Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-18

St. Michaers Episcopal church has
elected Col. Kittredge Haskins, Mai. f.
w. Childs and 70. w. Gibson delegates to
the diocesan convention in Barre June
20 and q.
Branch l of the Brattleboro Sunshine
society will hold its annual meeting with
Mrs. II. II. Thompson on North Main
street Friday afternoon, May 25 at $3.50
o'clock.
Canton Palestine No 3, will hold a
mammoth social i'm Odd Fellows halls
Thursday evening, May "a, to which all
odd Fellows. Rebekahs and friends are
invited. There will be dancing i'm both
halls. anton members will appear in
full uniform for the grand march.
The closing paper of the season in the
series of mothers meetings in the Con-
gregatlonal church was given Tuesday
when Mrs. S. Il. Lawton spoke on Mis-
takes that mothers make" 1t contained
many practical suggestions It was voted
to have another series next season and
Mrs. Miles. Mrs. Miller and Mrs Mastin
were elected committee to arrange IL.
"A Double Lesson" was written by b.
C. Stephenson. the author of "Diplo-
macy" 1t is not only an intensely hui
morous comedy, but 1t possesses suficf-
ent sentiment to carry out its story most
admirably. The music of the piece is
also good. 1t is one of the plays which
will he presented by David Hendersons
Comedians who will appear at the Au-
ditorlum Friday and Saturday evenings,
May % and g.
Three well known travelling men who
have made regular visits to Brattleboro
for a long time have died within a few
days James G. Donnel. who had Just
been made president Of the Ripley How
land company, n jewelry concern. died
| of apopleXy Saturday In Saco. Maine.
He had visited Brattleboro 80 yeare
Another iewelry salesman, Frank Har-
mon, representing NJ. b. Bryant & Co. of
New York, died in Springfield. Mass,
May Z. On the previous day Emanuel
| Hahn of Philadelphia died in Bellows
Falls. He was a cigar salesman.
Martin Field. son of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry X. Field. died in Alameda Calf,
on April 81. At the time of the earth
quake he was extremely weak, worn out
| by long Illness Driven from his abode
in San Francisco by the advancing
flames, he lay for two days in one OF the
parks. There he was at length found by
his brothers. who after many unsuccess-
| full appeals to hospitals, secured tempo
| rary care for him at a sanitarium in AL
ameda where the next morning he
! quietly passed away. Besides his father
and mother, four brothers and a sister,
| he leaves a widow.
The worlds largest shipment of salt
! left Silver Springs, n Y. this week to
be distributed among customers of the
| Holbrook Grocery of Keene and others
at various points en- route to Woods
Vile n. II. 1t consisted of 2i5 cars of
! Worcester salt ]. L. Stockwell. Freeman
Scott. H. S. Goodenough and Fred c.
| Sargent Joined the trains at Greenfield
| yesterday going from there to Aver
| Junction, thence to Nashua They will
| nd xa-fU
! ticipate in a banquet there returning
| home tomorrow. The shipment averages
| about 20 tons to a car
Protective Grange held a regular meet
| ing Wednesday evening. F. NJ. Good
enough furnished the program for the
| lecturers hour, which included songs by
! Guy Thayer and Mr. Goodenough a pa
per written by Mr.. Lawrence and read by
| Mrs. w. f. Mixer; recitation. Carrie
Stone impr6mptu speech by A. f. Miller:
| an orange race with Guy Thayer. Louis
| Thayer and Frederick Pierce contestants.
won by Louis Thayer II was voted to
hold the next meeting Thursday. May "a.
| instead of the 23d. The third and fourth
degrees will be worked, followed by the
harvest supper to which all are requested
| to contribute without solicitation.
No tldings have been received from
| James Brooks, who claimed to be the
father of Engineer Charles w. Brooks
| of Brattleboro and who disappeared after
arranging to meet his children. whom he
| had not seen for IS years. at n family re-
union in Putney April 90 Brooks claimed
that he was a Grand Army man and that
| he came from Lisbon, N D.. where he
| said he owned a wheat field of over COO
acres. In view of the peculiar clrcum-
| stances letters of inquiry were sent to
| Lisbon, to one of which a response has
been received from the commander of
the Grand Army post. The commander
| said he knew of no one by the name of
James Brooks and although he had asked
the banks and other business houses he
| could not find that any man by that name
had been in Lisbon within 20 years This
makes the case all the more mysterious
as Brooks made no effort to get anything
from anybody.
A small but contemplate bunco game
was frustrated at the Brattleboro Me-
mortal hospital one evening recently by
| the prompt use of the telephone. Two
young ladies who had been out for ride,
on driving past Browns livery stable,
| asked that man be sent to the hospital
to bring the team back to the stable Two
young men who were driving by at that
time overheard the convd 'saSon anr
| driving by a roundabout course reached
| the hospital n moment after the young
ladies arrived there. The men stated that
| they had been sent from the stable to get
the team and the charge was So The
young ladies' knowing that the price was
| $50. demurred and telephoned to Mr.
| Brown. who at once directed that no
| payment be made and ordered an en-
| ploye to go after the team Immediately
| The strangers, knowing that their trick
| had been discovered. drove away as rap
| idly as possible. II is thought that over
indulgence In the cup that nebrlates was
| responsible for the action of the men.
The first annual report of the Brattle-
boro Memorial hospital has been issued
this week from the press of r. L. Hill
dreth & Co., in the form of a handsome
brochure of over 30 pages. 1t contains the
charter of the institution, list of officers
and medical stan, a chapter devoted to
Foundation and Aim" rules for admis-
sion of patients, a financial statement. re-
port of the superintendent, report of the
medical board and a summary of all
cases under treatment for the year end
! ing Nov. 30, 1905. One section is devoted
to the training school for nurses with a
| list of students, requirements for admis-
| sion, particulars regarding the course
| etc. The pamphlet is embellished with
several full-page half-tone illustrations
| showing an exterior view, the wards for
both male and female patients operating
room, solaria etc The grounds and
buildings are also shown in outline en-
cravings. The work is one which many
| people will wish to preserve copy
may be obtained on personal application
to the superintendent at the hospital.