Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-22
BRATTLE BORO.


st. .Michaers parochial school closed
yesterday for a 1O-days' vacation.
The Knights of Columbus will hold a
dance in their hall Wednesday night.
Sedgwick woman's Relief corps will
hold a ewing meeting in Grand Army
hall Thursday afternoon, Dec. 2S.
Canton Palestine will hold its next dance
Dec. 20. Half of the dances will be
square and half round Everybody is in
vited.
The first carload of raw cotton for use
in the Fort Drummer Mills arrived yes
terday. Some of the looms will be rum
ming early in the new year.
Christmas will be observed as a holiday
by the post Office employees. The carriers
will make the morning delivery and the
post office will close at noon.
The prize winners at the Star bowling
alley this week were as follows: Box
ball-lst, Jerry Curtin; %, william Hud-
son. Pin pool-1st, Carl Ellis. The
management of the alleys have arranged
for a variety of prizes to be given away
tomorrow, Christmas and next week.
The annual election of officers of
Friendship circle took place Tuesday
afternoon in Odd Fellows hall. The Of
hcers are: Pres, Mrs. Sarah Miller: 1st
vice pres, Mrs. Susie Cook; I'd vice pres,
Mrs. Mary Young; Sec, Mrs. Myra
Stone; treas, Mrs. Ida ellison; directors,
Mrs. Ada Amidon, Mrs. Ellen Lockwood,
Mrs. Jennie Moran, Mrs. Lillian Peller-
in, Mrs. Ida Sargent.
Two solos will be rendered at the mid
night mass in the Roman Catholic church
in addition to the musical program pub
Iished on page 3 of this paper. Miss
Edith Mauch of Yazoo City, Miss, who
is a guest of Miss Maysie Calvin, will
sing Might of Nights" by Van de
Water, Miss Calvin playing a violin OBJ
ligato, and a violin solo, the introduction
to The Deluge," by Saine-Saens, will
young women are students in the Con-
~servatory of Music in Boston.
on account of the cantata in the Con-
gregational church Sunday evening there
will be no stereopticon lecture. a week
from Sunday night President John NJ.
Thomas of Middlebury college will give
an address and the following Sunday
evening Miss Lillian V. Whiting, super
visor of drawing and manual training in
the Brattleboro incorporated school dis
trict, will give a stereopticon lecture on
the worlds greatest paintings, having
selected Is or more views. Hereafter the
Institutes will begin at Z o'clock.
All voters in school district No. . are
urged to attend the special school meet
ing next TUESDAY evening at y o CLOCK.
Three propositions will come up, one to
see if the district will buy land on Oak
Grove extension, one to see whether they
will erect a schoolhouse thereon for the
ccommodation of children in that To-
cality and one relative to buying land
for a playground. The prudential COM
mittee and the committee appointed by
the president of the board of trade to act
in conjunction with them will make a
report showing the result of their inves-
%tigation. Women taxpayers in the dis
trict are entitled to vote, and it is hoped
they will be present.
Since Chairman John Calvin has been
i'll the duties of the board of Selectmen
have fallen upon Selectmen Stafford and
Merrill. In the meeting last evening,
aside from the routine business of sign
ing orders and approving bills the only
item of interest to be discussed was the
matter of sheep-killing dogs. A dog be-
longing to DR.. w. ]. Emerson of Myrtle
street had been complained of as killing
a sheep belonging to F. d. E. Stowe.
DR.. Emerson was present with Attorney
e. w, Gibson and discussed the matter.
He did not think his dog was the guilty
animal. Selectman Stafford already has
investigated the case and says it is one
of the worst he ever has seen. The wool
of the dead animal, a full blooded Shrop-
shire. was strewn upon the ground for
about 80 feet and the sheep was bitten
in more than 20 places. Witnesses said
that two dogs chased the sheep and
killed it.
Brattleboro friends of Miss Susan White
Kellogg of Westminster, daughter of
Judge Daniel Kellogg, formerly of this
town, were pleasantly surprised Monday
to receive cards announcing her mar
riage on Saturday to Hon. George Cra-
gin Wright of Westminster, who did a
notable work in the last legislature, and
uuhn uyao annnintaI hioh chariff nf Wind
ham county by Gov. Mead after the
death of Sheriff A. H. Thompson of Bel
lows Falls. Miss Kellogg, who had been
in Pasadena, California, recently, came
to Fredonia, N. Y, where she was join
ed by Mr.. Wright. and the ceremony was
performed in the home of the brides
cousin, Mrs. F. B. Palmer. the latter's
husband, Rev. DR.. Palmer, who was
principal of Leland and Gray seminary in
Townshend years ago. officiating. Mr..
and Mrs. Wright came to Westminster
Tuesday and they will be at home to
their friends there after. Feb. l.,
A beautiful scene was presented in the
vestry of the Congregational church
Wednesday afternoon when 70 children
under nine years of age sat down to
supper which was a part of their Christ
mas entertainment They occupied little
chairs and had a delightful time. The
departments were the beginners, in
charge OF Mrs. w. Il. Halgh, ana the
primary, in charge of Mrs. F, E. Perry.
They played games and sang songs, and
in the midst of the festivities Santa
Claus appeared with a pack of oranges,
which he distributed. Mrs. Haigh told
the story of the shepherds and Mrs. C.
II. Thompson the story of the wise men.
A representation of the child in the
manger, the stable, star of the east, etc.
made by Mrs. Haigh and a Christmas
tree trimmed by Mrs. ID. w. Tenney
We're much admired. The older depart
ments had their entertainment last night.
which consisted of a song by the juniors,
a song by four boys, Howard Vinton,
Kenmore Emerson, Hugh Bradley and
Howard Gilbert, carols and a missionary
play introducing an Indian wigwam, ma
tive costumes, etc.