Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-21


will be held Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock in the rest room.
The women's association of the Con-
gregatonal church will hold sewing
meeting Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock to work for the missionary box
A regular meeting Of the Sunshine So
ciety, branch /, will be held with Mrs.
II. H. Thompson on North Main street
Friday afternoon of next week, at $3.50
o'clock.
The woman's exchange will undertake
to have a special sale of food in the rest
room Wednesday and Saturday after
Moons each week and to supply food upon
order any other day
At the devotional service at 7.45 in the
Congregational chapel tonight G. L. Dun
ham will speak on the meetings of the
National Council of Congregational
churches held in Boston last week.
Lewis r. Markham, "A. formerly Of this
town. died in his home in Lee, Mass.
Friday night after an Illness of several
weeks. He went from Brattleboro to Lee
when a young man and worked as a
carpenter ana house builder. He leaves
seven children
The G1st annual convention of the Yer
mont state Teachers association will be
held i'm burlington oct p, 2S and 30
ON Friday afternoon Principal Il. =.
Smith Of the Brattleboro high school will
give paper ON Present the Importance
of college training"
Mr. and Mrs l.. Guy Tasker entertain
ed Mrs T.. T.. Flagg's Sunday schoo!
class Of the Uniyersalist church Sunday
afternoon at the Tasker cottage on the
river. \ large number of the members
! Of the class were present and spent an
! enjoyable afternoon \ special boat left
the wharf at l O'Clock and brought the
party back to town at o'clock.
Martin Luther" will be the subject OF
| the stereoptlcon lecture In the Univer-
| salist church Sunday evening at o'clock
| There will be study of the life OF Lu-
| Their, both as monk and the reformer.
| and the subject Will be Illustrated with
! many beautiful views The lecture is
| one Of educational and religious value. as
! well as interesting newly formed
! cho'r Of many voices will sing.
v'antastiquet lodge. No ). l. O. o. r.
| will hold its annual roll call meeting
| October 81 \ program has been
| arranged and a social time will be enjoy
| ed. The meeting will be Of special in
| terest this year as 1t will observe the
| passing Of the 800 mark in the member
| ship of the lodge a banquet will be
served by Dennis Rebekah lodge. No l.
! from $50 To 7lj o'clock. \ large attend
! ance Is expected. Members may secure
| tickets from the committee
The public service commission John w
! Redmond of Newport ELI H. Porter of
/ Wilmington and 5 HOLSTER Jackson ot
Barre. are making the annual Inspection
Of the Boston X Maine railroad and the
| Central Vermont railroad They arrived
| in Brhttlchoro Monday morning and re
| NAMED iu town several hours NeNl
! week the commission viii continue their
! inspection and viii hold a hearing M
/ White River Junction relative to land
| damages 20 connection with the ,limiua-
/ tiou of grade crossings.
j :. Smith OF Is High street. who o..
| Gently bought Il large tract Of tImbcrlauG
| 3o5 acres in Wardshnro VIII begin cNtru.
| sive operations upon % Nov. T. Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Doyle of this town Will z,
| To Wardshoro next week To- take chare,
of the farm Mr. Smith expects to employ
a large force OF men during the winter
! The timber consists Of spruce. hemlock
and hard woods. maple beech and ash
Joseph Lomere Will bc In charge OF IN,
numbering operations. assisted by expert
lumbermen from Somerset. Mr.. Smith as
| Inmates that he will cut AT the prcsen,
time 100000 feet OF lumber.
The first entertainment in the course
under the auspices Of the Young Women
association OF the Congregational church
and the Young Peoples. union Of the
| First Baptist church will take place In m,
| Baptist church Wednesday evening NOV
@ 1t will bo an illustrated lecture on
Through Africa with Roosevelt" by j
| Alden Loring field naturalist to the Roo.
sevclt expedition. who will use over II
colored slides. Kermit Roosevelt was the
large game photographer OF the party a,
well as one OF the collectors Of big game
and his photographs Of elephants secured
at great risk. are the finest ever taken.
Mrs. Lucy Ellsworth Cowles Cramer
80. died oct. 10 in the home Of her moth.
er. Mrs II T.. :. Cowles, in Claremont
after an illness of a year with nephritis
Mrs Cramer was educated under the
leading music teachers OF Boston and
| New York. and she assisted her husband
the late +. c. f. Cramcr. a musician OF
| note, in his work in Kansas City, Mar
| quette, Mich, Montreal and other places
| Mr.. Cramer died three years ago. He
| was employed a few years by the Estey
Organ company and he and his wife lived
| in this town. Mrs. Cramcr leaves. besides
| her aged mother, a brother, Henry +. s
| Cowles of Claremont. and a sister, Mrs
| II. b. Kirk Of New York
Eye and ear tests have been completed
| In the schools in the union school dis
| trict. of which John d. Whittier Is sup
| erintendent. The number Of pupils ex-
| amined and the number found To be de-
| fectve in one or more respects I'm the
| different towns is as follows: Putnev.
| number examined. 10l; defective. %
| Dummerston, number examined 70: de-
| fective, 16. Vernon, number examined.
~, defective. &. RrattleborO, town dis
trict, number examined, 12S: defective, 80
In total of S62 examined 1O5 were found
| to be defective which is % per cent.
| Parents are urged to take steps imme-
dlately to remedy the defects as far a.
possible.
| Attorney Myron p. Davis is receiving
| congra tuatons because of his escape
| from a serious or fatal injury Sunday
morning. Mr.. Davis and family attended
| church and left their horse and carriage
| in Mosher & Putney's stable. After
/ church Mr.. Davis went to the stable to
| get them and the horse kicked
him, the calk of the animals shoe strik-
| ing him just above the eyeball. and cut %
| ting a cash about two inches long and
half an inch deep. II the caIk had
| struck a fraction of an inch either up
or down 1t probably would have fractured
| the skull or destroyed the eye 1t was
| believed at first that he had lost the
| sight of the eye. The wound was dressed
and Mr.. Davis went home On Monday
| II was ascertained that the sight was
not injured. Mr. Davis returned to work
this morning.
Three Straight for Athletics.