Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-01-18


nelrs house i'm Elliot street caught fire
Wednesday evening and required the at
tention of the fire department a few min
utes. No damage was done.
The plans Of Crosby & Henkel for an
annex to the Y. NJ. G, A. building in New
orleans have been accepted. The build
ing will cost $50 600 and will furnish the as
ISOLATION with one of the finest gymna-
Sums i'm the south
r. J. Heaphy has been in Montpelier
this week to make arrangements for his
help and other details of the management
of The Pavilion. Mr.. HeaphYs present
expectation is to take possession Of the
house on Monday. Jan. 2S.
"The Hygiene of Occupation will be
the subject of a talk by DR.. G.
d. wilkins i'm the Baptist chapel next
Tuesday evening. The papers by DR.
Wilkins have been greatly enjoyed by
those who have heard them.
The ladies' night of the Vermont Wheel
club last Friday evening was a success
full social gathering with a good number
i'm attendance. Dancing was the order
of the evening though few preferred
playing cards. Refreshments were served.
Workmen from the Kinnear & Sugar
company of Boston began putting in the
metal ceilings in the new American build
ing Monday. The metal ceiling will be
used in every room i'm the building and ii
will probably take the men at least -four
weeks to put it all in place.
Mrs. c. b. CrowelI has received tel
egram announcing the death of her faith
cr. Alexander Robinson, i'm Benicia Calf.
The telegram gave no details as to the
death and Mrs Crowel has not yet re-
ceved letters with particulars. She had
not received any Information of his being
sick
The firm of DAILY & Holbrook of Bos-
ton. Successors to Holbrook. Cabot &
DAILY have been awarded a 5000, 900 con-
tract for elevating the tracks of the New
York, New Haven 4 Hartford railroad in
the Bronx and building the siXtrack i'm
provemcnt for the roads New York SUI
burban service.
\ socialist reading room has been open
ed at the corner of South Main and Canal
streets. \ group of men interested in So
cialism have rented the room and pro-
vided socialistic literature. The room will
be open every evening and all day sun
day From time to time speakers from
outside will be secured and meetings will
be held.
A roll call of the Methodist church will
be held in the Vestry Wednesday, Jan. 23
and all members are urged to be present
Supper will be served at $50 followed by
member is requested to be prepared to
respond to his or her name with pas
sage from Scripture or some appropriate
quotation. Any who are unable to at
tend are requested to send responses to
be read at the meeting
People often wonder what to do with
periodicals which they do not care TO
keep and which are too good to throw
away. Many of them are as readable
fnX uypplxG pftAr ptb1ip1 finn "a Nuhau fs-
sued. There is use for such literature
at the hospital, and for quantities at the
Retreat. Those who wish to pass on
magazines or weeilies for reading by the
patients at the hospital may leave them
at DR. Millers office
a talk on THE Care of Children" by
Miss Mcdonald, the distrist nurse will
be given at the kindergarten room in En-
erson building Thursday evening, Jan.
"a, at 40 o clock. All mothers of kim
dergarten children and their friends are
cordially invited to attend and it is hoped
that as many as possible will avail them
selves of this opportunity to hear about
the prevention and treatment of chill
dren's ailments and illnesses by one who
has had both training and experience in
these things
Miss Mary Frances StoCkwell daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stockwell, and
Charles Henry Allen were married Tues
day evening by Rev. George b. Law
son in the parsonage. They We're unat-
tended and after the ceremony they left
for a brief wedding trip 10 Springfield
Mass. On their return they will live in
their new home in Harris place. The
bride has been employed as clerk in
HOughtOn & Simonds's store and the
groom had been employed i'm the Ameri-
can Express Office until lately when he
took a position in the Goodnow. Pearson
& Hunt store.
Inconvenience has been caused at the
hospital by calls from the friends of pa
tients at hours when the nurses are busy
with them. The hours for admitting
calls on the wards are necessarily short
er than those for visiting patients in pri- .
vate rooms, as a call on one ward patient :
is to "A certain extent call upon all. .
Visiting hours have been changed to the I.
following: Ward patients . to p m.
daily: private room patients to daily. I.
Special permission must be obtained from
the superintendent for calls at other .
hours. Where ward patients have imme- .
date relatives who are employed during .
the day. and can call only in the evening. /
an effort will be made to accommodate .
them.
DR. Edward J. Banks of Chicago Uni /
tersity who will lecture in the Congre- .
gational church this evening at 80 upon .
Inc Ike discovered civilizations Of Bah ]
rlonia and Assyria," was field director .
If the recent exploration party sent out
)y the university. The lecture will be
popular describing the journey across
he Arabian desert the modern inhabi-
-ants of BabylOnia. the ruins of Babylon
md Ur and finally, the methods of eX-
AVIATION and the objects discovered 1t
will be illustrated by so stereopticon views
aiken by DR.. Banks. Montpelier and
Barre papers speak of the lecture as al
ogether exceptional in interest. 1t is free
md open to all. There will he a silver
,ffering
The Young Peoples union of the Bap-
list church held its annual meeting Tues
lay evening and elected officers as fol-
ows: President, VIII b. Smith; vice pres
dent Miss Marguerite Tucker secre airy.
Miss Esther CrOwell; treasurer, Halsey
3ardwell, The reports of the officers
howed that the society had had a very
uccessful year The year closed with
26 in the treasury and all the money
which the society has expended has been
,iven or raised by the members. Glasses
n sewing, drawing, stenography, book
,eeping, French and German are con-
Iucted every Tuesday evening Besides
ne book aliens and Americans" Rev.
george b. Lawson is conducting a
cries of studies in the Old Testament
nd Dr. c., u, wilkins is giving a course
f health talks.
Daughters of Pocahontas Installed Off
GERS.