Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-11-16


The marriage engagement OF Daniel |
Riley and Miss Katherine Carey. daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. David Carey Of Elliot |
street, is announced.
Several members of Bingham chapter,
o. Il. s., attended the district meeting
which was held in Springfield Thursday
afternoon and evening.
Al the Unitarian socable in Wells hall
tonight supper will be served at $50, to
be followed by a short entertainment at
which Mrs. Lawton VIII sing.
Subscribers to the stock of the Brattle-
boro Trust company received yesterday
a call for the first installment OF 10 per
cent, payable on or before Nov. "a.
Beginning next Sunday Springfield
and st. Adams mail car will be attached
to the passenger train going north at
223 D. m. and returning at Alb The
Brattleboro post office will pouch on this
car but no additional collection VIII be
made for II and the office Will not be
kept open on this account.
Protective Grange conferred the first
and second degrees on IL candidates
Wednesday evening. The second degree
was worked by the special degree team,
with Harry w. Spaulding, master The
third and fourth degrees will be con-
ferred at the next meeting, the date of
which has been changed from Nov. q
to Dec. 5.
The fire department was called out
about 12.45 Saturday morning by an alarm
r7lng in from box No. SO. The fire was
in the small building used as an office
and tool house on the west side OF the
freight depot II had started I'm bundle
Of oily waste i'm the loft, catching fire
either from the stove pipe or from spon-
taneous combustion. Tho chemical engine
quickly extlnguished the fire and no APP
probable damage was done.
The Brattleboro Sunday School union
has divided the town into Il districts
and at a meeting Of the committee to-
night canvassers will be assigned their
territory. Ninety canvassers are asked
for On next Monday evening Miss
Balch of Burlington home department
field worker. will meet the canvassers
in the Baptist vestry at o'clock. 1t is
necessary that all canvassers be present
to receive instructions and get supplies
The canvass will begin Tuesday morning.
The Vermont Pigeon and SQUAD COM
pany has added another large building
to the equipment in Willlamsville. The
company has recently bought about 400
birds OF II. H. Chapman. who has sold
out his poultry business I'm North SPRING
field, this state. An order for 100 pair
of Jumbo homers has been placed with a
pigeon and squad company In Providence,
r. l. The Jumbo pigeons are said to
| possess many excellent QUANTITIES. anu lne
| lofts at Wllliamsville are about to give
! them a trial. A Brattleboro office Is to
be established in the Dewitt Grocery
companys store, where rooms are now
being fitted up.
Mrs. Laura II. Wiggin delightfully."- en-
| tertained the Daughters OF the Ameri-
/ can Revolution at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Ryder, Tuesday afternoon. The
| regular business OF the chapter was
al arfa Int
| Ing paper upon the first Thanksgiving
| was given by Mrs. NJ. /. Reed OF Yer
| non. Mrs. F. w Weeks then read an
| original story OF Thanksgiving spent
| many years ago al the ancestral home Of
! her great grandfather, Jonathan Carver.
OF Revolutionary fame. After the pro-
gram the Daughters enjoyed a social
! hour. during which n choice tea was
served. The house was tastcfully Gecorat-
| ed with chrysanthemums, the dining
] room being especially pretty. I'm pale
yellow. The attendance was large. The
Brattleboro chapter numbers l0l mem
bers with constantly increasing applca-
| lions OF membership. II is one of the
strongest chapters in the state and is
outranked In size by only the Rutland
/ chapter
Right Rev. Arthur G. A Hall. bishop
| of the Vermont Episcopal diocese. made
| his annual visitation to st. Michaers
/
preached to a large congregation on the
collect for the ed Sunday after Trinity.
| He spoke briefly on the antiquity OF the
collects of the prayer book, showing that
many OF them have been in constant
| use more than 1900 years, thus coming
| down to US associated with the worship
| of the good and great through ages, and
| with the character which the test OF
| time places upon them. In the latter
part OF his discourse Bishop Hall touched
more especially upon the teaching OF the
| particular collect for the season. which
inculcated the Christian duty of giving
and doing for others, and the sermon
| closed with a special application to the
duty OF the congregation to giving and
doing for Christian missions. Bishop
| Hall appeared TO be in robust health. and
he gave strong and dignified sermon.
A board OF arbitrators consisting of
| Orlen j. Hale of Halifax, George w.
| Pierce OF Brattleboro and Worden Sum-
| ner of Halifax heard the case of Roswell
l.. Frost of Brattleboro against J. Ed
son Gates OF Halifax in the county
! clerks office yesterday afternoon. +. L.
| Barner appearing for the plaintiff and
| f. ID. Z. Stowe for the defendant. The
suit was brought by Mr. Frost to re-
cover S45 for labor and material furnish
ed in repairing a division fence separating
| land owned by the two parties in Hall
fax and for damage to cattle by reason
of their running on the defendants land
II appeared that Mr.. Gates did not repair
his part the fence after being notified
by the plaintiff to do So whereupon the
plaintiff repaired IL. The defendant
claimed he had not occupied the land for
three years and was not bound to keep
the fence in repair The parties selected
the arbitrators and agreed to abide by
their decision. The decision was for
Mr.. Gates to pay damages amounting to
$23 and costs of $3.50. the costs includ-
ing county court expenses. Each side
will pay half the fees of the arbitrators.