Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-15

company anu MyfOn L. Davis were |
elected members of the board of trade in |
the regular monthly meeting of the d-
rectors Tuesday evening.
The Brattleboro branch OF the wom-
ans Alliance will meet with Mrs. John |
d. Barrows at the Colonial Friday even
ing at 7.30 ocloc This will be the first
meeting of the season and a large at
tendance Is desired
Charles II. Grant this week completed
and placed a monument on the Roper
lot in the Parker cemetery in Prince
ton, Mass. The monument was made of
Westerley granite for Miss Rosa S.
Roper in memory of her grandparents,
James and Polly QElsom Roper, AMI
their children.
Smoky Joe" Wood, Jake" Tesreau
and all the stars of the Red Sox and
the Giants will be seen on the screen
at the Princess next Tuesday. The
management mas arranged to show the
world series film made by Pathe Freres
that has been attracting crowds to the
moving picture theatres in the cities.
Eleven members of the young wo-
mems class in the Congregational Sun
day school were entertained Tuesday
evening in the home of the teach
er, Miss Mary ID. Henshaw. The young
women carried their sewing and en-
joyed music on Miss Florence c. Aliens
graphophone. The hostess served re-
freshments.
A meeting of the Massa chusetts state
board of trade was held in Springfield,
Mass. yesterday to which the members
of the Bratteboro board of trade were
invited. Those who went from here were
President NJ. C. Houghton, Secretary C. s
| Hopkins, A. F. Roberts A. f.. Miller j.
| b. Randoll, G. c. Staples, Dennison
Cowles, f, H. Miller, f. C. Tenney, f. d.
Whitney and Henry E. Whitney, sr.
"Our country" will be the subject of
the stereoptcon lecture in the Univer-
salist church Sunday at I p. m. over
| 100 slides will be used to depict the
| beauty and interesting features of our
country. Many times the question is
| asked What has our land to compare
| with the scenic wonders, beautiful
| landscape and majestic mountains of
other countries? The lecture is an at
| tempt to answer the question and to
| make US familiar with the beautiful
| scenery, natural resources, varied in
| dustries and life of this new land
| which gives us shelter and protection.
| The subject alone Is sufficient to awak-
en- the interest of all true lovers of this
| great republic. The public will be well
| come to this and all subsequent lee
| lures.
Within the past 10 days d. T. Perry
under the direction of the board of
selectmen and under the supervision of
Selectman Melen. has laid concrete
cross walks al the corner of Main and
Elliot streets, across Main street from
the Vermont National bank to w. F..
Roots drug store, across High street
at the junction of Main street from the
Centre Congrega tional church to the
Masonic temple, from the street car
post at the junction of Linden and
| North Main Strpptg to he or
that lead up to the walk in front of
the high school building and east to the
corner of Walnut and North Main
streets, and across Canal street opposite
the Cniversaist church. 1t was intend
ed to lay them across Main street at
several points but it was feared that
the new concrete would not stick we'll
to the asphalt laid a year ago last
summer by Mr.. Perry and it was de-
cided to wait until warm weather These
walks have been greatly needed and
will be much appreciated.
Road Commissioner H. c. Suuires has
had force of men working on Linden
street this week. Several years ago the
| street railway company complained that
during heavy rainfalls the dirt from
Linden street was washed around the
turn at the junction of North Main
street and over their rails, seriously in
terfering with their schedule. John P
Sargent was road commissioner at the
time and he had dirt thrown In on the
east side of the street with the idea
that If the road sloped to the west the
water would tend to run down the west
gutter The idea was all right, but the
results did not meet expectations. This
week Mr. Squires has had the mer
scrape off thee dirt thrown on by the
former road commissioner down to the
old crushed stone bed In doing so the
! curhnp hIir
side of the gutter on the east side. The
selectmen have put in a catch basin ir
the east gutter near the Wells fountain
with a pipe leading to the pipes recent
ly laid on Walnut street. This pipe
carries the surface water under the
railroad tracks and into the Connecticut
river.
Seventy members of the Congrega-
tional Brotherhood attended the annua
meeting in the chapel Wednesday eve.
ming and partook of excellent
chicken-p pie supper and listened to al
exceptionally strong and interesting
address by the president, Clarke C
Fits The chicken pie, first class il
J every respect, was furnished by the
Albany cafe and We're served by
of the church, and the charge to tn,
} members. including coffee. cake and ic,
cream, was only % cents. After supper
Fred C. Adams sang two solos in {
pleasing way and a committee con
sisting of G.. l.. Durham, f. H. Crane
and F. |. Dyke, was appointed to nom
mate officers, but as they desired more
time it was decided to postpone tat
election to the next meeting. PROPOSED
amendments to the constitution, pre-
scented by Fl. F. Jordan, also will b,
; acted upon at the next meeting. They
do away with membership fees and sub
stitute free-wil offerings, every man il
the parish over 16 years old being con
sidered a member. The subject of Mr.
J Fitts's address was Battling for tn,
J Constitution" He showed the wise pro
: vision of the founders of this country
in protecting the week by placing re-
: straints upon the majority. While re
! cognizing the right of the majority t
} rule, as a general principle, he showed
that attempts often are made to abus,
the power The prime cause of the Civil
J war was traced to the fact that tn,
majorities in some of the southern
states caused those states to Withdraw
from the Union in violation of tn,
constitution. The majority in Brattle
, boro voted three times to take over
private water system, and the only
thing that stood between the owner an,
ruin was the constitution, which doe!
not permit property to be taken in tina
way. One of the candidates in the re-
cent campaign would allow a majorit!
, of citizens to override the decisions o