Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-14


The annual rental of pews by the Brat
tleboro East society was held wednes
day evening. +. W. Keuch presiding
About the usual number of pews were
sented and there were few changes.
The executive committee OF the Val
ley Fair association met in the Brooks
House Saturday night. Ii was decided
to hold the annual meeting Of the direct
ors Friday, Jan. 49,
The extra car to West Brattleboro eacl
evening at o'clock is appreciated by
those having occasion to patronize 1t as
1t avoids crowding on the regular car
The traffic at that hour Is heavier than
at any other time.
An organ recital by Harry II. Kellogg
| organst of the First Congregational
church, Springfield, Mass. will be given
in the Baptist church Thursday evening
A special program of Christmas music
will be played. The recital will be free
TO the public.
The Vermont court of claims has con-
! sidered, either by bill or petition. 81
claims, aggregating S493sSS, and of this
sum $2945.22 was allowed and 1898 sc
disallowed. Among the claims allowed
was e. 3. Barrows's bill of 500 for dam
ages to young apple trees on Ames hill
by deer.
An appeal was filed Monday by f. E.
| Barber, counsel for the plaintiff, in the
case of c. H. Shepardson against Dorr S.
Derby both of South Newfane. In this
case Shepardson sues for 800 for the loss
| of his dog. which Derby shot Oct. %.
At hearing recently. in which the de-
PENDANT claimed he shot the dog In self
defense, the jury found for the defendant.
The women of the First Baptist church
gave their annual chicken-pie supper in
Grange hall last evening from $50 to
| clock. There was a large patronage
and all were much pleased with the ex-
| cellent quality of the supper Throughout
the evening there was sale of fancy and
useful articles suitable for Christmas
gifts.
In response to requests to the policy
holders of the New York Life Insurance
company to send In their proxies for the
election of. trustees OF the company 421
policyholders have sent their proxies
through the Brattleboro Office Of the
company. OF these 41S are for the ad-
ministration ticket and eight are for the
international ticket.
Rev. Edward T. Mathison gave a stere-
opticon lecture at the home of Mrs.
George Tyler on Tyler street Tuesday
evening. which was very entertaining.
The views were scenes in and around
Jerusalem and Bethlehem and were
brought to America by Mr. Mathison's
brother. They are very beautiful Mr..
Mathison plans to do something with
them In public way.
The funeral of o. Adna Alvord was
held at his late home on Elm street at
o'clock-yesterday afternoon. Rev. II. r.
Miles. pastor of the Congregational
church, officiated The body was placed
in the tomb in Prospect Hill cemetery,
the bearers being Frank Ray of Will
mington, Darwin G. Smith of Boston,
Horatlo Smith of Brattleboro and VIII
liam Tyler of Guiford.
BY a recent order of the post Office de-
partment the rent of call boxes at the
post office is increased to IS cents per
quarter and small lock boxes to go cents
per quarter, and the box rents are to be
paid on or before the last day of each
quarter for the succeeding quarter. Due
cards will be placed in each box ten days
before the first of each quarter. The in
crease in prices of boxes is for the sake
of uniformity, and Is general all over the
country.
Mrs. e. B. Smith gave a delightful ad-
dress al the mothers meeting in the Con-
| gregational vestry Wednesday afternoon.
her subject being 1.-THE Library Table
Children's Reading" She spoke without
| notes. Being an interesting speaker and
having many practical ideas in mind her
address was very helpful. Miss Mar
| guerite Tucker, supervisor of schools,
read list of books suitable for children s
reading. compiled largely through her as
ISOLATION with children.
The will OF the late Judge Hoyt II.
| Wheeler was filed in the probate Office
yesterday. 1t provides that Judge
Wheeler's law library shall be given TO
the Windham county bar. 'to be kept In
| ha =
ern avenue, with all its contents and
| fixtures, is given to John L. Knowlton.
and Mr.. Knowlton is named as executor
without bonds There are several spec
4 ial requests. and after these are paid the
balance of the estate Is to be divided
among Judge Wheeler's relatives.
Miss Mary G. Cone, of the Hartford
school of religious pedagogy, will give
her third lecture before the Brattleboro
| Sunday School union next Wednesday
evening at 730 o'clock. in the Congrega-
tional chapel. The subject will be 1.-The
intermediate and Adult Lesson" On
Wednesday evening of this week Miss
Cone gave a delightful address on 1.-THE
Primary and Junior Lesson" She ad-
vlsed that in all teaching the teacher
| should embody one great central truth
in each lesson, something that the chill
dren can understand and will AFFECT theiI
lives. If there is no such truth in that
| lesson do not teach that lesson. Having
| chosen the truth to be taught the next
thing is the preparation of the child's
mind to receive It, Lay hold of some
| truth that the child already has and lead
from that up to the central truth. AL
ways present the truth in story form
| After having done this comes the transi-
| ton from the teachers mind to the child's
mind. Aim to apply the truth to the
everyday life of the child. After com.
pletlng the teaching always call II back
| by the question method. Miss Cone said
that in teaching this way she had found
that the children could take her place
and go through the story very rapidly.
The second of the seasons meetings OF
the Brattleboro Professional club was
held in the Brooks House Monday even
| ing After an excellent supper the mem
bers adjourned to the parlor and lis
tened to a paper on 1.-THE Valley Press
a Century Since" by Col c. A. Miles
In a very delightful way Col Miles
| brought to the minds of his hearers some
| of the characteristics OF the people OF
100 years ago, gathered from a perusal
| of old newspaper files, and he read ex-
| tracus from the accounts of various
events, also poems, advertisements. etc,
the peculiar character of which made a
pleasing impression upon the audience.
| The discussion was led by w. A. Gilbert,
who spoke more along the line OF the
characteristics of the newspapers them
selves, giving a description OF the first
newspaper published In Brattleboro, the
Federal Galaxy, started in 1897. and
/ bringing ont tha essential differenCaa he