Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-01

Rev. d. E. Trout will conduct the
chapel service at the Retreat Sunday
afternoon at o'clock.
The Modern woodmen will have a
dance Tuesday evening In Red Mems
hall. Dugan's orchestra will furnish
music.
Herbert E. Pratt caught four pike in
West river Sunday. Their total
weight was IA pounds. The largest fish
weighed eight pounds and two ounces.
The case against Ossie Prouty for al
legged violation of the deer law, which
was scheduled to be tried Wednesday,
was postponed by Acting Judge f. ].
waterman
The reds and blues have see-sawed in
the railroad pitch tournament all this
week at the Vermont Wheel clubs rooms.
The score last night stood so to 40 in
favor of the blues
The members of Pocahontas council
went on a sleighride to Bernardston
Monday evening and enjoyed turkey
supper at Baxter Reeds hotel, which
was followed by dancing.
The ladies' circle of the Universalist
church will meet in the church parlor
Thursday al p. m. Reports of the COM
mittees of the fair will be given A
creamed fish supper will be served at
615.
Charles j. Miner "a, formerly a nurse
In Brattleboro, died Feb. IL in Spring.
field, Mass. About two years ago he
went with Frank Ryan to San Antonio
Texas. The burial took place in Yer
gennes
The train dispatching system on the
Central Vermont railway between this
station and New London was changed
this week from telegraph to telephone.
hot har
London have been equipped with tele-
phones. and the telegraph instruments
have been disconnected.
The teamsters and truckmen of Brat
tleboro are talking of charging SIS a day
for teams after April /. Among those
who expect to adhere to this price are
oscar q. Covey and Warren l.. Walker of
West Brattleboro, II. G. Clark, F. A.
l-arrow, d. NJ Brosnahan, r. NJ. Whit
ney. C. f. Gilman & Son and the Crystal
Springs Ice company.
A despatch from Baltimore in the
Springfield Republican of Friday stated
that Johns Hopkins university had con-
ferred the degree of LID. upon Horatio
f. Smith. Mr.. Smith is a graduate of
the Brattleboro high school in the class
of 1904, and of Amherst college, where
he took distinguished rank, in the class
or lSS. He pursued advanced studies at
Johns Hopkins for the degree of Phi
He is now teacher of modern Ian
guages in Yale.
In the regular Congregational church
meeting Friday night it was voted not to
give up the evangelistic service next
sunday evening on account of the union
no-license rally in the Auditorium, but
to hold the meeting at $50, half an hour
earlier than usual, and to close promptly
so that all may attend the no-license
There
evangelistic meetings, and all are asked
to make a special effort to attend next
Sunday. The meeting will be particu-
larry interesting and the musical pro-
gram will include violin solo by C. NJ.
Dugan, a selection by the male quartet
| and singing of the hymn, I'VE must be
born again" which is being arranged for
male voices for this meeting.
AS a result of the Central Vermont
Railway company's announcement that
| ii would run extra trains over the West
River railroad a meeting will be hedin
| Brattleboro Saturday, March 9, to dis
| cuss plans and form an organization for
| promoting the summer home and sum-
| mer boarder business in the West River
| valley The board of trade has appoint
| ed a committee consisting of l.. Il. Hol-
| den and H. c, Rice, representing the
| railroad and publicity committees, to
| take charge of the meeting. Invitations
| will be sent to a large number of men
| in the towns along the West River
| road to come here, and they will be
| given dinner at the Brooks House The
meeting will include the board of trade
| directors and some others, besides the
| visitors.
Mrs. Betty Johnson, So, wife of August
| Johnson. died in the Memorial hospital
| Saturday night. following an operation.
| She was born in Sweden and came to
| this country in 1898 and was married to
| August Johnson. of the firm of Johnson
| & Hallgren. painters. Aug. 49, 1897, in
| this town. She was a member of the
| Swedish Lutheran church and was promi-
nent in its work. Besides her husband
| she leaves four children, Edna Eleanor,
| Emma Christina, Dorothy Elizabeth and
| Evelyn Victoria, and one brother, John
| Carlson of Springfield, Mass. The funeral
| was held in the Swedish Lutheran church
| Tuesday afternoon Rev. Mr.. Helmer of
| Orange. Mass, officia ting, and the body
| was placed in the tomb at Prospect Hill
cemetery. The bearers were John
| Strand, Alfred Johnson, Sven Magnuson
and Andrew Johnson. John Carlson of
| Springfield, Mass, Mrs. Johnson's bother,
attended the funeral
The receipts of the high school fair
will net between $500 and 5000. While
; the amount is pleasing to the school it
is not large enough to cover all the
expenses of the Washington trip, al
though sufficient to assure that the trip
will be made In order to raise more
funds. it has been decided to give the
operetta Love and Whist" in the Audi
forum next Wednesday evening, March
6. Those who will take part are Mrs.
Arthur II. Brasor Miss Florence H..
Hildreth, Miss Alice Croll, Fred C,
Adams and Myron p. Davis. These sing
ers have presented Love and Whist"
several times, always with particular
satisfaction to the audience In addition
to the operetta the gymnasium classes
conducted by Miss Cox and Mr.. Stolte
will repeat the exhibition given at the
high school fair and the solo dancing
by Evelyn Fisher, the Dutch dancing
and the cake walk given at the fair also
will be repeated.
Past Masters Night In 6rattleboro
Lodge.