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


All hunting is suspended next week by
special proclamation Of Gov Mead.
Wantastiquet lodge. NJ. @. ]. @. O. f.
conferred the second degree upon 10 can
didate~ Monday evening IL will coIEer
the third degree next Monday evening.
The lessons will he taken up i'm the
Methodist sunday school sunday that
were to have been used last Sunday. as
the time last week was devoted to re
ports
J. J. Clune has been appointed a spe-
cial aide on the stan Of Department
Commander y D. Ripley of 81. Johns
bury, Of the spanish American war vet
Grams.
Pocahontas council adopted several can
diddtes In their meeting last night. After
the degree work supper was served In the
banquet hall. Visitors were present from
Bellows Falls ana remarks were made bv
Great Sachem Mandago of the grea
council Of Vermont.
William c. Beede Of North Hinsdale.
indicted for arson, was tried this week in
the superior court in Heene and the case
was given to the jury yesterday after
noon. After celebrating until > O'Clock
this morning a verdict Of guilty was rem
dered, but Beede had not been sentenced
at l0.3p this morning
1 he appearance OF w eStern avenue has
been greatly improved by the attention
which has been given the trees in West
Brattleboro and Centreville. The work
Is being done under the direction OF the
selectmen. In some cases II has been
necessary to cut trees down on account
of their decayed condition.
special meeting Of the stockholders
OF the Grange Store has been called for
next Friday night at 80 to see II they
will vote to raise additional capital by a
new issue OF stock or otherwise for car
rying on the business In case 1t Is not
SO voted the question Of selling the bust
ness will be put to a vote.
Mrs. f. \ Foster and her daughters
Mrs. Lucia Foster Rice and Miss Florence
Foster, were in Charlestown. y H Fri
day To attend the funeral of Mrs Fosters
brother John 5. Fish, Sc Mr. Fish was
a native OF Putney. son of Joseph and
Nancy Crosby Fish. His wife who died
FEB. ), 1875, was Ellen L. Richardson of
Westminster. Mrs. Foster had spent
much time in Charlestown I'm caring for
her brother. The body was brought to
Westminster for burial
a bill will be introduced in the legis-
lature soon providing for care and edu-
alton of defective children in connection
with the work of the Austine Institution
of Brattleboro, leaving the amount of the
Appropriation for the committee to de-
termine. The bill provides that the APP
preparation shall be conditional upon the
agreement OF this institution to bind
itself by a contract to the satisfaction Of
the governor that it will at all times re-
ceiVe, take. instruct and care for. at ac-
tual cost all such deaf and dumb chill
dren as the governor may designate un-
der chapter 1853 OF the Public Statutes to
be received by said corporation" The
law Is amended so that this institution
may receive the deaf and dumb bene-
hciaries OF the state and shall be subject
to inspection by the board of visitors to
state institutions. The bill is to take
effect from its passage. The state at
present spends $4,000 a year for the care
and education of % or "a deaf. dumb and
blind children in institutions without the
state and is able to care for only a por-
ton of these needy little wards. If the
state gives aid it is claimed that this in
stitution can care for so persons.