Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-12-20


70 Wales will have a concert and dance
In Grange hall Christmas night. Lett
singers orchestra of seven pieces will
play
Fritz Hanson has issued a challenge
through the North Adams Transcript
Offering to wrestle any man in the
world at $50 pounds
Fred L. Lowe, who sold his store and
residence in Townshend last week, has
bought of II. l.. Emerson a new house
on Belmont avenue. He will take pos
session about Jan. 1.
The box which the Centre Congrega-
tional Sunday school will send to the
Italian mission in New York, under the
charge of Rev. Antonio Alright will be
packed Tuesday Articles may be left
at the chapel any time before Tuesday.
Thomas VIM was arrested Sunday
evening while asleep on the doorstep of
Emerson q Sons furniture store Oh
Main street He appeared in court Mon
day morning and was fined IS and costs,
the costs amounting to 1884, for drunk
enness, the charge to which ne pleaded
guilty.
Three hares left the high school Sat-
urday morning three minutes ahead OF
course of about four miles the hares
returned to the high school four and a
half minutes ahead of their pursuers
1t was expected that a large number of
hounds would take part in the sport
Mrs Martha L. Gerry Felch, 70, or
Natick, Mass, died in the home of her
daughter in Newtonvile Mass, where
she was visiting, Tuesday Her husband.
Isaac K: Felch. is the widely known
poultry judge who has served in that
capacity at the Valley fair many years
They were married 81 years ago.
Fred II. Harris has resigned as pres
ident of the Brattleboro Outdoor club
in favor of Vice President E. G. Chace.
He gives as his reason that he will be
unable to be on the ground and thinks
that the interests of the club will be
furthered by having a man who is here
as the presiding officer. Another meet
ing of the club will be held after the
holidays.
The ranking committee of the United
States lawn tennis association made
public at New York Saturday its rating
of the lawn tennis players of the coun-
try. Maurice E. Mclaughlin of San
Francisco, national champion, holds first
place. and the others in the first ten
are named in numerical order. Ninety
other players are in classes of ten each,
but their numerical standing is not des-
ignated. Fred II. Harris OF Brattleboro
holder of the White Mountain Ohio
state, New England. Central New York
and other championships, is in class
one, or in other words is rated among
the hrst ~ players of the entire country.
United States Marshal Horace w. Bail
ey was in town Monday and Tuesday to
attend the December session of the
United States district court, over which
Judge ]. L. Martin presided No jury
trials were held and except for the Is
men who were naturalized no business
was transacted. Judge Martin and Mar
shall Bailey went to Bellows Falls We'd
nesday and naturalized about 20 men.
Among them was a deaf young man
whose answers were more to the point
and showed deeper thought than many
with all their faculties who have been
naturalized by Judge Martin. The ques-
lions were written and he answered
them in the same way He was born in
Sweden and was about 80 years old.
VIII Carlton, the poet newspa perman
and lecturer, died Wednesday in his
home in Brooklyn after short illness.
He was native of Hudson Falls N.
Y, and published his first book of
verses while filing an editorial position
on the Detroit Tribune. "Over the Hill
to the Poor House" was the best
known of his earlier works In 1884 Mr.
Carlton moved to Brooklyn and for a
number of years was editor of an illus
tated magazine He wrote many poems
of farm and city life and Travelled ex-
tensively as a lecturer. Mr.. Carlton was
married 1881 to Miss Adora N Niles,
formerly of Halifax, in this county. He
had appeared in Brattleboro as a lee
turer and had often visited in this
town and in Halifax. Mrs. Carlton died
several years ago.
Clarke c. Fits was the principal
speaker at the meeting of the Vermont
association of Boston in the Hotel West
minister in that city Tuesday evening
The Boston Globe said: ''Mr. Fits de-
clared Vermont can be rebuilt indus
trially by making the state attractive
and that the whole problem can finally
be solved by locating the factory near
the farm. There Is at least 1000, 900 of
undeveloped horsepower in Vermont that
can easily be developed, and / further
urge storage stations for the flood waters
which every spring go to waste The
development of the Deerfield river would
save the hauling of 10000 900 tons of coal
into Massachusetts each year and think
this is as good as to locate a coal mine.
Surely at least SOC, 900 horsepower can be
developed every year. A proper storage
would make that stream of immense
value Vermont, he pointed out has
been in the forefront in progressive leg
islation regards current questions,
having accomplished more real legisla-
ton than many of the larger states"
Searching parties from the Brattleboro
Retreat have been trying for several
days to find George White of Warner.
N. H., who escaped from that institution
by wrenching some of the iron guards
from the window of his room on the
second floor and jumping to the ground.
Officials of the Retreat and officers in
various towns also have attempted to
locate White. He was committed about
four months ago on account of delu-
sions as to his unworthiness. His friends
naturally are concerned as to his where
abouts, but the Retreat officials are con-
fident that he will be found. White es-
capped about 6.45 o'clock in the morning.
wearing a dark blue coat, light trousers
and dark shoes. He was traced some
distance up the Putney road through
persons who saw him, and it is thought
that he may have crossed the river, his
home being in New Hampshire A Keene
paper published a statement that White
was clad only in his nightshirt, whereas
the fact is that he was fully dressed. 1t
also said he probably was lying dead in
the Chesterfield woods. which was wholly
Imaginative White is about 40 years old
and weighs 40 mounds