Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-01
BRATTLEBORO.


There will be devotions every Friday
evening at $50 in st. MichaeTs Roman
Catholic church during Lent.
The fifth annual bazaar of the Vermont
society, United States Daughters of lSl2.
will be held at the home of Mrs. George
S. Dowley March 10.
The Main street residence of Mrs. Il. d.
Harris has been sold on private terms
through A. V. May & Co.'S agency, to Mr..
and Mrs. George c. Ayerill. Having bar
gained their Terrace street property Mr..
and Mrs. Averill will occupy the Harris
place later in the season.
Protective Grange conferred the third
and fourth degrees on IL candidates Wed
nesday evening. Visitors were present
from Dummerston, Halifax, Vernon, Gull
ford Chesterfield and Westmoreland. At
ter the work the harvest supper was
served to about 200 and an hour of dane
ing followed.
The annual inspection of Beauseant
Commandery, No. Z, knights Templar.
took place in Masonic hall Wednesday
evening. A banquet was served to 40
Sir Knights at $50 by Caterer Hall. The
commandery was opened in full cere-
monial form, with large number of the
Sir knights in uniform. The Temple and
Malta degrees were conferred. The IN
specting officers were Right Eminent
and Very Eminent Deputy Grand Com
mander ]. II. Jackson of Barre, both Of
whom made short remarks in reviewing
the work.
The engagement of Miss Edna II. Law
ton and Hal L. March was announced by
a party given in Linden Lodge last Fri
day evening by Mrs. William p. Fitch,
Miss Lawtons aunt. dinner was
served in the dining room, which was
wi and
lets. Over the center of the table was
big basket of smilaX and from it ran
ribbon tied to punches of violets at each
plate. There were many beautiful pres
ents. Those present were Mrs. Fitch.
Miss Lawton, Mr.. March, Ray Greene,
Miss Ellen Hunt. Miss Edna Crosby,
Harry Bingham of Springfield, Miss Mar
garet Martin Murray Tucker and Andrew
March of Shelburne Falls. After the din
ner the party went to the Brooks House
assembly.
Glass No. 16 of the Congregational
Sunday school contains some of the older
ladies of the school, with Rev. Henry A.
Goodhue for teacher. The class arranged
for a visit at his residence, - Highland
street, on Tuesday evening. partly in the
nature of a surprise. The members OF
the class present were Mrs. s. B. Elmer
son, Mrs. George II. Clapp, Mrs Edward
Couch, Mrs. F. ID. Tucker. Miss Mary p
Stearns, Miss Mary j. Donnell. Miss Sarah
f. Griswold and Mrs. Goodhue, with the
pastor, Rev. H. r. Miles, the superinten-
dent of the school. II. F. Jordan, and
their wives, and S. B. Emerson as invited
guests. The evening was spent in plea
SAINT social manner. with light refresh
ments brought and served by the ladies
The class showed their appreciation OF
their teacher by a testimonial in the
shape of a golden eagle, also hand
some azalea for his wife, which came
from Aliens greenhouse.
An increased appraisal of real estate
with a prospective increase in taxation
made a combination which raised a vari-
ETY. of queries and protests from property
owners last week, when it became known
that the selectmen had recommended q
tax of 40 cents on a dollar of the granC
list this year, instead of So cents, as 1906
A little investigation. however, show;
that a tax of not more than 80 cents viii
be needed. The real estate appraisal fol
1906 was $50, 823.51, for 1907, $34, 499 60
an increase of $3676 10. The grand list OF
1906 was S51, 1884, and on this the select
men made their estimates. Provided the
personal property remains the same as il
1906 the grand list for 1907 will be $50.
O15.13, and on this so cent tax woulC
raise S16,504.54, a 35 cent tax S19,255 80
The selectmen with liberal estimates
figure the amount to be raised by tax il
1907 at $17,6S5.59, so it will be seer
that a S5 cent tax will raise an am
pie amount and leave n good margin fol
unforeseen contingencies.
Prof E. S. Morse of the Peabody mu,
scum in Salem, Mass, pleased a larg,
audience of the Congregational club mem
bers and friends in the Brooks House las
might with a lecture on THE Evolution
of the Animal Kingdom" Not only die
Prof. Morse give an excellent idea of tn,
principals underlying the evolution theory
but he used the blackboard with telling
effect and drew amazingly lifelike sketches
of grasshoppers and flies fishes and frogs
He eXpounded the evolution theory as ad
Vanced by Darwin and his followers, WHIT
have carried it forward and made 1t mucl
more conclusive than the originator. HI
mentioned as a significant fact that n,
was one of the pupils who studied unde
Alexander Agassiz the chief opponent o
Darwin's theories, and that every one o
the scientists in Agassiz's class afteTwarC
adopted the evolution theory. Prof
Morse showed i'm a clear way how IL wal
impossible to think of the animal king
dom except in groups. The evolutionist
had shown that these groups were not a!
widely separated once as they are nov
and in many instances the connecting
links had actually been found. He CAV,
many examples to illustrate the universe
variation in species and showed how tn,
process of natural selection had resulted
in fixing the forms and developing then
along lines useful to the species Protec
tive coloration came in for a good shar
of his attention and in closing he toll,
some stories of the marvellous intelligence
of ants.
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