Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-17

! the BrattelbOrO Trust company, admin
istrators Of the estate of the late Luther
Dustin. four lots on Maple street to Mrs
Harry L. Piper
The sloyd work of the boys in the
! graded schools was on exhibition in A.
F. Robertss store a few days early in
the week and it attracted much atten-
| ton and favorable comment Few
schools in the state have made such a
good showing in 50 short a time.
Next Friday evening a union meeting
will BE- held in the Baptist chapel at 745
| to hear reports from the great Worlds
| Sunday school convention in Washington
a few weeks ago. Several speakers will
| make brief reports. including not only
local delegates. but some from the
county. No doubt 1t will prove a very
interesting service.
In the meeting Of the Young Women's
association Sunday evening Mrs. X. c.
AVerill read a very interesting paper on
! the missionary conference recently held
| in 'Middlebury. The subject of SUM
mer conferences was discussed. Miss
| Ella Stebbns was appointed chairman
Of committee to work out plan sys-
tematic giving.
Hinsdale fishermen are having some
fine sport fishing al the Connecticut
| river dam, both above and below. Quite
| often a string Of % or more pike are
| taken below the dam while above it is
| a common occurrence to make a catch
| Of . pounds Of carp. Before the dam
! was built carp were almost unknown in
| the Connecticut river at this point and
| it Is a mystery where so many Of them
came from. Horned pout are also caught
| though usually Of small size .-tWinchcs-
ter Star.
The jury in the case OF Francis j. Bis
| hop against the Readsboro Chair com
| pany, the first jury trial before the
| present term OF the Bennington county
! court in Manchester. returned a verdict
/ Friday for the plaintiff to recover Sl95
| and costs. The suit was brought to re-
/ cover damages resulting from snow and
| lumber sliding from the companys prop
| erty on the plaintiffs premises. Chase
& Daley Of Brattleboro appeared for Mr..
! Bishop. The case will be carried to the
| supreme court.
Mrs. F. F. Houghton. mother Of Mrs.
| O. II. Stickney of High street reached
her SD birthday anniversary Tuesday.
| She belongs to class No. 10 of the Bap-
list Bible school That class IS noted
! for its good works and thoughtfulness
! and so. on Tuesday at 3 o'clock the class
! called upon Mrs. Houghton. carrying
! good things with them. After a social
! hour all sat down to we'll laden tables on
| the veranda. Mrs Houghton received a
shower OF post cards from friends in
| town and from her Iowa home where
she had lived the past SO years. Recently
the class remembered Mrs Freeman OF
Whipple street
Rev. James Norcross Of Boston. New
England secretary OF. the American Bap-
| list Home Missionary society. gave the
| people Of the Baptist church a new
! view of the missionary work throughout
the United States in his address in the
| church Sunday evening. Mr.. Norcross
| was very successful commercial travel
er before he entered the ministry. and
| he applies the same methods to arouse
| missionary interest that he did in selling
| goods His address was a series Of
| significant statements of the conditions
| Of the foreigners throughout the country.
coming so quickly after each other that
| the whole address resembled a moving
| picture show. He held the closest atten-
ton of his audience for more than an
! hour and they would have been glad to
have heard him another hour
Children's day services in the Congre-
| gational church Sunday morning impress
ed the congregation as being the most
| pleasing ever held in that church. The
| program was carried out substantially as
| announced last week, taking the place OF
the usual preaching service. While the
| choir sang a professional hymn the chill
| dram marched from Sunday schools rooms
! through the doOrways on either side OF
the pulpit. up the side aisles and down
| through the centre aisle. n floral gate
! way being opened to admit them to front
! pews. At the end OF each pew next the
| centre aisle. was a bunch Of daisies and
| on the choir railing were decorations OF
/ daisies buttercups, ferns and red clover.
! Ten children We're baptized. the children
| being presented by their parents Fol-
. lowing a custom established several years
ago handsome Bibles were given to the
| children who We're baptized seven years
/ ago, six being presented on this occasion.
/ Guy Doolittle appeared in public again
/ saturday. when a hearing was held before
| judge \. A. Han i'm the county clerk's
| Office to determine whether the time had
! arrived when he should he given the lib
! erty OF the jail yard, the equivalent of
| setting him at liberty At a previous
! hearing Judge Hall gave his opinion that
! Doolittle had not been in Newfane Jail
! long enough. This time he withheld his
! decision until he Gould have the results
Of a deposition from Minnie Doollttle Rice
as to her financial relations with her
! brother, Guy Doolittle. It was brought
out in the hearing that Guy Doolittle came
! to town the night his mother died and was
| disguised rs woman. His recollectlons
| about this matter were very weak until
| Judge Hall gave him a vigorous reminder
| that he had better tell what he knew
promptly. It was brought out also that
the same night he gave his sister a mort
! gage for $500 which he said was to secure
/ her Tor the money she had advanced him
! before that time. F. r. Barber, who ap-
| peared against him, demanded that he
| produce his sisters account OF their trans
actions and Doolittle went to the house in
charge OF an officer, but failed to bring
Dack the account. Arrangements were
maze TO take Mrs. Rices deposition re-
garding this account and II was taken
Yesterday afternoon in her home. She
produced an account. but could not sup
port 1t with any checks or vouchers. The
deposition will be forwarded to Judge
Han. His decision win be awaited with
much interest.
very pleasant meeting of BrattIeboro
chapter, Daughters OF tire American Rev
olutton. took place Tuesday afternoon.
nag day in the home of Miss Susan e
Clark in West BrattIeboro. There were
decorations of red. white and blue flowers
in the house and there were a good num-
Der present to enjoy them and the pro-
gram. Mrs. Charles Akey of Canal
street gave a report OF what had been
done the past year by the committee
appointed to mork the graves of Revo-
lutionary soldiers, showing that "a graves
in this locality had been marked. The
Inherent committees and officers reported
ana the present membership of the-ehap-
ter was shown to be 1O1. Miss Josephine
Toedt sang a group of songs which
AFFORDED much enjoyment, Miss Hattie
clark playing the accomplishments, after
which the company Adjourned to the
lawn. Katherine Stockwell, little daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stockwell, gave
Two Rotations, in one of which her