Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-19


ing will meet next week oct. "a, in Odd
Fellows hall. and not in Grange hall
Alonzo ("spike") Davis mangled three
fingers OF his left hand Tuesday on
cutter at the Hooker Corser & Mitchell
overall factory.
The Woman's Relief corps will hold its
next regular business meeting Thursday
evening. The sewing circle will meet
in the afternoon.
Town Representative Il. w Gibson and
members of the water board met in
Waterman g. Martins office Sunday to
talk over a draft for an amendment t.
the village charter.
Principal and Mrs. e Burr Smith en-
tertained the high school teachers Satur-
day. They went in n tally-ho to Spofford
lake, where the day was spent at Mr..
Smiths cottage. A picnic lunch was
served at noon
John F. Blgelow began Tuesday the
work Of cutting the inscription american
Building, 1906, L. +. Adams and G.
r. Crosby" on the brownstone block
between the third and fourth story win
dows Of the new building on the American
House site.
DR. Anderson will leave tomorrow for
New York. intending 10 spend two weeks
in surgical study at the Post Graduate
medical college and in observation Of sur
gical practice In New York hospitals He
will also visit hospitals in Baltimore and
Boston before coming home.
At the annual meeting of the oakdale
book club, held with Miss Edith Gllkey
Monday evening, these officers were elect
ed: President, Mrs. d. Leonard; secre-
tary and treasurer Mrs. II. l.. Hildreth
book committee, Mrs. Horace Jeffers, Miss
Edith Gilkey and Mrs. John Barrows.
The annual meeting OF the Frost street
book club was held Tuesday at the home
fof Mr.. and Mrs A. Z. Atwood. These
officers were elected: President, Charles
G.. Staples; vice president, Mrs. A. f..
Miller; secretary, Mrs. A. Il. Atwood
book committee, the three officers named
and Mrs II. w. Sargent and Miss Flor
ence Pratt. The annual sale of books
was held.
The funeral of Mrs William Mather was
held at 2 o'clock Sunday at her late home
at 8 Elm street. Rev. II. r. Miles OF the
Congregational church officiated and Miss
Gertrude Matthews sang two selections.
Relatives from Marlboro and Dover were
| present The burial was i'm the West
Brartleboro cemetery the bearers being
o. T. Ware. G. II. Thomas. John p Sar-
gent and George Harris,
| One Of the leading roles in "The Press
Agent" which will be seen at the Audi
torium next Monday evening, is taken by
| Toby Lyons. formerly a widely known
| professional base ball player Lyons came
| to Brattleboro several times with the
Lowell team from Boston. and his coach
! ing is well remembered by attendants nj
the games in the days OF Woodcock
Down O'Neil, Collopy Murphy and
! others.
The annual harvest day at the Home for
the Aged will be observed Thursday oct
| %. from 10 n. m. to D. m. Gifts OF
all kinds are acceptable. from a glass OF
| jelly to barrel OF -four also sums OF
| money, large or small. The committed
1 earnestly desire large attendance and
| hope everyone Interested in the home viii
take this occasion to call. They feel thai
the same kindly feeling and generous in.
terest manifested heretofore VIII be re-
peated on this harvest day of 1906.
The engine OF southbound freight
train came into the station Monday morn.
ing with pilot smashed as the result OF {
| slight collision with the northbound ow
train between Dummerston and Putney
The engineers saw the danger in time t.
bring their trains almost to a standstiI
and although the shock was rather severe
one man In the smoker slept serenel,
through 1t all. The engine on the ow
train was temporarily disabled and whei
the northbound freight arrived at Dunn
merston Its engine was sent ahead TO toy
the delayed passengers into Putneyl
Attention is called to the fact that on
streets would have a much cleaner an
pearance II the habit OF dropping paper
was stopped In some towns baskets ar
placed at convenient points to receiv
the waste bits OF paper, and this ha
proved an effective means OF disposlng O
the paper nuisance. The school chlldre
are not the only ones at fault in thi
particular, and II the older people shout
set them an example. II might clear tn
streets of such litter without resorting I
baskets. Cultivate n spirit OF civic right
eousness, and use II in the matter OF dis
posing of your waste paper.
The bailiffs held a short session Frida
evening at which n petition for an alarr
box near c. E. Aliens was presented bu
1t was voted TO lay the matter over unit
II could be ascertained how the finance
OF the village were coming out The cues
ton or putting In box at the Brattlebor
Cabinet company's factory was also dis
, cussed There is an Arrangement wit
j the telephone company by which an alarI
J can be sent in from the factory but com
r plant has been made as to the inefficienc
I OF the service. The bailiffs decided tina
the present arrangement was better tina
an alarm box would be-
An invitation in the form Of a Telegram
: was received by each member OF the Uni
! Yersalist Sunday school last week re
r questing their attendance at the rail-
! last Sunday. About $50 responded an
D enjoyed the special program consistin
) OF recitations and exercises by the scho,
! arranged by Mrs. Fred Sargent Shoi
talks were given by the superintendent
e Frank E. Barber, and Rev F. L. Mas
seek, and Mrs. Henry Brown gave a read
+ ing. The choir assisted with music an
i Mrs. F. w. Weeks sang a solo. tn
church and the school room were hand
4 | somely decorated with autumn leave
q hydrangeas and asparagus, the wor
I being done by Mrs. j. L. Goldsmith an
committee.
e Judge S. G. Hanna of Boston addresse
an audience of about 275 at the Auditc
. rum last evening. His subject we
s christian Science: The Religion OF II
d Bible" After a few Introductory r,
y marks concerning the spread Of the Chri,
y tian Science movement he cited sever
references from both the old and the ne
Testaments indicating that the claims
the religion have a scriptural basis II
spoke also of the relation of sin and di.
q ease bringing out the fact that IL II
4 ills Of the soul and mind We're cured thei
: would be less disease OF the body +
q referred TO Gibbon and other historian
), as testifying TO the practice OF divir
Z healing among the early Christians. I'll
!. purpose of the Christian Science churC
Il is the reinstatement OF this lost art