Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-12-20
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

Dennis Rebekah lodge, No. l. will hold
it's regular meeting Tuesday evening, at
which time election of officers will take
place This is an important meeting and
all members are urged to attend.
The Unitarian Sunday school win
meet in the parsonage Friday evening,
Dec. 27, for its Christmas celebration.
Supper win be served at $50, followed by
music and games with the usual dis
tribution of gifts.
The annual meeting of the Home
Sunshine society will be held at the
Home for the Aged Thursday afternoon,
Dec. 26, at 3 o'clock. There will be the
usual Christmas tree and supper for the
members of the home. All friends hav-
ing gifts for the tree are requested to
leave them with Miss Emma Gregg.
The moving picture theatres are pre-
pairing to present fine shows to the
public next week. The Princess will
have a special Christmas matinee and
the management promises fine special
photoplay besides the laughter -provok-
ing comedy singing and acrobatic dane
ing act of Kammerer and Rowland, who
will appear there Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. This little playhouse is
daily increasing in favor and patronage.
At the empire theatre the spectacular
photoplay, THE fire at sea-" in which
Il snip ACTUALLY is burned, VIII De tHe
special picture for Christmas day and
all through the week special pictures
will be shown.
The Brattleboro Ministerial union met
Monday morning in the Congregational
chapel at $50. Rev. II. S. Weeks was
chairman for the day. Besides the local
ministers the union had as guests Rev.
A. P. Pratt Phi. D., of Bellows Falls and
Representative w. II. Taft of Towns
Mr. To ar 10 M hn
meeting, reported on the progress of leg
islation at Montpelier, with special ref
erence to the Sunday opening bill Of
fered by Senator Barber and the bills on
local option and the temperance law. The
regular order of the day was a sketch
entitled 'Parson Purdy's Problem" writ
ten by Bradley Gilman and read by Rev.
e. Q. S, Osgood, and a sermon by Rev.
ID. Il. Trout. The union instructed its
secretary to communicate to the Windham
county senators its interest in adoption of
a resolution approving the submission by
Congress of an amendment to the Con-
stitution prohibiting polygamous CO.
habitation in the United States. APP
proval was accorded to the proposals OF
The Gideons to place Bibles in the rooms
of the hotels of the town.
William Lawless is a cloth inspector
at the Fort Dummer Mills. He also
rents rooms in his home at Fort Dunn
mer Heights to employees of the mill,
and he always has conducted an orderly
house. When two of his roomers came
in Saturday night after IAN evening
OUT and began to rock the roof with
an imitation of grand opera he insisted
that they be quiet, After some argument
they all met at the top of the stairs
and for a few seconds there was a
lively mixup Mrs. Lawless, at the foot
OF the stairs, saw that her husband was
getting the small end of the fistic ar
gument and she ran to his assistance
receiving several severe blows Mr.
Lawless asked her to telephone for the
police, which she did Chief George
Wilson answered the red light can for
help, but when he reached Fort Dunn
mer Heights the scrap had ceased. War
rants were issued for the arrest of the
two men Monday morning When Mrs.
I>awless went to the mill Monday to
get board ana room money from some
of her guests the men saw her coming
and quit without notice. They last were
seen going In the direction OF Vernon,
where they might easily board a train
for parts unknown.