Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-04-13

building which they will erect on
the American House site to Morse & Mil
Ter.
The last in the series of soclabes will
be held at odd Fellows halls Wednesday
evening, April IS. All odd Fellows and
friends are invited. There will be dane
ing in both halls.
The ladies' association of the Congroga-
tlonal church will hold its annual thank
offering meeting in the vestry this after
noon at $3.50 o'clock. The subject Will be
Loyalty" 1t will be followed by busl
ness session.
In recognition of the completion Of
twenty years in business in Brattleboro,
w. II. Haigh. the Elliot street merchant
tailor presents his customers with
handsome Easter souvenir girl with
Easter lilies, three-fourths life size.
William W. Pllmpton, who has taken
the agency for the Ideal Arnold, Auto
matte Pyramid steam cookers and other
household appliances, Is giving demonstra-
lions every afternoon and evening at his
store in the Wnetstone block south of the
Main street bridge.
Bingham chapter, O. E. s., will give
public supper in Masonic hall Tuesday
evening, April II, at o'clock. The an
nual meeting of the chapter will be held
at 100 o'clock, when officers for the ensu-
ing year will be elected. A large at
tendance is requested.
The program for the next meeting Of
Protective Grange April IS will be given
by the young people. They will present
the play, among the Breakers" On ac-
count of the length of the program the
meeting will begin promptly at o'clock.
All members Of the order are invited.
The Better Farming Special" is due to
H.. Ill. Mil o
April 10, and to remain there over night.
on Friday, April 20, the train will be at
Westminster from 8 a. m. to $40; East
Putney 1906 to 1915; Putney Il to 11.40;
Dummerston 1905 to 12.45; Brattleboro
1856 to 235; Vernon 2.55 to 1856; South
Vernon 3.45, to remain there over night.
The annual meeting of the National
Novelty corporation, of which the s. A.
Smith company is a branch, will be held
at the central office, 10 Exchange place,
Jersey City, N. J., at 10 a. m. Tuesday,
April Is. Local stockholders have received
the report of the corporation which shows
| a business of 1881, 322. Sc the past year.
The assets are figured at $4,091, sol. &c, and
the surplus at $685., 440.5s.
Columbian lodge, No. SO, A. F. & A. M.
elected the following officers at the an
nual communication Tuesday evening: w.
NJ, Christie b. Crowell; S. W., Daniel j.
| j.. a.
urer, Frank B. Putnam; secretary, James
B. Randoll. The elective and appointive
officers will be installed at a later date.
| Columbian lodge conferred the first de-
gree Monday evening, and next Monday
evening will. work the second degree.
The charge of obtaining money under
| fraudulent representations was brought
against Guy poolittle Monday by Miss
Edith A. Raymond, who is employed by
DR.. H. L. Waterman, and a hearing was
| held before Justice r. c. Bacon, r. w.
Gibson appearing for the plaintiff and II.
| G.. Barber for the defendant. The de-
PENDANT put in no testimony and judgment
for $43 was entered for the plaintiff. The
| defendant appealed to the county court.
The plaintiff alleges that Doolittle repre-
scented to her that he could invest her
money where it would yield a large
| income.
The license. fee in Guilford is a subject
of general discussion in that town and
among thirsty pilgrims from Brattleboro
who have recourse to the oasis there.
! When w. H. Barrett was landlord there
| the first year under license he paid a
| fee of $500. Brattleboro was then license
and the business did not prove profitable
| so that the next year the commissioners
reduced the fee to $3.50. This year they
decided to make the figures $500. o. H
Ellis, the present landlord, AYERS that he
will not take out a license at such high
| figures and IL is reported that Leslie
| Thayer of Orange, Mass, who holds the
title to the property, will make an appli-
cation for the license.
Four members of the village water
| board called on George z. Crowell at his
home Friday afternoon to ask Mr. Crowel
If ne would sell the Sunset Lake water
! system separate from the Chestnut Hill
reservoir system. Mr.. Crowell replied
emphatically that he would not entertain
a proposition to that end. The members
of the board stated in substance that II
they decided to establish an independent
system, taking water from the Halliday
brook, they might want to buy the Sun
set Lake system, not for domestic use
but to turn the water into MILESTONE
brook and thus avoid the necessity Of pay.
ing damages to the owners of water
privileges on milestone brook, Halliday
brook being tributary of the Milestone
The meeting was entirely informal and
was so understood by Mr.. Crowell and the
| members of the board. No proposition
was made by either side.
The 40th anniversary of the organiza.
ton Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
was observed Friday night by Sedgwicl
post in compliance with a suggestion by
the commander-in-chief. There was ar
attendance of 125 or more, and the exer-
cises were of an interesting character
Col. H. E. Taylor presided and read G
paper showing how the Grand Army came
to be organized James F. Hooker gave ar
address which was OF a complimentary
nature, and Maj. Henry r. Chase Of
Northampton related mis- experiences a:
a prisoner his attempted escape from G
rebel prison, his pursuit by bloodhoundi
and his capture. Brief remarks were
made by L. F. Adams, DR.. II. ID. Holton
d. IT. Perry and Mrs. e. H. Putnam. A
musical program was given, consisting Of
solos by Miss Gertrude Matthews,
plano solo by Mrs. ]. E. Higley an6
photograph selections by Scott Barber
Refreshments were served by the
Woman's Relief corps.
Major &. Houghton of the firm o.
Houghton & Simonds was called to Pitts.
field, Me-, Saturday by the critical con-
dition of his mother, Mrs. Samuel B
Houghton, who sustained a shock OF
home of her daughter, Mrs. William
several years. Her death took place Wed
nesday morning. The body will be brought
to Brattleboro tonight Funeral ar
rangements have not been completed. Mrs
Houghton's maiden name was Sarah
Johnson. She was a native of Vernon
and lived there many years. Mr.. Hough-
toms death took place in Brattleboro sew
eral years ago. Within a comparatively
short time Mrs. Houghton's brother. Fred
Johnson of Vernon, and two of her sis
tiers, Mrs. Slate OF Omaha and Mrs
Dickinson of Philadelphia, have died. A
! surviving sister Is Mrs John Hunt al