Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-21

winter reception to his evening classes
| in odd Fellows hall Thursday evening,
Dec. "a.
The Athletics win play the Springfield
! CVt) team next Friday evening here.
| Springfield beat the Keene, N. H., team at
| Keene last Saturday night by score OF
| 10 to H.
The body of Michael Cookery. formerly
! of Hinsdale. whose death In Ludlow,
| Mass. is recorded in our Hinsdale cor
respondence, was brought here yesterday
for burial in the Roman Catholic ceme-
| terry.
| In the next regular convocation of Fort
Drummer chapter, Royal Arch Masons
| Jan. 10, there will be an afternoon as
well as an evening session in order that
the degrees may be conferred on several
candidates from Wilmington.
The case Of Elliott Phillips against
Lieut. Wallace N. Batchelder viii be
heard at Bethel Saturday. The suit is on
a question Of payment Of taxes on pro
erty on Cedar street, bought by Phillips
of Batchelder. About $50 is involved.
The post office will be open Christmas
day from a. m. to IL. The carriers will
make the morning delivery only. Next
| Sunday, in addition TO being open the
| usual hour, $50 to 1880, the carriers and
box windows will be open from IL to
for the delivery of Christmas packages,
Mrs. Josephine Baldwin OF Charles
town. N. H., well-known in Brattleboro
as a teacher of dancing classes, was
granted n divorce from her husband,
Frank Baldwin. at the recent session OF
court in Newport, N. II. Mr.. Baldwin
Is an actor and was formerly prominent
in the Hoyt companies.
The annual meeting OF Sunshine branch
No will be held at the Home for the
Aged Thursday, Dec. q, at O'Clock In
the afternoon. The meeting win be fol-
lowed by an entertainment and Christmas
tree for the inmates. Any gifts may be
left at the home or with Miss Emma
Gregg any time before Thursday.
The case of Henry w. Moore aginst
A. V. Moore. both of this town, to recover
S145O, the balance on a book account,
was heard before Justice ]. II. Merriheld
Saturday An Offset bill Of 81 was filed.
The court allowed the full bill of $3.50
and allowed SO on the offset bill. Attorney
f. d. f. Stowe was for the plaintiff and
Attorney A. F. Schwenk was for the de-
PENDANT.
Material for a 7O-foot turntable for
the Central Vermont railroad yard has
arrived. The turnnble will be put In
soon for the use OF the new locomotives
which will be used on the New London
division. These locomotives weigh 1872
500 pounds each and are larger than any
now seen in Brattleboro. The Central
Vermont engine house Is being enlarged
TO accommodate them.
Many Of the friends OF Stella Morse
Cilkyson were eaddened to learn OF her
death, which took place in Philadelphia
Dec. -. Her childhood was spent In
Brattleboro with her parents, MT and
Mrs. George A. Morse. who moved 10
Philadelphia in the early SOS. She fire.
quently visited here and was an enthusi-
astic lover OF her native state. She Will
be greatly missed by her many friends.
Senate bill No 146 of the acts OF 1906,
entitled IAN act to create a commission
to establish n uniform system Of probate
and county forms and records" provides
for the appointment by the governor. with
the advice of the auditor Of accounts,
OF three judges OF probate to act as a
commission TO formulate a uniform sys-
tenn of blank forms and record BOOKS to
be used by the probate courts. Judge A.
F. Schwenk was notified by Gov. Proctor
yesterday that under this act. with ad-
vice of the auditor Of accounts he had
appointed this commission TO consist OF
Probate Judges NJ. A. Bingham of Bur-
lington. F. E. Alfred OF Newport and A.
+. Schwenk OF Brattleboro. The commits
sIoners will receive only their necessary
| expenses in carrying out the conditions
OF The act.
Miss Clara Cone of Hartford. Conn.
gave her third lecture on Wednesday
evening in the Congregational chapel.
Proximity to Christmas doubtless inter
fered seriously with the attendance.
Those who were present, however, were
greatly interested in her address, which
had much to do with the teachers pre-
paration for teaching the lesson. Miss
Cone Is strenuous In her demand for
more method in preparation and a definite
plan for teaching the lesson before going
to the class. She gave illustrations OF
different methods OF lesson treatment,
baslng one on John l: 1879 and the other
on Mark 10: 17-22 As in last weeks dis
cussion she insisted on n theme. aim, CEN
trail thought and application TO present
day life. Further lectures will be post
poned until after the holidays
Edward Davey was brought to the
Memorial hospital recently suffering from
an injury which may cause total blind
| ness. He was employed by John ]. Gloa-
son on a lumber job in East Wilmington
and was forcing his way through a
thicket when a limb which had been
caught in the brush snapped back. strils-
| ing him In the left eye Davey's right
eye had long been sightless and the blow
made him totally blind. He was trying to
grope his way to his boarding place at
| Patrick Kane's when some of the work
men found him and took him home. A
physician who was summoned two days
later found the eye badly inf1amed,
Davey was first taken to Mrs. Harry
Hotchkiss's house in Wilmington. and
few days later brought to the hospital
here. The eyeball is seriously injured.
but whether he will lose the sight en-
| tirely cannot be determined for some
time Davey came from Hardwick to
Wilmington four or five years ago. He
has been blind In the right eye 10 years,
the optic nerve becoming paralyzed as
the result OF lifting heavy timbers and
resting them on his head.
The boys" in Ullery building put up a
joke on a new clerk in the building Fri
day night by way of initiation. and the
matter reached a point where police off,
GERS went to work on the case. They
rugged up a dummy in the basement and
placed 1, 50 that when the clerk went
down stars with his arms full Of bundles
| he tfipped over the dummy's legs and
spretd the boxes over the floor. He has
tened upstairs and informed the pro-
prietor that there was a drunken man in
the basement. Later the proprietor clerk
and others went down to carry the man
| out, but meanwhile another clerk had
| donned the dummy's clothes, and under
the guise Of being intoxicated he hit the
new clerk in the nose, causing him to
retreat hastily. The fireman OF the
building heard that there was drunken
man In the cellar and notified Mr.. Ullery,