Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-01

Rev. l. =. Coddngton Of Nashua, N. H.,
will preach Sunday morning at 1890 In
the Universalist church, and Sunday
school will meet at 1li5.
The knights of Columbus will hold
another ladies' night in Grange hail Feb
II. There will be concert and card
playing from to o'clock and dancing
afterwards.
The total proceeds from the Universal
list fair last week cannot be definitely an
nouuced as the bills have not all been pre-
scented. About Si10 was taken and the
expenses were about 500, leaving a profit
of 1870
a paper written by Judge j. l.. Martin,
entitled "Thc Legal Rights of Women in
Vermont" will be read on Tuesday even
ing, Feb. 5. at o'clock at the home of
Mrs T. w. Gibson, 8 Oak street under
the auspices of the ladies of the Episco-
pal church. All are cordially invited.
Prof e. S. Morse will give an illustrated
lecture ON Evolution Of the Animal King
dom at the meeting of the Congregation
al club Feb u. Prof. Morse illustra ties
his lectures by blackboard drawings and
makes technical points not only clear but
fascinatingly interesting to a popular au-
dience.
The members of the knights of col
umbus from here who took the fourth
degree in Springfield. Mass Wednesday
evening were IltnOtnN Amer, bartholomew
! T. Riley. j. J. Eckles. T. J. laNclle f.. J.
Fcnton, J. T. Fenton, NJ. j. Moran. Mar
tin Austin. ir.. and r. j. HeaphY About
100 took the degree in all.
Mrs. Elizabeth oBurD Jones. SO. who
died i'm IIolyoke Tuesday was born i'm
Brattleboro but her home had been in
| HolyOKc since girlhood. Her husband. the
late Herman w. Jones' was section boss
on the Connecticut River railroad many
years. Mrs. Jones is survived by three
sons who live in IIolyoke and daughter
Mrs. Eldora Tenney of Readsboro.
w. c. Mitchels shirt factory has start
ed up partially and In another week will
probably be in fun operation Sewing
| machines driven by electric power are be-
ing installed in the main room of the fac
tory on Arch street which was formerly
| occupied by the Brattleboro Manufact-
| uring company. The output will be work
ing shirts Of medium price for the pres
/ ent.
The Washington fund of the senior
| class Of the high school made a big ad-
| vance last week from the subscriptions
! sent in in answer to the circular letter
sent out by Principal +. Burr Smith. The
/ total last night was Si50.i6 an increase Of
| about 1853 during the week The class
hopes to nearly make up the balance re
CURED from the fair next Thursday even
| ing in Festival hall.
George W. Pierce. master of the state
! Grange. reports energetic and progressive
work on the part Of the organizing de
/ partmcnt &. Il. Hoyt. organizer for the
state, has formed three new Oranges I'm
/ the past week. one at Chelsea with 81
/ charter members one at Warren with c.
/ charter members and one mt Moretown
/ with 40 charter members He has now
/ gone into Rutland county To work.
In the annual meeting of the visiting
/ mite of flp Homo fp no Ap ,-ae
/ tcrdaY afternoon the old board of officers
were reelected as follows: President
Mrs. C. II. Ryder; vice president Miss
| Susan Clark; secretary and treasurer. Mrs
/ George +. Barber The annual reports
! Of the officers showed the condition of the
committee to be excellent with a salts
! factory balance in the treasury
The Bratteboro Street Railway COM
| pany has taken an appeal against the APP
praisal of State Tax Commissioner ]. +.
/ Cushman on the value of the road The
| appraisal was made Jan. and the value
! set was s64 $50. The state tax is levied
once in two years at the rate Of one per
| cent. of the appraised value Of the road
/ The appeal from the decision of the tax
commissioner will be taken up by the
! board Of appeals comprising Lieut. Gov.
| c. II. Prouty Secretary of state Fleet
! wood and Auditor of Accounts II. f. Ora
ham, a hearing will be appointed later
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| ant social with a brief musical program
| and refreshments i'm the Baptist church
! chapel Tuesday evening at the close Of
| the class work. The following commit
| tees for the union have been elected De
| votional. Miss Edith Thayer. Miss Alice
| Phillips, Miss Williams. Miss Ruby Thur
/ Der +. J. Eddy, w. T.. Douglas II. j.
! Wilson; social. Mrs G. ID. wilkins. Mrs
! .. +. Benson. Miss Florence Wellman
| Miss Ellen Hunt Miss Mary Croker. II
I r. Davis sherman JENNIE. educational
/ G. c. Gould Mrs. ]. c. Estey. Mrs C. c.
/ Gould, DIR. G. y. Wilkins, g. NJ Miller
and H. S. Weman.
There is in the possession of DR.. IT. d.
/ Holton a little book entitled "Chronicles
| Of the Nursery" which was written by
Miss Helen Folsom, while living in the
family Of her brother George Folsom in
Brattleboro 1t was published I'm London
in 1871 for private circulation. after she
had taken up her residence there. 1t
consists Of a series of little poems which
breathe, in every line, the tender nature
of the writer. the great love she bore to
the little ones and the home. with re-
ligious fervor native to her character and
| is Lovingly Dedicated TO the Little Ones
at Home by Auntie" The copy owned
| by Or, Holton who was the family physi-
clan of the Folsom family during all their
sojourn here, was sent to him with the
sincere regards of tie writer in 1871
Inc recently elected OfiCerS of Dennis
| Rebekah lodge We're installed Tuesday
evening. In the absence of district dep
uty Mrs. Warner of Ludlow. Mrs. Alice !
Landry, past state president. acted az
installing officer Mrs Susie Reach
of White River Junction. grand marshal !
assisted in the installation The follow
ing appointed officers We're announced:
Outer guardian, Frank Cook inside |
guard, Miss Minnie Ramsey; warden Miss |
Josephine Farmer; conductor, Miss Alta |
Bishop; chaplain. Mrs. Sarah Miller: right |
and left supporters of noble grand. Mrs |
Louise Maynard and Mrs. Ida Sargent; |
right and left supporters of vice grand. |
Mrs Susie Cook and Mrs Eta Yeaw |
Mrs. NJ. T. Haigh and Mrs A. l.. May |
nard were elected state delegates Mrs.
a. ]. Currier and Mrs. w. c. Stone al
ternates.
Mrs. Sarah L. Lynde, 81, wife Of Bert
q. Lynde died Tuesday morning at her
home on Brook street after a brief illness
She was taken i'll about ten days before
her death and pneumonia developed in
the last four days. Her husband was crit
ically Ill at that time with the same dis
ease and could not be told of her death
until afterward. She was born In Gull
ford and was the daughter of Isaac A.
Weld and Marie (Smith) Weld. She had
always lived in Gulford until her mar
riage, when she came to Bratteboro. Her
sister, Mrs. Luther JllsOn died i'm Chill |