Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-22

The Woman's Relief corps will hold
sewing meeting in Grand Army hall next
Thursday afternoon.
1t is expected that the various com
mittees of the Brattleboro board Of trade
Will remain this year the same as for
the past year.
The woman's alliance of the Unitarian
church will serve a chatting dish supper
in Wells hall Tuesday at $50 o'clock and
will have sale of plants and flowers
there the same evening
The Epworth league win hold their
annual business meeting and social in the
league room in the Methodist church
Thursday evening. After the business
meeting there Will be a social and en-
tertainment
Henry h. Brown has bought the house
owned by the Leroy +. Adams estate at
the corner Of High and oak streets Mr.
and Mrs. Brown will move there in few
weeks, or as soon as Mrs Adams has had
an opportunity to remove the personal
property from the premises. Mr. Brown
has sold the house which he now occupies
on Green street to Frederic c. Adams.
Mrs. G. II. Barron. formerly Miss Mary
Caustic of Montpelier, died in her home
in Cambridge, Mass, Thursday morning.
April IA She leaves her husband, three
brothers. George $ Of Montpelier, j. w
=
Caustic OF Cambridge, Mass, and one
sister Mrs. O. r. Dodge OF Brattleboro,
who was with Mrs. Barron at the time
of her death. The body was taken to
Montpelier for burial
Fire which started on Wantastiuuet
mountain Saturday afternoon burned over
a large portion of the Retreat property
on the west side OF the ridge The fire
ragged all day Sunday and reached nearly
to the summit but the rain put a dam
per on ii in the evening The mountain
has been burned over SO regularly each
year that there was only the accumua-
tiOn of leaves ana dead branches from
last year, and the blaze was not hot
enough TO do much damage to the stand
ing timber. The young growth was bad
~ damaged.
The Philathea class in the Baptist
Bible school. taught by Mrs. +. 5 Knight.
entertained the Baraca class. No. :, i'm
the chapel Wednesday evening. about so
being present a variety OF genuinely
amusing games We're played and the time
was we'll occupied, there being no dun
moments. one game in particular fur
nished lot Of fun. Articles which had
been distributed among the young men
We're Kept ont OF sight ana were described
to the young women. whose duty il was
To draw pictures Of the objects from the
descriptions given After the games a
tainment was arranged under the direc-
ton of the social committee. of which
Mrs. Arthur +. Simouds is chairman.
Alonzo Crosier. who attempted to COM
init suicide in front OF J. r. LeRay's
home last week, is visiting his brother
In Greenfield He was DISCHARGED from
the Memorial hospital the latter part Of
last week as he was we'll on the way to
recovery. and Immediately afterwards ne
st4ff IN R.1l sl..
left Brattleboro proceedings were being
instituted against him TO either place
MIN IN the Retreat or iu jail. \ COM
plant WAS made to states Attorney C.
II. Williams and tentative arrangements
were made TO have him examined as to
nus sanity. The proceedings were cut
snort by the Information that Crosler
was in another state. He was at liberty
To- 20 as he was not placed under arrest
when he was taken to the hospital
The Goodnow company. which oper-
ates 10 stores the GuodnOw, Pearson *
Hunt establishment in Brattleboro being
one of its branches, has recently presented
each employe who has been in its service
a year OF more substantial cash
dividend as snare OF the profits Of the
concern for the year. The envelopes con-
tanning the money came as a surprise to
the clerks and others, and accompanying
each was the following note. The past
year success has been possible through
the cooperation OF our employees We
appreciate this fact ana We want the in
terests Of the store To bee cooperative in
every respect We want YOU to feel
thdt you are part Of the store
mont of t,,a L,si,,..s. a., -. - s -
W thy.'Se Your snare OF a dlvi-
at'" W. "'t uo,'"Iihs 10 e'ch employe
Mo, ~,o mas peth win us me entire year or
,,i . .'1 - nlN'uehd not wages
''u - "'Seu p''"S On l"e Iehs'h OF time
-. - go, " t'' US anu IHl'N upon the
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some facts concerning the develop
meut ana earnings at the Couutcticut
River Power compauy's plant nj IN, Yer
iilusiale dam. iu addition 10 those
given in The PNpuiN of March -. are
published u the Boston News Bureau. /
quoting from "a statement of an official /
~ tn, .ompany They are as follows.
30" Connecticut River Power company /
h March carmel its interest on the So
-"o.ooJ bonds now outstanding. II had .
not been anticipated that monthly earn .
lnsS would b" sufficient to cover liked I
charges before june. March was only the .
fourth month of large operations, and II /
is probable that, beginning with the cur I
rent month, surplus after charges Will /
show steady gain. The companys en-
SineeIs have reported recently that IT is /
IN position 10 sell 50 per cent more power 1
ana II has TO date contracted for but a /
utur NOR" than 80 per cent of the power
vim prsse,t f..,ittl 10 produce
penses are about "a nor cont %, - ~
ceipts leaving "a ner cent for ne, 80