Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-21

Oo ~ raw POHlDltiHB SHltll nSnlUR III
Spofford lake.
d. Latches returned Tuesday from
Greece. He visited in town yesterday. He
will start peddling fruit Saturday.
The annual meeting OF the Epworth
league will be held in the league rooms
in the Methodist church Thursday even
ing.
The regular meeting of the w. G. T.
u. will be held Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock in the rest room. Subject, MEM
bership."
The Daughters of P~occahontas will
hold a dance in Red Mems hall Satur-
day evening. Hines and Dugan will
furnish music. The public is invited.
Prof. L. A. Butterfeld will give a talk
on "Phonetics" in the high school hall
this afternoon to the teachers of the
public schools. The public is invited.
In the meeting of Leo Council Knights
of Columbus, Wednesday evening T.. A.
Austin and DR.. f. II. O'Connor were
elected delegates to attend the annual
convention in Barre May 8. ]. A.. Aus
tin and J. j. Eckels were elected al
ternates.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton will meet with Miss Della Miller
in West Brattleboro April 81 at 8 o'clock.
Miss Miller and Mrs. ]. l.. Stockwell
will be the hostesses; roll call. Marked
historical places" A paper on Paul Re-
we're will be given by Mrs. j. L. Stock
well.
The young women's association of the
Congregational church will meet in the
chapel Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Mrs.
G. II. Thompson will give a paper on
"Congregationalism." The first chap
ter of the book, "The challenge of the
city," by Josiah Strong will be con-
sidered.
The defunct Rae Electrical Equipment
company of Springfield, this state, in
which several local men were interested,
will pay a dividend of 33 1-3 per cent on
its preferred claims. The assets were
not sufficient to pay anything to the gen.
eral creditors. TIL secured claims ag-
gregated s10,914.67.
Virginia Harmed and her company,
who will appear in the Auditorium
Thursday evening in THE Woman He
Married. will have accomplished at the
close of the season something that no
other company has done. After leaving
Brattleboro she will appear in New
Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island,
which will make this seasons circuit in
clude every state in the Union. She also
has appeared in Canada.
Sunshine society, branch l, will hold a
rummage sale in the room formerly &C.
cupied by moving pictures in Emerson
building Friday and Saturday, April 2S
and %. Any having package which
they would like to contribute to this
sale may have them called for by tele-
phoning to the in charge, Mrs.
A. w. Rockwell, Mrs. John c.. Dewitt,
Miss Ruth Childs and Miss Elsie Has
kell. Secondhand clothing of all kinds
is especially desired.
The monthly meeting of the Brattle-
boro Sunday School union will be held
in tho West Rra tt1phnrn Conurorot tAoo
church Thursday evening. Supper will
be served at O'Clock, to which all
members of the union and the officers
and teachers of the different Sunday
schools are invited. After supper Miss
Balch of Burlington, who Is making a
tour of the country in the interest of
Sunday school work. will address the
meeting, followed by other speakers.
State Fish and Game Commissioner
John w. Titcomb has had printed 40, 900
pamphlets containing a general summary
of the fish and game laws of Vermont.
A copy will be presented to each appli-
cant for a hunters license. Another
pamphlet published by the commissioner
contains the complete fish and game
laws of the state. The commissioner
has mailed to station agents, postmas-
tiers, town clerks and wardens through
out the state cloth posters containing
abstracts of the laws.
Inc management of the Athol and
Orange street railway has been trans
ferred to officers of the Connecticut Val
ley street railway company, and 1t is
expected that a line will be built from
Orange to Millers Falls to connect the
two systems. f. c.. Crosby of Brattle-
boro is said to have headed the group
of Connecticut Valley officials in buy
ing the Athol and Orange company. Mr..
Crosby is chairman of the board of d.
%rectors of the Connecticut Valley Street
railway company and G. c.. Averill is
one of the directors.
Fire started from locomotive sparks
near the railroad track spread with
great rapidity over 60 acres of land on
Henry r. Browns farm near the old
ferry four miles north of Brattleboro
Tuesday. John Fredette, who was at
work on the farm, summoned help from
the Grover farm, and the sectionmen
also turned out in force to fight the
fire. The ice house and tool house were
destroyed and the corn house only a few
feet from the big barn caught fire. The
approach of the fire to the buildings was
stopped in large part by spreading dirt
over the covering of died grass.
The Woman's Missionary Aid society
of the Baptist church held its annual
meeting yesterday afternoon. Mrs. j. ].
Estey. who has served as president sew
eral years.. declined reelection and was
uihiliHiously cicCleQ HOilOIdIy pTeSlutHl
for life. The treasurer's report showed
that $Sl5.69 had been raised during the
year. These officers were elected: Pres,
Mrs. F. l.. Smith; vice pres, Mrs. F. A,
Woodbury.; Sec. Mrs. w. r. Noyes;
treas. Mrs. f. ]. Eddy; also the follow
Ing chairmen of committees-home mis-
sionary, Mrs. F. S. Knight; parish. Mrs.
Lucy A. Cox; hospitality, Mrs. S. Wilcox
and Mrs. II. w. Spaulding.
The Pope and the Vatican" will be
the subject of the stereopticon lecture
In the Universalist church Sunday even
Ing at O'Clock. This lecture will con-
clude the series which have been given
during the winter. The lecture and
views are given by request and the
committee feels fully justified in pre-
senting them the second time, In order
that everybody may have an opportunity
to see them. The pictures are very fine.
Among them will be the Pope's private
study. chapel and garden; views of the
Pope and some Of st. Peters. The pic
lures were taken by special permission
from the Pope and the photographer had
access to rooms and scenes not open to
the ordinary tourist. They have re-
ceived the personal endorsement of the
Pope, Plus X, Special music will be
furnished. Miss Katharine Martin will
sing THE Rosary" Everyone is well
come.
Mrs. Lucy Janette Lamb, so, widow of
Russell Fletcher Lamb of st. Louis, died
in the Home for the Aged and Disabled
about | o'clock this morning. She had