Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-15

Cnapel service at the Retreat SUNDAY al
ternoon al o'clock.
The annual Thanksgiving service this
month will be held in the First Baptist
church, Rev. DIR. John II. Cow preaching
the sermon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Van Kleeck of
Denver, Col, have bought of Frederick
Holbrook a hill pasture on the Robbins
farm. They intend to build a camp there
which will be meeting place in sum-
mer for them and Mrs. Van Kleeck's
brother Francis Goodhue jr., and family
of Germantown. Pa.
Miss Jane Pratt of Deerfeld will fur
| nish a part Of the program for the meet
| ing of the Brattleboro Womans club
| Wednesday afternoon Nov. 20, at $50
| o'clock. Miss Pratt will read from the
| Ezekiel stories, several of which have
| been written for recent numbers of Nc
| Clure's magazine by her sister, Lucy
Pratt. Mrs. F. II. Sanford will sing.
The next meeting of Brattleboro
| chapter, ID. A. r., will be held in the
| home of Mrs. Charles r. Akley on Can
al street Thursday. Nov 81, at p. m.
| This will be Sewing party and dur
| ing the afternoon interesting reports of
| the state conference will be given. 1t
| is hoped there will be a large attend
ance. Mrs. Akley and Mrs William
| Cushman will be the hostesses.
The Brattleboro Ministers conference
held it's annual meeting at $50 Monday
in the chapel of the Congrega tional
church. Rev. r. M. Houghton was elect
| ed presiding officer for the meeting. The
| retiring secretary, Rev. f.. Q. S. Osgood,
read his annual report and Rev. DR.. John
| r. Cow was elected secretary for the en-
| suing year. Rev. DR.. Cow gave a paper
on THE Gospel of Mark and Rev. Hen
| ny S. Weeks preached the sermon, his
theme being practical Christianity"
In the monthly meeting of the Brat
tleboro Mutual Aid association Wednes-
| day the secretary reported SO calls re-
ceived, 6S for Illness and emergency, and
So calls filled. The supervisor reported
16 patients under care and 11S calls made.
The district nurse reported 33 patients
under care and III calls made Twelve
children were cared for in the day nur-
sery, with an attendance of 1853 days, and
213 meals were served. In response to an
appeal in the local papers two high
chairs and two baby carriages were re-
ceived, which are gratefully acknowledged
by the association.
The annual harvest day at the Home
for the Aged was held Wednesday after
noon and despite the rain the usual
number of articles were received and a
large number of friends called during the
day The contributions all were very
useful and most acceptable and consisted
| of a large amount of canned fruit and
iellies. two barrels of -four fruit, veg
etables, money and other useful articles.
1t has been suggested that If the farmers
who live in this locality only realized how
much a few apples, potatoes or other
| vegetables would be appreciated at the
home they would be glad to contribute
them. If anybody has an excess of pro-
duce of any kind which they would like
to contribute and it is not convenient for
,, them to make the delivery, if they will
notify Mrs. ]. ]. Bstey the articles will
be promptly called for
A session of the municipal court was
t held in the Newfane Inn Tuesday af-
ternoon before Judge w. r. Daley.
Deputy Sheriff w. NJ Sparks of Towns
bend arrested Ira Jassamine on a war
rant charging him with breach of the
peace and Judge Daley, c.. M. Miller
assistant to the states attorney, Sher-
if c. E. Mann and Attorney Harrie B
! Chase went to Newfane for the trial
Jassamine pleaded guilty to the charge
and was sentenced to not more than
| seven months nor less than six months
in the house of correction but on pay
ment of costs, amounting to $12.3S, the
l sentence was suspended and he was
placed on probation for a period of six
3 | months. Attorney C. NJ. Miller repre-
r | scented the state and Attorney H. B
Chase the respondent The breach OF
the peace to which Jassamine pleaded
2 guilty occurred during a family quarrel
Another youth hopeful of winning gas
tronomic honors in town has come into
the limelight. Tommy Hopkins, who
. | was touted as a little fellow with a bis
: | appetite and as one who could &c
against any eater in the world, lost al
| hold he had on the championship title
. | when John Mcdonald beat him in one.
? sided doughnut eating contest at the EN-
: | pire theatre two weeks ago. Since tina
, | evening Thomas has not been sayins
I | much about the quantity of food that hi
. | could devour at one sitting The new
youth who has entered for honors i:
Harry Honey Williams, a colored boy
He claims that he can eat more raw egg.
t than any man in New England and say.
t that Michael Sherry. the restaurant pro
7 prietor, will back him for 800 agans
? anybody. "Honeys' strong point is eat
ing eggs, shells and all. He says he ha.
a record of IS eggs and shells in 25 min.
!, utes, but he never has been in compe,
tition.
a Rev. Cranston Brenton, who holds tn,
chair of English literature in Trinity col
| lege, Hartford, Conn.,, and Is one of tn,
most brilliant Episcopal clergymen in tn,
, | Connecticut diocese, filed Monday sen
! | sational answer to a petition for divorc,
brought by his wife, Mrs Elizabeth A
|
who is a daughter of the late DR.. iona
than Curtis of Hartford, charged her hus
. | band with desertion and intolerable cruel
| | ty. In his answer he denies the allega
tons and asks for a divorce on statu
tory grounds, Mrs. Brenton, who Is
. woman suffragist, failed to take her place
I at booth at the Connecticut fair las
, | SeptembeE for which she had worked
c | weeks in advance. 1t was understood
that she and her husband disagreed oil
the suffrage question, and as her friend.
Q were not satisfied with the explanations
q ! given as the cause of her disappearance,
they employed a lawyer and detectives
Habeas corpus wrlts were served on fou
O hospitals, as it was thought she nigh
q have signed some papers by which sh
: was being detained against her will He
q , whereabouts remained a mystery how
q | ever. until her lawyer announced that sh,
!, was at Linden lodge, Brattleboro, ant
from here had ordered the divorce sui
:; instituted.
Driver Of Public Automobile Fined an,