Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-22

"A regular meeting of Sunshine So
ciety, branch 1. will be held Friday af-
ternoon, March 20, with Mrs. George
Foster at the Colonial.
The annual sugar supper of Protective
Grange will be served Tuesday, March
26, at $50. All members are requested
to contribute food without further So
licitation
John Henkel of Springfield, Mass, has
sold his house on Estey street to Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Hammarlund, who buy
for investment. Possession will be given
April l. The sale was made through
w. G. Horizons agency.
Plans for an interesting antique loan
exhibit in the home of Mrs. l.. Il. Hol-
den next Thursday have been made by
Brattleboro chapter ID. A. r., and in
connection with it an Easter sale will
be held. A musical program will be
rendered and tea will be served. A
small admission fee will be charged. The
public is invited from to 6.
On account of the closing of the
schools this week the teachers have
been very busy making out their
reports and registers and have
been able to devote but little time to
canvassing for pennies for the Teachers
retirement fund. They now nave about
$175 and expect to receive the desired
amount in a short time when the schools
reopen and they return to their work.
Andrew Jackson chapter, United states
Daughters of 1872, met in the home of
Mrs. C. b. Lamson Saturday afternoon.
In the business meeting it was decided
to hold a sale of ice cream at one of
the band concerts the coming summer
to raise money toward paying for a
marker which will be placed in Mont
pelier next fall. Miss Della Nj. Sher-
man read an excellent paper on The lie
of President Madison" At the close of
the meeting Mrs. Lamson served re-
freshments
The board of government of the Wom-
ans Exchange has elected Miss judith
Cain, Mrs. Charles Akeley and Mrs. e.
V. Morse to nominate officers to be
elected in April for the coming year, and
have elected Mrs j. c. Dewitt and Mrs.
+. l.. Smith auditors. In the meeting
Monday it was voted to join with the
two other organizations interested in the
rest room in conducting a rummage
sale April u and 10, to raise funds to
tide over the rest room expenses until
red tag day in June.
The Commonweal, paper published
in Greenwich, n. Y, tells an extended
story of the serious loss sustained by DR..
Henry Gray of that town, brother of
d. u.
of the finest herds of Hostein cattle in
that section of the state. All of the
animals were sleek, plump and apparent
ly in perfect health but the tuberculin
test revealed the fact that 23 of the 80
head were seriously affected with tuber-
culosis, and these were killed WEDNESDAY
of this week by a veterinary in the pres
ence of a large number of farmers.
In a meeting of the members of Com
rf1 -,,l,
scribed to buy athletic and gymnastiC
apparatus for use in the armory. The
members of the company will receive
athletic instructions from Fritz Hanson
in boxing, wrestling and the Swedish
system of gymnastics. 1t is expected
that after the company is recruited to
its full strength Mr.. Hanson and j. j
Clune will inaugurate an athletic class
for business and professional men. They
will have the privilege of using the ar
mory, and already several persons have
signified their intention to join the
class and induce their friends to do like
wise.
Dreams of spring weather were rudely
shattered yesterday morning when
householders awoke to find a snowstorm
doing its best to obliterate the bare
spots on the ground. The snow began
to fall late Wednesday night and con-
a cold drizzle of rain until 8 O'Clock
and then by light snow the rest of the
day. The first of the week was mild
and prophecies of an early spring were
freely made until yesterday The snow
was welcomed by lumbermen and maple
grove owners, especially the latter, be-
cause the mild weather of Sunday
caught them almost unprepared to gath
er sap, and the storm gave them a res
pite of a few days to .get their appa-
ratus ready.
In the regular meeting of Protective
Grange Wednesday evening the literary
program was in charge of Mrs. Mary j
Currier and David Il. Perry, who pre-
sented the following: Piano solo, Mrs
Anna Mclaughlin; reading, Miss Alvena
NJ. Walker talk, THE breadth of news
paper work." Orrin B. Hughes recita-
ton, Mrs. Mary Wilson; talk, Mrs. nj
]. Currier. Mr.. Perry announced that
the men would discuss the question
"Who is the greatest man in the
Granger" and appointed Mrs. Maverette
Fisher, Mrs. Carrie Hamilton and Mrs
Cola Morse as a board of decision. d
7. Perry. II. w. Sargent, H. w. Spauld-
ing and Judge F. B. Pier spoke on the
question and on account of the lateness
of the hour it was announced that the
rest of the program would be given al
the next meeting, April 3. Refresh
ments were served at the close of the
meeting.
Miss Helen Baxter Thrasher of Clare
mont, N. H., and Fritz Hanson of this
town were married Wednesday after
noon at 4 o'clock in the Universalist
parsonage by Rev. d. E. Trout. Mr.
Hanson is one of the best known wres-
tiers in this country and is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. c.. A. Hanson of Worcester
Mass. Mrs. Hanson is a daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Thrasher of Glare.
mont Following the ceremony the
couple went to Claremont. Mr.. Hanson
returned yesterday morning and Mrs
Hanson will come here Monday. They
will live with Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Clunt
on Highland street until May 16, wher
Mr.. Hanson expects to go to Sweden tC
engage in a series of wrestling eXhi-
billions through the summer. He will bt
accompanied by Hjalmer Lundin. Mrs
Hanson may go with him, or she may
wait until late in the summer and tner
go to Sweden to return with her hus-
band.
Mrs. Kate Epson Clark of Brooklyn
was the speaker in the meeting of the
Womans club in the Congregations
chapel Wednesday afternoon. Her sub.
ject was Solomon, VS.. the modern
woman" In beginning her address she
recited the 31st chapter of Proverbs, II
which King Solomon is interpreted t.
portray the model woman. She called
particular attention to the strength OF