Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-09-30
BRATTLE BORO

BRATTLEBORo.
Girls who wish to join the gymnasium
class are reminded of the meeting TO he
held in the rest room this evening at
o'clock.
The regular meeting of the sunshine
society branch /, will be held next Friday
afternoon. oct :, at $50, with Mrs.
Charles Knight on oak street
-Four cases of diphtheria in Il mild form
were reported at the end of the week in
the family of Mrs. Eva O. Bell of High
land street. All the patients are now re-
covering.
William c. Horizons agency has sold for
the Bratteboro Retreat trustees lot one
near Harry l.. Emerson's house to Leslie
Smith MIR Smith will build house at
once for his own occupancy
People Interested in the Fort Drummer
Mills as an investment are asked to com
municate with any member of the local
committee Dennisou COwles, G. G. Fits,
C. c. AverilI, w II. Brackett Q. y. Boy
den c. \. Harris and l.. l.. Holden.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. L. Hildrcth We're call
ed to IlinSdale yesterday by the death of
Mrs. IIildreth's mother, Mrs. Sarah L.
Fales, IS, widow of Lemuel Fales. Mrs
Fales had been i'll about week with
pneumonia. The funeral will be held in
the home Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
The ladies circle of the Uuiversalist
society will meet in the church parlor
Thursday afternoon Business meeting
prompt at 4 o'clock. As the annual cleo
ton of officers will take place every
member is urged to be present. supper
will be served at els
The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton will celebrate the chapters birth
day with a colonial sewing party at Mrs.
William II. Bigelow's Oct. (. Responses
to roll call will be old-fashioned names.
A paper. Capt Comfort Starr and his
times" by Mrs Duane II. Clement will
be read.
The first stereoptcon lecture in the
years series will be given Sunday even
ing at o'clock in the Universalist church.
The subject will be: "Patriarchal life in
the Jordan country" with beautiful slides
to Illustrate this fascinating, yet COM
paratively unfamiliar people and land.
1t is a study of BedOuin life, in which
the customs, manners and costumes of
the days of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
continue almost unchanged, even at the
present time. The Passion Play will be
the subject of the lecture Oct. Q. Fur
Their notice will be given in the paper next
week.
Louis d. ~Rowand, now of the Keene,
N. H, Evening Sentinel staff, will enter
the employ of The Phoenix next week as
local reporter, succeeding Harry l.. Pr
per. who has been connected with this
paper nearly four years Mr. Rowand
comes here with excellent recon-
mendations. He graduated from the Ev-
erett Mass. high school seven years ago.
He worked upon newspapers in Everett,
Boston and other places before he came
to Keene. Mr.. Piper, who will remain
in Brattleboro, will give more attention
to the nature study and scientific writing
which he has done for some years and he
plans to devote large part of his time
to the development of the boys club
work which he has been associated with
the past three years. ana to other social
work in town.
dead baby wrapped in some old cot
ton cloth was found Sunday afternoon
near the West river bridge. The dis
cOvery was reported to Health Officer
Henry Tucker who had the body re-
moved to II, f. Bonds undertaking
rooms pending an investigation of the
circumstances. The body was found be-
side the railroad track just south of the
West river bridge. An inspection of the
body and the bundle gave abundant
grounds for the belief that a crmina
operation had been performed, ana it Is
the theory of the health officer. selectmer
and town counsel that the body was
thrown from a train in order to dispose
Of 1t. 1t is believed that whoever threw
1t from the train intended that it should
fall into the river, but miscalculated the
distance. The body was only few feet
from the water when it was found There
was no clue as to the identity Of the
child's mother and it is not probable that
any further investigation will be made.
A large congregation RESPONDED to the
call OF rally day in the Congrega tiona
church Sunday morning and the seats in
the centre of the church, which had beer
reserved for members of the Sunday
sohQOl who marched in as the hymn
Onward. Christian soldiers was being
sung, were more than filed. In place OF
the children's story which is read bN
the pastor Miss Margaret Slatterv OF
Boston told two original and very pleas
sng stories to the little ones An apprO.
prta'te sermon was preached by the
pastor. In the Sunday school session
commencement exercises were held anf
diplomas were presented to those who
graduated from the beginners class t
the primary department and those who
graduated from the primary to the jun
iOr department and Miss Slattery TOLD
another pointed story to the children
In the afternoon a union conference o
Sunday school workers was held in thu
Congregational vestry, which was ad
dressed by Miss Slattery. The vestr!
was filled and many very helpful sugges
lions regarding Sunday school work wer
made. The church was well filled at tn
union meeting in the evening and al
who attended felt well paid and thOs
who did not hear Miss Slattery in tn
afternoon expressed much regret. He
address was drawn from her own expert
ences and observations and was not Onl
very interesting but was helpful alsC
She spoke of the energy that is waste
when it might just as well be turned
some good and of the strong desire chill
dren have to do something that is reall
worth while. This was Miss Slattery
first appearance in Brattleboro and sh
will receive hearty welcome If sh
comes again. She is one of the mos
capable and interesting Sunday schot
speakers in the country and her illustrf
lions are not paralleled by any speak'
IN the Sunday school field,