Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1915-12-31

i"u SOhiohtS 10 give each wednesday
evening moving picture plays for the
entertainment of the institution.
The postoffice will be open from {
until IL Saturday. The carriers will
make the morning deliveries and col
lections. The rural carriers will not 90
out
Sedgwick post, G. A. r., will hold n
regular meeting Saturday afternoon
Jan. !, at 3, o clock. Members are re.
qucSted to take notice of the change of
day of meeting from Wednesdays to
Saturdays.
The poles on the island, which for
merry carried Connecticut River Pow
er Go. high tension wires. were re-
moved Friday. The main wire now
Gro SEES the river at the Boston 4
Maine railroad bridge.
A freak of the storm of Sunday nigh,
was the lifting of the piazza roof o,
a three tenement building on Prospect
street, owned by +. NJ. Angler. from
ITS tastenlngs and tossing it up on tc
the roof Of the house, where it remain.
ed.
Wantastiquet lodge, I. o. o. F.. elect
ed these officers Monday night: N. G..
II. j. Wilson; '. g., Leon G. White.
rec. sec, A. j. Currier; fin sec, c. l.,
Cobb; treas, c. &. Staples. The in
stallation will take place Jan. 6. when
the appointivc officers will be named.
United States Judge Harland B.
Howe has designated the Brattleboro
Trust company as depository for funds
in bankruptcy cases in Windham coun
ly. Referee John +. Gale Of Guilford
being named as the person to counter
sign checks on deposits of such funds
George w. Bailey is continuing t,
have success in the New York wrest.
ling tournament. On Friday evening
he defeated Robert Dohm with Il
body hold in two minutes and As
seconds and on Christmas night he
won from Sanderson in II and one hall
minutes.
The body of Mrs. Joseph Butterfield
was taken to Chester Monday morning
on the I'LL o clock train and funera
services were held there at l 'clock
in the afternoon and the burial took
place in that town. There was
prayer service at the house that morn
ing at $50 clock, Rev. George K.
Tomkinson, pastor of the First Baptist
church, officiating.
Eli Lee Of West Guilford, who lives
on the cross-road leading from the
Jacksonville road, found a strangely
fashioned little creature in the cross
road Friday in the town of Brattleboro.
He called it a lizard. 1t was about
seven inches long, black with yellow
spots on each side extending to the end
of the tail. 1t crawled like an alligator
ana had little toes resembling human
fingers.
The annual children s service and
Christmas tree for the children of st
Michael 5 Episcopal church was hcl
Tuesday night at 7.30 clock in tn,
church. Carols were sung followed b.
n short talk on The Nativity by Rev.
Nelson Kellogg. The prettily decorated
tree was then stripped of gifts for the
children of the Sunday school, each
child there receiving present of u
box of candy and an orange.
Chancellor Fish Tuesday dissolved
temporary injunction granted few
days ago restraining Sheriff c. f.. Nam
from selling real estate owned bN
Jonathan G. Adams of Cambridgepofj
by virtue of an execution granted il.
favor Of w. +. and r. j. Burt
Burlington on the ground that the fact:
did not warrant an injunction. W. r
Daley appeared for Adams and 0. b.
Hughes for the Burts and Sheriff
Mann.
Brattleboro lodge, y. f. O. p, elect
ed the following officers Monday night
Warden, Spencer w. Knight; V. w.
NJ. j. Larrabce; sec, Mrs. Grace Lar
rabee; fin. sec, Mrs. Ellen Herrick
treas, Miss Ellen Miner; chaplain, Mrs
Ida Butler; guide, Mrs. Geneva Rice
guardian, Mrs. c. S. Currier; sentinel
w. S. Bemis; trustee, Leon Mixer
representatives, to grand lodge, Harr
"a Holland, Mrs. Ellen Herrck; al
ternates, Spencer w. Knight, Mrs. W
! +. Mixer; degree master, Mrs. Stillman
I Graves.
Friends of Homer A. Ellis, EN-
ployed By Horton ID. Walker, gave
MIN farewell supper in the Brooks
House Monday night and presented
him a trunk. Mr.. Ellis is to conclude
his duties with Mr.. Walker Jan. s anu
20 to Boston to study wireless teleg
raphy, in which he has been intcreste,
for some time. He is the owner of q
wireless outfit which he has had in op
Grafton many weeks. Those present be
sides Mr.. Ellis were Merrill Whitney
Fred Dimes, Godfrey Crosby, Laurence
Sherman, Brainard Taylor and George
Messer.
The Home Sunshine society held it,
annual meeting Tuesday afternoon AT
the Home for the Aged and nearly al
the inmates were able to be present. A,
the business meeting these officers wer,
elected: President, Mrs. James p. FL
mer; vice president, Mrs. II. +. Hough
ton; secretary and treasurer, Mr.
Clarke C.. Fits; committee on enter
tainment, Mrs. Ephraim II, Crane; o.
Christmas tree, Miss Emma j. Gregg
on flowers, Miss Ruth w. Childs; an
dtor, Mrs. Newton ]. IIawlcF. a spe
cial supper was served, following whicl
a Christmas tree, heavily laden an,
beautifully decorated with electric
lights and other ornaments was unload
ed. DR.. Henry ID. HOlton, president o
the Home, assisted in the distribution
of gifts.