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

district, which comprises all of the lodges
of Windham county, will be held in Bel
lows Falls Feb. "a
An adjourned meeting of the Mission
circle will be held in the Universalist
church Wednesday afternoon at 2 p. m.
There will be work to do. A business
meeting will be held at o clock.
The water in the Connecticut river has
gone down more than two feet since Sat
urday. A large amount Is being used at
the dam and the supply in the river has
been cut down by reason of the cold
weather north.
The stockholders and advisory directors
of the Valley Fair association will hold
their annual meeting in the Brooks House
Wednesday at II o'clock. to be followed by
the annual complimentary dinner. Lett
singers orchestra will play.
e. b. Hunter, who was the star Sec
ond baseman of the Claremont club |
more than 20 years ago, sent lively let
ter to the Claremont Eagle last week |
urging the enthusiasts of his home town |
to organize a club and join with Brat |
tleboro, Bellows Falls and Keene.
The discussion of the housing problem |
by the Brotherhood class in the Congre
gational Sunday school Sunday related es- |
pecially to the extent of the authority of
the health officers in improving health |
conditions. The subject will be closed
next Sunday and then the temperance
question will be taken up.
Workmen employed by the Twin State
Gas and Electric company have found 1t
rather difficult to dig a trench from
point in front of Warmers bakery this
| week The ground is frozen to a depth
| of between two and half and three
feet and the men have had to use sedges
and drills as they would in breaking
| solid rock.
George L. Mum of Springfield, Mass,
| will give his lecture when a man keeps
| house" in the Congregational chapel
! Thursday evening at o'clock. This is
an exceedingly amusing lecture and Mr.
| Mum, as well as the Brattleboro Civic
| Improvement league, who have been to
| much expense to arrange for the lecture,
| will be pleased to have the men of the
town well represented. The lecture will
be free
The bailiffs will meet tonight to com
plete a draft for a 10-year contract with
the Twin State Gas and Electric com
pany for street lighting. The bailiffs
| and the company are not in dispute over
any phase of the question, but the ball
ifs have thought it wise not to sign
contract until they were sure that it
contained every desirable provision, par
ticularly in view of the long time 1t is to
run and of the fact that 1t involves an
| expenditure OF over SoOOUO.
The annual meeting of the Universal
list society was held Tuesday even
ing in the church parlors. The reports
of the officers were read and 1t was voted
to hold the annual meeting the second
Tuesday in January instead of the second
Tuesday in December. The report OF
the treasurer showed a good financial
condition. These officers were elected:
Pres, j. L. Martin; treas, c. l.. Stick
| INra
man Scott, F. C. Sargent and a. F. Rob-
erts.
The students of the Clawson Hamilton
| commercial college gave a snow ball
party in the college rooms Friday even
ing. The rooms were decorated prettily
with green and white, the class colors.
in the form of green drapings with snow
balls. About 80 were present. Games
were enjoyed during the evening and re-
freshments of ice cream. cake and lem
onade were served. The party was in
charge of Miss Carver, Miss Kempf, Mr..
Hamilton, Miss Mather Miss Naughuarn,
Miss Weld, Miss Brasor, Miss r. Hopkins,
Miss Mcguire, Mr. Sawtelle and Mr.. RAN
dali.
THE wonderland of the West" will be
the subject of the stereopticon lecture in
, the Universalist church sunday evening
, ! at o'clock. The views will reveal the
| grandeur OF american SCtutIS Ill tOull oS
, with that of foreign lands The lecture
more than description, will deal with
, the forces and causes which are respon-
sble for the varied natural phenomena
and the many weird scenic effects. The
views will include the Yellowstone park
Yosemite valley, garden of the gods
canyon of Colorado, Pixies Peak cliff
jewellers and other interesting subjects
2 and places.
The suit of Henry f. Brown against
T Michael Black to recover for rental OF
' a building on Flat street was heard by
( Justice +. ID. +. Stowe Monday in the
, Barber law Office, +. +. Barber appearing
2 for the plaintiff and Myron =. Davis fol
= the defendant, Mr.. Brown rendered &
bin for 81 a month, less $40 on account OF
r some iron he bought of Mr.. Black. The
: evidence of the defendant was that hi
put telephone in Mr.. Browns house
! with the understanding that the Brown
I family could have free use Of it If they
D., | would keep a record of Mr.. Blacks calls
i when he was away; that Mr.. Brown gave
him to understand that the rent wouldn
be much but that Mr.. Black might give
him "a little something" and that thu
defendant understood the $40 and the us'
; of the telephone was sufficient Justice
Stowe found for the plaintiff to recover
at the rate of 81 a month, the judgmen
: being 1872 and costs, a total of s35.1S.
1 Miss Mary f. Milington. II, of VIII
mngton, sister of Miss Ethel A. Mil
lington of this town, died of blood pos
oning Jan. u in the city hospital IL
Hartford, Conn, where she was takeI
Jan. and where she underwent an op
. GRAFTON for goitre Jan. T. Miss Milling
: ton was born in Wilmington Aug. s, 1898
and was a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
a Herbert L. Mlington. She was a mem
n Der of the senior class of the Whining
Ton h in, urhi ah CHI haf
e always lived. Although she had beer
S confined to her bed since last August sh'
g always was happy and cheerful. two
e sisters, Miss Ethel A. Wilmington and Mis-
o Hester p. Miington, who Is a nurse
i were with her at the time of her death
;. Besides her parents she leaves four sis
I tiers, Miss Ethel A. of Brattleboro an(
t Miss Hester p, Miss Olive +, and Mis-
s Julia d. of Wilmington. The funera
: was held at the home Monday Afternoon
, ! at o'clock and the burial was in Whit
t ingham The profuslon of beautiful
e flowers testified to the esteem In which
y Miss Millington was held
A William Tudor, 80. dropped dead from
heart disease I'm Bennington Tuesda!
a while on his way from his home oil
q Pownal road to take North Adams ant
= Bennington trolley car. His son, Mark
: who was walking few steps behind hi
:, father, fastened to the side of the eide
= man when he fell, but life was alread,
:, extinct. Mr. Tudor was a native of Bris
: toll England. In 1869 he came to thi
q country with five sons and settled II