Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-09-23
BRATTLERoRO.

Bingham chapter, Order of the East
ern Star will give a whist party in Ma
sonic hal Oct II.
Crosby & Parker are building a con-
crete culvert for the Boston & Maine
railroad about a mile north Of Dummies
ton station. 1t will be 81 feet long.
The work of laying the cement foun-
dation for the Masonic temple was be-
gun this week The contractors praCti-
cally have finished excavating for the
basement
sedgwick woman's Relief corps will
serve dinner in Grand Army hall Tuesday
for the members of Company b. 10th reg
iment and Company X, 9th Regiment,
who will hold their reunions that day.
The annual business meeting of the
Christian union of the Universalist church
will be held tonight, Friday, at 7.3O in the
church parlor All members are urged
&C. be present as important business will
be transacted. officers will be elected
after which all will enjoy social hour.
Frank d. billiard and Mrs. Mary B.
Mcbride both of Townshend, were mar
ried in the Methodist parsonage by Rev.
f. A. Wells Wednesday afternoon at 4
O'Clock. They were unattended and they
left soon after the ceremony for a short
wedding trip. Mr.. Hillard is a stationary
engineer.
May Belle Martineau, %. of Bellows
Falls died early yesterday morning in the
Memorial hospital, where she underwent
an operation Monday. She was the
daughter of Alfred and Lena (Gilman)
Martneau and was employed as a mill
liner in Bellows Fails. The body was
taken yesterday to Bellows Fails, where
the funeral and burial will take place
The next annual conference of the Yer
mont Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton will be held with Marquis de
Lafayette chapter in Montpelier during
ladies week. The exact date will be
announced later. Mrs Alice 3. G. Bal
lard Mrs. Mabel A. l.. Jackson and Miss
Martha s. Watson will act as nforma-
tioR committee.
Special meetings will be held in the
Salvation army hall Saturday Sunday
and Monday. Envoy Rendle Of Boston
will conduct the Saturday night and sun
day meetings Envoy Rendle is con-
Verted bridge builder and will speak on
1.-The Divine bridge builders" The meeting
Monday night will be conducted by Stan
Captain and Mrs. Guard of the provincial
headquarters. Boston.
All the schools will have partial va
cation next week on account of the Val
Iey fair. The grades will open Tuesday
morning at $50 o'clock and will close al
IL. not to reopen until Friday morning
There will be a Saturday session from
to l o'clock The high school will close
Tuesday at noon and there will be nc
sessions Wednesday and Thursday. There
will be a Saturday session Of the high
school from to IL o'clock.
In it's special report of the state fail
the Burlington Free Press said: "Horti-
cultural hail contains an exhibit that Is
surprising all who see it to wonder anc
admire. j. Arms Miller of Dummerstor
is showing eight varieties of Vermont
grown peaches. This season Mr.. Miller
has raised 200 baskets OF as fine looking
and fine tasting peaches as were evel
shipped from New Jersey or California
Mr.. Miller has 1900 peach trees. In l9O'
his banner year since he began cultivatinl
peaches. he raised 800 bushels
Mrs. G.. A. Metcalf has taken out {
hunters license She was one of two
women who took out licenses from th'
town clerks office last year, and she /!
the only woman to whom the office ha:
issued such a license this season. Foul
non resident licenses have been taken out
State Fish Commissioner and Game War
den j. w Titcomb has written the loca
Office that these are the first non-residen
licenses to be granted in the state They
were issued to T. A. Hayes of Groton
Mass, Dr. w. II. Merrill of Pepperell
Mass, Postmaster Frederick +. Pierce
and John s. Coates of Greenfield.
The annual meeting of the Windhan
County Medical society was held in tn
Brooks House Tuesday. In the forenoon
session the presidents address was gtver
by DR., j. II. BlOdgett of Bellows Falls
a paper on 'Tubercular periOnitis' wa
given by DIR. Charles Goodrich of New
York city and paper on The treatmen
of the fracture of the patella' was giveI
by DR.. II. c. StetsOn of Greenfield, Mass
After dinner at the hotel medical anC
surgical clinics were held in the Memoria
hospital These officers for the coming
year were elected: President, Dr. Thorn
as Rice of Brattleboro; vice president
DR.. e. S. Allbee of Bellows Falls; secre
tary and treasurer. DR.. Charles S Prat
OF Brattleboro.
DIR. E. r. Lynch shot an albno rec
squirrel Tuesday while hunting gra!
squirrels. 1t was of usual size and nor
NAL in every way except the color of tn
hair, which was snowy white, and tn
eyes which were yellowish-pnk instea,
of brown. William c. Horton shot al
albino chipmunk two years ago and
vas regarded as decidedly rare b.
naturalists. The capture of this secon
aIbino squirrel raises the question as t.
whether there is not some climatic o
local condition in this section which in
duces albinism. The albinO deer whicl
have been seen and the one which wa
killed last year might lend some weight L
such a theory. DR.. Lynch will have tn
squirrel mounted for his private collec
ton of mammals.
Next Sunday will be observed as rail-
day in the Congregational church. Tn
church is fortunate in having the ser
vices of Miss Margaret Slattery former
ly of the Fitchburg normal school, 70
that day. Miss Slattery is one of tn
first authorities in the country on Sun
day school work. The members of tn
school will meet in the Sunday schoC
room at 10.15 a. m, TO march into tn
church Miss Slattery will tell the chill
dren's story and the pastor will preac
a sermon appropriate for the occasion
Graduation exercises will be held at tn
regular Sunday school hour 1t is TX
pected that all former scholars will b
present This is the best time also 70
new scholars to enter the school,. At
Miss Slattery will conduct
conference for Sunday school worker.
and at 73O she will give a public address
All the churches in the community ar
invited to the afternoon and evenin
meetings, and many churches in tn
county are expected to send delegates
The Centre church will provide enter
tainment Sunday night for delegate
from out of town.