Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-09

Rev. ]. r. Cow, ID. d., will conduct
the chapel service at the Retreat Sunday
afternoon at 3 O'clock
Bingham chapter, o. r. s., will hold
the next of its socials in the Masonic
temple Wednesday evening.
Charles Ebbighausen began this week
to cut the poplar trees on the bank OF
the little river, east of the island
About 40 couples attended the social
held under the auspices of Leo council
in Knights of Columbus hall Monday
evening.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Brattleboro Mutual Aid association will
be held Monday at $50 in the headquar-
ters, Canal street.
Beginning next Tuesday night f.
Wales will hold Waiting parties in
Grange hall each Tuesday evening.
four-piece orchestra will play.
Men began cutting ice on the river
this week for the beef house. The Island
Park company is having ice cut for use
next summer, 1t is about IA inches
thick ...
The women of, the Unitarian church
held creamed fish supper TUESDAY
evening in Wells hall which was so well
attended that many of those VINO were
present were forced to wait for a second
| table.
State Lecturer f. H. Hallett Is expect
| ed to be present at the meeting OF
| Windham County Pomona Grange in
| Putney Saturday Feb. 10. All subordi-
nate Grange lecturers are urged to be
| present. i
Mrs Walter H. Mitchell entertained
nine little girls with a seligh ride to
Newfane Tuesday afternoon. They par
took of dinner at the Newfane Inn.
| The party was in honor of Mrs. Mitch
| ellis niece, Miss BLY, Paul.
The N. f. o. P. auxiliary will hold a
meeting this evening in the home of Mrs.
f. ]. LaDuca on Clark street About
| 40 persons attended the supper given by
| the auxiliary Wednesday evening in the
home of Mrs Alonzo Bracket.
The regular meeting of the w. C.. T.
| L. for February will be held in the
home of Mrs. c. ID. Smith of Cedar
street next Monday at p. m. pro-
gram and music and recitations will fol-
low the usual business session. All are
invited.
Probably not since 1898 has so much
lumber been hauled into town as has
been drawn this winter. Holden & Mar
tins yards are filled during the day
with big sleds and at times there are
eight to ten two-horse and four horse
bitches in the yards The record day sc
far this season was Wednesday, when 4;
loads were brought there, the average
load being about 800 feet, making to-
tai of 5000 feet for the day. Yesterday
arrivals about equaled those figures. l.
E. Holden estimates that his firm has
bought at least 100000 feet of lumber thi:
year, or an average of $4,000 feet q
week. a good part of which is custom
sawed In 1898 the shedding began early
in the year and lasted into March anC
during the winter 1,45000O feet wer'
brought to Holden & Martins yards, thu
biggest weeks receipts being 17l.OOO fee
and the next largest being $4,000 feet
Columbian lodge, No. SO. F. & A. NJ.
observed past masters night in a specia
communication Wednesday evening
when the Master Masons degree wa
conferred. Nearly all of the chairs wer
occupied by men who had served at tn
head of the lodge in former years. tn
list including the following: w. M
Kittredge Haskins, past grand master;
W., Isaac d. Bailey, past grand JUNO
. deacon; j. W, C. II. Grant; s. D., Jane
B. Randoll; marshal, W. H. Vinton. pas
. grand senior warden; chaplain. f. n
Putnam; senior steward, Christie Z
| Crowel, present district deputy gram
master; Junior steward. w. E. Hubbard
Two past masters of the lodge were no
present, A. F. Schwenk and ]. A. Hoad
| ley. The attendance was large and tn
meeting was thoroughly enjoyed by al
l | Choice refreshments were served in tn
T banquet hall after the lodge was dis
! | missed
, , More than 125 persons from here at
tended the supper and dance given b
3; the Union church of Vernon Frida
evening. SUPPER was served in tn
vestry and dancing was enjoyed
: Whithed's tavern. Several who left tn
hall early so as to return to Brattlebor
d, | on the train which arrives here at
Z | O'Clock had more than an hours wait i
the box-like waiting room at Centrs
= Park as the train was nearly an hou
!, | late. Others who went from here wer
i informed by sutton Agent E, j. Guthri
that the train due here at 1925 woul
n stop at Centric Park, but they had tn
= pleasure of seeing it flash by at. the rat
g of 35 miles an hour without even hes
d tating They notified the station ager
n that the train had not stopped there an
h Mr.. Guthrie. arranged for them
t come home on the freight train whic
n arrives here about 10 o'clock. Thei
e were 80 persons in the caboose of II
e Boston & Maine freight.
> Steam rising from a sewer vent net
y the chimney of Mrs. William Russell
= laundry on Elliot street about o'clot
: Saturday night was mistaken for smoi
y and not until men from the fire depar
c ment were ready to chop hole throue
u the woodwork was the mistake discove
l, ed man pa ssng the laundry sa
y what he supposed was smoke comm
e from the roof near the chimney and
IL rushed into the Office and notified tho
= in charge that the roof was on fire. II
! steamer house. was called by telephol
: and the chemical wagon responded. II
&c bell alarm was rung, calling the men
: bers of the department Some or Il
e firemen were ready to chop through Il
side of the house In order to Sget behir
l. the partitions, when a ladder was seeur'
. from the hook and ladder truck al
It climbing to the roof to investigate 1t WI
al discovered that the supposed smoke WI
r steam rising from a sewer vent
l. While working at the ice house
e. Frost place owned by the Crystal Sprint
v Ice company Sunday afternoon, Hem
y f. Whitney, foreman for the compan
.e broke two ribs, and sustained bruis
l. that will ncapacitate him from work I
'e some time. Mr.. Whitney went to q
A upper wheel that is used to carry u
d belt which propels the brackets on whi'
ID the ice Is carried into the house and WI
tie putting on the belt, which had slipp'
l. off The belt also had slipped off Il
rs lower wheel and the man working the
lie put it on just after Mr.. whitney M
Oh placed II on the upper wheel. The DC
De began to move and one OF the large ste
D brackets caught him and carried hi
r through a small opening in the hoorin
r but his body did not clear all the WOO
In work and two ribs were tbroken- ana ,