Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-11

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church will hold shoe social Monday
evening in the vestry of the church.
Everybody is invited.
The high school will close Friday, Feb.
| is. and will not open until the following
Wednesday morning. The grades will
| have half session Monday, Feb 81.
The teachers training class of the
Congregational church will meet Monday
evening at 745 with Mrs. Crosier on
North Main street. The subject will be,
THE child's expression through motion"
Justice Of the Peace Daniel Carmody
| Of Fair Haven sent trio OF second-of-
| Tense men to the Rutland county jail the
| first of the week. each being under sem
tence of 30 days for 1ntoxication. One
| gave his name as Thomas Murphy OF
Brattleboro. Thomas Murphy who
said he lived i'm Adams, Mass, was ar
rested in Brattleboro for intoxlcation
March "a, 1909.
Robert c. Bacon. who was appointed
special master to hear the chancery case
| of Axel w. Larson against Sanford A.
Daniels, administrator of the estate Of
Ida M. larson, has set hearing for to-
| morrow in the county clerks office. Mr..
| Larson is represented by II. q. & +. r.
Barber, Mr.. Daniels is represented by F.
d. e Stowe and Gibson & Waterman
represent Miss Alfredo Ahrens, daughter
of Mrs. Larson %
A regular meeting of the Windham
county Congregational ministers was held
Monday morning in the parlors Of the
Centre Congregational church. The de-
votonal service was led by Rev. ]. Dahl
strom OF Brattleboro and a paper on
Religion and miracles" was read by Rev.
Roy NJ Houghton. pastor of the Centre
church. The book review on THE char
acter of Jesus" was given by Rev. N. s.
Moore of Newfane and an essay was
" 4 ND.~N g
Court Brattleboro, No. sl1s, Independent
order of Foresters, has gotten entirely
over its financial troubles, Is in good
standing with the supreme court of the
order, and is in prosperous condition.
Some of the officers have been succeeded
by new ones within the past few days.
The next meeting will be held in Red
Mems hall Monday, when 1t is hoped all
members VIII be present as important
business will be transacted. J. c. David.
son. D. S. c. r., of the mead office, will
address the meeting.
The lecture on China and the Boxer
uprising given in the Universalist church
Sunday evening under the auspices of
the Christian union was interesting and
Instructive About 100 stereoptcon views
were shown, giving good Idea of the
| | people and their ways and OF the horrors
of the Boxer uprising Walter S. Stearns
sang two selections. Next Sunday even
ing the lecture will be on Japan and there
will be a special musical program.
The stereopticOn lectures win co tinue
through March II the present interest
'continues.
r 1t is expected that Mt. Sinai temple,
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, will make
a pilgrimage from Montpelier to BrattIe-
bOro late In the spring. probably in May,
and that 10 or ~ local candidates will be
initiated at that time. There are about
so Snriners in Brattleboro at the present
, time and !. ID. Bailey of this town is the
imperial potentate at the head OF Mt.
Sinai temple. When Sinai temple comes
to Brattleboro Melna temple of Spring
field. Mass. will be entertained here. The
Springfield Shriners plan TO come 200
. strong and to make the trip by special
train.
= The annual meeting of the UniversalIst
church was held Friday evening with a
good number in attendance. Mrs. j.
Foster Stearns was elected clerk and
! treasurer, and Mrs. +. L. F1agg Mrs. II
NJ. Wood and Rev ID. L. Trout were
, elected committee on resolutions.
Committees were elected also to make
arrangements for tine biennial roll coll OF
the church, which will be held. probably
Thursday, March 81. The chairmen OF
those committees are: Supper, Mrs. NJ
,, f. Cooper; announcement, Miss May Ed
, wards music. A. J. Currier; speakers,
, rev. ~. r.. Trout.
A reunion OF old whips in Springfield
Mass. SO years ago is the subject OF an
interesting illustrated article in the
Springfield Sunday Republican. The re-
union was held Dec. 2l. 1859, and the
Republican story is a reprint OF an ac-
count published in the Boston Gazette al
, that time Dea. William Perry OF Brat
! tleboro. Horatio Sargent, Amasa Walker
! and John +. Skinner OF Windsor and
. | E1iakin EatabrOok M Kanna ugar
those seated on the platform in Wash
J ingJon hail. The Gazette account said
"Dea. Perry OF the Brattleboro House
Brattleboro. VT, being called upon for q
: few feeble remarks attempted to excuse
! | himself for family reasons, but was in
t duced to give an account OF his expert.
! ence In transporting mails and females
l and bringing up children over the noun
: tains. His remarks. although OF a de-
cided serious cast, were frequently APP
5 plauded."
Fred ii. Harris OF Brattleboro, Dart
mouth IL. was one OF the competitors
In the Canadian ski jumping contest held
3 on the new jumps of the Montreal SKI
} club last week. There were Is competi-
| tors and they were scored on points In
5 different styles of jumping. A. Olson
: the winner who came from Berlin, N. H..
was credited with 1874 points, and from
( that the marks ran all the way down
= TO 20. Harris was eighth on the list
with 1903 points. which was highly cred-
= liable showing. considering that ne was
: competing against the crack Jumpers
r from Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa and other
places all over Canada. The longest jump
was "a feet and the longest standing
= jump 70 feet. One OF the spectacular
events OF the tournament was the per-
| Torrance OF John Rudd, a Canadian, who
( turned somersault after taking a jump
on skis. Before his return to Hanover
Mr.. Harris was elected member Of the
. Montreal Ski club
Eva May Whitney. s. daughter of PhiliI
and Laura (Blanchard) Whitney, died
: Friday morning in the home Of her par,
ents near the Putney road after a briei
I illness. The entire family had been n
with measles, and the daughter had not
recovered fully when bronchial pneumonia
: developed. She was born in BrattleborC
, and went with her parents TO their new
home, just across the Dummerston line
, about three years ago. She had ATTENDED
4 school in Dummerston, winning the affec.
2 ton Of her teachers and schoolmate by
D her brightness and lovable character
? | Besides her parents she leaves two
5 | younger brothers. The funeral was held
4 | in the home Sunday afternoon at
? O'Clock, Rev. Joseph s. Cogswell of Dunn.
! merston officiating. Miss Gertrude Mat
E thews sang, and the bearers were fouI
= uncles, Emery and Winfield whitney Of
Halifax, Mervin Whitney of DummerstoT
a and Walter Stacey of Brattleboro The
2 body was placed in the tomb in Meeting
House hill cemetery.
, Rev. e. c. S. osgood and Judge j. L.
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