Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-22

one candidate at the stated couvocation
Tuesday evening.
The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs John Ilenkel ST., Estey street,
Tuesday at y. IN. supper viii be served
from to s. All are cordially invited.
The Sunshine society, branch I, will
meet with Mrs H. NJ. Burchard at the
Brooks House Friday afternoon March
!, at O'Clock.
A sleighriding party Of 30 couples of
young married people Will go next Tues
day evening To Vernon. \ supper VIII be
served and dancing and card playing viii
follow
About 80 members of the ladies' En-
terprisc society went ON a sleighride to
Ncwfaue yesterday. leaving Brattleboro
at 3 o'clock and taking supper at New
fame Inn.
Mr. Sargent. the teacher of dancing,
will give his closing" for the children
and their friends Thursday Feb. 2S. in
Grange hall There will be dancing from
to Q o'clock.
Beauseant Commandery No :. X r..
conferred the Red Cross degree at state
conclave Wednesday evening After the
regular session drill Of the Sir Knights
was conducted.
The Epworth league Of the Methodist
church recently organized Bible study
class with Mrs. A. H. Webb as leader
The meetings are very interesting. Any
one who wishes may join the class.
Protective Grange will confer the third
and fourth degrees Wednesday evening
Feb. p. After the work the harvest sup
per will be served, to which every mem
Der is requested to contribute as usual
without solicitation.
Amos Harris. formerly well-known
contractor and builder I'm Burlington, died
Tuesday from apopleXy at the Brattleboro
Retreat, where he had been receiving
medical treatment the past year The
body was taken to Bennington. where the
funeral was held yesterday.
Employees Of the Vermont Marble com
pany Of Proctor are installing the marble
finishing in the American building this
week. The metallic ceilings i'm Fcnton &
CO. : new store are nearly completed and
the quarters for the telephone exchange
and DIR. Newhall. dentist are ready for
occupancy.
Frank Oliver Thompson Of Brattleboro
and Miss Laura Adell Hildreth of Dunn
merston We're married at the Congrega-
tional parsonage Wednesday by Rev. II.
r. Miles. Mr.. Thompson is employed with
his father in the portable min which the
latter runs on the upper road To West
Dummerston. about FIVE miles from Brat
tleboro.
Prof. T. S Morse will give lecture
upon The Evolution of the Animal King
dom before the Congregational club at
the Brooks House next Thursday evening
at o'clock. This will be a ladies' night
and each member is entitled to bring with
him two guests. The Popular Science
Monthly says that Prof Morse held
New York audience OF 5000 spellbound
ana as popular lecturer on scientific
subjects is without a peer in America.
The creamed fish supper served by the
women of the Centre Congregational
church Tuesday evening was a decided
success i'm spite Of the unpleasant wealth
er. The hungry people came in such
numbers that the large store OF good
things to eat prepared by the women
was entirely exhausted ana the sale Of
tickets had TO bc stopped before the
last OF the guests We're served. About
$50 was cleared While the supper was
i'm progress the Fessendcn Helping hand
society held "a successful sale Of fancy
articles and homemade candy
sven johnson Of East Dummerston
came TO town the latter part Of last
week ana lodged "a complaint against
Clarence Crosby. whom he alleges punched
his face ana spoiled his good looks after
party held i'm Johuson's house Feb. 70
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and given To Deputy Sheriff Myron T.
Davis. but the young man had departed
and no trace Of him has been found. He
has no family and IT makes little uiffer-
cnce to him where he lives. So his return
To Bratteboro and the warrant IL not
probable Sheriff Davis is still hopeful Of
locating the man The story Of the as
sault is that Crosby was loud and Of
fensive in his conversation and that when
his host asked him to stop he used his
fists vigorously and effectively.
In spite Of public denials on the part Of
Bishop Lawrence Of Massachusetts a GER
tain prayer Is still i'm circulation with his
alleged sanction. Several people in Brat
tleboro have received the prayer recently
with the command to send copies Of II
to nine more persons. one minister has
received three of these communications
within a short time. This prayer is used
in one of the endless chains. so-called,
and on account of threat Of atfiiction
to the person who may break the chain.
IL was debarred from the United States
mails some time ago. Attention has been
called to the prayer previously in The
Phoenix and i'm many other papers. 1t
is law-breaking nowi to circulate the chain
prayer with the accompanying directions.
Mrs Sallie Morris Cory Of New York city
recently wrote Bishop Lawrence about the
prayer. lie replied that he had twice
denied having authorized the prayer and
/ hoped she would give his third denial as
much publicity as possible. as he knew
of two persons who had been driven in
/ sane by it.
Brattleboro aerie, fraternal order OF
| Eagles celebrated Monday evening with
| the assistance of delegation from the
! Greenfield aerie, which came up to work
/ n degree on six candidates. There was a
! street parade with alleged music, red
| fire, and the mystical goat as "A special
! feature. The initiation took place in
| Grand Army hall, the degree team from
| Greenfield performing the WORK The
| celebration lasted the greater part of the
night and some Of the weary eagles We're
! seen flying away on unsteady wings in
| the early hours of Tuesday morning Will
| liam Relden of Chestnut street INDUCED
| in friendly wrestling match in the hall
and injured his ankle so severely that he
| had to have surgical reatment Tuesday.
! The visitors from Greenfield were Charles
| p Mcdonald, a. W Stuart c. h. Jenkins,
! III. A. Alderman, ]. ]. Turner, Fred
| O'Brien, J. B. Nichols, II. NJ. Phillips, d.
| S. Picord, r. T. Walsh, George O. Leet.
! +. S. Greer. w. w. Davis. George w.
| Hescock. J. J. Schneider and Frank Ma
dish Of Turner'S Falls.
Clayton s. Daniels and Sanford A. DAN
| iels have gone to Sheldon. this state to
attend the funeral of their grandmother,
Mrs, Emma H. Smith, widow Of Reuben
Smith, who died Tuesday after an illness
of six weeks at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Levi Gilbert. Mrs. Smith had
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