Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-12

duct company will be held in II. C. |
Streeter's Office in Crosby block April 20 |
at 730 p. m
The missionary and aid society of the
Baptist church will hold their annual
meeting Thursday, April IS, at o'clock
in the chapel A large attendance is de-
sired
Fritz Hanson failed to throw Touni-
men, Finn, in Fitchburg Tuesday night
twice in GO minutes. In fact he failed
to get a single fall. The Finn weighed
about 100 pounds.
Because of the flood the elevator and
conveyors In E. Crosby & Co.'S grain
elevator were out of commission from
Monday to Wednesday. The water in
the basement was four feet deep.
meeting of the directors of the
board of trade which was scheduled for
tuesday evening of this week was post
poned week. At the next meeting the
date for holding the annual meeting will
be decided upon
Canton Palestine held its annual ladies'
night reception Wednesday evening in
odd Fellows hall and about 80 couples
were present Music was furnished by
Dugan and Wales and dancing was en-
joyed During the evening refreshments
were served
The trout fishing season will open
next Monday. The streams are still high
ana cold, with snow and ice along the
banks In the woods A few enthusiasts
will visit the brooks, but the general
rush this year will not take place until
the weather is warmer.
Business relative to the purchase of
real estate will be brought before Wan
tastiquet lodge of Odd Fellows in the
regular meeting Monday evening 1t is
nF nod tlaN L.
erecting a building for the use of the
odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
The women of Sunshine society.
branch l, will hold their annual rum
mage sale Friday and Saturday, April
~ and 20, in the basement of the Emer-
son building on Elliot street. Any con-
tributions of clothing. shoes or old fur
niture will be gratefully received
The candidates for the high school
track team came out yesterday after
noon for practice on the fair grounds
under supervision of Athletic Instructor
Diedrich Stolte. Twenty boys reported
and some promising athletes were given
workouts. The invitation meet will be
held May %.
The Easter services at the Retreat
were conducted by Rev. e. @. S. Osgood
and Mrs. w. II. Bond sang THE city
divine" accompanied by Mr.. Bond. 4
quartet consisting of a. l.. Maynard,
f. V. Morse, c. b. Crowell and F. S
hnlsht sang onward and upward" and
When we stand before the King"
Joseph Leroy and Miss Emily Mary
Gottwald were married Monday in the
town clerks office by Justice C. S Hop
kins. Mr.. Leroy is proprietor of a
barber shop over the Richardson Main
street meat market and Mrs. Leroy has
mr.
Leroy left yesterday for a business
trip of several weeks in Florida
The body of Thomas Boyden Bems, &c.
who died in Athol, Mass, April 6, was
brought here for burial in Locust Ridge
cemetery Tuesday. He was a son of
Bradley and Mary Ann Bemis of Dunn
merston The commttal service was
conducted by Rev. Il. O. S. Osgood and
the bearers were Elijah Wales, Arthur
Mitchell, masons.
Workmen under the direction of the
board of bailiffs completed work this
week on the break in the sewer in the
rear of the White River Chair COM
panys plant. The rains had washed
gully in the bank from South Main street
and under the sewer pipes on the flats
OF Vernon street. The pipes gave way
under their own weight, allowing the
sewage to run over the ground
The Easter number of the Christian
Work and Evangelist, New York mag
azine. contains two-page article by
Miss Violette Reynolds of New York
daughter of Mrs. A. d. Reynolds of this
town, reviewing six recent novels The
outlines of the stories are set forth in
attractive form and good English, show
ing that the reviewer, as well as the
authors, possesses literary talent
Worllmen are eXcavating for the base
ment of E. c.. Crosbys four-story garage
to be built at the corner of Green and
High streets, on the site OF the Retting
building, and steel Orders have arrived
for the construction of the building A
cement mixing machine is being installed
and stationary engine and derrick
have been placed on Green street max
ing the north end of that street impas-
sable
In the regular meeting of the Mutual
Aid association Monday afternoon 1t was
voted to change the day of the regular
meeting from the second Monday To the
second Wednesday in each month. The
report for March showed that II calls
were received; all emergency calls and
all for sickness We're filed with the ex-
ception of one, which was out of town:
the supervisor made 1903 calls with Is
patients under care: the district nurse
made LAG calls with % patients under
care.
In the meeting of the selectmen Mon
Gay night the proposed widening of
North Main street north of the common
and the proposed laying of a sidewalk
On the same street were again discussed
ID. T. Perry submitted figures as to the
cost of the improvements. To widen the
street would necessitate building a re-
tanning wall for some distance along; the
west side. Mr.. Perry presented plans
which had been made at the request of
the late Selectman John Calvin last year
and which showed the levels of the
street after being improved.
Rev. Roy M Houghton will preach in
the Congregational church the next
three Sundays, his trip abroad having
been postponed from April 10 to May 4.
On that date he will sail from New
York on the steamship Alice of the
AusIo-American line. The first stop
will be at the Azores. There will be
III persons in the party of which Rev.
Mr. Houghton will be a member. They
VIII visit Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Tur-
key Greece, Italy, Switzerland, the
Rhine region in Germany, France and
England, returning to Boston Aug. II.
Mrs. Cora M Adams, so, widow of
Loren NJ Adams, formerly of this town.
died In the home of Ernest M. Whitney
at 30 Prospect street Sunday after a
years illness with tuberculosis. Her
home was In Vernon, but ON account of
her Illness she was brought here two