Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-08

Wantastiquet lodge of odd Fellows will
confer the first degree Monday evening
on three candidates
j. e. Hall has returned from visit
with his daughter, Miss Rena Hall,
teacher in the Tennessee college at
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Mrs. f. Marion Brooks passed civil
service examination in New York city
Feb IA and received an appointment
Monday of this week, which she has
accepted.
The Boston Quintet, a well-known or
ganization of men singers, has been en-
gagged by the music committee of the
Womans club for the annual musicale,
the evening of March %. The concert
will be given in the Baptist church.
The board of civil authority met in
the selectmen's rooms in the town hall
building Saturday afternoon Several
minor changes, such as middle initials
and the spelling of first names, were
were added to 1t.
Brattleboro lodge. n. E. o. p, will
meet in Red Mems hall Wednesday
held. Candidates are requested to be in
the upper hall at SIS o'clock. The
woman's auxiliary of the N. f. O. p. will
meet this evening at 73O o'clock in the
home of Mrs. Don Wilder.
Two persons united by letter with the
congregational church Sunday morning,
in the communion service. Several pap
tisms will take place Easter sunday,
April Z. Children will be presented on
that day instead of on childrens sun
day, as Rev. r. NJ. Houghton Will not
be present on children's day by reason
of his trip to the Holy Land.
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George Il. Warner, proprietor of the
Main street bakery has decided to deliv-
err goods between II and u o'clock every
morning and between 4 and o'clock in
the afternoon so that families may be
supplied for dinners and suppers. He
also will deliver in time for dinner any
special order received before 10 O'clock
as advertised in this paper.
BY agreement of counsel the case
against Ossie Prouty of Halifax for the
alleged violation of the deer law will be
heard March 10. Acting Judge E. j..
Waterman has overruled the motion of
Attorney c. s. Chase that the case be
tried in Halifax, and it is expected that
the trial will take place here, although
the question of the respondents right to
trial in Halifax may go to the SUI
preme court.
Charles Miner went to South Framing
ham Friday and saw the Percheron
owned by the Robb Engineering COM
pany which he hopes to buy for a mate
for his heavy Percheron which was
described in last weeks issue of The
Phoenix As his time was limited he
did not have an opportunity to discuss
the matter with the owners of the big
horse, but expects to begin negotiations
within a few days for it's purchase.
The horse is used by the engineering
70 bo, hot 10 Z.
fine animal, according to Mr. Miner.
Rev Roy NJ. Houghton's purpose and
attitude in the present series of evan
gelstic services in the Congregational
church were well stated in remarks with
which he prefaced his sermon last Sum
day evening. He said in substance that
the object of the meetings was to ele
vate the spiritual life of the community
as much with respect to other de-
nomina tons as to his own, and that
should they succeed in bringing persons
into touch with the church he would be
just as well satisfied if their preference
was for other denominations than the
Congrega tional. Next Sunday evening
at o'clock, while the sermon will be
for everybody. Rev. Mr.. Houghton will
speak especially to the boys. He said
last Sunday that he wished he could
have every boy in town present. The
subject will be 1.-The two ways, or how
to achieve success" There will be
special music in addition to the regular
chorus choir.
About 300 persons will make up the
Washington party, including the Junior
and senior classes of the Brattleboro
high school, which will leave Bellows
Falls and Brattleboro March 23, two
weeks from tomorrow. Principal A. f.
futile of the Bellows Falls high school,
will have charge of about 200 from
Rockingham and other towns and Prin-
cipal F. b. Smith of the high school
here will have the 70 members of the
| two upper classes in his charge, to-
gether with enough from outside the
| school to make the Brattleboro party
number 100 or more. Instead of going
| in special cars attached to a regular
| train they will have a special train and
| Principal Smith has arranged to have
| two dining cars run between New York
and Philadelphia. The train will start
Saturday morning, March 90, and return
Friday night. March 30.
The program at the Grange meeting
| Wednesday evening was in charge o
Mrs. Mary j. Currier and consisted o
piano solos by Mrs. Gertrude Spauldns
and Miss Tracy Cushman, reading by
Mrs. Ada Niles. rectations by Mrs. Cola
| c. Morse and Miss Ermina Dunton anC
songs by Mrs. Morse and Mrs Bessi,
| Knowlton. A paper on "Woman's prop
erty laws was read by Mrs. Knowltor
| and a pantomime town meeting causet
much merriment. 1t showed "how tn,
| women voted for road commissioner" am
elected a woman member of the Grang,
| to that responsible position. A quartet
consisting of Mrs Lucy w. Sargent, Mrs
| Cola Morse. Mrs. Bessie Knowlton ant
Mrs. Mary f. Wilson sang a song tn,
words of which were written by Mrs
| Wilson The program at the next meet
ing will be in charge of Mrs. Mary
! Currier and ID. T. Perry
The following meteorological record fol-
| the month of February was taken by
Ferris r. Vaughan at his home at 1e
| High street. 312 feet above the level OF
the sea, with instruments as near per-
feet as it is possible for them to be
| Mr.. Vaughan has been taking these rec
ords for the past several years and has
record of the weather conditions which
probably are not approa ched in complete
ness in this locality. Following Is the
record for February: Maximum tenn
perature, 40 degrees above Zero the oath;
| minimum temperature, 10 degrees below
zero, the 18th; mean temperature, 10 de-
grees above zero; maximum barometer
| 3O.17 inches. the 14th; minimum bar
ometer, 2S.56 inches, the 22d; clear days
9; prevailing wind, northerly; snow fall
6.5 Inches; precipitation, 2.OS inches
precipitation February last year ]. 81
| inches: precipitation to March, 1912
| 4.46 inches precipitation to March. 1911
4.36 inches excess this year, plus Ii
| inches