Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-01-19

week.
The meeting of the Alliance Study class
will be held at the Unitarian parsonage
Monday evening at 7.3O o'clock. Sub
ject The Aryan Religion" All are in
vited.
The Grange Dramatic club gave an en-
tertainment in Citizens han In West
Chesterfield Wednesday evening, present
ing the play, "Gertie's Vindication" at
the annual fair and festival of the Uni
versalst church Several Brattleboro
people besides those in the play were pres
| emit
The Estey memorial pipe organ, given
to the First Baptist church by Col j.
Gray Estey and Capt. ]. Harry Estey, will
be completed, substantially. at the Estey
organ plant this week The case is i'm
process of erection in the church, and the
organ probably will be installed during
the coming month.
The annual meeting of the Coneresa-
tional Sunday school, scheduled for last
Sunday, was postponed to next Sunday.
there being little time left for a business
meeting after the close of the study
period Walter A. Gilbert, who has been
superintendent of the school the past five
years, announced his decision not to stand
| for reelection.
A letter from one of those who appeared
! in the star course entertainment with the
| Bostonia orchestra states that the MEM
! Der of the orchestra who fell on the side
| walk i'm front of the Judge building on
Main street was Mrs. Belle Yeaton Rem
| frew conductor of the orchestra, and that
she broke her ankle badly In spite of
the accident Mrs. Renfrew went on the
stage at Morristown. N. j., that night but
was obliged to return next day to Boston,
where she has been ever since.
Miss Gertrude Matthews and Dr. f. H.
| O'Connor will sing solos at the Choral
union rehearsal in the Congregational
vestry next Wednesday evening at 1880
| The Choral union has engaged the Bos-
ton Festival Orchestral club to play at
the concert Feb. 20. This club is under
the management of George w. Stewart
who had charge of the music at the st.
Louis Exposition. Philip Hale, the noted
musical critic says 1t is the best nine
piece orchestra in New England The
orchestra will give a matinee perform
| ance.
A deer which evidently had been dead
two days was found Sunday in the park
in the rear of the Marsh building on the
Brattleboro Retreat grounds. One leg had
been skinned and there were several cuts
on the body. but so far as could be seen
there was no bullet wound deer was
chased through George w. Pierce's
grounds by dogs about 10 days earlier.
1t is thought that the deer found Sunday
was wounded by becoming entangled I'm
wire fence. The wounds appeared to
be several days old The deer weighed
about 200 pounds.
The w. C. T. U. will hold an educational
meeting at the headquarters next Tues
day afternoon at o'clock. The subject
Our Practical Needs" will be discussed
by Mrs. F. c. Perry and Mrs w. Fletcher
The public are invited to be present The
food l1.
and Saturday afternoon and patrons leav-
ing orders for special articles of food will.
have such reserved for them. Some things
already have been sold on commission and
the union will take up this line more
fully in the future. Thus far the sales
have been very gratifying.
Charles A. Hubbard, 80, who was killed
Friday evening by an explosion in a
coal mine near Uniontown, Pennsylvania,
where he was employed as an engineer,
was well known in Brattleboro through
his frequent visits here when he was a
student in Middlebury college at the time
that several young people from this town
were attending that institution. He
was a son of Judge A. II. Hubbard of
Whiting in Addison county. and went
from Middlebury college to the Univer-
sity of Vermont where he graduated in
1899. He was a star football player He
is survived by wife and son.
The committee appointed by Gov.
Charles j. Bell to investigate the manage
ment of the state institutions resumed
work Wednesday morning in Rutland, be-
ginning the investigation of the house of
correction. Attorney General c. C. Fits
of Brattleboro is representing the state.
1t is expected that this sitting of the COM
mission will take the rest of this week.
but probably much less time will be con-
sumed in investigating this institution
than was consumed in laying bare the
affairs of the state prison. although the
two institutions are to a certain extent
connected. The only remaining institu-
ton coming within the scope of the COM
mittee is the industrial school at Yer
gennes.
A special meeting of the board of bailiffs
was held Monday evening to act on a re-
quest of the village water board that the
bailiffs give the members authority to
engage Waterman & Martin as counsel
This request was decided upon at meet
ing of the committee Saturday night
and 1t created some comment inasmuch as
Lawyer A. f. Schwenk was the regular
attorney for the village and a mem
Der of the board of bailiffs Moreover, a
majority of the bailiffs are on the water
board. At the meeting Monday night Mr..
Schwenk told the baiiffs that the water
board had power to employ whoever they |
wished as counsel and that II attorneys |
were engaged on the authority of the |
balllns 1t simply would give those at |
torneys an opportunity to charge their |
fees direct to the village rather than to |
the fund of $1,000 appropriated for the use |
of the water board. The bailiffs agreed |
with Mr.. Schwenk and took no action in
the matter
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional church was held Friday night and
was attended by large number. The
report of S. w. Kimball, clerk, showed |
a membership of 1882, a net gain of four
for the year. Reports were received from
all branches of the church work. 1t was |
voted to make benevolent contributions
to the six principal Congregational So
'ieties as usual and to raise money for
the support of the Sunday school by a
pledge system. These officers were elect i
I'd: Clerk, S. w. Kimball: treasurer. II.
Il. Thompson; treasurer of benevolences.
:. F. Thompson; deacons for five years, C. L
F. Thompson, DIR. A. l. Miller. George
u. Clapp and George NJ Clay; church
committee, 10. c. Crosby. G. c. Averil
: c. Fits, G. l.. Durham and H. F.
Jordan; committee TO canvass for pledges
or benevolent work, Mr.. and Mrs @. M.
clay and Mr.. and Mrs. e. L. HiIdreth;
sunday school committee E. C. Crosby, D
Miss Mary r. Cabot, Miss Edith Stolte,
IF. Jordan, Mrs. o. II. Ware, II. e.
3ond and F. c. Adams. A resolution
vas adopted expressing the thanks of
he church to II. II. Thompson, who de-
lined TO stand for reelection as deacon, {
or the faithful and efficient service rem
Tered by him. The pastor was authorized
o appoint the usual missionary ranortars |