Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-08

has recommended a discharge of George
II. Danyew and william II. Boyce in
their bankruptcy case, no objections hav-
ing been made
The Woman's Relief corps were very
pleasantly entertained by Mrs. Ida Good
enough at her home on Walnut street
Wednesday evening. The time was pass
ed with cards and social diversions Re
freshments were served.
The March meeting Of the Professional
club will be held at the Brooks House
next Monday evening. DR.. G. G.. Wheeler
will give Il paper on "Osteoputhy: Its
Theory. History and Scope DR.. J. w.
Gregg will lead the discussion.
The Roman Catholic society will hold
St Patricks festival in Festival han the
evening of March IS. There will be a con-
cert, tableaux by the children, and fancy
and useful articles will be on sale, and
the evenings pleasures will close with
dancing.
The March mothers meeting at the
Congrega tional chapel will occur Wednes-
day afternoon at $50. when Mrs. l.. T..
Adams will conduct question box The
meeting is given this form in order to
| give opportunity for discussion of sub
iects any people in the audience desire
to have brought up.
Twenty-rour members of Brattleboro
lodge. y. T.. O. r., went on u seghride
| to G.. +. Chases farm on the Bonnyvale
road Wednesday evening and had
/ hilarious time there as well going and
! coming They woke the echoes all along
! the route with their horns and shouts
ana the peaceful farm certainly thought
! that something struck it when the party
/ arrived.
NJ. j. Moran, Windham county commit
| teeman of the new Democratic state
! league. will try to have arrangements
made for William j. Bryan's appearance
| in Brattleboro or Bellows Falls when the
famous Nebraskan makes his tour through
| the state in April The itinerary. as an
nuunced. called for meetings in Burling-
ton, White River Junction, Montpelier and
st. Johnsbury.
The greatest success achieved in the
last decade by any Uncle Toms Cabin"
| company is that won by Leon w. Wash
| burns which will play at the Auditorium
| next Friday evening, March 10. OF all
the dramatic successes known. there are
none that equal this great play. 1t is
established in popular favor everywhere.
! 1t will be presented by an excellent com
pany of 80 persons and with new and
elaborate scenery. a street parade will
be given at noon.
The national society, United States
| Daughters of 1872. state of Vermont, hope
to preserve their past reputation at their
| fifth annual bazaar to be held at the
! home of MRS. George s. Dowley on We'd
nesday. March Is, from to o'clock.
| Useful and fancy articles, confectionery
! and flowers will be sold. and light re-
| freshments will be served. The society is
| raising funds for the purpose of placing a
| marker in The state house commemora-
| tive of Nermont's 1872 soldiers, permission
| having been granted by the legislature
at its last session. The public is invited
| patriotic work.
The interest in the first aid to the in
| jured lectures by DR.. George Il. Ander-
j son in the Baptist chapel continues to in
! crease. In the third in the series Tuesday
| evening DR.. Anderson spoke on "Insensi-
| bility and AsphyNia," demonstrating his
points on subjects as he talked. He told
| what to do in cases of insensibiitY re-
| sultng from external causes such as
blows on the head and also in cases of
electric shocks, apopleXy and alcoholism.
Under the head of asphyXia he considered
| the restoration of people overcome by gas
| of any kind, also the resusctation of the
drowned. There will be no first aid lee
ture next Tuesday evening but the series
will be resumed March 10.
w. II. Miles of Townshend. acting
| county game warden. at the request of
| State Fish and Game Commissioner
=
| on Ames hill Wednesday with Mr.. Bar
rows. The two men spent two or three
| hours travelling from tree to tree on snow
shoes. They found that during the pres
| ent winter about 80 trees had been girdled
| by deer. Mr.. Miles and James +. Hooker,
who as chairman of the board of select
men, examined the trees a few weeks
| ago, agreed yesterday upon $50 as the
| sum to be paid by the state to Mr.. Bar
| rows for damages. During the session
of the Legislature last fall Mr.. Barrows
was awarded 800 for damage to the trees
by deer previous to that time.
The Worcester, Mass, Evening Ga
zette of a recent date contained some
additional information regarding the
death of Mrs. Fannie (MighilD Orr,
widow of a former pastor of the Centre
| Congregational church of Brattleboro.
Mrs. Orr had started with her husband,
George F. Orr, president of the Worces-
| ter Bleach & Dye works, on a winter
tour to Southern California. Mrs. Orr
was taken i'll on the train and died from
pneumonia in New Orleans. The Ga
zette says Mrs. Orr was IS years old
and was married to Mr.. Orr about two
years ago. She was formerly the wife of
Rev. Mr.. Mighill, one of the pastors of
the Old South church. Fanny Mighill
Is name almost sacred to members of
the Pilgrim Congregational church, be-
cause 1t was at her home that the Sun
| day school which later developed into
| the tiourishng church was held" The
body of Mrs. Orr was brought to Worces-
ter where the funeral was held at her
late home 30 Gardner street one day
| last week.
| A large number of women on Pros
pect Hill, in Esteyvile and presumably
IN other parts of town would like a few
minutes conversation with a certain
agent for the Bling patent lamp burner"
| VINO has recently been canVassing the
| town Not that they were so pleased
with his personal appearance and con-
Hersation that they are DESTROYS of re-
| heWing their acquaintance but merely
| that they might free their minds The
agent in setting forth the claims of the
| Bing burner told how it would double
the lighting power of any lamp and so
| wrought upon the feelings of the house
| Keepers by his tales of the evil effects
OF dim lights that many bought the burn
ers' although they felt that so cents
| apiece was rather high. The agent said
that the burners could not be bought in
amy store and that he had to send to
| Minneapolis to get them, Where he sold
| only one he promised to come back i'm n
| Few days and fit up the rest OF the lamps.
| me purchasers of the burners We're
rather surprised and not little dis
| pleased when the grocery clerks in
| formed them that the same burners were
! Tor sale i'm all the grocery stores at 20
| cents each and had been for a long time.
| The burner differs fropo pr,li,ar,. hmm,