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

Rev. DR.. Cow Will conduct the chapel |
service in the Retreat Sunday at 3 /
o'clock,
The hose wagon responded to a still |
alarm Monday afternoon when the dump |
on the railroad bank back of George |
Averill's house began to blaze. The fire. |
men remained at the fire about an hour. |
The Sunshine society, branch one, will |
meet with Mrs. George G. Averill Fri |
day of next week at $3.50 o'clock. LII
| brary day will be observed and II is |
| hoped there will be a large attendance.
The knights of Wesley met Wednesday
evening in the parlors of the Methodist ,
| church Fourteen members were pres
ent and the evening was spent with mu-
| sic and a track meet" which was a
| travesty on a regular meet. Difficult
stunts were performed by the contest
| ants which caused much merriment. Re-
| freshments were served.
A class initiation and installation
of officers of the n. Il. o. p. will take
place Wednesday evening. Supreme
| Worden Rice of Boston will be present,
also Grand Deputy Warden Mrs. Emily
| A. Marsden Of Bennington as well as
visitors from Springfield Greenfield and
other places. Supper will be served at
| $50. The meeting Will open promptly at
7.30.
An audience which crowded the Uni
versalist church listened to Rev d. f.
! Trout's lecture on washington, the capt.
tai of the nation" Sunday evening and
persons who had visited Washington pro-
nounced the stereopticon Views to be eX-
act reproductions of what they had seen
in that city. The 16 fine views ilustrat-
ing the national hymn, America" were
so good that they have been retained for
use next Sunday evening
]. Reed Powell who gave an illustrated
travel lecture lin the Congregational
church Thursday evening, Jan. 8, under
the auspices of the young people of that
church and the Baptist church, remained
to give another lecture Friday night and
was greeted by fair sized audience His
address was on Europe Egypt and the
Holy Land. Although the views showed
somewhat less beautiful scenery than
those displayed Thursday night they were
none the less distinct and with the lecture
which accompanied them made a very
interesting entertainment.
While starting to come home after a
days work at Richardson's ice pond
! Wednesday evening three men in one of
! Mrs. Fremont Hamilton's ice wagons had
: an exciting ride. The horses drawing
the wagon were nervous and started sud
denly. One of the men began to yell and
| the horses took the bits in their teeth
j and attempted to run away. The driver
1 kept control of them, but the wagon
slowed and hit a telephone pole, throw
ing Don Hewitt AMI Aleck Penor out
e Neither was badly hurt and they re-
= turned to work Thursday morning The
= horses did not go far before they were
J.; | brought to slow gait.
e The officers of Protective Grange were
n installed Wednesday evening by Past
= Master Carl S. Hopkins, assisted by Mrs
= II. w. Sargent and A. f.. Miller. a past
8 masters jewel was presented the retr'
s. ing master, p. f. Franklin. Supper was
II served after the meeting and was follow
Il ed by an hour of dancing by the young
l. people The next meeting will be hell
next Wednesday evening and will begiI
a promptly at 7.30. The program will b'
= in charge of the lecturer, Mrs. BESSIE
If Knowlton, and will include several shor
e addresses on subjects of Grange Interest
er The officers will be asked to tell wha
,e they expect of the members and the mem
IN bers will be asked to tell what the
= expect of the officers The new master
n H. w. Sargent, desires full attendance
10 The regular meeting Of the Windhan
g Union Congregational ministers will b
r held in the parlors of the Centre church
pr Brattleboro, Tuesday, Feb. IA, at 10 g
m. Following is the program: Devotions
Rev. Charles River of Dummerston; re
w view. Rev. Alfred Cornell of Guilford
r biblical study, What the author of tn
es Epistle to the Hebrews says of the deaf
re and mission of Christ" Rev. A. +. Mar
lie tin of Wilmington; sermon, Rev. II.
r Ballou of Chester; exercises John 14:S,
&c Rev John p. Garfield. Attention is Gale
I. to the change of date from Feb. G. Thi
De will allow the members to hear DR.. Ne
ne hemah Boynton, moderator of the ma
I'd tional council. who will speak in the Con
an gregatonal church. Brattleboro on tn
ic evening of the date of the mininter!
81 meeting.
Everyone who has, with lnteres
I'd watched the rapid advance and develop
ment of the Japanese will welcome tn
M opportunity to hear Rev. f. G. Briggs {
,o Himeji, Japan, who will occupy the Bar
a fist pulpit next Sunday. y residence
. eight years in Kobe and Himeji has give
"a Mr.. Briggs an intimate acquaintance wit
~ the customs and peculiarities of that ma
-. ton. Through his teaching in the GOV
- eminent school at Hmeji he has been
~ sympathetic touch with the large studer
20 body, while frequent eVangellstic trI
DC to the interior towns have given him "A
10 opportunity to study the common peopI
p at close range. Much of this latte
e. has been pioneer work and filled with il
~ teresting experiences. Mr.. Briggs wi
ne speak Sunday morning upon Tran!
VI forming influences in Japan" and in tn
as evening his topic will be THE listenin
III ear"
H. Officers were elected by the Congre
~ gational Sunday school at the opening
@ the session Sunday as follows: Presiden
- +. c. Crosby; superintendent, George
ao Durham; asst supt., F. c. Brown;
L. asst supt., II. L. JORDAN; sec. and treas
80 f. II. Bemis; auditor, l.. \. Whitne!
~ Librarians, F. C. Adams and Alfred Jol
"a dan; supt, of intermediate department
no Miss Florence NJ, Hemenway; supt.
no junior department, Mrs +. w. Kuecl
~ supt. of primary department.. Mrs. F.
90 Perry; asst supt. of primary department
ro Mrs. Irving G. Croser supt. of begr
a,, ners' department Mrs. w. T, Haigf
- chairman OF the book committee, Mr.
90 Robert C. Clark. Mrs Clark succeede
o. Miss Mary r. Cabot on the book commit
ho tee at the latter's request. Miss CabC
ro reported that 116 volumes had been adde
H. to the library the past year, including
ha volumes for young people and 20 pictuI
no books for children. The secretary, NJ
he Bemls, reported an increase of 10 pt
n cent In attendance over the previoI
Its year. the average being larger than IL
several years past. II was voted to d.
.o vote the Sunday Offering for 3S Sunda!
~ during the year to the work Of the seve
:. Congregational benevolent societies. II
~. offerings on other Sundays being avail
as able for other objects.
lal The winter OF 1910-19l1 has been wha
sr- without any stretch of the truth, migl
,l2 be called an open one. Hardly MOI
ed than a foot of snow has fallen in II
M town. and in the outskirts very lit
ats more has been seen. To these who
its not have to worry about weather cond