Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-05-13
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Universalist church has been postponed.
The forty hours devotion will begin in
st. Mchaels Roman Catholic church
wednesday, May 49,
The Ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. L. w. Lord on Cherry street
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
The ladies' association of the Congrega-
tional church will have its annual straw
berry supper and sale in the chapel and
parlors Thursday, June Q. Plans were
made at a meeting of the hospitality COM
mittee last evening.
The funeral of Mrs. Farquhar McRae,
smother of Charles a. McRae will be
held in Putney today. News was received
yesterday of the death in Keene of Mrs.
McRae's only sister, Mrs. Sarah NJ Abb
bott 49, wife of Charles Abbott.
The retiring officers of Bingham chap
ter O. e. S, entertained Past Matron Sa-
rah A. Dickinson Wednesday afternoon in
the home of Mrs. f. 1. Swift, A brooch
set with pearls was presented. Whist was
played and refreshments were served.
Mrs. Walter Mclaughlin gave a piano
recital before an appreCiative audience
Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs
John ID. Barrows. Mrs. Mclaughlin rem
dered a difficult and varied program and
showed much talent and appreciation as
well as careful study.
The New York Press of Sunday CON
tanned a column story entitled. Some
misadventures on the ameteur stage"
1t was a recital of mshaps within the
experience of Carol f. Macomber of
Boston, the veteran director of amateur
theatricals, told in a humorous vein
Protective Grange will hold a regular
meeting Wednesday evening. The con-
ferring of the degrees will be postponed
Il.
will be announced later. The lecturer, c.
s. Hopkins, win present an interesting
program and the unclaimed articles left
in the hall the past year will be sold by
auction.
Frank Reen, who enlisted in the seth
company of the United States coast artil-
lery in Brattleboro Dec "a, 1905 is wanted
as a deserter from Fort Williams Me,
April TO- A description of the young
man has been posted in the town hall
building with an offer of $50 reward for
his capture. The description states that
he was 90 years old when he enlisted and
that he was fireman.
Road Commissioner David T Perry has
force of four teams and 10 men at work
on the section of state road, beginning at
the Vernon line and running north about
1875 rods, to a point near the Hunt home
stead. The road is being carefully grad
ed ana the steam roller VIII be used IN
packing down the gravel, which is taken
from the bank on the line of the new
highway just below the cascade.
d. F. Curtin camp. Spanish War Vet
Grams, have issued invitations to a cele-
bration tomorrow in recognition of the
18th anniversary of the mastering in of
the list Regiment, V. N. G. The veterans
will meet at the armory at l O'Clock and
will march across the river to grounds
faI -1ar -.
variety of sports in the afternoon. Every
member of the old regiment is invited to
be present.
Grange hall will be a gay place this
evening" when the junior class of the
Brattleboro high school will give a junior
prom in honor of the seniors The hall
will be made bright with college banners
and trophies, and from the interest which
has been taken in the affair 1t is expected
that the crowd will be a gay one.
Leitzinger's orchestra will play and w.
II. st. Germaine will cater. All graduates
and friends of the school are invited to
be present.
The Boston & Maine railroad is in
staling a modern block signal system on
the line between Putney and Claremont
Junction. Later the system will be eX-
tended to Brattleboro and to Windsor
On the Cheshire branch tracks the track
wiring is completed and the supplies are
being placed at convenient points. The
system has been installed on nearly all OF
the Boston 81 Maine lines Another block
signal construction gang is working in
Ashburnham, Mass.
The tuberculosis camp will be opened
for patients Wednesday, The towns
people and all interested are invited to
inspect the caMp Tuesday from to {
O'Clock and see how conveniently and
effectively it has been equipped by the
alterations which have been made in the
past few weeks Transportation will be
furnished at reasonable rates for all who
leave their names with Mrs. c. c. Fits
of Mrs. C. II. Thompson before Tuesday
morning The start will be made from
the Congregational chapel.
The annual meeting of the corporators
of the Brattleboro Masonic Building as
ISOLATION was held last evening Officers
were elected as follows: President, Will
liam II. Vnton; first vice president, j.
Albert Taylor; second vice president,
d. Bailey; clerk, JJamesB Randoll
treasurer, Ferris r. Vaughn; audi
b. Vinton, Edward b. Barrows, II. F. C.
Toedt, Fred w. Putnam, Frank B. Put
nam, w. e. Hubbard, George NJ Clay,
M C. Houghton, Arthur P. Simonds.
Major H. Edward Dyer of Rutland was
elected lieutenant colonel of the LIST Reg
iment, Vermont National Guard, in a
meeting of the commissioned officers of
the regiment held in the armory in Brat
tebOrO Tuesday. The election was nee
-essary to fill the vacancy caused by the
appointment of Lee S. Tillotson of st. AL
bans as adjutant general to succeed the
late General w. II. Gilmore. Capt, Bert
IS. Hyland of Rutland was elected major
i'm Mr.. Dyer's place, but he resigned and
Capt. John w. Tinker of st. Johnsbury
was elected. Lieut.. Col. Dyer has been a
member of the regiment several years,
serving through the Spanish American
war. He had been major since September,
1899.
The Shelburne Falls Messenger dis
cusses this week the probability Of a
trolley line into Wilmington when the
big power project on the Deerfeld river
Is completed. 1t is believed that the
water from the Deerfeld will be stored
in a big natural reservoir from which
a fall of 450 feet can be obtained to
be utilized in developing immense elect
Tical power at a central plant in Zoar or
Charlemont, 1t is understood that the
present railroad tracks in the valley will
be flooded. The Messenger says two
trolley lines are under Consideration, one
from Wilmington through Heartwellville
to North Adams, the other from Whining
ton to Readsboro to Jacksonville and
thence to Colrain to connect with the
present trolley road which runs to Col
rain from Shelburne Falls. Lines to
HeartwellVille or Readsboro would pre-