Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-01-20

Inc next TPBuluT meeting VI lut W. -
T. u. will be held in the rest room Mon
day afternoon at o'clock.
Mrs. Ella G starkey is the first alter
nate elected by Brattleboro chapter. ID.
a. r., to attend the continental congress-,
instead of Mrs. Stlckney as announced |
last week Mrs l.. IL. Holden Is the re-
gents alternate.
insurgency within the Christian |
church" will be the subject of the SER |
mon in the Unversalist church Sunday |
morning by Rev d. E. Trout. This will |
be the last sermon on the general theme, |
, Religious insurgency"
The first meeting of the creditors of
George H. Frederick of South Newfane
took place in the county clerks office |
Monday, Referee A. e. Cudworth of South |
Londonderry presiding. John Il. Morse of
South Newfane was appointed trustee.
All members of the Congregational
| Brotherhood are invited to a dinner which
! will be given in the Brooks House next
| Tuesday evening by George L. Durham
| An address WIN be given by Frank Dyer
| of Chicago, general secretary of the
| national Brotherhood.
At s o'clock tomorrow morning E. j.
Fenton e. Co.'S great Today sale opens.
| The store has been closed since Wednes
| day night to mark down and arrange
the large stock. The firm have a full
|
| in this issue of The Phoenix.
Col. II. L. Dyer, commanding the First
Infantry, Vermont National Guard, has
announced his appointments to the regi-
| mental staff as follows: Regimental ad-
| jutant, Capt. c. c. Thomas of Rutland;
captain and quartermaster, Capt. l.. ID.
Taylor of Bratteboro; captain and com
missary j. b. Harmon of Bennington;
captain and inspector of rifle practice, G.
N. Barber, jr., of Barre.
Rev. Bradley Gilman of Boston, a
writer of fiction, delightfully."- entertain
ed n large number of the Woman's club
members in their regular meeting in the
Congregational chapel Wednesday after
noon. Mr. Gilman read two short stories,
1.-TWO fools and a farm" and THE
Frankenstein family" which were very
amusing and enthusiastically received
Alfred Thompson added to the enter
tainment of the afternoon by rendering
two vocal selections.
The parallel bars and mats ordered for
the Magnet club arrived Tuesday and
were used Wednesday night in the meet
, ing of the club in the high school base
ment John f. Tasker put the boys
through" and created much enthusiasm.
I Arrangements have been made whereby
r Mr.. Tasker will drill the members on
l parallel bar work Roy b. Miner, phys-
cal director, is doing some fine work in
up exercises, etc 1t Is expected that a
e public exhibition will be given in March.
e The officers of Bratteboro camp,
Modern Woodmen of America, were in
e stalled Tuesday evening by Deputy Or
ganizer Robert Seeley of Keene. They
. are: Consul, Spencer Knight; advisor, Fl.
I T. Dowley; banker, c. l.. Young; clerk,
= C. l.. Cobb; escort, Warren Hyde;
6 Waterman, Linde Kali; sentry, August
= Anderson; managers, Perry Gallup, Frank
q Knowlton, Peter Johnson. Consul Knight
d appointed II. F. Harris chief ranger.
n After the installation a supper and smoke
q talk was enjoyed. 1t is expected that
q within short time a class of 25 can
t didates will be admitted to the camp.
t. George N Brown, who claims to be
t the champion heel and toe walker of the
/ world walked from the Wells Memorial
y fountain to the Lyric theatre Saturday
r, noon in two minutes and seven seconds
e. He followed by a crowd of young
=, sters and young men who had to go in 6
- "dog trot'' in order to keep up with him
&c Brown thinks that if the walking hac
- been better he could have accomplished
a. the distance In less than two minutes
D On Friday night at the Lyric RALPH
=. Lucies walked half mile on the walking
=, machine in 4.2O1a winning a watch. HI
,es defeated Leo Fritz, John Macdonald ant
-. John Graves.
=. Automobile registration blanks have
g. been received by Assistant Town Clerl
ID Carl S. Hopkins, and any person wishing
is to use his machine this winter may nov
= get it registered for the year 1911 b!
l. calling at the town clerks office. Their
l. has been some delay in getting thu
lie blanks, owing to the changes in the law
s made by the present legislature. Thu
year the A. L. A. NJ. formula will b.
used exclusively, and each application
t. must be sworn to by the person applying
D. for the registration of a car. Each APP
he plicant must therefore know how man,
Of cylinders his car has and the exact bore
p. The registration of every car in the stat
VI expired Dec. 81.
~ The taking of testimony in the case o
~ the Hooker, Corser e Mitchell compan
~ against the proprietors of the Mohawl
In overall company of Schenectady, n. Y
nt will be resumed in Rutland Monday. Tn
ne hearing in c. c. Fitts's Office which be
IN gan Friday morning, continued to Satur
le day afternoon. the witnesses being 70
ar the defendants. They were George Mix
n ter of Philadelphia and Thomas +. Kelle
III of Boston, who sell the Mohawk Overal
s. company's goods and Joseph Donovan o
1e Boston, who is employed by Mr., Kelley
no. Mr. MiXter and Mr.. Kelley formerly sol
goods for the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
company and it Is alleged by the latte
e. company that the Mohawk company en-
of ticed them away The witnesses testifie
It, that they were commission merchant
l., and handled other goods besides tn
2d products of the overall factory. The
g., also said that the Mohawk goods wer
y; made from different patterns than tn
r. Hooker Corser & Mitchell goods an
It. were considered by the trade as being O
of a higher grade.
+, Miss Eliza Claiming Higginson, 70,
II former resident of Brattleboro and
n niece of Thomas Wentworth Higgnsor
h. the author, who is living In Cambridge
C Mass, in his sSth year, died in her HON
I'd in Brookline. Mass, Sunday. She was
+ daughter of the late DR.. Francis job
OF and Susan Claiming Higginson and wa
ed born in Cambridge In 1894. When sh
20 was five years old the family came to thi
re town and DR.. Higginson was a practicin
r. physician here, their home being in tn
er Retting house. Miss Higginson went t
us Brookine with her parents in 1867 an
or Dr. Hlgginson died there two years later
e. She and her sister, Mrs. Francis Cabo
VS. came here frequently after that to visi
en- old friends. Miss Hlgginson's aunt. Mis-
he Anna Storrow Higgnson, sister OF ID
IL Francis ]. and Thomas w. Higginsor
lived In Brattleboro until her death abou
Is years ago. her home being In tn
II, house on Linden street now owned b
mt John c. Howe Thomas w, Higginson
re the only surviving member is this old an
ne prominent family. Miss Eliza c. Higgin
ne son was especially interested in tn
40 Brookllne day nursery, of which she wa
IL 10 and attendant g