Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-01


The members of the Epworth league |
held a social in the vestry of the Meth
odist church Monday evening. A WON |
der trip to Atlantic City" was enjoyed.
Local members of the New England |
Fat Mems club are planning to have a |
banquet in the near future. There are |
more than 80 members of the club In |
town.
The public schools closed Wednesday
for vacation until Monday. The next va
cation will be from Dec. 20 to Jan. .. The
other vacation scheduled, aside from hol-
idays, is from March % to April 9. The
summer vacation for the grades begins
June H. and for the high school June 49,
The senior class hopes to be able to
visit Washington next spring. 1t plans
to raise the funds necessary by subscrip-
ton of the parents and by the school fair
There will probably be no Washington
trip in 1873 so we expect that many
members of the present junior class will
go with the 1912 party.-tThe Dial
Jonas Henry Weatherhead, u, of
Guilford died in the Memorial hospital
Friday afternoon of a complication of
diseases. The funeral was held Monday
afternoon in Bond & Sons undertaking
parlors. Rev. p. f. Trout officiating,
and the burial took place in the ceme-
terry in Weatherhead hollow, Guilford.
ABOUT JW persons ATTENDED lHt mus
trated lecture on "Ontario, the beauti-
full lake region of Canada" Sunday even
ing in the Unversalist church. The lee
ture was illustrated with los colored
views of scenes depicting the beauties
of that Canadian country and OF TINS
country from New York city north
ward into Canada.
Some interesting statistics and other
material regarding the employment of
| to-, Fl a1nn hnN "a ~
! ed and will be presented in the meeting
| of the Brotherhood class in the Congre-
| gational church next sunday morning.
| The material was collected for John
| r. Howard of Boston teacher of
| the class The Brotherhood has been
considering the subject women in in
| dustry." All men of the parish are in
vited to attend the class.
! The November issue of the Dial, the
high school paper appeared Wednesday
| afternoon. The cover design is by Miss
Edith c. Babb 1915 Beyond an ivy
| grown gateway is seen a pedestal sur
| mounted by a sun dial. Miss Alice NJ.
Bennett designed the heads for the sew
eral departments. The literary depart
ment contains stories by Miss Evelyn II.
Durham, Raymond c. Brown, L. c. Sted-
man, Marjorie E. Leach, Miss Gertrude
L. Brown and an anonymous story by
| II. E."
United States Judge ]. l.. Martin of
this town will preside at the trial Of
Matthew Carlisle of Forth Ethan Allen.
charged with numbering two women and
| a man oct. 10. The trial will take place
in the United States court in Rutland
Jan. % Carlisle was a colored trooper
at Fort Ethan Allen. He went on a
rampage oct 10 and was wounded by
| bullets before he was captured. Since
then he has been confined to the hos
pital at the fort, recovering from his
wounds.
The Young Ladies' Sodalty of St.
Michael's Roman Catholic church held
a successful card party and dance in
the Knights of Columbus assembly hall
Friday evening. About 60 persons were
present and Il tables We're made up for
card playing. The prizes We're won by
Louis Rate, Miss Rita Eckels, Miss
Agnes Rollins and William j. Fenton.
Following the card playing dancing was
enjoyed until II o'clock with music by
Miss Mary Yauvey, Miss Gertrude Pei
lerin and Miss Agnes Blake.
A rumor is current in railroad circles
that the Boston e Maine Railroad COM
pany, following its policy of retrench-
ment Inaugural ted last spring, is planning
to place the Central Ma ssa chusetts
branch, now in the southern division, in
to the Worcester, Nashua and Portland
division, that part of the White Mountain
division north of Woodsville into the
Passumpsic division and the rest of
the White Mountain division into the
southern division. This would consolidate
and enlarge the present divisions into
three main divisions and greatly central
ize the management of the road 1t is
rumOred also that the dispatcher's Office
in Springfield will be moved to Green
field.
Built in 1872, practically a century ago
| 80 ~ T.
Colrain, Mass, then considered a master
piece of architecture with it's pressed
brick exterior and hand carvings both in.
side and outside is in as perfect state
of preservation as any of the landmarks
of New England. This old manse, the
scene of annual reunions of the Willis
family, was the subject of a long illus
trated article in the Boston Sunday
Globe. Maj. Daniel Willis was prominent
in Colrain. holding various offices anC
representing the town II years in the
legislature His wife was Martha Snow
of Heath. They had u children, among
them Aurelia whose husband Martin
Winslow, became a breeder of fancy
Durham cattle in Putney frequently ex
porting to England specimens of this ia
nous strain, and John Milton Willis, who
married Nancy Loriette Jipson of vii
mington and for many years carried on
prosperous foundry business with hi.
DrOlHeT, DdHltl, III iTOy, y. l., aHC
| later a teaming business in Brattleboro
In the Baptist church Sunday morn
, ing Rev. DR.. j. r. Cow spoke on "Th,
, worlds peace" and following the SER
vices a committee consisting of Dr. II
, ID. Holton, c. s. Hopkins and C. B
: Crowell We're appointed to give public
ity to resolutions which were adopted
and to forward copies to Senators Dill
ingham and Page, In the resolutions the
3 present armed peace of Christendom Is
characterized as an intolerable burden tC
human Industry and an obstacle to hui
J man progress, the belief Is expressed thai
| the immediate step in achieving the per
manent peace of the world is the binding
together by arbitration treaties of as
many nations as possible, also that ad-
= verse action on the part of the United
states Senate, before which treaties
| ready to be signed between this country
England and France are pending, would
DOCK the great advance of the worlt
, toward human brotherhood. The two
vermont senators are urged to brine
| about the adoption of the minority report
: OF the senate committee on foreign rela
lions, presented by Senator Root of New
York and Senator Culom of Illinois Aug
, 49,
In the regular session of the probat,
court Saturday, Judge A. f. Schwenl
presiding, the following business wa.
transacted: The petition of Mary E
cd m N atrix of