Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-06
PHOENIX, BRATrIEBoRo FRIDAY SEPTEMBER g. 1912


Inn Tuesday, j. II. Ware, acting as auc-
tioneer.
The members of the Dorcas guild
served hash supper to 100 people Fri
day evening. The proceeds were very
satisfactory.
The Ladies' Home club will meet next
Wednesday in the chapel of the Congre-
gational church. All members are urged
to be present.
The following justices of the peace
were elected Tuesday, E. l.. Hastings,
Taft, c. H. Grout.
Mrs. Crouch, Albert Crouch and
Miss Agnes Crouch. who spent the month
of August at the Inn, left Tuesday for
their home in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert C. Smith and son,
Carl, who visited in the home of
Charles Mills, returned Saturday to their
home in Norwood, Mass.
Mrs. H. " Dale and Miss Esther Dale,
who had been at their summer home
since July /, left Saturday for their
home in Springfield, Mass.
Miss Ida Parker, who for the past
month had been at the home Of her
brother, DR.. L. J. Parker, returned Mon
day to her home in Fitchburg.
Steel ceilings are being installed in
the office and chapel of Leland and
Gray seminary. F. S. Fuller & Co.
OF SaXtons River are doing the work.
Miss Laura Ware and Miss Cola Mar
tin left Wednesday for Westfield, where
they entered the Massa chusetts state
Normal school which opened Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bassett Gottie
ttosley) were at W. o. Davis's a few
do 1r,t
Brattleboro, where they are now living.
Miss Sadie Hewett of Attleboro, Mass.
came Monday evening and started Tues
day on her second year as teacher of
languages in Leland and Gray SEM
mary.
John Dale, who had been in town
month, left Friday. He sailed Satur-
day from New York for Beaufort, S. C..
where he has been working the past
two years.
Mrs. Lemuel Van Schaick and son,
Paul, after spending the summer with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aus
Scarsdale, N. Y.
parsonage Saturday evening, when Mrs.
Ada Columbus and James Perkins of
this town were united in marriage by
Rev. Joseph Mexican.
Principal Guy w. Powers came Friday
to take up his duties at Leland and
Gray seminary, which opened for the
fall term Tuesday. Mr. Powers is board
ing at d. F. Boutelle's.
The three teachers, Miss Maude Green
wood, Miss Harriette Doane and Miss
Stella Reed, who took examinations the
18th and 14th, passed successfully and
received teachers certificates.
The follouino daIaCatac u,ara oono;a.
ed to attend the list annual meeting OF
Windham County Congregational conven-
ton to be held Sept. and at Guilford
Fred Randall, DR.. Osgood, Mr. and Mrs
E. II. Allbee, Mrs. Ellen Plumb and Mrs
E. B. Batchelder.
Russell w. Blood, district deputy
grand master of the eighth Masonic
district, went Wednesday to Burling-
ton to attend on Thursday the annual
meeting at which the grand lecturer
gives instructions for the year to the
, various district deputies of the state
! Unusual interest was manifest in the
election of Tuesday, as might have beer
| expected after so many rallies. Tn,
| number of votes cast was larger thar
for many years and w. H. Taft wa.
| elected representative on the Republi
| can ticket.
The Republicans held their second raj
ly of the campaign Thursday evenin.
with DR.. Hill OF Chicago and Mr. Don
oway of Middlebury as speakers. Thu
attendance was large and the interes
was maintained through the two loni
| addresses. DR.. Hill is strong cam
paign speaker and aroused considerabl
enthusiasm by his dramatic style of ap
peal to the voters. The Republican com
mittee planned to have a rally on Mon
day evening, but failed to make con
| wit ha 1T .
secure.
Leland and Gray seminary opene
Tuesday with II in the freshman elias.
which is a gain over last year of 81,
and nearly all the old students are bacl
The faculty is the same as last yea
The library of the seminary has bee
improved by the addition of a "Histor
of Ready Reference and Topical Read
ing" in seven volumes, by Larned, pre-
scented by Rev. Daniel Mcintyre of West
minister West, also a Webster's dictior
airy recently presented by the prayt
meeting association of the seminary Or
| entirely new subject, commercial gees
raphy, has been added to the reguls
course. The prayer meetings are to /
held as usual this year. The first or
was held Wednesday evening. Fall bast
ball practice has been begun and II
band has been reorganZed The yea
l
| terest to all.
The last gun in the state campaie
was fired in the town hall by the Pre-
gressives Monday afternoon, when the
. candidate for governor, Rev. Fraz
Metzger, spoke to a large and enthus
astic audience. Mr.. Metzger came fro
Wilmington in an automobile with Juds
Gibson, and owing to the heavy col
dition of the roads they were an hol
|
: ious to hear the Progressive candidat
: remained and was rewarded by an ell
quent and convincing address by NJ
Metzger. Rev. Joseph Mexican CALF
T the meeting to order and called upon
H. Northup who sang enthusiastically
campaign song, Roosevelt and Johl
l son forever" Mr.. Metzger held Il
close attention Of all present for {
hour. after which the audience sar
, Onward Christian Soldiers" which fl
+ ished the state campaign in Townshel
| for 1912