Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-04


by a company Of about a. people.
The ladies enterprise society will meet
with Mrs e. a. Thomas. 1 Pleasant
street Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
Supper will be served from 8 to s o'clock
Every one is invited.
In the election of officers for class day
at the commencement next June the
Dartmouth college seniors chose Arthur
c. Cow. odist. Mr.. Cow is the son Of
Rev. DR.. John Il. Cow.
Bratteboro lodge, N. f. o. p, will aold
a regular meeting Wednesday evening al
| 730, sharp After the meeting the degree
team will rehearse the degree. All mem
| bers are requested to attend.
The teachers training class of the Con-
gregational church will meet Monday
evening at 7.45 with Mrs. +. c. Dyke on
Washington street The subject will be,
THE child's expression through play
Capt j. b. Harmon formerly of this
town. has been nominated by the Repub-
| leans of Bennington for the position of
village president, which corresponds to
| that of chairman Of the board of bailiffs
! in Bratteboro.
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy
| was filed Tuesday against Harry r,
| Wood, a Windham merchant. The petit
| tioning creditors are the Dewitt Grocery
| company +. Crosby & Co., and the Dun
/ ham Brothers company all of Bratteboro.
The first annual contest of the Dart
| mouth outing club, organized for the
| purpose Of promoting winter sports among
! the students of Dartmouth college, took
| place in Hanover Saturday. A Il. Cobb
! a sophomore, was the star of the meet
winning first place in the 100 and 30
| yard dashes on skees and in the jumping
contest, Fred II. Harris, II, of Brattle-
! boro. was second in each of these three
! events.
A well-attended meeting of the Brat
tleboro Boat club was held Wednesday
evening in the American building for the
discussion of plans for the coming season
The principal topic was boathouse
! facilities. and a committee was APP
| pointed to take up the question of pro-
viding a boatnouse, either by purchase,
| lease or building, as seems best. The
committee consists of Charles w. Dun
| ham, c. y. Harris, l.. Guy Tasker and
! James II. Allen. The committee will re-
! port at a meeting to be called soon so
that the boatmen may make their plans
for the season.
George Townshend of Dummerston
found Friday that it was no use to cry
! over split milk even if the splitting was
the second loss to come to him within
a few minutes on account of the poor
condition of Main street. His first mis-
hap was just north of the postofiice.
| where the sled on which he was drawing
a load of milk and apples Slowed and
dumped off barrel of apples The fruit
| scattered in all directions and It was
some time before Mr.. Townshend had
them collected, even with the able as
sistance of passers-by. After collecting
the apples Mr.. Townshend proceeded only
a few rods when another jolt tipped
| over several cans of milk. The covers
came off and the contents Of the cans
was lost.
In the annual meeting of the Brattle
boro Civic Improvement league Wednes-
| day evening in the nome OF Mrs. G.. c.
| Averill these officers were elected: Presi
dent. DR.. II. d. Holton; vice presidents
! Mrs. c. c. Fits, Mrs. G. c. Averll, Mrs
| c. L. Stickney, Mrs. L. d. Mastin. Mrs
| C. y. McRae; secretary, Mrs c. r. AL
! driCh treasurer, Richard c. Averill
| chairman of outdoor art committee, c.
| l. Stickney, acting with these district
! chairmen: North section Miss Jessie L.
| Gregg South section Mrs. w. F. Root
| Esteyvile Miss Mary Croker West Brat
| tieboro Miss Maria L. Stedman; chairman
playground and public recreation commit
tee, II. l.. Piper; chairman window gar
den committee, Mrs. G. l.. Durham
! Plans were discussed for the work OF the
coming season. Ten new members We're
admitted.
The funeral of John b. Dunleavy was
! held Saturday morning at O'Clock in
! St Mchael's Roman Catholic church
! with a high mass of requiem celebrated
| by Rev Father George L'ECuyer a solo
| Face to Face" was sung by Miss I.o-
| retta Dunleavy OF Providence. a niece
| of Mr. Dunleavy. and Miss katherine
! Stewart sang Rose of the Gross" Miss
! Maysie Calvin played Melody in F" as
| violin solo. The bearers were Frank Agan,
| James Austin Timothy Aher and John
II .,f
| who attended the funeral We're Michael
| Duneavy and Miss Loretta Dunleavy Of
| Providence Mr. and Mrs. Paul Spaulke
of Lynn Thomas Higgins and Miss Hazel
| Higgins of Lawrence, Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Daniel Dugan Of Hinsdale John Hurley
and Timothy Murphy of Bellows Falls
and Mrs. Thomas Coughlin and Miss Jen-
| ME Dugan of Greenfield.
The Church News an Episcopalian
paper published in Rochester, y. Y. con-
| tains an account of the conservation. on
| Christmas day, in Oakfeld. y. y. of an
altar of carved oak a memorial to
| the founder and first rector of the parish,
Rev. George Clinton Van NecIon Eastman.
| d. ID. Dr. Eastman was the founder of
two parishes besides st. Micnaers at
| Oaktield-one in BratJleboro and one in
Benton Harbor Mich, where he died He
became rector of the church in Gulford
in May 1851, and began to hold services
in Brattleboro, and through his efforts a
permanent organization was formed here
Sept 3, 1855. He also was an educator
of note, being for some time mead master
of Cary Collegiate seminary in Oakhed
The altar, which is inscribed suitably.
| is spoken Of as an exquisite piece Of
workmanship. Mrs. Hetty Eastman Walk
er of Burlington is an only daughter of
DIR. Ea stman
The Brattleboro Mutual Aid association
has issued an attractive pamphlet i'm eX-
PLANTATION of its aims and work. The pur-
poses and methods of the organization
are reviewed in detail, and full informa-
ton is given of the cost in special cases
The chief aim of the organization is to
serve as a medium through wlich help
whether it is a trained nurse a care
taker or some one to do houseWork may
be secured at a reasonable charge. The
association does not aim to furnish the
money or the means, but acts simply as
convenient place to secure assistance.
1t is in no way charitable institution,
although the work it has done in system
atiZng the problems OF securing help in
time of household need makes it a strong
factor in the benevolent work in the com
munity The pamphlet contains the re-
port of the year ending last October, a
statement of the tuberculosis campaign
and a clear statement of number OF
cases in which the association has Sc
cured help al charge within the reach
of families in moderate circumstances
The keynote to the work is an economical
distribution of work
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases put
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