Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-04-26

confer the initiatory degree Monday
evening.
Henry b. Allen returned Monday from
the northern part of Vermont, near the
Canadian boundary with four handsome
and well trained driving horses which
VII be used in his Oak street livery
Three prisoners escaped from the
Grafton county Jail in Woodsvlle, N.
H., few days ago. One of the men
was known as George Baker of Brattle-
boro but this name was probably fic-
titious. He was being held for the grand
July on the charge of grand larceny.
E. f. Copeland of Colraln, an exhibit
tor at the Valley fair, has shipped to
Ontario, Canada, this week a young
bull and two 1S-months-old heifers, of
the Korndyke strain, from his herd of
Holstens to go to j. W. Stewart, one
of Canada's leading breeders. The price
was $1,000.
The annual meeting of the Western
Aoueduct association was held Saturday
evening in II. c. Streeter's office. 1t was
voted to make an assessment of 30 cents
on each share. These officers were elect
ed Pres, f. B. Pier; Sec, and treas,
II. C. Streeter; directors, E. B. Barrows
George Cain, Andrew Hammarlund.
wilkes j. Lawrence manager of the
home office of the Continental Paper
that city Friday from abscess on the
brain, was a brother of Mrs T. w.
Bruce of this town. Mr.. Lawrence was
born in Cambridge, this state, and in
hts boyhood lived in Morrisvie. He
leaves a wife, five children, two sisters
and brother.
The meeting for conference of the
teachers and officers of the Baptist BIZ
BILE school Wednesday evening was one
Of ha int la
attended of the series of monthly con-
ferences which will close next month
Supper was served in the social rooms
of the church at Z o'clock, after which
adjournment was taken to the parlors
where Miss Josephine Toedt and Fred
S. Knight rendered vocal selections
| This was followed by a discussion of
| problems and work, also plans for chill
dren's day. A full and free discussion
| has taken place at these meetings and
they have been very helpful.
Burglars attempted to break into Har-
| ry b. Haus's grocery store about 11.30
| Wednesday night, but were frightened
away by Mrs. George l.. Sears. Mrs
! Sears was in her apartments in the
| Frost building on Main street in which
| the store Is located and she heard the
noise of falling glass in the rear of the
store. She went to a window, but APP
parently was heard by those who were
| trying to gain entrance and they ran
away. Mrs. Sears saw Policeman E. G.
| Worden and he made an examination
| of the rear of the premises. A pane of
| glass in the rear entrance had been
| broken and the pieces were scattered
| about the floor near the door. The bur-
glars left no clue.
Since Irah D. Spauldings return from
the Curtiss Aviation school in San
| Diego, Cal, with an aviator's license
| he has been urgently requested by
many friends to make his first flight in
the East in Brattleboro, his home town.
| He is the only licensed aviator in YER
mont and local people are anxious that
! he give his first exhibition here. Mr..
| Spaulding went to New York last week
! and returned Wednesday. While in New
| York he supervised the construction of
| his new aeroplane, which will be a
| double capacity surface army type BIZ
| plane, with a carrying capacity of two
passengers, equipped with a powerful
60-70 hip motor. 1t is probable that
| Mr.. Spaulding will decide to have the
machine shipped to this town and give
an exhibition in May.
AS a special attraction at the sup
| per of cold meats and salads in the
Congregational vestry Tuesday evening
an entertainment was announced, and a
| large number enjoyed both the supper
piano solo by Miss Marguerite White,
selections by male quartet consisting
of w. A. Gilbert, w. S. Stearns, F. c.
Adams and A. L. Clapp, a piano num-
Der by Jessie, Jack and James Guthrie,
soprano solo by Mrs. Edward Gum,
accompanied by Miss Emily Clapp, So
prano solos by Mrs. S. E. Lawton, ac-
companied by Mrs. ]. j. Vandeveer. a
| reading by Miss Florence C. Allen and
tenor solos by Walter S. Stearns, ac-
companied by Miss Clapp. Mrs. Law
| tons first selection was The Widow
Malone" and she wore an appropriate
| costume and sang with Irish brogue,
making a very pleasing impression. All
| the numbers were received with enthu-
siasm The supper also was excellent.
For five minutes Thursday morning
not wheel moved, not a telegraph in
strument clicked. not a person perform
ed any work on the Grand Trunk rail-
road, its subsidiary roads or it's steam
| ship lines. Everyone in the employ OF
the railroad had been notified that be-
| tween 1130 o'clock and 1135 o'clock
business was to be suspended as a mark
| of respect to the late president of the
railroad, Charles M. Hays, who was
| drowned in the Titanic disaster When
the minute was reached engines stop
| ped steamships began to float without
| motive power on oceans and rivers tel
| egraph instruments became silent and
| all the employees of the road for the full
five minutes thought of the man who
| had been their chief and under whom
| they had served. In the local station
| everything was quiet during the five
minutes. In the freight yard the shifter
stopped its ceaseless task of pushing
and hauling cars, In the freight office
| clerks suspended their duties, and all
along the line everything was still. 1t
| was a wonderful tribute to a man whose
| memory is beloved by the men who
| came under him in their daily work.
Glass No. 10 of the Baptist Bible
| school held its annual meeting with
Mrs. Mary E. Sherman on Spruce street
Monday afternoon. 1t was Mrs. Sher-
| mans 10th birthday anniversary and the
class planned the meeting a surprise
for Mrs. Sherman, although her daugh-
ter. Miss Della M. Sherman, was in the
secret. She also received a shower OF
post cards. Twenty-one were present
Is members and three visitors After a
| devotional service came the business, re-
ports of officers and election of officers
| for the coming year. The class has just
closed a very successful year and the
members are happy in having thelr
teacher, Mrs. A. L. Gale with them
! again. These officers were elected
Pres. Mrs. A. w. ]. wilkins; vice pres.
| Mrs. Addie C. Van Doom; Sec. Mrs
Mack; treas. Mrs. Morse; committee or