Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-17

"Our Church Fair" will be given by
the Attainers of the Methodist church
next Wednesday evening in the church
vestry, at O'Clock.
In the meeting of the board of select
men Monday evening the only business
transacted was the acceptance of Bel
mont avenue, the street recently laid
out by II. L. Emerson from Canal street
to Maple street.
Brattleboro chapter, d. A. r., will
hold its May meeting with Miss Susan
p. Clark in West Brattleboro next We'd
nesday. beginning promptly at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. w. f. Root will give n report of
the ID. A. r. congress in Washington
and business will be transacted.
Victor s. Reed of Gladstone, Va.
formerly secretary of the Bratleboro Y.
NJ. C. A, has been appointed secretary
of the railroad Y M c. A. in East
Deerfeld, Mass. For the past six and
a half years he has been in the Cnes-
apeake & Ohio railroad association in
Gladstone.
Rev. Reuben l.. Breed of New York
city, assistant general secretary of the
Congregational Home Missionary society,
Will preach in the Centre Congregational
church Sunday. His subject will be THE
lmmigrant-a problem or an opportun-
ity.' There will be no. service this ev-
ening owing to the union service in the
Baptist church.
Town Clerk C. S. Hopkins was in his
office in the town hall building until 8
O'Clock Wednesday evening in order that
persons who owned dogs and had neg
lected to license them might be given
opportunity to do So When he closed
the office 1896 CANNES had been registered
on his books, making three more than
were licensed last year
Parents day was observed in the
Chase street school Friday and in the
High street school Tuesday. The two
eighth grades will observe the day this
afternoon. Next Tuesday the fifth and
sixth grades in the Main street school
and the first and second grades in the
Washington street and Canal street
schools will have their observance and
on Wednesday the fifth, sixth and sew
enth grades in the Canal street building.
These officers were elected in the an
nual meeting of the w. C. T. U. in the
rest room Monday afternoon: Pres,
Mrs. Henry Tucker; vice pres. Mrs
George o. Abbott and Mrs Harriet
Tucker; Sec, Mrs. A. j. Currier; treas,
Miss Addie NJ. Fay; aud Mrs F.. +.
Perry. The business meeting was fol-
lowed by a question box and a general
discussion of the inception, merits and
ultimate results of the womans suf-
frage question
The ladies' aid society of st. Michaels
Episcopal church held it's annual meet
ing Friday in the home of Mrs. E. w.
Gibson on Oak street. The following
officers We're elected President, Mrs.
e. w. Gibson first vice. president, Mrs
F. w. Gipson; second vice. president
Mrs. A. c. Walker; third vice. president;
Mrs. William H. Haywood; secretary,
Miss Ruth w. Chids; treasurer, Mrs.
Christopher Babb; directors, Mrs. An
Mrs. Carl F. Cain, Mrs. James L. Mar
tin, Mrs. Allan D. Brown, Miss Bessie
Cain.
The extension committee of the Bos-
ton Chamber of Commerce. party of
about 100 representative men-will con-
duct trip by automobile through west
ern Massachusetts, Vermont and New
Hampshire the week of June TO- The
party will have dinner sand spend the
night at the Brooks House June II. The
Brattleboro board of trade will arrange
to entertain the visitors. Walter M
Lowney, chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce trade extension committee
expresses in a letter the wish of his
associates to meet the business men of
Brattleboro who are interested in the
development of New England business
offer the opportunity to talk over plans
which mean progress
The International biological congress
will hold a meeting in Boston, Aug ~
TO II, when 500 physicians, specialists in
and scientists from Europe and this
country will take part in the discussion
of useless noise and the means of pre-
venting 1t. Frederick Turner 10y of
Boston, sculptor, who married Miss Sa-
die Houghton of this town, has been Sc
lected to execute in bronze a distinctive
badge for each member of the congress
The medal represents Aesculapius wear
Ing the sandals of travel and bearing
the travel staff. The serpent has I'M
wound itself from the staff and Is
shown coiled around the tripod in
which the fire Of inspiration of the con-
gress is represented burning.
A meeting in furtherance of a scheme
to have Senator Edwin P. Adams of
Marlboro enter the field again as a can
didate for the senatorship from the
southern district of Windham county
was held few days ago in the office
of Chase & Daley Since then letters
signed by Mr. Adams have been sent
to all parts of tn county in which Mr.
Adams says he has been urged by some
of his friends to again become a cam
didate and that he will appreciate the
opinions. stated frankly, of the recip-
tents of the letters as they will infiu-
ence his decision. Mr.. Adams was senat-
or in the last session of the legislature
According to custom the office will come
to Brattleboro this year, and this town
already has a candidate in the person
of Herbert G.. Barber, who made
creditable record as representative in
the legislature of 1908.
The body of Mrs. Nancy (PratD Bur-
lngame, who died in Meriden, Conn,
May 9. was brought here Saturday and
funeral services were held in the Moran
undertaking rooms at 2.30 that after
salist church officiating The burial took
place beside her husband in Prospect
Hill cemetery, the bearers being Barney
Pratt, Frank w. Pettee. Edwin H. Put
nam and Henry Miller Mrs, Buriingame
was former resident of Brattlebo
and her maiden name was Nancy Pratt.
Her husband was Sylvester c. Burling-
game. who served in Company F, 4th
Vermont regiment and later was second
heutenent of Company X, 9th Vermont
regiment. He was wounded in the army
and later lost an arm in railroad SER
vice Subsequently ne was night watch
man for the village of Brattleboro, also
for the Estey Organ company. Some 25
years ago the family moved to Meriden,
where Mr.. Burlingame was night watch
man for the Wilcox & White Organ
company. He died there Dec, 16, 1903.
They had one daughter Mrs Will Coane