Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-01-14

has set a hearing on the petition for dis
charge from bankruptcy of William II.
Braley for Jan % at II o'clock in the
morning in the county clerks office.
Fifteen new members were voted into
the board of trade in the regular monthly
meeting of the directors Tuesday evening
This brings the membership up to 1872,
the largest in the history of the organ
izatiOu.
The annual meeting and parish supper
of the Unitarian church and society was
held i'm Wells hall Tuesday evening. Sup
per was served at $50 and was followed
by the presentation Of the usual reports
and the reelection Of the old board of
officers.
The women of the Baptist church
served an excellent supper last night in
the chapel. and a pleasing entertainment
was given The program included songs
by Mrs COrtes Farnum and Miss Ruth
Sprague and recitations by Miss Sprague,
Mrs. f.. ID. Wilson and Master Harvey
Wright.
A pleasant gathering was held Tuesday
evening in the rooms of the Vermont
Wheel club when the second In the series
| of ladies' night meetings was held. There
was dancing in Grange hall and card
playing in the rooms. Leitsinger's or
chestra furnished the music. The date
of the next ladies' night has been
changed from Feb. to March 30.
The chemistry class of the high school
paid a visit to the gas plant yesterday,
and through the courtesy Of the Twin
State Gas and Electric company they
were given an opportunity tn see and
have explained to them the various oper-
| atons connected with the manufacture Of
water gas The commercial class. under
| the leadership of Miss Elizabeth Spaul-
ding visited the Brattleburo Cabinet
company works Tuesday.
While preparing to come to Brattleboro
on a freight from Bauchardville Monday
morning James II. Conley, 80, Central
Vermont brakeman. was killed i'm the
| yard there by being struck by train.
! He was walking on the track and was
| thrown on to another track, where he
lay in a pool of blood until another train
frightfully mangled the body. scattering
| parts along the track nearly 300 yards.
| Conley leaves a wife and child in Palmer
and brother and sister in Westteld
\ large audience at the Auditorium last
| evening was well pleased with the at
| fractions presented by the Avery Strong
! Repertoire company Wholesome comedy
| good character parts, bright songs and
| first class speciaties marks it as one of
| the best stock companies that has ever
| appeared in Brattleboro. Tonight they
will present the farce comedy. Hello
| Bill" Saturday afternoon Lena Rivers,
| and tomorrow evening will conclude
/ their BrattleborO engagement with a
| strong Russian drama. THE Fatal Coin
Mrs. Carrie II. Robinson. field secretary
! of the Womans Baptist Foreign Mission
! society gave an interesting account OF
| some phases Of the foreign mission WORK
of that denomination in a well-attended
! meeting of the women of the Baptist
| church Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Robin
| son spoke again along the same line in a
| meeting of the Young Peoples union in
| the church that evening. She was en-
! gagged for several years as a field worker
! in Vermont by the state convention ant
she is well known here
a bronze tablet in memory of Mrs
Helen French CULVER was placed II
Mary Lyon chapel. Mount Holyoke coli
! lege. in the Christmas vacation. 1t was
| erected by the class of 1857. of which
she was a member. and it bears the
| following inscription: In loving memory
! of Helen French CULVER. lS32-l909 apt
| student. Skllful teacher. wise principal il
this college lS54-lS72 Consecrated and
beloved. Erected in 1909 by her class OF
| 1857" Mrs. Gulliver was born in Brattle-
| boro. was a sister of the late Foster f.
| French and was visitor to this town
summers. She died in South Hadley
! Mass. Aug I, and her body was brought
| 10 BfAtteDOrO Tor burial,
| The Brattleboro plumbers will be ar
| rdigned before His Honor. Judge Ernest
| j. Waterman. in the Auditorium on the
| evening of Feb S on the charge of con-
! spiraCy against the people of Brattleboro
| Few households in the village have es-
| capped the necessity CO of installing in
| their homes a device for regulating the
water pressure under the new system
which has been established. The public
wants to know just what kind of a game
the plumbers are putting up. and conse-
| quently it has been arranged to have
them indicted for conspiracy and have
the matter tried out before "A jury on the
Auditorium stage This mock trial will
be under the auspices of the Vermont
Wheel club and the proceeds will be de-
| voted to the maintenance of the tuber-
cuoss camp. The people have engaged
Robert c. Bacon as chief prosecutor, and
| he will be assisted ably by Frank T..
Barbe". The other lawyers in the town
Will have a part in the proceedings In
one capacity or another. and the enter
tainment is sure to furnish a barrel of
fun. The title Of the case Is People vs..
John Calvin, A. v Cox. F. Fleming and
w. J. Pentland, jr.," and the committee
in charge is Howard G Rice, Clarke G.
Fits and DR.. +. r. Newell.
win Carleton entertained "A big crowd
season Wednesday evening I'm the Audi
forum with readings from his humorous
sketches and dialect poems. As in. his
earlier appearance here he moved his
audience to smiles or tears at will The
real feature of the evening was the read
ing of the many seques to the poem
which Mr. Carleton started during his
previous visit to Brattleboro He left
the poem midway and offered three auto
graph copies of his works to the three
persons who would write the best sequels
in verse or prose The three winners
were Mrs. c. c. Fits. Miss S. r. Girls
void and Mrs. W. b. Stacey Of Hinsdale.
Special prizes offered by local merchants
Were awarded to Mrs. Ira l.. Putnam
Mrs. Lois Clark. Mrs. A. r. Fisher. Miss
Nellie Eddy. III. w. NJ" George Clapp
and Curtis Perry Among the many
poems received the judges selected those
Of the following as worthy of honorable
mention: Aron HanaVae. George Crowell
James w. Gregg, S. +. Cook. Julia Mer-
line Titus, Miss Ann L. Durham. Mrs
Frank +. Burton. b. A. WhittemOre and
Shirley c, ROss Many anonymous
poems Of merit were submitted. A poem
entitled How Fanny beat the auto"
submitted by Mrs. f. d. Wilson was
excellent from a literary standpoint but
was not read as 1t was complete in it.
self and not sequel to Mr. Carleton's
unfinished poem. TIE judges were Rev
DR.. John r. Cow. f.. j. Waterman and
f. r. Barber. The poems were read by
Mrs, Fits, Rev. D. e. Trout and Mr.
Carleton.
The Vermont Savings Bank
The annual meeting of the Vermont