Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-07-05

for July was postponed. Further notice
will be given.
President John M Thomas, d. d., of
Middlebury college will preach in the
Congregational church Sunday morning.
The sacrament of the Lords supper will
be observed.
The sale of flowers, plants and other
products from the Bradley greenhouses
will be discontinued from Nov. 1. After
that date the greenhouses will be run
entirely for private use.
Twenty eight members of squakheag
tribe, l. o. r. M, came from Hinsdale
Friday night and conferred the chiefs
degree on several candidates in Quon-
ektacut. Corn and venison were served.
Selectman A. E. Merrill has completed
his annual repair work on the Elliot
street bridge. Several planks have been
replaced. This bridge Is subject to much
heavy traffic and the selectman makes
regular inspections of the planking.
Mrs. Emma c. Harrington of Little
ton, N. H., has been in town this week
on business connected with the new
moving picture and vaudeville theatre
which she intends to open in the Miner
building on Elliot street. The theatre
probably will be opened about Sept. 1.
Selectman j. G. Stafford is hunting for
the owners of two dogs that were killed
Saturday by Edwin II. Johnson while
they were chasing sheep. Arthur
L. Miller's sheep also were chased by
the same dogs and one sheep was killed
In each case the sheep was caught by
the nose and its head lacerated.
The decorations in the Congregational
church Sunday morning were exception
ally beautiful. Mrs. Nettie p. Akeley of
Canal street. who had them in charge,
gathered a large number of roses of
several varieties, which were arranged
in mass, with a background of green,
in front of the pulpit. The effect was
striking.
The case against Earl Putnam of Win
hail. charged with burglary and awaiting
trial in the county Jail, was continued
from Monday, and he will be brought
before the county court when it opens
next week. He was on probation on an
| other charge and States Attorney F. E.
Barber will ask to have his probation
suspended because of the recent bur-
glaries with which he is charged.
The 18th annual meeting of the Ver-
mont society of the United States
Daughters of 1912 was held recently in
Burlington. Mrs. C. II. Spooner of
Mortified was elected president. The
chaplain is Mrs. c. B. Lamson. Mrs
II. E. Bond and Mrs. C. H. Thompson
were elected councillors for three years.
During the meeting a memorial to Mrs.
Kittredge Haskins was read by the Sec
rotary.
Rev j. II. Franklin, D. D., secre-
| tary of the American Baptist Foreign
Missionary society, gave stereopticon
| lecture in the First Baptist church Sun
| day evening on his visit to central At
| RIGA About 100 views were shown most
| ly from photographs made by DIR. Frank
in nd hoy Of inf limo
| character, showing the conditions which
| the missionaries have to face. At the
| time the pictures were made DR.. Frank
| lin was a member of a commission sent
| by the society to study the conditions
| in central Africa. He is an entertaining
| and forceful speaker, and his lecture
| was greatly enjoyed
The annual meeting of the First Bap-
| fist Bible school was held Sunday in
| place of the usual study period. The re-
| ports showed all departments of work to
| be in good condition, with a balance in
| the treasury. These officers were elected:
Supt.. L. w. Hawley; asst supt., Fred
| S. Knight and Mrs. Nora l.. Kenney;
| supt. of home department, Mrs. C. B.
| Lamson; sec., H. A. Coburn; treas, c.
N. Moran; auditor and librarian, H. F.
C. Toedt; asst. librarians, Mrs. A. L.
| Maynard and Mrs Emery j. Eddy. The
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| marks by Rev. ]. H. Franklin, D. D.,
secretary of the American Baptist For
| eign Missionary society.
A second pair of horses, bought by the
village bailiffs to replace a pair sold
| some time ago, arrived Saturday
| from the stables of NJ. j. Tet-
reault of Greenfield, Mass. They are
five years old, light chestnut in color
and weigh 2S40 pounds. The first pair,
| bought of Mr.. Tetreault three weeks ago,
| are little heavier than the second and
are chestnut in color. They are a fam
| cy team. The old horses, which were
| getting to a point which made it advis-
| able to dispose of them, brought 5000.
| The new ones cost $1575, making the net
cost to the village 1915. 1t is the inten-
ton of the bailffs to have both pairs
| work, but not to keep them far enough
| away from the fire department head
quarters to jeopardize the efficiency of
| the department. There is a feeling on
| the part of some of the bailifs that at a
not distant date the village should buy
an automobile fire truck, which would
warrant disposing of both pairs of
| horses, thereby stopping the expense of
| their keeping, also some of the appa =
| ratus. An automobile fire truck could
| be used eight to nine months in the
| year, and during the short period when
the snow was too deep to permit the
| use of the truck pair of horses could
| be hired and kept at the headquarters.
In the regular session of the probate
court Saturday afternoon, Judge A. F
Schwenk presiding, business in the fol-
| lowing cases was transacted The will
of Charissa B. Doolittle, presented May
81 by F. A. Dewitt, was allowed and Mr.
| Dewitt was appointed executor. The pc
tition of E. C. Clark, guardian of Ber
| b. Williams of Newfane, to sell real es-
tate was allowed. The petition of ]. H
| Kidder, administrator of the estate OF
| Irving c. Ware of Wilmington to sci
real estate was allowed. The will of A
| j. Martin of Wardsboro was presented
| by Frank X. Martin and was allowed
| and John A. Martin was appointed ex-
| ecutor. The final account of f. e. Yeaw
| administrator of the estate of c. L
| Brown of Dover, was allowed. The pc
| tition of Charles Miner, administrator OF
| the estate of Winfield M. Whitney, tc
sell real estate was allowed The pc
| tition of A. A. Butterfeld, administra toi
| of the estate of Betsey Ann Ball OF
| Nottingham, to sell real estate was al
| lowed. The petition of Edgar Hatfield
administrator of the estate of Dexter s
| Bond of Halifax, to sell real estate, was
| allowed. In the will of Charissa B. Doo-
little of Wardsbor, who died several weeks