Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-15


| afternoon at o'clock.
Miss Hortense Hall will open the
spring term of kindergarten at her
| home, 10 Chaplin street, Monday, April
The first new maple syrup of the sea-
son was received at Scott's grocery store
Tuesday from F. q. Dickinson's farm.
1t was of superior quality.
Brattleboro chapter, D. A. r., will have
an Easter sale of fancy and useful ar
ticles In connection with the antique
| loan exhibit in the home of Mrs. L. Il.
Holden March 2S.
The first snowdrop of the season APP
peared in the border in front of the
Unitarian parsonage Saturday. Now
crocuses are beginning to bloom there,
making the passer-by think of spring.
John r. Howard, jr.. will conduct the
Brotherhood class at the Congregational
church Sunday at the Sunday school
hour. The subject will be THE race
| question" All men interested are invit-
| ed
On account of the absence of ]. Harry
| Estey the committee elected in town
| meeting to estimate the cost of straight
| ening and widening Main and Flat
streets has not met but they will do so
| within a short time.
While all, both men and women, old
and young, are cordially invited to the
| evangelistic meeting in the Centre
| church next Sunday evening at Z o'clock
| the sermon will be of special interest to
men. The subject will be THE claims
| of the church upon strong men" Special
| music.
The committee elected in the town
| meeting last week to expend the S2O,ooo
| appropriation for cement sidewalks mas
|
| there is little the committee can do until
| the grades and boundaries of the streets
are marked permanently in accord with
a vote taken in the town meeting.
Local fishermen have reported fair
| luck fishing through the Ice on West
| river this week H. w. Sargent caught
| pike Sunday that weighed 10& pounds
| and another that weighed eight pounds
| and nine ounces. George Cakes caught
one Tuesday that weighed seven pounds
| and was 30 inches long. More than 100
lines were put through the ice yesterday
| and a number of fair sized fish were
| caught.
The knights of King Arthur met Mon
| day evening and elected these officers:
King, Claude Amdon; seneshal,. Ray
| mond Games; sentinel, Edward Lyons
herald of the flag, Louis Brown; herald
of the cross, Hayden Randall; social
committee, Claude Amidon Hayden
Randall and Clayton Randall; lookout
| committee, George Thompson and Ed
| ward Lyons. In the next meeting the
officers will be installed and a social
| hour with refreshments will be enjoyed.
A large amount of work is in store for
the new superior judge. Judge Frank L.
| Fish of Nergennes, when he comes to
preside at the April term of the Wind
ham county court. The term will open April
8 and it will be Judge Fish's first term.
| The court docket contains 268 cases and
the chancery docket As cases, making a
total of 3l6 cases, but of course many
| of them will be continued or disposed of
| outside of court Included in this total
are 26 criminal cases and As divorce
| cases
President John H. Ware of Townshend,
of the West River Valley associa ton,
| Secretary H. c. Rice of Brattleboro and
Charles H. Evans of Townshend, chair
man of the finance committee, met in
| Brattleboro Tuesday to discuss plans
connected with the development of the
| summer business in the West River
| valley. 1t was decided to have a meet
ing of the finance committee in the
| Townshend Inn tomorrow at 10 o'clock
| President Ware and Mr.. Evans will give
complimentary dinner to the members
Manager Paul Whittemore of the high
school baseball team has revised the
schedule made out earlier in the year
and has made up the following list OF
games: April 20, Keene at Keene; April
| 81, open; May 4, Vermont academy al
saxtons River; May IL. Northampton
United at Northampton; May IS, Ver-
mont academy at Brattleboro; May 80
Windsor at Brattleboro; June s, open;
| June u, Greenfield at Brattleboro; June
Is, open 1t is probable that the owners
of Island park will allow the boys tc
| mr. nti pA n nd MI thaip he
island.
A meeting of the Brattleboro Minis
terial union was held in the Congrega
tonal vestry Monday forenoon and was
very interesting. Rev. r. NJ. Houghtor
was chosen moderator. Rev. H. A
Goodhue gave a paper on The future
state of the wicked" which caused
much discussion on account of the d.
VerSitY of theological opinion. The SER
mon was preached by Rev. F. A Wells
and was on Gods way of dealing with
men. In the next meeting, the second
Monday in April, Rev. DR.. John r. Cow
will give a paper and Rev. d. E. Trout
will preach the sermon
The petition of the Connecticut River
Power company to the court of chan
,ery asking for modification of the in.
junction order restraining the compan ny
from cutting or mutilating trees on lane
of f. A. Knudson of Cherry street was
heard Saturday before Chancellor f. L
Waterman. c. c. Fits appearing for the
company and H. G. Barber for Mr. Knud-
son. The company owns feed wire
crossing the premises involved in the
case, running from the dam to the Els
tey Organ plant. The court modified
the order as requested so as to permit
the company to apply to the selectmer
for leave to trim the trees in question
in order to protect the line and all per-
sons from harm, under section 4S41 Of
the Public Statutes.
Washington City, the capital of the
nation" will be the subject of the stere-
opticon lecture in the Universalist church
Sunday evening at o'clock. In view OF
the trip of the high school students soor
the lecture is timely, and a cordial in
vitation Is extended to them and to the
public Over 100 up-to-date slides, beau
TRULY colored, will picture the many
points of interest in and about Wash,
lngton. II is unnecessary to attempt a
detailed list of the many views, as the
subject is indicative of the scope of the
lecture, which is comprehensive and
covers the field adequately. Every loyal
American is always interested in the
capital city of this great nation The
lecture VIII be instructive and profitable
and one which all patriotic people are
invited to see and hear. There will be
special music. The attendance last sun
day was larger than in any other recent
| Sunday, and there was singing nv n girls,