Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-10


During Monday night sneak thieves
| entered the house formerly occupied by
| Thomas Ryan on Vernon street and
| stole the greater part of the lead pipe
used for plumbing
The body of Mrs. Frank Lee. which
had been in the tomb i'm Morningside
cemetery, was taken to North Adams
| Sunday for burial Frank Lee came here
and returned with the body.
''The Purple Widow" a musical sat
Ire on eequeathed husbands, appeared
| in the Auditorium Saturday afternoon
and evening before small-szed audi
ences. 1t was a very light musical COM
| edy!
The subject for discussion in the
brotherhood class at the Centre Congre-
gational church next Sunday will be
Socialism" j. G. Stafford will lead
| the devotional service in. the chapel to-
night
The high school baseball team was
| scheduled to play the Northampton
| United team in Northampton today, but
as the managers could not come to an
| agreement regarding the guarantee the
| local team cancelled the game.
BY virtue of a recent order from the
| headquarters of the New England Tele-
phone & Telegraph company in Boston
| the telephone operators in the local ex-
change will have two weeks vacation
| with pay instead of 10 days as formerly
| Operators who have been in the employ
| of the company six months will be
| granted vacations.
Rev. Martin d. Kneeland, d. D., of
| Boston, general secretary of the Lord $
| Day league of New England, will preach
| in the Centre Congregational church
next Sunday morning at 1880 o'clock
| His subject will be THE twentieth
| In hO IA
will address a union meeting in the
| Baptist church on the theme, The con-
tinental versus the New England Sab
| bath" All are welcome.
| People desiring to go to Woodstock
next Tuesday-Odd Fellows big day
may leave here at S.54 on the morning
northbound train. connect at White Riv-
er Junction with a special for Wood
stock, and have plenty of time for wit
Messing the parade and competitive drill.
| The return trip may be made so as to
reach home at S.34 in the evening or
on the owl train Wednesday morning.
lawn party for the benefit of the
Vermont teachers retirement fund will
be held ON the high school lawn We'd
nesday afternoon from to 8 o'clock.
| Candy. food and lemonade will be on
sale and music will be furnished by the
high school orchestra. If stormy the
| lawn party will be held Thursday af-
ternoon. The committee in charge con-
ssts of Miss Mary d. Henshaw, Miss
Florence C. Allen, Miss Mary F. Gro
| ker, Miss Ethel A. Eddy, Miss Alice
Johnson and Miss Orlana Ranney.
The following report was given in the
meeting of the Mutual Aid association
| Wednesday: Calls received for aid dur
ing April, 81 all for sickness We're filled
| but two and all but one for emergency;
superintendent had IA patients under
| care and made So calls the district
nurse had "a patients under care, PIT
calls were made, 149 by the district
| nurse and 6S by other nurses The Met
ropolitan Life Insurance company have
arranged with the Mutual Aid associ-
| alton to send a graduate visiting nurse
| to it's industrial policy holders when the
| call for sickness comes
| Road Commissioner Henry c. Sauires
| has had a force of men at work this
week cutting down the grade on the
| road from South Main street to Fort
Drummer Heights. When G. E. Gilman
| & Son complete their part of the work
on the entrance to the town from the
| south, which was begun last fall the
| road commissioner will put on a gravel
surface. Although the contractors have
| until June l to complete their part of
| the work it Is nearing completion and
Undoubtedly will be finished within few
days.
Jealousy caused local young man to
| assault younger and lighter lad in
front of the Auditorium Tuesday even
ing. The latter youth was accompanied
| to the show by a young woman upon
whom the other had been showering his
affections and who lives in Esteyvile.
The jealous one learned that the girl
was in the theatre and when the per-
torrance was over he fastened to the
front of the building and waited Hardly
had the couple reached the outer air
when the young escort received a SOCK
dolager on the point of the jaw that
sent him Keeling to the sidewalk with
blood flowing freely. Despite his efforts
to arise he scarcely could move. He was
cared for by friends and his assailant
walked away,
The officers of Bingham chaper. o. E.
s.. were installed in the regular meeting
Tuesday by Past Matron Mrs. Maver-
cite A. Fisher assisted by Past Matron
Mrs. Martha A. Swift marshal. The
elective officers were given in a recent
issue of The Phoenix. Following are the
len NJ. Phelps; warder, Miss Florence
E. Pratt: marshal, Mrs. Minnie E.
Haynes; sentinel, William H. Haywood;
Adah, Mrs. Ethel X. Hall; Ruth. Mrs.
May c. Morris; Esther, Mrs. Lena H.
Walker; Martha, Mrs. lola C. Cain;
|
ganist, Mrs. Addie r. Carpenter. past
matron's jewel was presented to Mrs.
Isabella Lawrence by Worthy Patron E.
j. Guthrie in behalf of the chapter. Mrs.
Fisher and Worthy Matron' Mrs. jean
EFT Haywood each were presented a
handsome bouquet of flowers.
| Arguments were begun in county court
this morning in the case of James Grif-
fin OF Brattleboro against the Boston &
Maine railroad for damages of $4,000
for personal injuries by being knocked
off the West river bridge. The case has
been on trial two weeks. II. G. Barber
opened the case for Griffin. being fol-
lowed by E. w. Gibson for the rail-
road. ]. G. Sargent will close for the
railroad and r. C. Bacon will make the
closing argument for Griffin. The case
will go to the jury late today. The de-
Tense has been that Griffin assumed risk
incident to his employment when he
went to work on the bridge, also that
Engineer Harvey, whom the plaintiff
tried to show to be reckless, was a
competent engineer. In regard to the
extent of Griffin's injuries DR.. F. FL.
| OConnor and DR.. c. S. Pratt, who saw
him first at the hospital. testified that
no bones were broken and that there
was no abrasion of the skin Dr..
OConnor and Dr. w. II. Lane testified
| hot Grit