Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-15

Main and Elliot streets were washed
with a stream from fre hose Tues
day and Wednesday by Road Commits
sioner d. r. Perry's men.
A count of the attendance in the Con-
gregational church last Sunday morning.
which was not a special occasion show
ed the presence of 127 men. not including
boys.
The next meeting of the Ladies' En- |
terprise society has been postponed to |
Jan. 3, when it will be held in the home
of Mrs. Charles Sargent on Cherry |
street.
Pocahontas council. Daughters of Po-
cahontas, will have another dance in Red
Mems nail tomorrow night. Arrange
ments have been made to have a dance
every Saturday night this winter
As Quonektacut tribe of Red Men has
several palefaces waiting to take the
degrees a rehearsal of the adoption de-
gree has been called for tonight. Mem
bers of the degree team are requested to
be present.
"A storm front has been built at the
town hall building this week by G. A,
Dix. The upper part is a wooden frame
covered with cloth. There are three
swinging doors, five feet wide, one in
front and one each on the north and
south sides.
The Brattleboro Independents went to
Putney Saturday night and were defeat
ed by the basketball team of that town
S6 to 10. Four 10-minute periods were
played. The Putney team will play here
Dec. 81, between the periods of the
Athletics Mount Hermon game.
The annual meeting and election of st.
Michaels court, c. o. F., was held
Tuesday evening with a large number
present. These officers were elected:
| Chief ranger, John w. Blake; vice chief
| ranger, John r. Grady: rec. Sec, T. A.
Austin; fin. sec, ID. S. Carey; treas,
| II. b. Haus; trustees, p. b. Lavele
James Grady and w. o. Young.
These officers were elected last night
| in the annual meeting of Sedgwick Wo-
| mans Relief corps: Pres, Georgia
| Stone; s. v p, Georgianna CONVERSE
| j. V. p, Lima wilkins; treas, Emily AL
len; chaplain, Helen Miller; c., Della
| Park; c., Mabel Hall; delegates, Helen
| Newman, Emily Allen, Nellie Benson,
Helen Miller and Nellie Brown; alter
mates, Nellie Morse, Emma Miles, Laura
| Washburn, Ada Amidon and Carrie Dut-
ton.
The Brattleboro Athletics will play the
Cardinals of Mount HermOn in Festival
| hail Dec 81. The Mount Herman team
| is composed of fast men who have play
ed on championship school teams in
leIuSN wanna anu ONO. 6reenIlelu Will
play here Dec. 2S Turner's Falls Jan. .,
Springfield high school alumni Jan. 5.
| Springfield Y NJ G. a. jan - West
fled Jan. 16. Northampton Feb 49,
Northampton at northampton Jan. TO-
Manager Whitney is arranging for
games with Troy and Hudson of the
| New York state league, Beverly and
Lowell, Mass, Newport n. H.. Bellows
Falls, Manchester, Conn, the St
Jeromes of Holyoke and other fast
teams.
The December meeting of the w. c.
T. L. was held Monday with Mrs. f. +
Perry on Washington street. Mrs. Per-
| rY presented i'm an interesting way the
subject of child training and laid stress
upon the necessity of early teaching in
the healthful growth of the body. She
read extracts from Mrs. Hammond's ad.
dress at the national meeting of sun
day school workers in Washington
showing the vital necessity of protect
ing the child from the drink and tobac.
co habit. The reports of the w. C. T
| L. officers and rest room committee
| showed an encouraging increase in re.
ceipts and visitors. The daily use of tn,
rest room by high school girls from on
of town, the coming together of group.
of young women from the stores tw,
evenings week for luncheon and res
and the monthly gatherings of the clul
from the Holstein- Friesian office AFFORD
the board of managers a degree o
satisfaction beyond money value. TIL
tag day receipts fell behind, but Wit
the increase in business, the great as
sistance of the board of trade and pos
sible rummage sale the board hopes t
reach the end of the year without
deficit.
By next Wednesday the street railwa
Will be in operation on the eXtenso
/, along Washington and South Mai
streets. Crosby x Parker. who had tn
contract to lay the rails, have abou
finished that work and the work of set
} | ting new poles to support the trolle
+ wire is under way. With the additio
of approximately half mile to tn
l length of the car line. making it abou
= five miles in length, the waits hereto
1 fore made at the ends of the line wi
be impossible and as soon as a ca
. reaches terminal it will begin the re
e turn trip. Supt y. l.. Trip will adoI
4 a new policy as soon as possible, havin
e stops made only at posts with whit
1 stripes painted around them. This
+ necessary in order to maintain the pres
ent half-hour schedule. Many stor
. are now being made that are avoldabl
= Often car stops six or eight times o
A | Main street between Elliot street an
o the postoffice, but when the poles al
t painted only three stops will be mad
: | 1t PROBABLY VIII take some time fC
$ many of the patrons of the road to g,
5 used to the arrangement, but Mr.. Trip
. says it will be carried out as a matte
of necessity.
Merton Davis of Guilford appeared b,
fore Judge w. r. Daley in a session
the municipal court in the Broad Broo
u House in Guilford yesterday afternoo
= and after lengthy hearing was fouu
n not guilty of assault upon Leslie Hudson
4 seven, son of VIII Hudson of this tow
- and was discharged. States Attorne
. f. e. Barber and Attorney c. NJ. Mile
appeared for the state and Attorney !
4 f. Schwenk appeared for Davis. EV
:, dence was offered by the state in a
- effort to show that Davis assaulted I'll
. child on two occasions, once shortly bt
: fore Thanksgiving and again a few day
% ago. AS to the first alleged assault, II
o charge being made that Davis hit II
= boy with broom handle, the boy sal
- his hands We're bruised from the blow
:, which he had warded off to preveI
- them striking his head. Davis said
" struck the child because he understood
4 him to say that he had filled the wool
y box In the house when he had not dor
>, so. The boys father took the lad
" Daviss house several months ago
board, paying 81 a week In regard
d the second alleged assault few day
ago Davis said he hit the boy with IL
. holdback strap because he did not
lnnA he, hi.