Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-02-24

tended the Universalist fair in Hinsdale
Friday evening.
A masquerade ball will be given by
Dennis Rebekah lodge in odd Fellows
hall in March, the exact date of which
has not been decided upon
William C. Horizons agency has sold
for John l.. Howard his farm in Dunn
merston to Lewis A. Tyler of this town.
possession to be given at once. Mr.
Howard, who has been living on the farm
Will return to his home in Brattleboro.
The eighth dancing party given by the
Brattleboro Hose team will be held in
Grange hall Monday evening 1t will be
moonlight hop and the last under the
auspices of the team until after Lent
Beitsinger's orchestra will play and Al
son Dugan will sing several new songs.
Forty-two women of Sedgwick Woman's
Relief corps enjoyed a merry slelghrde
to Putney Tuesday. where bountiful
dinner was served by the Relief corps
of that place. for which they are famous
Games and music furnished entertain
ment for all. The weather was perfect
and all voted 1t one of the best times
they ever had.
The room, with private office, across
the han from the Barber law office IN
Crosby block has been leased by DR.. c.
G.. Wheeler, who will occupy it as an
ttISklnS,
used 1T as a storeroom for books ana
documents. has moved his property out
and the room is being renovated and re-
paired.
Another hearing took place before T..
ID. r. stowe, commissioner, Friday in the
case of Elisha $. Hall of orange against
Leslie r.. Stratton of Wiliamsvlle, Hol-
den IL Martin trustees ana Dexter Kent
claimant The issue is over the amount
Il To-.
did for Holden IL Martin. Chase Il Daley
appeared for the plaintiff. f. ]. LAWYER
OF Greenfield for the defendant, \. =.
Carpenter for the trustees and f. T.
Barber for the claimant.
y branch of the Methodist brotherhood
was organized Friday evening i'm the
Methodist church at meeting attended
by a large number of men, Definite
plans for meetings have not been arrais-
ed, but probably they will he held fort
nightly. These officers were elected:
Pres, c. ID. Smith LIST vice pres. Rev.
~. w. sharp: I'd vice pres, DR.. C. c.
wheeler; Sd vice pres, Robert Mitchell:
attn vice pres, Edwin Wilder; sec, William
a. Moore; treas, John w. Howe.
Many of the trees along the bank of
the river in the rear of the Swift beef
house, the coal sheds and the NIellen
hardware company's storehouse were cut
down Monday and Tuesday and during
tuesday afternoon teams drew the wood
away. a horse belonging to the Mellen
hardware company fell through the ice
but happened to be near shore and with
the aid of men ana ropes was hauled
ashore After being treated for the cold
dlp the horse appeared to be none the
worse for the experience.
The Western Union Telegraph companv
mas made arrangements whereby Brat
tIebnro persons wishing to send kilograms
at surh times as the local office is closed
nights. sundays and holidays. may do 81
by telephoning them to the Western
| mon Office in Eeene. No charge will n.
made for the use of the telephone for that
purpose. Many are taking advantage of
the might letter" service. which allows
a person to send 30 words at the price of
lO-word day message 1t is really u
great addition to the usefulness of the
telegraph.
A sleigh ride to Winchester was enjoy
ed by 20 employees of T.. l.. Hldreth 4,
Co. Saturday afternoon. Upon their ar
rival in Winchester they partooll of an
excellent turkey supper at Shipman's
tavern. The evening was spent in sing
ing, dancing and other amusements and
the party arrived in Brattleboro at an
early hour Sunday morning. vote of
thanks was rendered Landlord Shipman
for his kindness during their all too short
visit. 1t was decided to visit his hos
terry again and those who went are look
ing forward to June "a, when tally-ho
party VIII make the trip
The need of an improved approach to
the station was emphasized Sunday to
all who had occasion to go there. The
snow which had been piled up along the
art walk had melted and run down so
that several inches of dirty, black water
stood
walk. The only way to get to the sta
ton was to wade and the result was wet
ana muddy feet, while women were
greatly Inconvenience. Just south of the
water pipe teams have been loading the
art from the ledge across the tracks
and pile of oozy mud confronted per
sons after they had waded through the
water, BY the time the station was
reached the average PERSONS temper was
at least a trine RULED
The boom of the derrick which is being
used to clear site for the proposed
Central Vermont passenger station broke
TUESDAY Following a blast a large piece
OF rock was swung across the track by
the derrick and let down to the earth
with a thud The signal man blew the
whistle for another lift and another
drop which would cause the stone
to break in pieces, but the strain on
the boom was too much and it broke
without removing the stone from the
ground 1t was fortunate that the break
occurred when it did instead of a few
seconds before, when several laborers
We're directly beneath the BOOM A large
Iorce of Italians arrived Sunday and went |
to work on the job Monday and two |
steam drills were added to the equipment |
that day. The Italians are sleeping on |
hard mattresses in airy freight cars in
the freight yard.
April to is the time set for the Bet |
ter Brattleboro' campaign Six churches |
already have decided to join in this cam !
palgn, and others have ii under consider
alton. Frank Dyer of Chicago will be the
speaker at the meetings held every night |
Tor men and boys only. The plan is to
have the campaign in charge of a COM
nlttee of 100 men, divided into commit
lees Tor different aspects of the work
"hlch the campaign Is intended to ac-
'ompliSh for the religious and moral de-
'elopment of the community. The men
II Brattleboro have given generously of
heir time and money this last year for
Bigger and Buster Brattleboro." Indi-
'ations are that they will show even
greater enthusiasm i'm this campaign for
| Better Brattleboro." As the campaign
S intended to include all the men and
BOYS OF the town it is hoped that the
Inherent organizations will keep that
week as free as possible from other meet
ngs. Further announcement will be
made, and all are asked to keep in mind
he dates, April 2 to 8.
Mrs. Margaret (Robinson) Sargent a.
lied about $50 o'clock Monday night i'm
he home of her son, Wells r. Sargent
n Keene, where she went three weeks
go Monday to assist i'm the care of her