Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-22


A. " Mays agency has sold to Frank
3. Hoyt Of Guelph. Ontario. the Sam
Adams farm on the Putney read. owned
by Holden 4 Martin.
The annual meeting OF the society OF
needlewOmen and shop
girls will be held in Festival hall next
Thursday evening at 7.9O o'clock
The annual Masonic directory for 19O6-07
has been issued II contains list Of
the officers and members Of the several
Masonic organizations. dates OF regular
and annual meetings, etc.
The meeting on the common next Sun
day at O'Clock viii be in charge Of f. I
w. Gibson Rev. r. T. Mathison viii /
preach the sermon. In case OF rain the 4
service will be held in the First Baptist 4
church
Rev II. r. Miles viii preach particu- I
larry to parents next Sunday morning. /
Parents Sunday follows Children's Sunday. I
but on account Of the storm the sermon I
prepared for last Sunday was postponed I
one week.
The auction sale OF the Brattleboro I
Jelly cOmpany's property contained IN the
jelly mill on Fiat street began at 10
O'Clock Saturday and continued through
the afternoon. a. W. ]. wilkins was auc-
tioneer The total receipts were nearly
S1lO0.
Mrs Angelica 3. Shea and Miss Mary
r. Shea viii entertain the Vermont So
ciety Of United States Daughters Of 1912
at their home. 4 oak street. Wednesday
evening. June p. at s O'Clock The an
nual business meeting will be held at :
O'Clock. at the same place
The Central Vermont Railway company
will sell round trip tickets TO the Yale
Harvard boat race at New London next
Thursday. The train win leave Brattle-
boro al 7.25 and will leave New London
at $50. The rate from Brattleboro. in
Guiding exchange order for the observa-
ton train. will be $3.50.
Twenty young men. junior members Of
the Y. NJ c. A. and Knights OF King
Arthur, accompanied by Secretary Charles
F. w. Cunningham and Rev. Frank L.
Masseck, tramped to Indian pond Saturday
forenoon. Dinner was cooked over a big
bonfire and after a good plunge in the
pond the party returned home. arriving
at the association rooms at $50 O'Clock.
The school board OF district No. has
engaged the teachers for the coming year
with the exception Of successors to the
two eighth grade teachers. Miss Elizabeth
+. Lewis and Miss Susan +. Driver who
have resigned. Miss Imogen S. Farnum
teacher OF mathematics in the high school
has resigned TO become principal OF a
private school at Palm Beach. Fla and
T
Henshaw OF Greenfield, formerly a Brat
tleboro high school teacher. with the ex-
ception OF these three changes the teach
ing force will be the same as for the past
year. but there viii be changes in the To-
cation Of some Of the teachers in the
grades.
Michael Lynch and Thomas C'Squire'')
Manning were arrested for intoxication
Sunday afternoon by deputy Sheriff c. l.
Knapp and Constable f r. Thayer. They
had fallen over the river bank I'm the rear
OF the buildings on the east side OF Main
street and were holding on to each other
to prevent tumbliug into the water They
were arraigred before Justice w. S.
Newton Monday morning. In the absence
OF Village Attorney Schwenk. c. c. Fits
| appeared for the village. The respondents
| pleaded guilty. Lynch was fined SIS for
| a second offence and Manning was fined
| IS. The men were placed upon their good
behavior for one year and the fines were
suspended. but the costs were paid.
At the ssth annual convocation Of the
grand chapter OF Royal Arch Masons OF
Vermont. which closed Masonic week in
| Burlington on Friday, David A. Elliot
OF White River Junction. formerly OF
Brattleboro, was elected grand high
priest The other officers are as follows:
Deputy grand high priest. Collins Blake
ley Montpelier; grand king. o. W. Daley.
White River Junction; grand scribe. Z.
H. Martin, Middlebury; grand treasurer.
c. W. whiteomb. Proctorsville: grand
secretary. II. II. Ross. Burlington; grand
captain Of the host. c. w. Black Bel
lows Falls Among the appointive off,
vers are Rev. r. T. Mathison OF Brat
tleboro. grand lecturer. Mr.. Elliot had
been grand lecturer several years, and
during the past year Mr.. Mathison has
been deputy grand high priest Of the
fifth district, in which position he is
succeeded by r. d. Lochlin Of Bellows
Falls.
Health Officer Henry Tucker sent let
tiers to the health authorities in westport.
| n. H., and Northampton, Mass, Tuesday
notifying them to be on the lookout for
one Mrs. sprague and child who had
broken quarantine for diphtheria and left
| town. The woman and the child came
from WestpOrt several weeks ago TO visit
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Crone. The child had
| a nasal trouble which had developed into
! nasal diphtheria, which DR.. Tucker
believes caused the diphtheria in Mr..
| Crone's family While DIR. Tucker and
| DR.. F. II. O'Connor were watching the
case the child was kept under quarantine.
On Monday a report from the state labora-
| tory showed that the child had diphtheria
| and Tuesday morning when Mrs. Crone
arose she found that Mrs. Sprague and
the child had gone, probably on the early
| Tram. MIS- NIOHt Sdlu buG uiu hOl huON
where they would be likely to go unless
| to Northampton or Westport.
The village bailffs issued Saturday
night a call for a special village meeting
next Friday night. Following is the text
Of the call: "The voters OF the village OF
Brattleboro are hereby warned to meet
in Festival hall in said village on the 29th
day OF June, A. ID. 1906. at o'clock in
the evening to act on the following bust
ness: l. To decide as to the kind amount.
denominations and numbers of the bonds
| the village will issue under the vote taken
Jan. TO- 1906, and when and where pay
| able, the rate of interest and when pay
able. and whether they shall be registered
| or have interest coupons attached; and
whether the village will authorize and
| ratify the negotiation and sale OF said
bonds by the water board" 1t Is stated
by members of the board that several
bond houses have offered TO take the
bonds, II legal, but that, as previously
stated, the conditions OF the market
make II advisable to submit the matter
to the voters Of the village. 1t Is also
stated by members OF the board that in
all probability active operations in putting
In an independent water system will be