Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-08

han Wednesday Feb. 10, from to y
O'Clock.
The Norton shutter Worker company
recently organized. has placed an oEder
for 1000 of their shutter workers with the
Brattleboro Machine company.
\ delegation of p from Bratteboro
lodge, n. r. O. T., went to Bellows Falls
Wednesday evening and worked a degree
ON II candidates i'm the lodge there.
About 40 of the Buttleboro Swedish
people went ON a sleghride to Dummcrs-
ton Saturday night and had a hot supper
followed by pleasant social evening
there.
John =. Lyon. whose death is record
ed In our Wilmington correspondence.
was father of Frank Lyon of this town.
Mr.. Lyon lived in this town at one time
and later was driver of the Wilmington
stage.
The next meeting of the Brattleboro Pro-
fessional club will be held ut the Brooks
House Monday evening, Feb II. Lawyer
II. G. Barber will deliver the paper on
THE Tax on Inheritances and Incomes"
and Lawyer y! p. Carpenter will lead
tho discussion.
The official check lists which will be
used in the town meeting March . were
posted i'm the town hall corridor Satur-
day. The board of civil authority will
meet in the seleCtmens room March .
to revise the list. Names to go on the
list should be presented at that time.
Beauseant Commandery. knights Tenn
plar has begun drilling in preparation for
the ttiennial conclaVe to be held i'm Sara
toga next July. The second drill was held
Monday night and others will follow at
convenient intervals until the time Of the
COnClave Past Eminent Commander
Frank b. Putnam is drill master
The members of Sedgwick Womans
Relief corps will have a supper and So
cial in Grand Army hall Friday even
ing, Feb. 10. Supper will I've served at 6
O'Clock. Department Commander Shell
don and Assistant Adjutant General
SpafTord will be present There will be
no sewing meeting on Feb IA.
The monthly business meeting Of the
Vermont Wheel club Tuesday evening was
followed by the annual auction sale of the
periodicals of last year. John L. Stewart
acted as auCtioneer and the magazines
brought good prices Considerable amuse-
ment was created by the efforts of "A few
members to outbid each other. After the
sale a luncheon was served.
The two new boilers for the power sta
ton of the Twin state Gas and Electric
company have arrived but will not
be installed until spring The water
power is now furnishing two thirds of
the power used and the engines have to
furnish the other third. The boilers
will be put in place during the high water
in spring, when the power will be suf-
hcient without using the engines.
d. F. Curtin camp Spanish War vet
Grams, elected the following officers i'm
the annual meeting held last Friday even
ing: Commander, John f. Long; senior
vice commander. Fred l. Swift; junior
vice commander, L. H. Slater; quarter
master, +. J. Waterman: chaplain, George
Cain; officer of the day Fred c. Dunklee,
officer of the guard. George BroCkington:
trustees l.. H. Henkel Charles II. Davis
and Frank b. Putnam.
The selectmen have decided to put a
stop to the practice of loating i'm the
corridor of the town hall building ana
signs forbidding it were put up yesterday.
The signs read as follows: Lettering in
this corridor. noise or offensive behavior
is prohibited" For some time the COR
ridor has been loafng place for a crowd
of young men and boys. especially in the
late afternoon, early evening and Sun
days. Complaints have been made by
people coming to the post office. theatre
or hall of the annoyance caused by loaf
ers and of offensive conversation. Com
plianCe with the warning will be enforced
II. A. Manning & Co. of Springfield.
Mass, publishers of the Bratleboro di-
rectory of 1905-06. are preparing to issue
1907 edition. The new directory will
be of the same general style as the old
one, but Will be more complete. particu-
larry in its miscellaneous information
1t is probable that the Hinsdale directory
which was Incorporated into the old book
will be replaced by a Putney directory
The canvass of the town for revision of
names will begin Feb. IS and the work
of publishing the book will be pushed as
rapidly as possible, with the expectation
of having it ready for distribution some
time in March.
one of the pleasant features of the win
ter amusement course at the Retreat was
the illustrated song recital given last
Friday evening when Mrs. Iawton sang !
a group of popular songs with apt illus |
trations in the form of a rapid succession |
of colored lantern slides which took the |
audience all the way from the summer re-
sort 'whrl" on the board walk at At
lantic City to the cotton fields of Georgia |
and the peaceful scenes of the old home |
on the Suwanee river. Mrs. Lawton's |
friend and guest Miss Mary r. Waldron, |
was her accompanist. \ company of |
friends, supposed to be sane. were glad |
that they We're given an opportunity to |
enjoy the evening.
delegation of 10 from Pocahontas |
council made visit to the council in |
Springfield last Friday evening and re-
ceived royal welcome. A special cleo
trio car was awaiting their arrival at |
the Charlestown station and a hot chicken
pie supper was served on their ar |
rival at Springfield. After the supper
they were escorted to the hall where n .
degree was worked. After the meet
ing another hot supper was served and |
the special electric car took the party .
back to Charestown. A delegation from
the entertaining council escorted them TO .
Charestown and waited until their de-
parture on the owl train. A delegation |
from the Springfield council will pay a .
return visit, probably next week Thurs
day evening
Miss Elizabeth Boyce. So died at her
home, 80 South Main street, Sunday morn
ing. She was taken in in the summer of |
1904 with gradual paralysis and had |
failed rapidly the last two weeks She |
was born in Scotland and was the daugh-
ter of James Boyce and Janet McCrindle |
Bpyce. Her parents came to Canada i'm |
1864 and after TWO years residence in |
Montreal moved to Brattleboro. Her
mother died in 1892 and her father i'm
1902. She leaves a sister, Miss Jennie |
Boyce, with whom she lived, and two
brothers. James and William Boyce of
this town. The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock i'm the home Rev |
r. 7. Mathison, rector of St Mchael's |
church, ofticiated and the burial will be
In Prospect Hill cemetery.
The final arrangements of the WASH
lngton trip of the senior class of the
high school vara rno1a ATonao,.