Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-26


duct the chapel service at the Retreat
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The women of the Unitarian church
will hold a rummage sale in Wells hall
in the rear of the church, tomorrow
Saturday, from a. m, to p. m.
Leslie Clair Hudson of 173 Western
avenue and Miss Freda Goodenough of
West Brattleboro were married Sunday
by Rev. Dr. John r. Cow. They have
bought a farm in Chesterfield and will
carry 1t on.
A revision of the check list to be used
at the annual village meeting May
will be made Saturday, May L. at 7.3O
p. M, in a meeting of the board of
bailiffs and board of civil authority in
II. E. Taylor & Sons office.
Fred c. Brown has been given a per-
nit by Building Inspector ]. f. Helyar
to replace the tile floor of the Brooks
library building porch with a cement
slab. At present the floor Is supported
on a wood base which has become de-
cayed and is in a hazardous condition.
Old members night will be observed
by Wantastiquet lodge, /. Q. o. F., May
s. 1t is expected that many old members
who have not attended the lodge meet
ings in several years will be present
and the evening will be devoted to their
man of the committee in charge.
1t is probable that Rev. Father NJ. j..
Carmody will have a census of the
members of his parish taken in the
near future. The industrial develop
ment of the town has added many new
members to st. Michael's parish and no
census has been taken for several
years
Hooker Council ]. o. U. A. M,
will hold a dance in Grange hall this
evening to obtain money for the pur-
chase of new paraphernalia. Inc coun-
Gil was organized few months ago
and this is the first time 1t will enter
tain the public. The introduction COM
mittee consists of A. j. Bracket, clay
ton M. Coane, j. A. Stafford.
The 93d anniversary of the founding
of odd Fellowship in this country will
be observed in Odd Fellows hall We'd
nesday evening. Rev. j. f. Norcross of
Boston will give the address and the
high school orchestra will play. There
will be solo selections and Miss Helen
Hopkins will give readings. Following
the program refreshments will be serv-
ed.
Fritz Hanson and John Kilonis will
wrestle for the middleweight champion
ship of England in the Auditorium this
u y
referee Hanson has put UP a purse of
$3.50 and Kilonis has put up the belt
which he won from Jack Berry in Rhode
Island and which represents the English
middleweight championship. The strangle
hold only will be barred. Good prelim-
inaries have been announced.
Building Inspector James E. Helyar
announced this week that he would not
issue any permits for buildings within
the village limits unless it was the plan
of the builders to equip the buildings
with slate or fireproof roofs. In the
case of Holden e. Martin, who are to
build a 1O-tenement row of houses join
ed together on South Main street, he
has ordered a slate or fireproof roof
The firm will make use of the right to
appeal which is allowed under the stat
ute.
Rev Father Joseph Grecius, of South
Boston, conducted both masses in st.
Michaers Roman Catholic church Sun
day morning and conferred communion.
Father Grecius is a Polish priest and
comes here every year at Eastertime to
officiate at religious services for the
Polish Catholics of BrattlebOro and TINS
locality. Rev. e. c. Fountain, curate OF
the parish here, conducted the services
in Bellows Falls Sunday because of the
absence of Rev. Father O'Brien, curate
of the parish there.
A pretty exhibition of Swedish gym
nastcs, gymnastic games and dances
was witnessed by between 100 and zoe
people in Grange hall Saturday night
when the Wednesday gymnastic class
of girls who have received instruction
from Miss Mary Fletcher Cox through
the winter, held their last meeting OF
the season. The various movements OF
the girls, attired in gymnasium suits
Tod until d
ion which showed painstaking instruc-
ton, and not the least pleasing feature
was the evident enjoyment which the
exercises and games brought to the
young performers.
Rev. F. A. Wells preached in the
Methodist church Sunday evening the
first in a series of sermons on the gen.
eral theme, How some Brattleboro
people regard the churches" 1t was a
logical and convincing sermon, as appli-
cable to any other community as to
Bratteboro The text was Matthew
1870: He that is not with me Is
against me: and he that gathereth not
with me scattereth abroad" Rev. Mr.
Wells's theme was 1.-THE Indifferent
man." and he showed that there is no
such thing as an Indifferent man with
respect to the churches. The theme next
Sunday evening will be 1.-The critical
man." y.
The April meeting of Brattleboro chap
ter, d. A. R., was held in the Brooks
House Friday afternoon, Mrs. F., l.
Swift presiding in the absence of the
regent, Mrs. w. F. Root. A program
committee for next year was elected
consisting of Mrs. M. I. Reed, chairman,
Mrs. F. w. Weeks and Miss Della M.
Sherman. Following a piano solo by Miss
Marguerite White a paper on "Brattle-
boro at the time of the Civil war" was
given by Mrs. Levi X. Fuller. The paper
was devoted largely to Mrs. Fuller's re-
collections of Civil war times in this
town, with special reference to the army
camp and hospital and Incidents associ-
ated with the presence of large numbers
of soldiers. 1t was decidedly Interesting
and each feature of the meeting was
enjoyable.
Herbert Cohen and Thomas j. Hard
ing, lawyers in the Office of James Don
ovan of New York, have been in town
this week interviewing persons about
the railroad wreck which occurred in
the rear of the Hooker building Oct. %
when the owl train was "sideswiped,
the engine and cars damaged, one
freight car thrown down the embank-
ment almost init the river and another
thrown part way down the bank. Since
the accident the New York firm of at
torneys have entered 20 suits, according
to Mr. Cohen, against the Boston &
Maine railroad for persons who claim tc
have been injured. The lawyers have
talked with several persons in town who
went to the scene of the accident di-