Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-08-04

July u. She spent the DAY IN the NOME
of her son, f. b. Walker, on Elliot
street.
F. b. Warner, for many years an en-
ploy at the S. A. Smith factory, cut his
left hand badly on bench saw at the
factory shortly before closing time yes
terday afternoon. Three fingers were
mangled and one or two may have to
be amputated. He was cutting dowens |
about a foot long DR.. E. r. Lynch at
tends him.
The audience at the meeting of the
Better Brattleboro league on the com
mon Sunday afternoon was very small
Rev. w. NJ. walker, d. D., of Scranton,
Pa, was the speaker and his talk was
of a very interesting character. The
meeting did not begin until about 5.3O
O'Clock and was over shortly after g
o'clock. The usual music was rendered.
Work was begun Monday morning on
the u two-tenement houses at Fort
| Dummer heights, which will be built for
| the use of the employees of the Fort
| Dummer Mills. Holden & Martin, who
have the contract to build the houses,
| expect to complete the outside work on
! one building a week for the next II weeks
and have Il large force of men employed.
Sheriff George c. Wright of West
| minister has appointed these deputy
! sheriffs: Brattleboro G. l. Knapp, II l..
/
| Mann; Rockingham, ID. NJ. Thayer and
! George =. Alexander Dummerston, Adm
! +. Miller; Guilford, Frank l.. Wellman;
jamaica II. f. Willis; Newfane, NJ. p.
Benson; Londonderry, j. w. Melendy
and Frank +. Davis; Townshend, w. w,
Van Ness; Wardsboro, e. NJ. Fits; Will
mington C. l.. Curtis.
W. c. Belknap, publisher of the Bel
lows Falls Times, has bought of b. A.
Whttemore Of Guilford, his chestnut
horse, Prince. This is the horse that
two well-known citizens say they have
ridden behind with two in the buggy
from Bratteboro to Newfane 10 miles
and up grade, in an hour. They were
jurymen, however, attending county
court and the reader can make what al
lowance he thinks the situation calls for
The horse was sired by Alkamar and his
dam was by st. Julian.
State Highway Commissioner Charles
w. Gates of Franklin came here Tuesday
afternoon and went Wednesday with
Road Commissioner ID. r. Perry to Lon
donderry and other towns in the West
river valley. They inspected the roads
in that part of the county and looked
at the highway from Wardsboro to ia
maica for which the last legislature
made a special appropriation. Yesterday
they examined the roads in the Connec-
ticut valley from the Massachusetts line
/ north through bellows fallS.
Members of a former class of young
, women in the Baptist Bible school were
entertained in the home of Miss Ruby
Thurber last evening in honor of Mrs
Charles F. w. Cunningham of Catskill
, n. Y, who taught the class before leav-
ing Brattleboro four years ago. Songs
> were sung by Miss Josephine Toedt, re-
T freshments were served and the evening
was spent in a social way. On Tuesday
1 tp,s,
ed members of a sewing club in honor
of Mrs Cunningham, and refreshment
were served.
t. A door has been cut through the
II northwest corner of Festival hall so a.
to make an exit to one of the new fir,
:, escapes that have been put on the out
}. side of the town hall building. Part o
- the window has been used for the ext
: heretofore and the brick below the win
:, dow has been taken out Changes in tn
heating arrangements of the hall hav
3 been made necessary Is several pipes raj
:, in front of the bricks just removed. An
" other exit to a fire escape will be Gu
through at the middle landing on tn
stairway from the first floor to Festiva
II hall on the north side of the building.
m meeting will be held in the Con
lie gregational church parlors Wednesda
n at $50 o'clock in the interests of TN
N Story Tellers' league The purpose c
m such leagues is to give the member
IN training in the art of telling stories
y, children in the home and in the Sunda
s. school or day school. The text book I
c. be used a basis for the class will
W DR.. Edward p. st. Johns How to re
100 Stories to Children" This will be SUI
n plemented by the telling of storie
he Miss Grace Emerson, who has had trail
ing in this work in Chicago, will spea
20 informally. All mothers and Sunda
~ school or other teachers interested
~ the formation of such an organizatic
&C. are cordially invited.
IL The gospel tent which has become
e. familiar sight on Prospect hill is SOC
y. to be taken down. For seven weel
ne Evangelists Clapp and Thurber ha,
i'd been holding services, and they say tn
is the subjects advertised in another CO
hit umn are the last to be given in Il
he tent. They have received a cordial we
lip come from the people of this place, al
Dr. appreciate the kindly spirit that nj
he been shown them here. Mr.. Clapp sa
al the quiet neighborhood in which t
on tent is pitched is a great contrast
IL that in Natick, Mass, last summe
ad where a dsorderly element made poll
to protection necessary He has found
of different spirit in Brattleboro. r.
EN- meetings have been well attended, e
cept during the unusually warm weatht
and doubtless much good has come
an those who have listened to the earne
of discourses, and the good old gosI
of songs. The tent will be shipped
10 White River Junction and used the
De in connection with the annual cam
te meeting of the Seventh-day Advents
eu of Vermont and New Hampshire, viii
p will be held from Aug, "a to Sept. g.
he An instructive and profitable confe
ar ence ended Saturday noon with the clio
eu ing of the Mortified summer school al
bu Sunday school of methods. Instructit
Ter was given in the lessons for the fir
ed quarter of next year. model scho
u was held. Rev. James A. Francis past
on of the Clarendon street Baptist churc
he Boston, conducted the daily Bible stut
on hour. The departmental conferences l.
en- by experts, furnished helpful and defini
ge instruction for the various grades in
III school. There were classes in pad al
he blackboard sketching and hand and ma
ual work. Mrs. A. A. Lamoreaux of CT
:, cago gave five lectures in applied ps
NE chology and Rev. Albert Il. Eegg of t
ng missionary education movement ga
at suggestions for missionary instruction
nd the Sunday school Time also was Civ
49, for recreation and sociability. This co
's ference affords a rare opportunity to t
lth | people of this region to receive for