Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-12-06

Brattleboro Mutual Aid association will
be held Wednesday at $3.50 at the head
quarters.
Eleven birds from the milestone
poultry yards, the property of f. ID. Il.
Stowe, are i'm the New York poultry
show which is being held this week
NJ. j.. Dunn has abandoned plans for
a local basketball team. Only three can
ddates for positions appeared on the
evenings set for practice and there
seemed but little interest locally in the
game.
The choirs of several churches will
unite in rendering a Christmas cantata,
THE Message of the Angels" by Will
liam Reed, Sunday evening, Dec. %, in
the Congregational church. They will be
assisted by Leitsnger's orchestra. re-
hearsal will be held in the Centre
church chapel next Sunday at A o'clock.
George Daley son of Judge and Mrs.
w. r. Daley was taken to the Me-
mortal hospital Saturday afternoon and
several stitches were taken in his chin.
youngster threw a large spike Satur
day which hit the Daley boy on the
chin and nose, making a deep cut DR..
G. r. Anderson was called. 1t is thought
that the boy will bear a mark because
of the wound.
Within the past few weeks a force of
men under the direction of Road Com
missioner II. c. Squres have been clean
ing the streets and cutters in almost
every section of the town. The leaves
have been raked up and now the street
department Is ready for snow and win
ter Last year the work of cleaning
the streets had just been begun when
the snow came and 1T could not be
completed.
The annual meeting of Canton Pales-
tine, Patrarchs Militant, was held
Tuesday evening, when officers were
elected as follows Captain, w. II.
Sharp; lieutenant W. l. Brown; en-
sign. George Cain; accountant, H. A.
Johnson; clerk, John w. Howe; trus-
tee for three years, W. j. Cain, for
two years, C. G. Staples, for one year
| F. e. Perry. At the regular meeting
next Thursday evening the regimental
officers will be elected.
The stereoptcon lecture in the Uni
versalst church Sunday evening will be
"travelogue." 1t will include a trip to
the Great Lakes, which all delight to
| take; visit to Thousand Islands, chos-
| en- by so many tourists a place worth
| seeing; study of the important CEN
| tres of ottawa, capital of the Dominion
| of Canada; Montreal, Quebec, and
| trip to the Saguenay, a much frequent
| ed and beautiful river of Canada. All
|
veal the points of beauty and interest
in these various places There will be
| special music Everyone welcome.
Monday was the day for the county
officers to qualify for holding Office for
the ensuing two years, and they assem-
| bled in the office of County Clerk f. d.
| f. Stowe for that purpose. Assistant
| Judges f.. L. Hastings of Townshend
and Fred B. Pier of Brattleboro took
| their oaths of Office before magistrates
| and the o.ter officers qualified before
the assistant judges. Judge Pier sue
ceeded Judge Frank Worden of Hall
| fax, who had held the office IA years.
| About $50 commissions to nOtares public
were recorded. The Judges made the US
| ual settlement with the county treas
| urer, George c. Averll.
The women of the Universalist church
served hot meat dinner in Grange hall
| Tuesday from u to 2 o'clock which was
well attended and netted a good sum.
| The dinner was in charge of Mrs. T.
w. Bruce and the dining room was in
charge of Mrs. j. Lyman Goldsmith. A
meeting of the ladies' circle was held
in the afternoon 1t was voted to hold
the parish fair two days instead of one.
This will be the first time in several
years that two days have been devoted
to a fair by a local organization OF
innovation will result in a financial gain
The dates chosen are Jan. 80 and 81. II
is planned to have dancing one night
and a very good entertainment the 9TH
er evening. The fair will be called "A
military encampment." The title offer:
many suggestions for decorations anj
costumes.
Judge William r. Daley went tC
Newfane Monday to hear the case Of
| tha etA f,,-N DAtt r1nG Go,
the alleged shooting of two heifers, the
property of Bert E. Morse of Towns
bend. Probable cause was found AM
Douglass was bound over in the sum o.
5000 for his appearance at the April tern
of county court. He was sent to thu
county Jail in Newfane until yesterday
when he was released, bail being fur
nished. Mr. Morse alleged that on Nov
26 he was in his field, when he hear
a shot and a bullet flew past his head
He cried out and another bullet passe,
dangerously near him He went in tn,
direction from which the sound of tn,
gun had come and found two sets o
footprints in the snow The tracks LEI
to the home of Willis and Frank Doug
lass. He measured the marks AM
found that one pair measured liz inch
es. In court a pair of rubber boots worn
by Willis Douglass measured the same
length, The case against Franz
Douglass, 10, brother of Willis, was no
pressed.
The annual meeting of the Brattlebort
| tuberculosis association Qnc) was hell
I Tuesday afternoon. Miss Schumacher
superintendent of the Memorial hospital
presented a report on the work of tn,
tuberculosis camp. which was opened
July / and closed Nov. l. During the
year the association assisted patient:
who We're treated in Rutland, Mass.
and Pittsford this state, and in pri-
vate homes. The treasurer's repor
showed that the work had been carried
on at a reasonable cost. The association
wishes to express appreciation of the
good work done by Miss Schumacher
and her assistants at the camp where
she assumed full charge During thu
winter and until next summer the pa
TENTS will be placed in sanatoria AM
private homes for care, as heretofore
Officers of the association were electet
as follows: Pres, Mrs. c. c. Fits; vic'
pres, A. F. Roberts; Sec, Rev. d. e
Trout; treas. c. G. Staples; executive
hoard. Mrs. G. f. Warner, Mrs c. H
| Thompson, F. w Reed; auditor, F.. w
Reed The association is grateful FOL
support the past year, and asks thu
hearty cooperation of all the coming
| year.
DIR. Harriet r. Parker, formerly o
East Putney, whom many will remem
Der as the daughter of the late Stern'
| O., Parker, is in Brattleboro today, hav