Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-01-26

bon figures.
The next meeting of the Ladies'. En-
terprise society will be held Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. Lucia
Foster on Organ street.
Canton Palestine will hold a dance In
odd Fellows hall Feb. 2. One-half will
be square dances and one-half round |
dances. Everybody is invited.
The epidemic Of German measles which |
was prevalent in town has subsidized and |
many of the patients have recovered. |
Two cases were reported this week to |
Health officer Henry Tucker.
ternoon
A meeting of the women of the Cen |
ire Congregational parish will be held in !
the chapel Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 to
consider plans for the Sunday evening |
evangelistic meetings which will be held |
In that church during February and
March.
Owing to the school for the Durham
Brothers Co.'S statesmen this week the
Brooks House was filled to it's capacity
when the 1925 train arrived Wednesday
night and last night, and several of the
prospective dodgers were sent else
where.
C. ]. Atwood. who is Fritz Hanson's
manager, ascertained Tuesday evening
while he was in Hartford, that "Smiler"
IlNlHBSlOHt Hdu Dten COn1neu TO MS
bed the past two weeks with the injured
ligament from which he was suffering
the night he was billed to wrestle Han
son here
In the Vermont Wheel club billiard
tournament Capt Crosbys team has
won two more victories and is now SO
points ahead of Capt. McRaes aggrega-
ton. f. H. Crane defeated DR.. Thomas
Rice so 10 90. and ]. G. Ullery won from
n,,t,
remain unplayed.
In a meeting of the N. f. o. P. We'd
nesday night a large class of candidates
was initiated. After the initiation these
officers were installed by Grand Deputy
Mrs. w. F. Mixer and staff Past War
den, Austin Nichols; warden. Leon Mix
err; vice warden, Mrs. Julia Graves:
chaplain. Mrs. Grace Larrabee secre-
tary, Spencer w. Knight; financial sec
rotary, Mrs. Ellen Herrick; treasurer,
Miss Ellen Miner; guide, Arthur Ellis;
| guardian, Mrs. Don Wilder: sentinel. Lo-
| tus Stafford; trustee, NJ. j. Larrabee:
| pianist. Miss Susie Miner. Much credit
| is due to the supper committee, Mrs.
Ada Niles, for the fine supper The
auxiliary has challenged the lodge for
peanut race at the next meeting A
good time is ahead.
The root and trunk of a tree being
|
| to be erected by Charles Miner on Ell
| hot street to the rear of G.. E. Averil's
estate on Main street attracted much
attention Wednesday morning. 1t was
| loaded on a stone-boat and hauled by
| four horses The root was more than
| 10 feet in diameter and took up the
| greater part of Elliot street, and as it
| skidded and slowed on the snow its pas
| sage was interesting. The driver was
| perched on the top of the root and
| looked as though he was in a danger
Gus position as the boat and it's load
wandered from one side of the street
| to the other, narrowly missing collision
with sleighs. The horses travelled slow
| ly and seemed to know that extra care
was needed in transporting the load
In place of the regular January meet
ing reading and musical was given
under the auspices of Brattleboro chap
ter, d. A. r., yesterday afternoon in
the home of Mrs. l.. f. Holden. The
| attendance was large and the progra m
was exceptionally fine, consisting of pi-
ano solos by Miss Marguerite White and
Mrs. Arthur P. Carpenter, soprano solos
by Miss Katharine Martin and readings
by Miss Mary Cox The pleasure of the
guests was manifested in hearty and
enthusiastic applause, which was re-
sponded to generously with encore
numbers. The musical ability of Miss
White, Mrs. Carpenter and Miss Martin
is well known and their work afforded
much pleasure. Miss Cox. who has been
heard less frequently here, made a de-
cidedly favorable impression. She was
pleasing in appearance and her inter-
probation of her selections and her fine
expression won the admiration of her
hearers. The proceeds of the entertain
ment will be devoted to the patriotic
educational work of the chapter
Some of the looms in the Fort drummer
Mills cotton factory were started Wed
nesday and the shuttles and other parts
of the machinery went through their
motions as though cloth was being
woven. but on account of a lack
of warp yarn no cloth was made The
company has a supply of filling yarns on
hand and warp yarns have been or
dered, but have been delayed in ship
ment. They will arrive shortly, how
ever. and then the work of weaving
cloth will be begun. The plan is to
make yarns from raw cotton. but as il
takes some time to do this yarns will
be bought at first so that all depart
ments may be running at the same time
Supt. William Worsnop has some loom
fixers at work and other employees will
be secured as rapidly as possible after
everything Is in readiness. George Dick
ey of Providence, r. l.. has been en-
gagged as overseer of weaving and AL
bert ]. Ferguson, formerly of the Frank
lin Mills in Franklin, n H.. has taken
the position of master mechanic. Elec-
trio current for power and lighting
comes from the Connecticut River Pow
er company's dam at Vernon. .f..
Bradley farm milk and cream will cost
more money after next Wednesday
Printed notices signed by H.. NJ. Bar
rett. manager, were distributed to the
Bradley farm customers yesterday stat
Ing that on and after Feb. l the charge
for milk would be eight cents a quart
and the charge for cream would be G.
cents quart The present prices are
seven cents for milk and 40 cents fol-
cream. This Is an increase of IA 81
per cent in the price of milk and of 81
per cent in the price of cream The no.
| uhcationS contained this statement
This change has been deemed necessary
owing to the shortage of last seasons
crops and the advance in the price OF
grain and hay" Other proprietors OF
milk routes state that they do not in
tend to make any advance, at least for
the present. and while the corn last fall
was touched by frost causing a shor,
ensilage crop. they do not consider the
crop shortage sufficient to warrant them
in making an advance in milk and
cream. The situation in Brattleboro Is
different than it used to be, however
as many of the peddlers buy their milk