Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-14

The Garment Workers union held their
regular monthly meeting Monday even
ing in Grand Army hall
The last OF a series OF food sales by the
womans auxiliary will be held at Y. M
G. A. rooms tomorrow afternoon begin
ming at 2.30.
Sister Columbia, teacher OF music in
St. Michaels parochlal school, is training
children's croir sing at 8 o'clock
mass
st. Mlchaers parochial school Is closed
today to enable the Sisters of st. Joseph
to attend the funeral OF Rev. Father
Gaffney in Rutland.
Branch 77s OF Ladies' Catholic Benevo-
lent association will hold a meeting
Sept. Is. in Grand Army hall. 1t Is inn
portant that every member should attend.
as Mrs. Margaret Carton, supreme
deputy of Hoyoke, will be present
Capt Harold whitney, John E. Tas-
ker Fred Harris and Chalmers Holbrook
of Wantastlquet Golf clubs team, expect
to leave Brattleboro Sunday afternoon on
a weeks trip. They will meet teams from
the clubs In Montpelier Barre, Burling
ton, Rutland, Bennington and Greenfield,
and will return home on Saturday night
of next week.
Dan Riley went with the Hlnsdale
hose team to compete in the hose race
at Westheld Wednesday. There were
nine entries and the Shamrocks of Tur-
ners Falls won first place, running 200
yards and laying 200 feet Of hose i'm 20
seconds. Hinsdale was tied with the
Chicopee team for sixth place, 33h sec
onds. Eight teams competed.
The board of balliffs will hold regular
meeting tonight. 1t is expected that some
action will be taken on petitions asking
for extensions of the water system. One
petition asks that 10-inch pipe be laid
down Union hill and on Flat and Frost
streets. The board of trade wishes to
have six-inch pipe laid on South Main
street as an inducement to land owners
to build houses there. for which there is
great demand.
A two horse team attached to a broad
hay rack and belonging to Julius Exner
of West Brattleboro became frightened
at an automobile and ran into and over
turned carriage in front of Shea's mar
ket on Elliot street Wednesday afternoon
Becoming still more frightened the horses
dashed up the street, collldlng with the
wagon of Mr.. Hawkins of Guilford and
breaking wheel. The horses were stop
ped before further damage was done.
The Windham County Sunday School
convention will be held in the Baptist
church In SaXtons River next Friday
and Saturday. and every Sunday school
gates besides the pastor and superln-
tendent. The program is a fun one
| touching upon all departments of Sunday
school work. After the opening service
| beginning at II o'clock, Rev. w. F.
| Whitcomb of Westminster will speak on
| The Preparation OF the Teacher" The
afternoon will be devoted chiefly to open
conferences on subjects OF interest. The
features of the evening will be addresses
by Rev. Z. NJ. Fuller and Henry
Bond. The Saturday morning session
will open at 9. and Rev. Arthur p Pratt
Will deliver an address. THE Organized
Class in intermediate and Senior Work"
The real estate at the corner of South
Main and Pine streets, owned by the Pei
lett estate, was sold by auction yesterday
Mr.. Clement of Worcester. Mass. and A.
| w. ]. wilkins OF Brattleboro being the
auctioneers. The property consisted OF
cottage house and lot and 10 additional
lots. F. A. Cook bought the house and
| lot for $500. The purchasers OF the
other lots and the prices paid were as
follows John Curry. $40: John Curry,
$40; N. N. Darling. $40: Mrs N n.
Darling. A20; S. w. Edgett $685.: John
Pellet. $500: John Pellet. $3.50: II. L.
Emerson. $435; f. A. Cook, 1890; F. A.
Cook, $3.50. The lot for which John Pei
lett paid $3.50 Is the corner lot on South
Main and Pine streets strip OF land
dividing the plot was reserved. to be
given to the town for use as a street
A parish directory OF the CONGREGATION
al church has ben issued this week It
| contains a list Of the church and the
| organizations connected with it. the
statement Of belief. form for admission Of
members. and the names of all those who
/ regard the Centre church as their church
! This includes all resident members of the
church, all persons usually attending
public worship or Sunday school and
| the families of such persons, except where
| they belong to other congregations The
pastor will be grateful to be told OF any
omissions or errors. that they may be
recuhed In the next manual The adj
dress OF each person is given, also the
date when those who are church members
united with the church. In the back
part of the directory Is published the
historical sermon preached by Rev H.
r. Miles on the occasion OF the Goth
anniversary of the church in July of this
year
Rev. Thomas ]. CARNEY, 6s. for over 20
years pastor Of st. Peters Roman Cath
ole church in Rutland, died in that city
| early wednesday morning after an ILL
ness OF 10 days with pneumonia. Father
CARNEY was we'll known in Brattleboro
He and Father Reynolds OF Bellows
| Falls were administrators of the estate
| OF Father Cunningham and he had
charge Of the arrangements for the cree
ton OF the monument in memory of
Father Cunningham. Rev. Father Gaff-
ney was a native OF Longford, Ireland,
and his early education was received at
| Maynooth and All Hallos college near
| Dublin. He came to America at the age
OF 20 and finished his studies for the
| priesthood in Montreal In 1867, i'm
mediately after he was ordained in Bur-
lington, he went to Rutland as assistant
to Rev. Father Charles ]. Boylen. A year
later he became parish priest In Dorset,
with charge of missions in Wallingford,
Mt. Holly and Manchester. This post
was difficult one, entailing long trips
| from town to town. and during the work
he cotracted a bronchial affection from
which he had suffered ever since. When
Father Boylen died Father Carney re-
| turned to Rutland as parish priest. He
had made two extended trips through
Europe and had visited the Holy Land
He was a man of fine qualities OF mind
and heart and his labors among the Yer
mont parishes were very faithful.
Death Of David c. Hooker.
David Carr Hooker &c. died in Brattle-
DOrO Monday hitter a DariOd NJ III haalth