Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08

The local members of the New Eng
lands Fat Mems club will have a ban
quet at the Brooks House next Tuesday
evening at $50.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Brattleboro Mutual Aid association will
be held Monday at $50 at the headquar-
ters / Canal street.
In the regular meeting of Dennis Re-
bekah lodge Tuesday evening two cam
didates will be initiated Nomination of
officers will taloe place.
The annual rental of pews in the Con-
grega tonal church took place Wednes-
day evening. About the usual number |
of pews and slttings were disposed of.
John Edwin White and Miss Matte C.
Kendall both of Wardsboro were mar |
red Wednesday afternoon by Justice |
Carl s. Hopkins. The bride Is a daugh |
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Kendall
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro
East society, Congregational will be
held in the vestry next wednesday
evening at 7.30 o'clock The warrant
contains the usual articles of business
The women of the Methodist church
served an excellent creamed fish supper
in Grange banquet hall last evening to a
large number There was also a sale of
Japanese novelties, candy and aprons.
lode, n. f. o. p, attended a union meet
ing in Bellows Falls Tuesday evening,
meeting representatives of several other
lodges, also supreme and grand officers.
In meeting of the Brattleboro Sun
day School union in the Congregational
church last evening proposed amend
ments to the constitution were adopted
and an adjournment was taken to Jan.
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The watering cart was used Wednes-
| day to lay the dust on Main street
| Clouds of dust had filed the air several
| days and were very disagreeable. 1t has
been suggested that a thin coating of
oil might be a great help in avoiding
| the dust nuisance.
Child life in far away lands" is the
subject of the stereopticon lecture in the
| Congregational church Sunday evening
at 7.30 o'clock. The lecture, which will
be read by the pastor, will be illustrated
by 10 colored slides graphically portray
ing child life in the home, the school
and at play. All are welcome.
Section hands have been filling the
muddy part of the Central Vermont rail
road yard with stone from the ledge OPP
posite the station. During wet weather
the yard Is covered with thick coat
ing of black mud, and several holes have
formed which have remained full OF
water, making travel very difficult.
An alarm from box SO called the fire
department to the Brattleboro House
about 1880 Tuesday morning SCOT which
had accumulated at the bottom of 9
chimney had caught fire and heated the
briks so that a Dashboard was beginnnl
to smoke. Chemical fluid was poured or
: the board and on the SCOT in the chimney
and the fire was eXtnguished.
/ Two new boxes were added to the fir
f alarm system this week. Box 10 is 10
/ Gated at the junction of South Mai
t street and the roads to Vernon an
q Guilford and box IA is located in tn
e Fort Drummer Mills cotton factory. Bo
$ 10 is owned by the town, but box /
t | was bought by the corporation and in
= stalled and maintained at its expense.
In the meeting of the Garment Work
q ers' union Tuesday evening 10 member
# were initiated and these officers wer
: elected: Pres, Job Long; vice pres
s Mrs Ida Butler; rec. Sec Miss Margare
Long; fin. sec, Miss Hannah Conroy
Il treas. Mrs. Catherine Endlich; boar
members, Miss Helen Brown, Mis-
n Christine Dwyer. Mrs. Mary Johnso
! Miss Minnie Devine refused eclectic
=, to the presidency, having completed fiv
= years in that office.
IS a. p. Carpenter sat as justice in tn
j." case of Herman Spells against Sulliva
lie | ~ plSIpp sSdluIudN IN MdIlDOTO Al
ID torney T.. j. Waterman appeared fc
al Spells and Attorney c. S. Chase fc
Bishop. Spells brought a suit of re
49, plevin for a COW valued at about $50
=, jury trial was asked for and at 6 o'cloc
- that evening the plaintiff decided
,e withdraw the suit and pay all the dc
Is PENDANTS costs and the value of a han
80 ness that figured in the case, amountin
le to about $50. The hearing was held
&c NJ. e. Bakers store.
st In a meeting of Protective Grams
ID Wednesday evening the third and fourt
s degrees Were conferred, the third degrt
lie work being done by the women's degr,
c. team with Mrs. II. w. Sargent as ma.
at ter. 1t was voted to change the da
r. of the next meeting from Dec. 10 to De
Up 20. This was also the annual roll ca
I'd In place of the usual harvest supp,
served after the meeting a chicken-p
III supper was served at 6 o'clock Aft
10 the meeting a social hour was enjoye
G. Harry Wales furnishing music for dam
at ing Visitors We're present from sever
ID neighboring oranges.
Or In a meeting of the board of trat
- previous to the banquet Wednesda
es night ii was voted to abolish the So al
a plication fee and make the annual du,
of so the only membership expens
De Twenty new members were voted in,
SIS follows j. F. Allen. Leslie f. Allen, l
s. G. Barber Peter Biagotti, Henry Dor
v of North street, William II. Bon
s. George w Brooks, George Croll, e,
h. ward G. Chace, c. NJ. Dugan, F. A. La
49, row. Charles F. Mason, Wlbert RenfreN
y, George f. Sherman, j. G. Stafford. j.
Sc Stockwell, II. F. Weatherhead, Rev
A. Wells, A. ID. Wilson and VILLA
Worsnop.
yo While William Moore, a bricklayer. WI
al working at the Austine Institution We,