Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-02-03

AFTERNOON at CLOCK.
Wantastiquet lodge, !. o. o. f., will
confer the initiatory degree upon five
candidates Monday evening.
In special communication Tuesday
night Brattleboro lodge, No. 1902, +. &
A. NJ, conferred the Entered Apprentice
degree upon four candidates
Another hearing in the case Of the
Hooker, Corser & Mitchell company
against the members of the Mohawk
Overall company will be held in Rutland
Thursday.
The chair offered to the most popular
letter carrier by the Empire theatre was
awarded Wednesday evening to Thomas
| A. Austin who had 973 votes. s. W.
| knight was second with 169 votes. These
| carriers had a big lead over all others.
A special meeting of the Bratteboro
East society, Congrega tional, will be held
| in the vestry Thursday evening at 730 to
hear a report of the trustees, consider
the matter of increased expenses and pro-
| vide ways and means for meeting them,
The ladies' circle of the Universalist
church will hold their monthly business
meeting in the church parlor Thursday
| afternoon at o'clock. At this time re-
ports from the different committees of
the fair will be given. All interested
| whether members or not are invited to be
| present supper at o.lo.
The heavy wind of Monday afternoon
and evening caused some damage to small
fruit trees and other trees by breaking
off branches. The roof of the house re-
Gently built by Rev. L. w. Sharp on
Prospect street was being slated and the
wind lifted a good part of the slate off
the roof and deposited them on the
| ground.
The members of the Brattleboro hose
team are negotiating for a cottage up
the river, where they hope to spend
spare time during the coming summer.
The team is now in a fourishing flnan-
cal condition and the members are
anxious for a summer clubhouse where
they may go to train for the contests
which they will enter in the fall.
The funeral of Frederick Matt was
held Saturday morning in st. Michaels
Roman Catholic church, Rev. G.. f..
L'Ecuyer celebrating high requiem mass.
The bearers We're David Matt, Charles
Matt, Ernest Matt and Joseph Matt
brothers of the deceased and Ernest
Pratt and Charles Allaire. The burial
took place in the Roman Catholic Gene
terry.
The suit of the Brattleboro Wood com
pany against c. F. Smith to recover fol
work done and stone delivered for cell
lar on oak Grove extension was tried be-
fore Justice Lewis H. Lynde of Dunn
merston in Gibson e Watermans law Of
fees Monday afternoon. L. j. Waterman
| and w. ID. Smith appeared for the plant
if and c. NJ. Miller of the Barber law Of
fees for the defendant. The plaintiff
specification was for s51.50, and the judg
| ment of the court was for the plainlni
to recover that amount. An appeal was
taken to the county court
Mrs. Elizabeth de Barrie Gill. harplst
contralto soloist and reader. will give
the next entertainment in the course UNI
der the auspices of the young women OF
the Baptist and Congregational churches
next Monday evening at o'clock in the
First Baptist church. Mrs. Gill is ar
| artist in the true sense and she has q
pleasing and forceful personality. She
possesses "A strong dramatic ability, is
| versatile and eloquent and her imper-
sonations of the dialects and antics OF
| children cannot be surpassed. She is ar
| entertainer who entertains.
Music lovers will be pleased to know
that the Aylesworth sisters, who were t.
have appeared in Brattleboro Dec. 10. bu
who were prevented from doing so b,
injuries received in a railroad accident
have taken up their work again. Tn,
following is taken from a letter dated
Feb. l and received yesterday, from tn,
bureau through whom they were en-
consented to begin work tomorrow. n,
doubt in March We will be able to rout,
them into New England, filing your date
The company is in good form and vii
give you much pleasure"
In the absence of Rev. DR.. John r
Cow, who preached Sunday in the Firs
Baptist church in Poughkeepsie whil
visiting with his brother Profes
sor Cow of Vassar ollege, the pulpit o
the Baptist church here was occupied ac
ceptably Sunday morning by Prof Jeal
Charlemagne Brace, Ii. D.. of the de
partment of French literature at Vas
sar. DR.. BRAGG was a fellow student a
Newton Theological seminary with DIR
Cow, later the American Representative,
of the Mccall mission in Paris and wa
always an ardent student of the progress
of evangelical religion in his native land
The committees appointed in Sedgwicl
Woman's Relief corps for the comm,
year are as follows: Executive Emil
Allen, Ellen f.. Herrck, BRINE Darling
Fannie Prouty, Mary f. Robinson, Lctti
r. RiXby Alice r. Moultrup, Nellie Mors
and Mary Wood; relief NYra l.. stone
Ada NJ. Amdon, y. Louise Allen, Emm,
l.. Eason and Nellie s. Squires: hom
and employment, y. Louise Putnam
Ellen q. Streeter, Laura J. Washburn
Adeia Park, Mary \. Walker, Mabel \
Han and Nellie Brown; entertainment
Cola G. +, Morse, Nellie Eddy, Ahbe T.
VIM, Rose Arcand, Eva Clark ana Phil
l.. lamson; auditing, Calsta II. Bangs
y. Louis Putnam and Helen f. Miller
conference, Ida f.. GoodenOugh. Emogen
r.. White, Georgia a. Haskell. Emil,
Odell and Margaret l.. Marion.
The snowstorm which struck Brattre
boro early yesterday morning saved tn
situation as far as supplying lumber 70
the local Industries Is concerned .Tw,
firms who use great quantity of WOO,
in their output have 1,250,000 feet O
lumber each, in the woods and tn
problem of getting it out without snuv
was one which would have been Difficult
to solve. Work on the new buildings O
the Island Amusement company has beef
suspended several weeks because IL ha
been impossible to haul on teams tn,
heavy logs which will be used in thu
construction. Early yesterday mornin,
several seds We're on their way to tn,
woods although the runners We're cuttin.
through to the dirt. small amount o
lumber has been carted into town oil
wheels the past week. but the loads hav,
been small and the cost of transportation
has been excessive. Yesterday wa
grounding day" and 1t Is a safe wage
that when Mr.. Grounding crawed gu
of his hole he did not see his shadow
According to the old tradition this mean,
only a short time for winter to run.
In the regular session of the proba I,
court Saturday, Judge A. f. Schwenl
presiding, the following business wa.
transacted: The final account of Julia c
Herrick, executrX of the will of j. New
ton Herrick, was allowed The petition