Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-22

Rev. t. w. owens Will conduct the
chapel service at the Retreat Sunday af-
ternoon at o'clock.
The next regular meeting of Sunshine
society, branch one, will be held with
Mrs. j. l.. Stockwell in West Brattle-
boro Friday afternoon, Nov. 20. at $3.50.
f. II. and I. d. Spauldlng will give a
dance in Grange hall Thanksgiving |
eve, Wednesday, November a. Lett
singers orchestra will furnish mu- |
sic. Everyone cordially invited.
A stereoptcon lecture, "A Wanderers |
Home" will be given in Salvation Army |
hall, high street, Saturday night at 8 |
o'clock by Rev. Henry s. Weeks of the
|. Adventist church. Admission will be
free
Next Sunday evening there will be no
stereopticon lectures in the Universalist
and Congregational churches on account
of the union service in the Baptist
church. Announcements of the lectures
for the following Sunday evening will be
given next week
The home mission week meetings in
the Congregational church will close to-
night with a series of short addresses
in the chapel by different men of the
parish in place of the usual prayer
meeting Different home missionary
problems will be taken up.
stranger Lewis and Fritz Hanson
will wrestle this evening in Grange hall.
Lewis is the Pennsylvania Dutchman
| who has been on the Swede's trail since
| he lost the match to Hanson last sum-
| mer at Island park. The event will be
under the management of George W.
Bailey.
New and attractive fire alarm cards.
corrected to date, have been issued this
week by E. L. Hildreth & Co. The
| quantity is sufficient so that every fam
| lily in town may have one If desired.
They are for free distribution at Hill
dreth & Co.'S printing office or The Ver-
| mont Phoenix office.
Frank A. Larrow has brought suit
| for damages of $500 against Joseph
| Whelan for the death of a horse which
was killed on the Putney road Nov. 3.
1t is claimed that Whelan was driving
a horse and that the shaft of the wag-
on in which he was riding struck a
horse owned by the liveryman and PEN
| etrated its body so that the animal died.
1t is expected that the work of STAN
dardizing the narrow guage Hoosac
Tunnel e Wilmington railroad will be
finished Dec. and that the first trip
by the standard guage trains will be
run Monday, Dec. 2. The workmen are
laying third rail and will finish their
/ work by the first date and then they
| VIII tear up the OLD rail- ana the railroad
| will be standardized.
Alice Marie Sheehy, 5, daughter of
James L. and Bridget (Sullivam Sheehy
and a pupil in the Washington street
school, died Sunday at 1890 D. m. from
spasmodic Group The report was widely
circulated that diphtheria was the cause
of her DEATH She was taken i'll Friday
evening and although three doctors gave
her every attention they could not save
l hn oh
ana a faVorite among the other children.
Prayers were held in the home Tues
day afternoon, Rev. Father NJ. j.
Carmody officiating. and the burial took
place in the Roman Catholic cemetery
Mrs. j. Prigg, who is staying with hel
daughter Mrs. w. G.. Sercombe, at is
Brook street. received news this week OF
the death of her only son, William
George Prigg, who for the past five years
had been in Arizona. He was stricken
with typhoid fever at Miami, Arz., where
he was employed by the Miami Copper
Ore company in the crusher department
He was taken to the Globe hospital a
few miles from Miami, where he died Fri
day morning, Nov. Is, at $50 o'clock
Mr.. Prgg had worked as engineer or
the great Roosevelt dam in Arizona. He
was an odd Fellow and member of the
Woodmen of America, and he was buried
with the odd Fellows committal service
He had travelled extensively and his gen.
ial disposition and kind heart made
: many friends for him in all parts of the
j., world. Much sympathy is felt for hi.
l mother and sisters, who were ANTICIPATING
! his coming to live with them next spring
, | Mrs. Prigg is the widow of John Henry
, | Prigg, who died about % years ago il
| | Bristol, Eng.
a musical program of rare eXcellent
by a 'cellist, volinist and pianist will b'
1 given Tuesday evening, Dec. 8, a!
1 the next entertainment in the Union en-
1 tertainment course under the auspices o
the young people of the Brattebor,
churches. The cellst is Leon Van Viet
who stands in the front rank of players
of the violoncello in Boston and who's
i reputation extends throughout tn
country. The Pawtucket Journal salt
of him recently: Mr. Van Vliet's ever,
y touch of the strings of his beloved cell
| brought out flood of melody of eX
q quisite quality. To repeated encores h
played an original composition, contrib
uting greatly to the delightful musical
given by the Pawtucket Woman's clu
- yesterday afternoon" The violinist i
. Miss Ruth Ivy a young woman of grea
= promise and enviable reputation. He
. | management is arranging to have he
9 play the Fantasia of Appassionata" b
= VieuXtemps her star piece the rem
:. dition of which requires IA minutes. TIL
- concert will be given in the Bapts
church and will consist of trios and sol
work. Tickets will be on sale at tn
" door, w. F. Roots pharmacy and j. L
. Stockwells store.
d hearing on an action of ejectmen
brought by Michael Sava again Sar
Ear, junk dealer, took place in the mu
II ncpal court Wednesday morning befor
h Judge w. r. Daley. The testimony c
re Mr.. and Mrs. Ear, Mr.. Sava and NJ. L
If Cooper was given and the case was con
y tinued in order to allow the attorney
a for both sides to submit precedents NJ
: Sava claimed that several month ag
$, he hired the house at rs Elliot street
e Mr.. Cooper for $14 a month and subtle
al it to Mr.. Ear for $14. Within a fe
If weeks Mr.. Sava hired a room in tn
It house for SO month, making the reT
J. $11 a month. Things went smoothly ur
Il til July, when Mr.. Sava went away for tw
k months and did not collect the rent. NJ
" Ear deducted SO for each month and de
= posted $22 in the Peoples National ban
n to Mr.. Savas credit. When Mr.. Saw
N returned he was told that the none
ar was in the bank. AS he had an oppol
y tunity to let the house for SIS he OF
IS dered Mr.. Ear to move, but the latte
has refused to vacate. Mr.. Sava claim
ed that he had received no rent sine
Aug. 3, but Mr., Ear said he was willir