Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-02-23

About 80 couples highly enjoyed the
dance in odd Fellows hall Tuesday even
ing. The next dance will be given next
Wednesday evening.
The meeting of the Alliance study class
will be held at the Unitarian parsonage
next Monday evening at 7.3O o'clock. Sub
ject, 1.-THE Roman and Greek Religions"
All are invited.
State Fish and Game Commissioner H.
of Senator George w. Pierce, has ap-
pointed A. w. j. wilkins of Brattleboro
county fish and game warden.
Seventeen members Of the Life Prob
lem club attended the club meeting in the
Y. M. G. A. Wednesday night. There will
two more regular meetings and the sea-
sons work will CLOSE with banquet
George M. Clay has taken the agency
of the State Mutual Life Assurance COM
pany of Worcester, Mass. This is one of
the oldest and stanchest companies in
the country 1t writes no deferred divi-
dend policies its contracts are very
liberal and its dividends large.
Charles Keyes's thoroughbred pointer
bitch Keyes's Bessie; winner at Valley
Fair Kennel clubs show, and her litter
of ten handsome puppies sired by Mr..
1ngram's thoroughbred pointer have won
the admiring attention of many dog
fanciers the past few days
Bert Lincoln Sargent and Mrs Jennie
A. (Skinner) Tuthill were married at the
Universalist parsonage yesterday by Rev.
Frank l.. Masseck. For the present they
will live with Mrs. Sargent's mother on
Thomas street. Mr.. Sargent formerly
was conductor on the street railroad, but
is now employed by the Estey Organ
company.
The W. C. I. U. will hold their fort
nightly meeting in their rooms in the
Emerson block next Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock. This will be the educational
meeting for February, conducted by
Mrs. H. M. Whittier, who will open by
reading a paper on her department work,
Social Purity followed by discussion.
The public is invited to attend.
A finely finished memorial of the
Ledger style has been erected in Morn
ingside cemetery in memory of Minnie
s. Maclay, wife Of Judge H. H. Wheeler,
by the Charles II. Grant Granite company.
This company's business has been increas-
ing constantly the past Is years, and they
will erect soon a polishing mill in ad-
dition to their present pneumatic plant.
The steamship S.Trojan," which was
lost in January While on the way from
Philadelphia to Boston, had a consign-
ment of draperies and couch covers
for Moran &c Co. of Brattleboro. Mr..
Moran has been notified this week of an
arrangement between the shippers and
insurance companies whereby he will have
to sustain the loss, contrary to first ex-
pectations.
c. r. Crosby and L. F. Adams will be-
gin active operations about March / on
the site of the American House, on which
they will erect a brick building for
stores and offices. j. G. Pellet will be in
charge as superintendent. Some of the
lumber for the building already has been
delivered The bulk of the brick will
come from the new brick-yard in Putney.
The front of the building will be built of
pressed brick and will have sandstone
trimmings.
E. H. Miller sang at the Whittier con-
cert in Montpelier last week: The Even
ing Argus said in its report of the con-
cert: Senator Edwin H. Miller, who
charmed all Montpelier with his rare
baritone voice during his legislative res
idence here five years ago, was heard
with new delight. His voice creates the
impression that he has been building the
higher tones during the years of his alb
sence, and it has lost none of it's beauty.
His accomplishments were delightfully."-
played by one new to Montpelier audi
ences, his attractive musically and dram
atically accomplished wife,"
Mrs. Ruth d. Taft, 81, mother of Mrs.
L. w. Hawley of Brattleboro, died at her
home in Taftsville Monday. Mrs. Haw-
ley was with her during her last illness.
Hawley, Mrs. Maria r. Taft and w.
III. Taft of Taftsville and d. E.
Taft of Clinton, Iowa. The funeral was
held at 3 o'clock Wednesday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hawley and children Charles r
Hawley of Gardner Miss Jessie Hawley
of the New England Conservatory OF
Music and Luther Hawley of the Wor-
cester Polytechnic institute, were present
A delightful meeting of the Brattle-
boro chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, was held yesterday at the
! home of Mrs. Levi X. Fuller, about SC
being present. Piano selections were rem
dered by Mrs. Higley, refreshments were
| served and a social hour was enjoyed
but the principal feature of the meeting
was a paper by Mrs. George w. Pierce
on 1.-THE Character and Life of Washing
ton" The salient points in the paper
were woven together in a fascinating way
and minor details were so clothed that
they were full of interest. At board
meeting one new member was proposed
and the bag sale which will be held the
first week in April was discussed.
An accounting of the Coleman estate
of Jamaica, of which the late ]. Q. Shum-
way OF InaL Town was trustee, was con-
cluded in the law offices of H. G. & F. E.
Barber Monday before Probate Judge q.
II. Allbee Of Bellows Falls. Mr.. Shum-
way was appointed trustee of the estate,
amounting to about $4,000, in 1889. He
died in 1905 and J. c. Robinson was APP
pointed administrator of his estate E.
b. Batchelder was appointed trustee of
the Coleman estate to succeed Mr.. Shum-
way, and when Mr.. Robinson rendered Mr..
Shumway's account Mr.. Batchelder asked
for an accounting of the Coleman estate.
The hearing was begun In Townshend
Feb. Z. Judge e. L Waterman appeared
for the Shumway estate and II. G.. Barber
for Mr.. Batchelder.
Night Watchman William Warren Is
looking for a man who stole a fur over
coat, worth $40, from George Willcutt at
Browns livery stable Thursday night OF
last week. During the evening John
Cunningham of Springfield, Mass, who
formerly was employed at the stable,
strayed in from a lumber camp and be-
gan talking with the employees. At the
usual time the men began bedding the
horses, and when they returned Cunning
ham had disappeared, likewise Mr.. Will
cults coat, Mr.. Warren was notified.
He remembered meeting a man wearing
fur coat on Canal street, and the de-
scription was fresh in his mind as War
rem spoke to him about being in a con-
dition which required more than the
usual amount of room on the sidewalk.
Mr.. Warren and Mr.. Willcutt drove to
Guilford Thursday night and on Friday
they went to South Vernon and Bernards-
ton, but found no trace of Cunningham
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