Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-16


Gentlemen's night in Protective
Grange will be observed wednesday,
Feb. 81. Past Master David T. Perry
will have charge of the program.
Prof Louis b. Patton, Ph.D., of Yale
university will give a stereopticon lee
ture in the Centre Congregational church
tonight at 7.3O, subject. Jerusalem in
the time of Christ"
Sedgwick woman's Relief corps will
hold a sociable and entertainment In
Grand Army hall Thursday afternoon.
Feb. 90. The regular meeting will be
held in the evening A full attendance
is desired.
The ladies' auxiliary of the N. E. o.
p. will serve another public supper We'd
nesday, Feb. II, at o'clock in the home
of Mrs. Fred Davis, Z Canal street.
Everyone is welcome. The supper will
be followed by an indoor class meet
Charles p. Spencer has sold his motor
boat "Quonektacut.' to Russell L. Leach
of Brookline. Mass. Mr.. Leach spends
the summers at Spofford lake. He will
have the boat taken there the coming
spring.
Because of the cold weather the sleigh,
ing party which was to have gone to
Greenfield Monday evening to see the
DIR. Roller Mort Henderson wrestling
match did not materalize. Several per-
sons went on the train and returned
Tuesday morning
The s. A. Smith company plant was
closed Saturday for two weeks pending
REIMBURSEMENT of the Hardware and Wood
enware Manufacturing companys anairs.
The company is now in receivers hands
and the property here and elsewhere Will
be sold by auction next Wednesday in
Worcester. 1t is expected that after the
reorganization of the company more
business will be done in each plant.
Manager Paul Whttemore of the
baseball team, who was elected in
meeting of the High School Athletic as
| ISOLATION two weeks ago, has scheduled
| these games for the coming season:
| April 20, Keene at Keene; April q,
Northampton at Northampton; May IL,
| Northampton at Brattleboro May IS,
| Vermont academy al Brattleboro; June
| 10, Greenfield at Brattleboro. Several
| other games are in prospect.
In order to express their appreciation
of the assistance given them before and
| during their recent fair, the members of
| Leo council, X. of c., entertained those
! who helped make the fair a success in
| their rooms Monday evening. About 200
| persons were present and card playing,
dancing with music by Letsinger's or
| chestra, and selections on a Victrola
were enjoyed. During the intermission
| refreshments of sandwiches, cake, coffee
| and ice cream were served
The pair of horses belonging to A. F.
| Robbins, milkman, which ran away two
weeks ago did the same thing Saturday
morning on the Putney road. In the
| previous runaway Mr.. Robbins did not
| lose any of the lactea fluid with which
his sleigh was laden, but on Saturday
10 quarts of fresh cream were deposited
| by the wayside. Mr.. Robbins caught the
runaways after a hard chase and in
stopping them was kicked in the ribs by
one of the animals and sustained pain
full, though not serious, injuries.
Phil OFT of Boston, the comedian who
has appeared here several times and
| given much pleasure to large audiences
| filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in
the United States district court in Boston
| Saturday. His liabilities are S10,SS1 and
assets $1,000 He owes 20 actors and act
resses salaries of S125 each, or $500 in all
| Figured in his assets are costumes and
trunks. valued at $500, which are in a
| theatre in South. birmingham. OFT owes
SAN to secured creditors, holding mort
cages on real estate in Freeport, n Y
No public observance of Lincoln's
birthday was held here Monday, but
many flags were unfurled to the breeze
in honor of the martyred President In
the Universalist church Sunday evening
an illustrated lecture entitled abraham
| Lincoln" was given by the pastor, Rev.
| d. E. Trout, and a special chorus OF
young women sang. Sedgwick post, G.
| A. R., and Sedgwick Womans Relief
| corps attended in body and greatly en-
| joyed the lecture, which was illustrated
with more than 100 colored slides depict
ing scenes in the life of the Great
| Commoner."
George Washington" will be the sub
ject of the illustrated lecture in the
| Universalist church Sunday at D. m
Washington, the hero of the Revolution
and first President of this great re-
public. has justly earned the title "Fa-
! ther of his country" One cannot hear
too often the story of this leader, states
man and general, such an influential fac
tor was he in the early history of this
nation. The lecture will treat of Wash
| ngton's life and times, and 100 colored
views will illustrate that remarkab BILE
career. There will be special music
The public will be welcome.
Charles F. Coombs of Guilford holds
the banner for drawing the largest load
Of logs into Holden b Martins lumber
ward this winter A few DAYS ago his
| pair of horses hauled load from Gull
ford, up over the Guilford road hill
! which measured 1545 feet Vermont meas.
! ure. Mr.. Coombs does not make a prac-
tice of hauling big loads, but on this oc-
| casion he did 1t to take laurels from
another teamster who claimed the cham
| pionship with a load of about 1900 feet
| An average load Is not over 800 feet but
| several loads measuring from 1000 to
| 1900 feet have been drawn to Holden &
| Martins yard this season. They did no,
nave to be drawn over hill, however
I The shedding never was better than at
the present time, and If it continues good
TWO weeks more the record of 1,450 900
teet In the year 1898 at Holden & Mar
TINS mill may be equalled.
Newton 8. Noyes, a former resident of
Brattleboro, died jan, 80 In the home of
ms son, Raymond Moves, in New Lenox
mass, after an illness of several weeks
with cancer Of the liver. He was born
IN Edinburg N. Y, March ~, 1910, son
or samuel and Caroline Chaplin Moves,
Mr.. Moves served in Company c, 18th
New York Infantry, In the Civil war.
Participating in several engagem etts
HIS first wife was Ellen Manning of
Edlnburg n. Y, who died in June, 1886,
he leaves his wife. son and one brother
Elliot c. Noyes of Edinburg, N. Y He
was member of the South Congrega-
tional church, w. W. Rockwell Grand
Army post In Pttsheld and Elm lodge
~ r. .. t. Mr.. Noyes was a resident of
this town several years. He was en-
pioyed in the Estey organ works and
lived with his wife and son on Clark
street in the house now owned bv Mr.
and Mrs III. M. Wood. The family
moved from here m pittSaaid