Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-28
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Pestalozzi lodge, No 693, will meet sun
day at Carl Ebbighausen's.
The Grange Dramatic club will meet |
next Friday night. The business meeting |
will be followed by dance.
The ladies' association of the Congre-
eational church will hold their annual |
Thanksgiving food sale on Tuesday, Nov
20.
The annual meeting Of the Canal Street
Book club will be at the home of Mrs
Dennison Cowles, Brook street, next Tues
day evening" Nov 1.
The Ladies' Enterprise society will
meet with Mrs. Ada Niles on High street
Wednesday afternoon. Members are re-
uuested to be there early, as there is
work to do.
All members of the Womans Relief
corps are requested to meet in Grand
Army hall Friday evening of next week,
at O'clock to drill preparatory Tor
general instruction.
w. f. Walker, master of the Dummers-
ton Grange, says the annual Grange fair
will be held in that town Thursday night
of next week, NOV 3, and the usual boun-
tiful game supper will be served.
The classes of girls in the Baptist Bible
school taught by Miss Lillian Newton and
Mrs. f. L. Smith will entertain the young
naople of the school at a Halloween party
in the social rooms of the church Monday
night
The Epworth league of the Methodist
church will hold it's annual Halloween So
cial next Monday evening, at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs William Moore, Washing
ton street All members of the league and
friends are invited
The Christian union of the Universalist
church will hold a Halloween party this
evening in the vestry of the church from
790 to 10 o'clock All members Of the
union are invited to come and bring
friend Refreshments will be served.
The corner stone of the Masonic temple.
which was laid Tuesday, is a handsome
piece of granite, bearing in gold at the
COP the date "a. d. 19l0' below it the
Masonic emblem and at the bottom the
date Of the year in the Masonic calendar
"a L. $40"
The Bratteboro high school football
team will go TO Keene tomorrow to play
against the high school eleven of that city.
Weeden is suffering from a strained
tendon and will be out of the game. Ten
of the players who were at Bellows Falls
will probably be in the lineup.
An effort has been begun this week by
interests not represented by either the
town committee or the Central Vermont
railroad to nave the new railroad station
project reopened before the public SER
vice commission, but the attempt does
not give much promise of success.
Auctioneer A. w. ]. wilkins conducted
two largely attended auctions this week
and articles a each brought high prices.
Details of the w. E. Pierce auction in
Putney are given in the Putney cores
pondence in this paper. At the F. Il.
Cole auction in Westmoreland yesterday
Arthur Chckering of Westmoreand
bought the farm for $4,000 and the pas
ture for 5000.
creamed chicken supper was served
by the ladies' association of the Congre-
gational church in the vestry last even
ing and Notwithstanding the rain the
patronage was good, many being obliged
20 wait for the second table The cream
ed chicken was delicious and many other
good things were served A sale of home
made candy was conducted in connection
with the supper.
Stark company No. 2. Red Mems league.
received its new costumes Tuesday. They
are of handsome Colonial design, the
coats being blue with bun trimmings and
the waistcOats and trousers being bun
They will be worn with white leggins.
The company has been drilling, and at
the next meeting the sword drill will he
taken up. The members hope to make a
public appearance soon.
The Standard Oil company has com
peted brick and cement barn on Vernon
street near their oil tanks The barn
is all finished inside with hard pine and
connected with sewer, has electric lights
and all modern improvements. There are
six single stalls, a box stall, an up-to-
date harness room and running water in
the barn There are two tank wagons
and two tank sleds. In addition to the
barn. two wagon sheds have been
built The company keeps six horses in
the barn at the present in charge Of
Agent c.. w. Bemis, assisted by Guy
Tatro.
Bradstreets commercial agency reports
this morning that the Brattleboro Overall
company of Keene is going into voluntary
liquidation. 1t says the company's LA
bities are reported to be $62, 000 con-
sisung of bank loans of $4,000 and mer-
chandise account of $4,000; that George
w. Darcy resigned treasurer Oct. 20
and that II. F. Swan, president, was
elected as his successor. 1t is stated at
the cOmpanys office that the creditors will
be paid in full that the company will be
recognized and the business carried on
and that the proposed liquidation is on
account of disagreements among the
stockholders.
Affairs in county court this week have
not been of special interest to the public.
In the Cambridgeport case of w L.
Prouty against Andrew Anderson to re-
cover SSS on book account the jury
found for the defendant to recover 80 on
his bin in offset. The case of the Lud-
wig Piano company Of New York against
J. j. ONeil of this town, which was an
action of trover involving a piano, re-
suited in a verdict for the plaintiff to
recover $68, which was $50 less than was
claimed. The case now on trial is that
of Charles S. Chase of this town against
the Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington rail-
road to recover damages on account of a
fire in the plaintiffs timherland in Whit
ingham in 1908. His evidence tends to
show a loss of about $4,000. w r. Daley
and r, w. Gibson are for the plaintiff and
Haskins & Schwenk for the defendant.
The supreme court will pass upon a ques-
tion involved In the suit of Mrs Stella
Goodnough Starr against f. w. Childs,
alleging deceit in an insurance poty,
before that case is tried.
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