Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-15

church will meet in the vestry Friday,
March q, at 3 p. m. There will be work.
The Alliance study class will meet next
Monday evening at 7.SO at the Unitarian
parsonage Subject, THE Closing Years
of Mahomets Life"
DR.. George r. Anderson will give an
other in his series of lectures on first aid
to the injured in the Baptist chapel Tues
day Sprains and dsocations will be
considered.
Prof. Southwick of the Emerson School
of Oratory will give a reading from
"The Rivals" at the Brooks House Satur-
day evening, March 30, under the auspices
of the Womans club.
]. G.. Taylor announces in another col
umn that he will open an office in the
American building April l and that his
large advertisement in The Phoenix next
week will contain interesting reading
owing to the funeral of William S.
Guild tomorrow afternoon, the mission
study class of St. Michaels Episcopal
church which is generally held at
o'clock Saturdays and the evening prayer
a will be omitted this week
Miss Mary Mannering, the actress, who
was obliged to cancel her engagement in
Brattleboro Friday, March S. is suffering
from pneumonia. She will make no at
tempt 10 appear illlS lllOllll anu IL Itl III
ness continues all of her engagements for
the season will be cancelled.
The woman's auxiliary to the Y. NJ.
c. a. will make a canvass of the town
next week for the sale of exchange tick
cts for the concert by the Ladies' Cecilia
quartet and the Home City quartet of
Springfield. Mass, which will be given
under the auspices of the auxiliary
April >.
State Highway Commissioner Charles
W. Gates has arranged for the meeting Of
town road commissioners in the several
counties of the state. The Windham
county meeting will be held in Brattle-
bOro Friday, April u; Windsor county
meeting in White River Junction April H.
Bennington county meeting in Manchester
April 4.
The women of the Unitarian So
ciety served an exceedingly good New
England supper in Wells hall Tuesday
evening, and it was enjoyed by a good
sized company After the supper there
was an informal entertainment, consisting
of illustrated songs by Mrs. Lawton and
readings by Miss Crosby with ilustra
tons by colored lantern slides.
The sand house of the Central Yer
mont railroad. short distance below the
railroad station, was burned early Sun
day evening, 1t was a small wooden
structure used for storage and for drying
sand for use on the tracks The origin
of the fire is not known. The bright
light was seen by many people, who
thought that a serious fire was in pro-
gress.
Beginning Monday night Halls restau-
rant will be open day and night for bust
ness. Heretofore the restaurant has been
closed when business became duh toward
midnight. but hereafter the doors will not
be locked nor will there be any time when
patron cannot be waited upon promptly.
1t will be a change which will be much
appreciated by those who are out late al
night.
Governor Proctor. who came to Brat
tleboro yesterday afternoon from New
York to hear the pardon cases elsewhere
mentioned. spent the early days of the
week with his father at Atlantic City
n. j. The Senator felt the effects of the
extra work al the close of the session OF
Congress, and went to Atlantic City fol
rest and recuperation. He was improving
in health when the governor left him or
| Wednesday.
| Canton Palestine, l. o, o. F., held Its
| first ladies' night Wednesday evening If
Odd Fellows hall with about 30 couples
| in attendance. The affair was such a sue
will probably be arranged al intervals
| The grand march was led by Lieut.-Col
| w. T. Haigh and Mrs. Haigh. The even
| ing was spent pleasantly in dancing t
music by WaleS's orchestra and
| luncheon was served in the later evening
The hall was tastefully decorated will
| palms and cut flowers.
Rev. Edward T. Mathison, rector OF
! st. MichaeTs Episcopal church is con
sidering two calls away from Brattle
| boro. One of them is a very compliment
! Episcopal church in Massillon. Ohio, ant
| the other is a call to the Epscopa
| church in North Haven, Conn. The west
| ern call is particularly attractive, as the
| church is a flourishing one and in a field
! of great promise Until Mr.. Mathison ha:
presented the matter to the stewards o.
the church he cannot make any decision
as to his going.
The final hearing in the case of Mrs
| Mary Blakesee Piggot, against DR.. II. ID
| HOltOn for an accounting ON her estate
| of which he was executor, during hel
| minority was held in the county clerk!
| office Wednesday morning before Specia
| Master A. +. Cudworth of Londonderry
| The hearing has been postponed from
| time to time awaiting a deposition from
the West. The deposition having arrived
few questions in regard to the invest
ments in question. Mr.. Cudworth will re
port his findings in the case to the count!
court next month.
The business of grain dealers CONTINUES
| to be seriously hampered by the conges
| ton in freight traffic The Central Yer
| mont company is receiving no shipmen
| from the New York, New Haven ant
Hartford road to go north of White Rive
Junction and the Boston & Maine is re
ceiving none from the New York Contra
to come to Brattleboro. Large dealer
on the Central Vermont road have beef
compelled to shut down their plants en-
tirely while they have carloads of good
on stdings only a few miles away. !
local grain concern has been notified o
the shipment of full carloads which lief
st, Adams Jan. 6 but which have no
arrived here.
A meeting of the women employed Fl
the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell overall fac
tory was held at o'clock Tuesday nigh
to take steps toward making a protes
against the way in which the Thompson
fund for the relief of working women /
being administered. There seems to be
feeling among many of them that the in
tent of the will is not being carried out
however strictly the letter of the will
may be adhered to- This was not
meeting of the Brattleboro society o
seamstresses, needlewomen and sho
girls. Nothing definite was accomplishe
in the meeting beyond sounding the sentl
ment of those present and making a de
cision to take action. Another meeting
will soon be called which will embrace
wider representation and it is probabl