Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-15

with Mrs. G. f. Foster, Cherry street,
next Wednesday afternoon at a o'clock.
A frost was reported from many of
the hill farms Tuesday, but the damage
was hardly noticeable.
At the auction sale Of L. Il. Halls two
story house on Myrtle street by A w.
]. Wilkins Saturday w. II. Proctor
bought the property for $4,000.
Bingham chapter, order of Eastern
Star, will hold its last meeting Of the
season next Tuesday evening. The new
officers will be in charge and will con-
duct initiation.
A. v. May has sold for George e.
Green his place at North Hinsdale to
Lewis Counter and Mary Counter OF
Brattleboro, who will take possession as
soon as convenient.
Fort Drummer Royal Arch chapter con-
ferred the Mark, Past Master and Most
Excellent Master degrees at a special
convocation last evening. Next Monday
evening the Royal Arch degree will be
conferred.
The senior members of the Y. NJ. c. a.
who intend to be members Of the camp
ing party at the student conference in
Mortified will meet in the association
rooms Tuesday evening at 7.30 o'clock to
make final arrangements.
The junior boys of the Y. NJ. c. A. and
the knights of King Arthur boys viii go
to Indian pond tomorrow, leaving the
association rooms at 10 o'clock. They
will be accompanied by Secretary Cum
bingham and Rev. Frank L. Masseck.
There will be no service on the COM
mon Sunday afternoon, on account of the
baccalaureate sermon to the high school
graduates. Last Sundays service was
held in the Congregational church, the
common being wet from the afternoons
storm. About so people were present.
The Connecticut River Lumber COM
panys drive Of 90. O0O,O 900 feet of logs is
| now passing down the river. A large
part of the logs will be used at Mt. Tom.
Mr.. Van Dyke, president Of the lumber
company, watches the progress Of the
| drive by trips up and down the valley
| in an automobile.
Barnum & Bailey's circus en- route from
| Montpelier to Holyoke passed through
| here Sunday forenoon in four sections.
| The first section arrived at 6 o'clock and
the last about 10. All shifts with loco
motives were made here and the train
men made a speedy record, there being
a delay of only AZ minutes for the whole
| four sections.
The Rhodes & Ripley Clothing company
| of Boston and Mark Straicher and the
Lederer Realty corporation of Providence
|
ing of a discharge from bankruptcy to
Charles II. Thompson. who was president
! of the Brattleboro Manufacturing COM
pany. They give "a reasons why dis
charge should not be granted, making q
voluminous document.
Three large arches of ferns and
syringas in front of the pulpit constituted
a handsome feature of the decorations in
the Universalst church Sunday morn
fner aIea
of peonies. The occasion being Chill
dren's day the children of the Sunday
| school occupied front pews and the SER
mon by Rev Frank L. Masseck was di-
rected more especially to them. There
was a large attendance of adults. Five
babies were baptized
+ F. d. f. Stowe, referee in bankruptcy
declared a dividend of 80 per cent in the
| N F. Skies estate Monday, It being tho
second dividend. 1t amounts to about
$4,000 and is payable June 20. The frs
dividend of eight per cent was declared
recently. A third dividend will be de-
clared later. There will be a hearing al
a later date on claims of George L
Townshend and Mrs. Emma Buckmar
which were presented after the first div.
idend had been declared.
About 100 Odd Fellows and member,
of Dennis Rebekah lodge attended tn,
Sunday at 2.30 o'clock. The service wal
brief, consisting Of prayer by Rev ]. A
Mitchell of West Brattleboro, singing b!
the members and remarks by David T
Perry. After the service the Odd Eel
lows marched to Prospect Hill cemetery
the Rebekahs going by electric car, ant
decorated the graves of deceased mem
bers The members of Canton Palestine
wore uniforms.
Mrs. Anna Jaeger, so. died at "a
o'clock Friday night at the home of he
daughter, Mrs. Julius Exner, on the Macl
Miller place in West BratIleboro. Sh
had been i'll about three years with canoe
Of the liver. Mrs. Jaeger was born Il
Germany Feb. 8, 1924, and was the widoy
Of Theodore Jaeger. She came to thi
town recently to live with her daughter
Rev. e. T. Marhison, rector OF st. Mi
} chael's Episcopal church. conducted a ser
vice at the house at 7.30 o'clock Monda
evening and the body was taken to Brook
Ign Tuesday for burial in the Luthera
( cemetery.
Travelling men who have been accus
toned to leave Brattleboro at 523 to con
! meet at South Vernon with the train leav
. ing for Keene at are greatly incon
Venienced by the summer schedule on tn
! Ashuelot branch of the Boston & Main
: railroad. The train now leaves Sout
: Vernon too early for a connection from tn
i, south bound morning trains The al
: rangement has been good one for reach
! ing Boston by way of South Vernon an
= Keene going from Brattleboro at So
2 Business men have been able to spen
some time in Keene and then reach Be
. lows Falls and other places during tn
! forenoon.
k A rare and beautiful sight was pre-
e scented in the Congregational church Sur
e Eday morning 1t was Children's day an
!, the service literally was in the hands {
/. the children OF the Sunday school, TT
e FOLDER girls OF the junior department too
g the place of the choir the members {
e the primary department occupied the pu
g pit PLATFORM which was enlarged for til
n occasion, and the remaining members
e the school occupied front pews. The eli
r max came when 16 babies were baptize
d by Rev. II. R. Miles, the parents and II
children forming in line from one side ,
the church to the other The musici
program was in charge of the children
. and other interesting features were or
:. work by members of the school and II
II presentation of Bibles by the church
! two children who had been baptized
certain number Of years, carrying out
custom established several years agt
II Rev. Mr.. Miles spoke briefly and intel
estingly on the theme: Suffer little chi
= dren to come unto me-" There wei
: handsome decorations of daisies. lars
a | congregation was present
D Terrific Thunder Storm-HaIl Stont