Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
RRATTLE BORO.

BRA TEEbOHO.
The town auditors began work yester-
day morning on the annual town ac-
counts. The new check list was posted
last evening.
Sedgwick Woman's Relief corps will
hold a sewing meeting In Grand Army
hall Thursday afternoon Feb. 8. This
will be followed by the regular meeting.
william c. Horizons agency has sold
for Ernest s. Hall his new house on
Spruce street to william f. Dunlevy,
who bought for a home. Possession is
given at once
Columbian lodge, f. & A. NJ. will OBJ
serve past masters night next Wednes-
day. Past masters will confer the Mas
ter Mason's degree. Refreshments will
be served after the work. All Master
Masons are urged to be present.
A subscription bridge whist party will
be held in the Vermont Wheel club
rooms Friday afternoon, Feb. 16, for the
benefit of the day nursery. The nursery,
which is in charge of Miss Myrtle Sar-
gent, has been conducted at the Mutual
Aid rooms since last October. At present
10 children are being cared for at the
nursery t. ,j.i. ,
In the next meeting of the board of
directors of the board of trade the l99th
and 200th members will be admitted to
that body. Secretary Carl s. Hopkins
this week secured the names OF F, E.
Perry and II. E. Eddy, making re-
spectively the 199th and 20Oth applca-
lions for membership. with addition OF
the new names to the membership the
Brattleboro board of trade will rank first
In size, in proportion to the number OF
inhabitants, among the similar organ
izations in New England.
Following the annual school for the
Durham Brothers company statesmen q
reception and dance was held Friday
fevening in the Brooks House which
lpractically all the employees OF
STATIONS of the dining room, in which
the dance was held, with music by Lett
singers orchestra, consisted of a display
on the stage of Ball band" advertising
surrounded by a lattice covered with
red. white and green. The chandeliers
were decorated in the same colors.
An enjoyable event last evening for
about 80 couples was the dance given
in Grange hall by Daniel F. Curtin
camp, Spanish American War Veterans
This was the first in a series of five
dances and the next will be a moon
light waltz. The object in holding the
dances Is 10 raise funds to help defray
the expenses of the annual state en-
campment which will be held here in
June. The II Vermont camps will send
delegates to the convention and camps
in Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
will be invited to send representatives
The following is from the Whately cor
respondence in the Springfield Republican
of yesterday: Charles w. Cooley, son
of Walter F. Cooley, and Miss Amy
Louise Rice, adopted daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward S. Cooley of Brattle-
boro, were married Tuesday afternoon at
the home of the groom. Rev. ]. P. Man
well performed the ceremony. Guests
from out Of town were Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward S. Cooley Of Brattleboro and Her
bert Wiley of North Amherst. The cou-
pie will live in Brattleboro, where Mr.
Cooley has accepted a position in the
wholesale department of Durham Broth
ers wholesale and retail shoe store"
A pretty home wedding took place r
the home of L. s. Jackson of 647 New
Britain avenue. Hartford, Conn, Wed
neSday evening, when Clarence A
Knowlton and Miss Louise H. Green
both formerly of Bratteboro, were mar.
ried by Rev. DR.. II. M. Thompson, pas
tor of the Memorial Baptist church
The wedding march was played by Mis-:
Ruth Airline Hastings. The house was
decorated in green and white. Guests
were present from Hartford, Meriden
Ansonia, East Hartford and Concord N
III. The bride wore white messaline
SILK and carried bouquet of bride
roses. The couple received many hand
some gifts of cut glass, linen, silver, etc
The masquerade ball given under tn,
auspices of Stark company, Red Men,
league, Wednesday evening in Grang,
hall, was attended by about 90 couples
many of whom were dressed in fame,
or grotesque costumes. The first WON
ans prize, an umbrella, was awarde,
MISS Edna Johnson, who, wore a pinl
gown; the first mans prize, a pair o
cum links, to Wayland s. Graves, who's,
costume was yellow and black; the frs
prize Tor the funniest costume, a sticl
PIN, to Joseph Leroy, second prize 70
the funniest costume, a hair receiver. I,
JACK Austin Mr.. Leroy and Mr.. Aus
TIN were dressed as a bucolc husban,
ana wife. Leitsingers four piece or
chestra furnished music.
On account of i'll health ]. Edgar Mel
len retired from the firm of the Mellei
hardware company yesterday, sellin,
ms half interest to Rollin H. Brown
clerk In Robbins & Cowle's hardwar
store. Mr. Brown has been with Rob
bins q Cowles Is years. He is youn
man OF business ability, popular in
wide circle Of .acquaintances. and he /
10 De congratulated upon his venture
Mr. Mellen. whose years of close con
nnement to business have impaired hi
heaith. Will remain in Brattleboro,
Iact which 1t is a pleasure to state
The Mellen hardware store is one of tn
OLDEST stores In Bratueboro and has bull
up large trade and wide reputation
IL was established by the late Georg
n, clark and Frederick Franks an
later was owned by the late Barna A
LARK Mr. Mellen came here fror
Olaremont, N. H., in 1885 as clerk 70
, narna A. Clark and in 1893 he and WI
nam n Proctor then of the grocer
hrm OF Frost & Proctor. bought tn
store ana conducted 1t together unit
Mr. Proctor sold his interest I
ml. melleh eight years ago. Tw
years ago last September Mr.. Nellie
sold a half interest to f. r. Lowell q
cambridge Mass, and the firm since the
has been known as the Mellen Hardwar
. est. N