Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-08
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY APRIL

Friendship circle will hold a meeting in
odd Fellows hail Tuesday afternoon
There will be work.
l.. II. Barber has this week added the
fun line of double faced Victor records,
making the most complete line of Victor
records in the state.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
| luton Will hold regular meeting at
the home of Mrs c. +. Bingham Tuesday
afternoon at o'clock.
II. f. weatherhead, agent for the E.
y. Strout company has this week sold
the f. o. Hin farm in Green River, con-
tanning 1870 acres with buildings, to John
i. Hall of Whitehall n. Y, who will take
possession Immediately.
Fire from burning grass caught in the
hedge near the Bradley greenhouses Fri
day afternoon and the fire department
was called out to eNtinguish the blaze.
a section of the hedge was ruined, but
no other damage was done.
During the year ended March 81, the
gross receipts of the BrattlebOro post
office, ON postal account, were $iG,359.2O,
an increase Of $4660.O4 over the previous
year. The net revenue to the govern
| ment for the period was $2i,9GS7g.
Bratueboro lodge, n. L. O. p, will
hold its regular meeting Wednesday
evening in Red Mems han, when the
degree team will confer the degree on
10 candidates, making a total of 26 cam
didates who have been initiated during
the last four weeks.
An auction sale of the, personal proper
ty belonging to the late Mrs. Mary @.
White will be held at the Eastwood house
three miles from West Brattleboro Thurs
| day at / o'clock p. m Further par
tiCulars are given an advertisement in
another column of this paper
T. Crosby & CO. offered three prizes
Of $40, $3.50 and IS for the grocery clerks
| in Brattleboro who would sell the most
| barrels Of White Satin flour in the month
of March. The prizes were won by Jesse
johnson Of SCOTS store, Guy Bidgood
of Goodenoughs store and Frank Allen
of the Grange store respectively.
There will be a matinee tomorrow in
! the Auditorium with Billy, the boy art
| list" as the bright particular fea ture, sup
| ported by a large company, mostly hand
some girls. Prof. q. Howe Wise and his
! friend, l. b. Schmart, will be on hand,
| also Hen, the hired man, and Chump-
| leigh. Every one has seen them in the
| Boston Sunday Globe. Now they have
| an opportunity to see them ON the stage.
| Low prices will prevail, as will be seen
| in an advertisement in this paper
Wantastiquet lodge No. 3. l. O. o. f.
! Of Brattleboro will have the pleasure of
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| Mount Sinai lodge, No 1863. of North
| Cambridge, Mass. Monday evening. The
! visiting degree staff composed Of 20 men
| will eNamlify the first degree In Fesu-
! val hall As this is one of the best teams
! in the jurisdiction Of Massachusetts a
very pleasant and profitable meeting is
assured The committee extends to all
/ odd Fellows most cordial Invitation
to attend ON tnat occasion.
Bradley Newell of Rowe Mass. formerly
/ blacksmith and magnetic healer Of
/ Jacksonville, is making preparations 10 60
| into the cultivation Of potatoes on a large
/ scale and is getting his towns people to
make similar plans. lie made test last
/ Year ON one acre Of ground and raised
1900 bushels Of potatoes. getting the
! fourth prize in Massachusetts offered by
fertilizer company. Now he has bought
| machinery to plant potatoes and has al
ready engaged TO plant 80 acres for his
neighbors. He will plant three acres or
more FOR himself
Applications for fifth class licenses for
| W. +. Root and r. II. Holden were re-
| ceived by the selectmen last night \
! hearing Was fixed for Saturday afternoon
| April 80, at 2.30 o'clock This late date
! was set in order to give the two other
! druggists an opportunity to present their
applications in time to have them adj
| Nertised three weeks. The seleCtmen
have made known their intention of in
! creasing the license fee ana one Of the
| other druggists has made known his in
! tentiou Of waiting to know what the fee
will be before applying for license.
The following concerning the Congre-
| gational church is from the April issue
| of the Vermont Missionary: During 1909
! the Centre church added 50 new members
| to the roll. raised $2.962 for benevoences
| and $392S for home expenses At the
| annual meeting the society appropriated
! money to engage an assistant, Miss Flor
! ence NJ. Hemenway. She has had three
years experience in teaching in Olvet
| college She conducts two teachers train
| ing classes for the Sunday school ana is
! doing fine work of an education nature.
! She also is doing most efficient work
| visiting in the parish"
| Mrs. John b. Dunevy received news
/ yesterday of the death of her brother,
! Dennis Hurley, 81, in a hospital in ST.
| Louis The Information came to John
/ Hurley. a brother. OF Bellows Falls who
notified Mrs. Dunevy. The body will be
! sent To Brattleboro and on its arrival SER
! vices vii be held in st. Mchael's Roman
| Catholic church. Mr. Hurley was born
| in Brattleboro ana was a son of James
and Mary Hurley, who lived here many
years and died here. At the age of about
20 years Dennis Hurley went to Macon,
Ga, and 80 years ago he married Bridget
! Kennedy of Atlanta, whose death oc-
CURED about 10 years ago Mr.. Hurley
owned a carriage mandatory. Besides
the brother and sister mentioned he
leaves a sister, Mrs. A. F. Greene of
Boston. He had not visited Brattleboro
since he went away, over 40 years ago.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Morse. so. widow
of Elijah Morse. died Tuesday morning
at the home of her son, James II. Morse
of Brook street. She was born in
Boston Sept IS, 1922 and was a daughter
of James and Mary b. Charter. Later the
family moved to South Newfane, where,
in 1885, she was married to Mr.. Morse.
The newly married couple lived on a
farm in South Newfane seven years and
then went to Boston, afterwards going
to California. They returned East
about 1881 and came to Brattleboro to
live. Mr. Morse died four years ago, and
since then Mrs Morse had lived with her
son. She was a Christian Scientist Be
sides her son, three grandsons and five
great grandchildren, she leaves two
brothers, Charles NJ. Charter and Frank
H. Charter. both of Boston, and a sister,
Mrs. A. " c. Leavitt of Buffalo. A
daughter, Clara, died al the age of FIVE
years. Mrs. Morses funeral was held
in the home yesterday morning at 9