Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-01-05

Hadleys moving pictures will be seen
at the Auditorium next week Friday eve
ming under odd Fellows auspices.
| A. Il. Cudworth of South Londonderry
| T., b. Pier of Jacksonville and John N.
Woodhn of Rutland, Vermont prison di-
rectors, held a meeting in Bellows Falls
| Tuesday.
Several parties of fishermen from Brat
| tleboro have been recently to the Baker
and Kilburn ponds in quest of pickerel
but fishing through the ice as a rule has
not been prolific in results
A small fire in the Naulahlka, Miss Mary
| Cabot's house on the Scott farm road,
was caused Sunday afternoon by an over
| turned lamp. The loss was about $50
The property was insured in George M.
| Clay's agency
Holton Davenport, son of Charles H.
| Davenport was badly cut about the face
| a few days ago while skating in Sioux
| Falls, s. D., where he is visiting his aunt
He ran into a barbed wire fence and lac
Grated his face in several places.
Visitors are asked to look in upon the
manual training classes which meet i'm
| the room at the head of the stairs on the
| southeast corner of Harmony building
Wednesdays at 9,15 and p. m. The boys
are taking up the work with interest.
The Peoples National bank sends New
Year greeting to its customers in tho
form of a handsome booklet containing a
| series of half-tone engravings with de-
| scriptive text, illustrating it's new vault
and enlarged and refitted banking rooms
An excellent address by state Sec
| rotary L. S. Morrison was given at the
| meeting of the woman's auxiliary of the
| Y NJ. c. A. Tuesday afternoon. Many
| helpful suggestions were made and many
words of encouragement were given the
| auxiliary.
| S. Mederc Bourbon. barber employed
in Charles Oakes's shop, and Miss Bertha
NJ. Howard of jamaica were married Mon
| day evening at the brides home. The
| ceremony was performed by Rev. ]. e.
| Bowman. Only relatives were present
Mrs. Bourbon is a daughter of Milton L.
| Howard.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
| tional church will be held on Friday even
ing of next week, at 100 o'clock. when
| reports from all officers and organizations
of the church will be called for. The
business meeting will be followed by
sociable, when the ladies will serve re-
| freshments.
Albert Keyes and Charles Cakes and
son caught 81 fine pickerel in the Baker
pond the first of the week. Burt Crouch
and Mr.. Sweetand landed two pike,
weighing eight and five pounds respec-
lively and a two-pound piCkerel at the
mouth of West river Monday Sylvester
Miner and others took Il pickerel from
the Kilburn pond this week.
Brattleboro chapter. d. A. r.. will meet
with Mrs c. r. Crosby. High street.
Tuesday afternoon, Jan. .. at $3.50 o'clock
| The date being the anniversary of the
first unfurling of a United States flag
appropriate readings will be given. Mrs.
f. w. Weeks will repeat her paper on
ETHAN Allen and Seth Warner by re-
quest. and there will be several musical
numbers.
The White River Valley Railroad COM
pany has brought suit against the town
Of Pittsfed to recover $4,000 alleged to
have been voted by the town Aug. 49, 1898
for part of the expense of constructing
the road. The case will probably be tried
at the March term of Rutland county
court Waterman & Martin are counsel
for the plaintiff The railroad is now in
the hands of receiver.
BY virtue of an order of the United
States district court I'm the natter OF the
receivership of the Merchants National
bank of Rutland ID. ID. Muir. receiver. will
sell by public sale at the front door of the
post office in Burlington at 10 o'clock a.
m. Jan. Is, such assets of the bank as
have not been collected or disposed of at
that time. The total uncollected assets
are 1904. OOS.22 The bank has one or two
creditors in Brattleboro.
A Boston paper published a paragraph
a few days ago to the effect that a con-
ference had been held in Boston between
Fletcher ID. Proctor and prominent
Vermont politicians regarding the can
didacy Of Mr.. Proctor for governor of
Vermont. Attorney General c. c. Fits
was mentioned as one of those present.
Mr.. Fits says he has not seen Mr.. Proc
tor for two months. He was in Boston
last week, but 1t was to speak before a
meeting of the Boston association of
Daughters of Vermont.
The meeting of the W. c. T. L. next
Tuesday afternoon Mt their headquarters
will be In charge of Mrs Aleck Allen and
Mrs Harriet Tucker the superintendents
of the evangelistic department. At
O'Clock supper and annual roll call of
members will follow and it is hoped that
large number will be present. including
honorary members, to respond to the
calling of names. Members may bring
friends or family to supper and the af-
ternoon meetings are open always to the
public at o'clock each Tuesday
Edith Reed, Margaret Barber. Ruth
Brown, Paul Whitaker and Oscar Mar
shall had narrow escape from injury
Monday afternoon while driving I'm a
surrey. While going down the Washing
surrey slued and struck a pole and was
overturned. The horse dragged the We
hicle across the street until 1t struck the
curbing. which freed the horse and pre-
vented further damage. The top of the
surrey held the young people in the YEA
hicle and no one was hurt. The horse
did not run away.
The annual meeting of the Univer-
salist Sunday school was held Sunday.
The reports of the officers were accepted
and adopted and these officers were elect |
ed: superintendent, Frank f. Barber;
assistant superintendent. Miss MAY Ed |
wards, Mrs. Walter E. Sturges and Mrs. |
-. M. Switzer; secretary. Miss Mae Spear; |
treasurer, Fred c. Sargent: executive |
board Rev. Frank L. Masseck Mrs. E. |
p. Flagg, Fred c. Sargent and Mrs. II. |
r. Brown The annual meeting usually
has been held In May but the date was |
changed in order to have the school year
and the calendar year the same
At a meeting of IS clergymen repre-
senting six denominations held Nov. "a.
with the added endorsement of Is others
WHO could not attend the meeting. II
was decided to form an association OF
clergymen Of all denominations, resident
In Bratteboro and nearby towns The
following were appointed as a committee
on organization; Rev. A. c. Ferrin of
Springfield, Rev. A. S. Buzzell of Putney
and Rev. E. T. Mathison of Brattleboro
The meeting was adjourned to Monday
Jan. 8, to meet at 10 O'Clock in fine V nj |