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


The Grange sewing society will meet
every Friday afternoon until further no.
tice.
Protective Grange will work the first
and second degrees Wednesday evening
Feb. 49,
Brattleboro lodge No. 1O2. \. T.. Il A.
NJ, conferred the first degree at a spec
| al communication last evening.
The meeting of Windham County Po-
mona Grange. which was announced for
| February q. will be held i'm Putncy on
| February -.
Tickets are now ON sale at the news
| store for the lladlcy moving picture cN-
! hbiton, which will be given at the Au-
! ditorium next Tuesday evening. Feb. u.
The ladies' Enterprise society win meet
| in the home of Mrs. Albert Thomas,
Estey street, Tuesday afternoon Sup
per will be served from to o'clock.
All women are invited.
Next Tuesday the people Of Brattlrboro
will be given an opportunity of seeing
one of Edwin j. Hadley's finest pro-
grams. His new pictures are artistic
and up to date and show with good eff
fest many Of the Transporting events Of
the day. The new program is a highly
educational one and of great interest to
persons who do not have the opportunity
of travelling.
one new case of diphtheria was re-
ported to Health Officer Or Henry
Tucker this week. Rodney Hagh. son
of Walter H. Haigh. was taken III while
at school Monday. The quarantine has
been taken off the other diphtheria cases
and all the scarlet fever patients have
been fumigated and released from quar-
antine There have been a few new
cases of whooping cough, but there is a
pf hn
Several cases of chicken-poX have been
reported during the week.
In the fourth quarterly conference of
the Methodist church last Friday evening
a unanimous vote was passed requesting
the return of the pastor, Rev. A. H.
Webb, for another year. Mr. Webb has
been pastor Of the church the past two
years and the unanimous action of the
church is but sign of the feeling which
they have for him He was given this
appointment once before and filled the
pulpit with success in 1890. 1891 and
1892. The following officers were elected
Stewards, w. h. Geddis f. +. Gleason
a. V, May, S. \. Daniels, c. ID. Smith,
DR. c. G Wheeler, w 5. BetterleN F.. c.
Crouch, Mrs. Eugene Clark, F. A. Bagg
II. =. Matthew'S recording steward DR.
Wheeler; financial steward, {. 5. smith,
trier of appeals, w r. Geddis: music
committee, DR. Wheeler, A. V. May +. A.
w. r. Geddis, A. V. May.
\ fire which threatened serious dam
age broke out in the office Of Dr.
George Y. Roberts on North Main street
at 1l.30 O'CLOCK Monday forenoon The
fire caught from the open fireplace and
before II could be eXtnguished the wood
work about the mante was totally
wrecked and the interior of the room was
badly blackened and scorched All of
DR. Roberts's fine surgical and medical
apparatus was in the room but was not
damaged The fire was discovered by
Mrs Roberts who went to the room and
found 1t so filled with smoke that she
could not get across to the telephone.
She sent outside for help and neghbors
and passers-by checked the spread OF the
flames by throwing buckets full of water
on them. \ telephone call was sent to
the engine house and the chemical engine
was taken out 4 few minutes WORK put
the blaze out completely. An attempt
was made to ring in an alarm from box
"a. but for some reason it did not work
DR. WInfred II. Lane has accepted a
position medical director of the
Massachusetts, family care system of the
insane. The appointment was made in
Boston Wednesday at meeting of the
state board of insanity DR. Lanes Office
will be in the state house in Boston ana
he will enter upon the duties of his Off
cial position Thursday, Feb. a. lie will
give up general practice and will special
lie In insanity and diseases of the nervous
system. DIR. Lane came to BrattlebOrO
two years ago from ReadsbOru. where
be had a successful practice four years.
He was for a year inferno i'm the state
hospital for the insane in Taunton. Mass
and the former superintendent OF that
institution, DR.. J. +. Brown. under whom
he served, recommended his appointment
To the position in Boston. DR.. Lanes
work will take him To the several in
stutions for insane i'm Massachusetts and
To towns in the state where patients are
cared for in families but he will be able
to he at home each night. DR. Lane WIFI
close up his practice in Brattleboro in the
next few days. As soon as convenient he
Will be Joined in Boston by Mrs. Lane
and son and the family VIII make their
home In one of the suburban districts Of
the city. In the two years that he as
been in Brattleboro DR. Lane has built
up large practice and has won an en-
viable reputation as a physician and a
man. There will be general regret over
his departure, although his new position
is recognized as a promotion In his pro-
fession. 1t will be particularly desirable |
in that it will give him the associations |
and environment which are essential in /
developing the cpecialty of his profession !
which he proposes to make his life work