Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-09-23

fer the chiefs degree on three candidates
this evening. Corn and venison will be
served after the work.
In a meeting Of the Womans Exchange
tn the rest room Monday 1t was voted
to have food on sale Wednesdays and Sat
urdays and to supply food on orders other
days.
A representative from one of New
Yorks leading suit and coat houses will
be at E. j. Fenton & Co.'S, during their
opening tomorrow to take special orders
for coats, suits and dresses.
Leslie Smith has sold his house on
Clark street to Mr.. and Mrs. Horace c.
French who will occupy ii for a home
The sale was made through William G.
Horizons real estate agency.
DR.. Charles G. Wheeler Of North Main
street has bought the middle house of
three which f. s. Hall has just completed
on the east side of Spruce street The
family will move there about Nov l.
The Brattleboro postoffice will be closed
from II to 6 o'clock the two last days
of the Valley fair. The rural carriers
will cover their routes-a as usual but the
other carriers will not make the after
noon deliveries on those days.
Friendship circle met in Odd Fellows
hall Tuesday afternoon. The women en-
gagged in sewing and at $50 supper was
served. the supper being in charge OF
Mrs F. j. Belden and Mrs. Albert Hop
kinson. There was a good attendance
The various Masonic bodies are now
entering upon "A season of activity after
the summer vacation. Columbian lodge
F. & A. NJ, conferred the Entered APP
prentice degree last week. and Beauseant
commandery, X. r., conferred the order
of Red Cross upon two candidates We'd
nesday evening;
f. B. Holman of Spofford, who runs the
summer stage line to Brattleboro. drove
entirely around the lake Sunday. He FOL
lowed the new road from Sponord leading
back of Rev. Dr. Gritiin's and IL. J..
Emerson's cottages and then turned on
wood road over which he was able To
drive without difficulty, finally coming
out on the Westmoreland road north Of
the lake near the so-Called Puffer house.
The Snowflake corn canning factory
closed Friday after a brisk season. la
| belling and shipping will continue about
a month. but the canning is over for the
season. The output this year was about
| 30 900 cans short of last season when 10
| 900 cans were put up. Considering the
drought in the summer the result OF the
seasons work was satisfactory, although
the output was somewhat less than the
average.
While c. j. Moore of Bellows Fails was
riding his bicycle down the steep hill on
| ,ha putnev road. near Salmon brook
Sunday afternoon his coaster brake IalIeu
| tn work and on sharp turn Mr. Moore
| vas thrown and both bones I'm his right
| leg were broken. He was taken 10 Iarm
| house and DR. II. L. Greene OF inns VII
| lage was summoned The ambulance
was sent for and MIR Moor" was taken
| to the Memorial hospital During the
| Ar
| ~ X Ware at the Lakeside fiouSe, Spot-
| ford lake. and at the time of the ACCIDENT
| he was on his way home
| The frustrated lectures. which were so
| VOL received and appreciated last year
viii he resumed in the Universalist church
| sunday evening, oct. ,. The Chrlslah
| union. under whose auspices the lectures
| are given. will endeavor to make 'heh
| more interesting and profitable thah lass
! wear. The series will include variety Vi
| subjects among them being lectures on
| religious events foreign lands, our own
| country noted characters and CHRIST
| ,,ha irst lecture will be "Patriarchai Ire
| f., Tho Jordan country" and the Passion
| rlav will be given Oct. 9. more eX-
| tended notice will be given later.
United States Judge ]. L. Martin sen
| tenced Charles r. Heike OF New 1orh'
| formerly secretary and treasurer OF 'ne
| sugar trust, Monday to eight hiohIls III
! iaU on Blackwells Island and TO pay
fine of $1,000 for defraudlng the s,,,,
| mont in Weighing sugar. He then grant
| "a a stay of sentence pending an APP
| naoI Rail was fixed at $1,000. In pro
| bouncing sentence Judge Martin SShu
| mat in view of the reputable IRE oi
| Ueike previous to the present scai'"a' ~
would like to be lenient, nut ina II,
rnust give him a prison sentence IN We"
| #
nrisoner's guilty knowledge. Heike mop
"a to avoid a prison sentence, ana he
was greatly disappointed.
/ regular meeting of the Wmdham as
sociation Of Congregational ministers VIII
be held in the parlors of the Cehlrt
cburch Monday at ~ O'Clock. TINS vii
! pive some, an opportunity TO come ~
Prattlcboro to hear Miss Margaret Sla'-
terry speak on Sunday school work sun,
day evening and remain Tor the ihl"'s''i >
meeting the next morning. the program
is AZ follows: Devotuns. Rev. Alfred
| cornell of Guilford; eXegesis, Luke IN
5o-6O Rev H. H. Shaw of Marlboro; ser
mon. Rev Raymond Beardslee OF Sprlhs-
| field: Biblical study what Paul say
of the mission and death of Christ II
| Romans" Rev. Henry \. Goodhue oil
Brattleboro; book review. Rev Charle'
f. Hayward of Springfield.
| One of the most enlOyaDle CelepId'oll'
| ever held in the Methodist church tooH
| place Wednesday evening in the NeStrE
| when the knights of Wesley gave a ban
| ouet to the Attaners, as a result OF a
| contest in attendance between these I'VE
| classes during the three summer months
The yestry was prettily decorated with
| the colors of the two sides Rev. MT
| Wells led the procession of 90 or more
| people who marched in at o'clock anc
he introduced Robert Mitchell who wei
| coined the Attainers, Miss Nichols res
| ponding. A musical trio, Mr.. Bolster
| cornet Rev. Mr.. Sharp, violin, and MISS
| Doris Smith. piano, was much enjoyed
| choice spread was served, after whlcf
came the post prandica exercises, Rev
Mr.. Wells acting as POSTMASTER. Among
| those who responded were Mr.. Robinson
Mr.. Sharp, S. NJ. Yeaw, superintendent OF
| the Sunday school. DR.. c. G. Wheeler
Abbott Frizzell, w. A. Moore, S. A. Dan
| iels and Miss Ada Holder. The speaking
was interspersed with a plano solo by
Mr. Wells, reading by Mr.. Gay, corne
solo by Mr.. Bolster.
Two successful auction sales of buildinl
lots on Henry G. Clarks moving just
| beyond the BrattleboTO Memorial hospi
tai grounds took place Saturday and Mon
| day afternoons, and a large crowd was
present each day. Seventy-four lots were
1 sold bringing prices ranging from 81
| up to 5000. a street recently was laiC
| out across the property. extending from
Canal street, at point between the Me
| mortal hospital and the site of the ole
George H. Clark place, to Maple street
, | opening up a valuable tract of land in
location which must be utilized for thu
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