the petition be
heard at the session of court scheduled
for Aug. 25, 1906. Henry r. Brown was
appointed administrator of the estate
within a day or two after Booth died,
but he has not been able to find any
relative. 1t was said at the time of his
death that Booth had been married. but
nothing was known of his wife, and that
he had two brothers and two sisters, but
their whereabouts were unknown. Booth
probably was born in Green River He
/ said he enlisted in a New Hampshire
regiment in Keene. He was about 65
years old and had lived in Brattleboro
40 years, being Familiarity known as
Major"
The members of Brattleboro chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
began the years work successfully on
| Tuesday, when 46 women were entertain-
ed at the home of Mrs c. r. Crosby as
guests of Mrs. Crosby and Mrs. Bemis
THE Star Spangled Banner was sung
by Mrs W. +. Hubbard, after which the
usual reports were read. The following
delegates and alternates were elected TO
attend the national congress OF Daugh-
tiers in Washington: Delegate, regent,
Mrs. F. !. Swift; first alternate. Mrs. A.
s. Thompson; second alternate, Mrs.
Maria Stedman; third alternate. Mrs. c.
l.. Sticikney; delegate, Miss Susan z.
Clark; first alternate, Mrs Edward Star
key; second alternate, Miss leila John
son; third alternate, Mrs. A. G.. Cobb.
! The chapter voted to hold a sale. I'm the
near future. A piano duet by Miss Mar
greet Barber and Lawrence Barber was
much enjoyed Mrs, e. H. Putnam read
the account OF the first unfurIing of the
United States flag. Mrs. A. f. Miller
! gave an account of the ceremony of rev.
erencing the battle flags as performed by
! the militia of some states. BY request,
! Mrs, F.. w. Weeks gave a paper on
ETHAN Allen and Seth Warnar," which
was very interesting and much enjoyed.
| The afternoon was brought to a close with
the serving of refreshments by six young
! women.