Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-03-03

seen Tuesday in the flower bed in front
of the Unitarian parsonage.
About 100 couples attended the dance
| in Grange hall Friday evening, at which
| McEnelly's orchestra played
In the regular meeting of Dennis Re
| bekah lodge Tuesday evening three can
didates received the degree.
The Ladies' Enterprise society was very
pleasantly entertained Wednesday after
noon by Mrs Fred Hopkinson. chick
pie supper was served.
About 50 couples attended the dancing
party which Il. Wales rendered to his
evening classes in Grange hall Tuesday
evening. Leltsngers orchestra of four
pieces furnished music.
The Auditorium was used Il times and
Festival hail 20 times, for which rental
was paid. in the year covered by the
auditors report The excess of income
over expenditure for the entire building
was $20i.l0, but the rent of the post
Office was $110O, which is included in the
income.
The 1901 board of selectmen held its
last meeting of the year last evening.
No regular business came before the
meeting but it was decided to plant sew
eral trees on the common to take the
place of those chopped down last fall.
Chairman Calvin has received five apph-
cations for the position as caretaker of
the common. made vacant by the death
of John Devine.
The West Brattleboro Mems league held
a meeting last evening in Academy build
ing, at which the important issues of the
coming town meeting were discussed. DR.
c. S. Clark introduced the license ques-
ton and d. T. Perry spoke on highways
Many different phases of these issues
were brought out in the informal dis
cussion. \ solo by r. =. Wheeler COM
; pleted the program.
suit has been entered in the county
clerks Office by Harlan =. Farr of Putney
against MIR. ana Mrs. +. f.. Putnam of
Westminster to recover the balance of
a promissory note with interest. The
| plaintiff claims that a note for $500 with
T interest at per cent was given him by
e the defendants March 80, 1909. The
e specification gives credit for one year ;
interest, $295O, and $3.50 for tobacco. II.
G. & +. f. Barber are counsel for Mr..
5 Farr.
Byron c. Piatt held the closest atten-
ton of a large audience in the Congre-
gatonal chapel Wednesday afternoon at
5 the meeting of the Brattleboro Woman ;
2 club. His subject was Beauty and the
e beast, or American morals" Mr. Piatt
= stated clearly and frankly some of the
influences which have produced the prob
= lens of human society, emphasizing the
S fact that individual morality is absolutely
= essential to the maintenance and growth
of our American civilization. His sin
cerity and earnestness strongly impressed
his hearers with the Importance of his
subject Previous to the lecture Miss
Katherine Martin sang two songs in a
{ very pleasing way She was accom-
: panied by Mrs A. II, Brasor.
Assistant Town Clerk Carl S. Hopkins
D was called to the telephone Tuesday
f night shortly after he had retired Rev.
T. L. ha ut a
, line and Informed him that a. couple from
Westmoreland were in the minister 5
house and were very anxious to be mar
: ried that night. Mr.. Hopkins dressed
! and went to the town clerks office where
he met the couple and gave them a mar
e rage license Then they returned to the
home of Rev. Mr.. Trout and were mar
i ried. They had secured license in
Westmoreland, not knowing that a Brat
e tleboro license would be necessary. The
bridegroom gave his name as Starr Mer-
D rick Greeley, son of Arthur Greedy of
Westmoreland and his occupation as that
of farmer. The brides name was Alice
j Myrtle Brown. daughter of George Brown
of Westmoreland.
n Miss Lillian NJ Phelps of St. Gather
ines. Canada, national lecturer for the
w. c. T. T.. spoke on st George and
the Dragon" in the Baptist church
Tuesday evening. The attendance was
= large and those who heard Miss Phelps
felt that she had sustained her reputa
D ton for able and eloquent speaking. Mrs
z Henry Tucker presided, Rev. j. r. Cow
e d. D.. conducted the devotional exercises
e and Paul Gehrng, president of the Y. p
I u. of the Baptist church. was chairman
a Enos White, Ralph Ovitt and Irving
v Howard spoke a series of paragraphs en-
e titled. Not by my vote" and Hugh
n Stowell recited vote for me-" Miss
/, Phelps followed and in a strong, broad
| talk ChamDinnp0 the of ~
ance She was conservative in her re-
4 marks speaking nothing but absolute
- facts and her talk afforded pleasure and
. profit to all present,
Il Circulation figures showing the chara cter
II of the books taken from the Free library
e the past year are interesting. They are
j. as follows Fiction, 23,479: biography
e ESQ., general works, 42l5; philosophy. 35S
d religion. 379 sociology. 40; philology, 81
X natural science. 96i; useful arts, 744: fine
n arts. 100; literature, 1851; history and
IS travel, 221s; total, 1891 Books present
d ed to the library numbered 113. Books OF
Is note added during the year were Roose-
l. velt's African game trails, Pearys dis
# covery of the North Pole, Faust's German
It elements In the United States, Moore
10 heads stone age in North America
l. Chapmans camps and cruises of ar
ornithologist, Beebees log of the sun
Booker Washington's story of the negro
i Bonds Westminster Abbey, Peters Nip
e pur. or explorations of Euphrates, Wald.
n STEMS Herculaneum, Molieres plays
" with English TRANSACTIONS by Waller, Nc
i, Masters's history of the United States
Al Vol. I, treatise on agriculture and gar
&c dening, German classics in the origina
- including standard and some modern
> fiction.
= Striking motormen and conductors are
e causing trouble for the Connecticut Val.
= ley Street Railway company. of whose
e board of directors +. c. Crosby of Brat
n tleboro Is chairman and George c. Averl
Il of this town is a member. The road
e is 80 miles long and runs through Milers
y Falls, Turner'S Falls Greenfield. North
n ampton. Amherst and other Massachu-
e sets places. a short time ago the com.
y pany discharged two or three men for
= intoXicaton and two or three more on
e suspicion of larceny The union mer
j. wanted the company to arbitrate the
If question of reinstating the discharged
t. employees. but the company fatty refused
to consider any proposition to take them
II back. whereupon about Is union men out
j. of the 1875 employees struck, Their places
is were filled promptly, and since then the
= strikers or sympathizers have resorted
- to various despicable means of harming
. the company, such as cutting the trolleN
II wires, cutting the high tension feed
e wires. wedgng the track so as to dera
= cars and suspendng bricks from the
e trolley wires in the night so that they
e will crash through the glass windows IN
| the front part of the vestibules. Officers
u ride on the cars, but their presence has
HID fo, wy.