Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-01-12

Rev. and Mrs w s. Smlthers, now of
Waterbury, received n surprise visit one
evening recently from some of their par
ishioners, who presented them with a
purse Of S42.
The annual meeting of the corporators
of the Brattleboro Savings bank win be
held next Thursday at IL O'Clock. The
annual dinner to the corporators will be
served in the Brooks House.
street car frightened A. II. Jaquiths
horse attached to a milk sleigh, on Canal
street Monday The horse ran away,
overturnng the sleigh and spillng num-
Der of gallons of milk and cream.
M. ]. Moran was appointed admins
traitor of the estate of Harrison McCor-
mick Wednesday by the probate court
Mr. Mccormick was an employee OF the
Boston e Maine Railroad company and
was fatally injured in the local railroad
| yard Dec. 9.
The .Klark- Urban company will be the
next big attraction at the Auditorium
| playing every night next week, with
| matinees Wednesday and Saturday after
| moons only. All new plays will be pre-
| sented, and fine vaudeville turns will be
seen between the acts.
The body of Mrs. Mary Coffey, As. who
died in Norwich, Conn, last week was
brought to Brattleboro Friday and was
| buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery.
Mrs Coffey formerly was Mary Calvin of
/ of Brattleboro. The cause of her death
was pneumonia. She is survived by her
husband and six children.
f. d. E. Stowe exhibited three silver
| duckwing game bantams Mt the New York
| Poultry and Pigeon association show in
| Madison Square Garden last week and
won first on cockerel, second on hen and
| club special cash prize from the National
Bantam association, of which he is
| member.
Fourteen of the young women clerks
in Durham Brothers office went to Win
chester Saturday evening on their annual
| sleigh ride and had supper at the Win
chester House The young men employed
by Durham Brothers, principally in the
wholesale department. will go to Putney
tomorrow evening. There will be about
30 in the party.
Honest John Merrifeld," clerk OF the
| Windham county court and speaker OF
the last two general assemblies. gives
a message to all no-license workers. II
! Is this: Get the last man out to vote"
No wiser word has been spoken; many an
election has been lost simply because no
organized effort was made to secure the
| presence at the polls Of every no-license
voter.-[Vermont Issue.
e. II. Miller as soloist and Mrs. Z. Fl.
Miller as accompanlst assisted the Social
club of the Congregational church in St
Adams I'm an Evening Of Song Mon
| day. The Messenger said in an extended
| notice: THE concert was a remarkably
good one. Mr.. Miller showed the great
range of his voice from the stirring
'Bedouin Love Song to beautiful
lullaby, very soft and sweet which he
sang as an encore"
DIR. II. d. Holton of Brattleboro, Sec
rotary Of the state board of health, and
chairman of the state tuberculosis COM
mission. in giving generous contribu-
ton to the work of the Vermont Anti
Saloon league, warmly commended its
work in behalf of total abstinence, and
declared that no amount of legal prohibi-
ton would remove the necessity OF dill
gent work along the line of moral suasion.
Well said.-[Vermont Issue.
The Congregational club will hold a
ladies' night meeting in the Brooks House
next Tuesday evening. A banquet will be
served at 745 o'clock. after which Charles
Hopkins Clark, editor OF the Hartford
Courant and a newspaper man OF wide
reputation. will give an address on the
Philippine Islands. Mr. Clark was a
member of the Taft party In the Philip
pines. What he says will be information
at first hand The Brattleboro male
quartet will sing before and after the ad-
dresses.
The annual parish meeting and supper
OF the Unitarian society was held at
Wells hall Tuesday evening. Supper was
served at half-past g. At the business
meeting which followed Immediately
afterward the usual reports were pre-
scented and approved, showing satisfac-
tory condition of the societys affairs and
cheerful outlook for the year to come.
The old board of officers was reelected:
Clerk and collector ]. r. Ryder; treas
urer, c. H. Pratt; prudential committee,
S. E. Lawton, /. d. Taylor c. A. Boyden.
Earl II. Gleason of jamaica and Miss
Mabel A. Yearly Of Brattleboro were mar
ried by Rev. George B. Lawson at the
Baptist parsonage at $50 o'clock Wednes-
day. No guests Were present. Mr.. and
Mrs Gleason will live In jamaica, where
Mr.. Gleason is assisting his father. Will
liam Gleason, in the management of the
Jamaica House and the livery stable con-
nected with the hotel. Mr.. Gleason for
merly was employed in Howard & Year
ly's stable off Elliot street. Mrs. Gleason
is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. p.
Yearly of Brattleboro She has been
employed as clerk in Houghton & ST.
monds's dry goods store.
Although the reward OF $500 offered by
John f. Gale to any person who would
find Lester ]. Stafford has been with
drawn, Mr.. Gale says that a reward would
be paid to any person finding Stafford as
Che result of search for him. Stafford
disappeared from his home in Guilford
Oct Is, 1904. A reward has been adver-
tised ever since then until now. Mr.
Gale was Staffords guardian. Assuming
that Stafford died, Mr.. Gale was out of
office as guardian the minute death took
place, and, strictly speaking he had no
authority for offering a reward except
permission OF relatives of Stafford. Mr..
Gale believes Stafford is dead, and he has
some suspicion that death resulted from
foul means, but as there is no way, 50
far as now known, Of determining posi-
lively whether Stafford is dead or alive,
the settlement of his estate will be de-
layed long time.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Savings bank was held Wednesday. fol-
lowed by the usual corporation dinner
at the Brooks House. The treasurers
report showed a favorable and prosperous
condition of all the banks affairs. The
increase of deposits during the year was
100000 and the total deposits is now 49,
5610T.S2. Semi-annual dividends of per
cent. were paid last year as In the year
] before, but no assurance is given to de-
| positors that this rate of interest will be
! continued permanently. The old board of
officers was reelected as follows: President
Frederick Holbrook: vice president, VIII
liam s. Newton; treasurer, Charles H.
|