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

Attorney Arthur p. Carpenter has been
re-engaged as town counsel by the Sc
lectmen.
The next in the series of Eastern Star
socals will be held in Masonic temple
next Wednesday evening. with cards and
dancing for the attractions.
The net receipts from the pageant of
missions last week will be about $40,
which will be paid over to the Associa-
ted Charities.
The Woman's Relief corps will hold
sewing meeting in Grand Army hall the
afternoon of March 49, A full attendance
Is desired as there is much work to be
done.
The Ladies' Enterprise society will
hold their next meeting Wednesday after
noon with Mrs. Alfred Bushnell on Pleas
ant street.
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro
civic improvement league will be held at
the home of the president, Dr. II. d.
Holton, Monday evening at 1870
w. A. shumway refused the solicitation
of many business men who urged him to
be candidate for overseer of the poor,
ana at his request his name was with
drawn
The contest between the reds and blues
in the Vermont Wheel clubs railroad
pitch tournament is approaching another
dramatic finish Last night with IL games
more to play the score was 6S to 81 in
favor of the reds.
In recent meeting of the United
States Daughters of 1872 in Montpelier
! Mrs. G. ii. Thompson was elected a vice
president, Mrs E. r. Bems correspond
ing secretary Miss Della NJ Sherman
registrar and Mrs. C. W. Richardson
| auditor.
| The women of the Baptist church were
pleased with the receipts from the public
| dinner served in the church on town
meeting day although the meeting closed
earlier than was expected Many per-
sons complimented the women on the
excellence of both the dinner and the
| service.
young woman amused some of hel
friends Sunday by telling them in all Sc
robustness that the rally scheduled tC
take place in the Auditorium that nigh,
had been given up. When asked the
reason she replied that she did not
know, but that she read on the bulle.
tin boards mo license rally to night"
The Lincoln bust, presented to tn,
state by the widow of Larkin G.. Mead
the sculptor, has arrived at the stat,
house, Montpelier. 1t stands little owe
four feet high and weighs 1900 pounds
ANO PidCe HAS yet Deen Stlecteu TN,
bust nor have the presentation arrange
ments been made or date selected. Mr.
Mead was the sculptor of the Ethan AL
len statute in the portico of the stat
house
In the Masonic pool tournament Capt
j. E. Hayness team leads Capt. w. R
Daley's team, 473 to 412. These game.
have been played this week: F. E. Stock
well so, j. Wright "a; w. H. Haywood so
F. G. Pettee AZ; f. f. Gobe AS, Harold
Smith so. The first named in each pai
are on Capt Daley's team. In the can
dlepin tournament F. Stiff won from A. B
Jordan in class one, 80 to IS, and 81 t.
o. In the tenpin tournament two games
were played. Crowell won from Hall, 49,
to 131, and 154 to 1876; and Crowel VOL
to III.
A petition of the Connecticut Rive
Power company to dissolve the injunction
restraining them from cutting down
trimming or mutilating the trees on Lane
owned by E. A. Knudson of Cherry stree
will come before Chancellor f. l.. Water
man in the county clerks office tomorrow
G. G. Fits appearing for the compan,
and II. G.. Barber for Mr.. Knudson TIL
company claims the right to protect 1t
wire to the Estey Organ company, tn
selectmen having granted a right of way
Mr. knudson claims that the compan.
put up it's wire at its own peril and ha
no right to take private property to pro
tect it, hearing was begun Monday
but was continued in the hope of com
promise.