Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-11-24

struck by an electric car which broke
three ribs and otherwise injured him.
Mr.. aud Mrs Francis Schcll have
closed Birnam House and arc now at
Hotel Tourainc i'll Boston. Miss Mary
Bush has been their guest for a week.
Rev. Rockwell II. Potter of Hart
ford Theological seminary preached at
Mount Hermon Sunday and in Sage
chapel at Mortified seminary at 5.l5
p. m.
Mrs. c. C. Stockbridge will store her
household goods for the winter and
expects to go to Springfield early in
December to be with her daughter, Mrs.
Blodgett.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. p. Buffum went by
automobile to Boston Friday. They
heard Evangelist Sunday twice Satur-
day and once Sunday and were very
favorably impressed.
The annual meeting of the Woman IS
Relief corps will be held at Alexander
hall Friday afternoon, Dee. ]. AS this
is the time for election of officers it is
hoped all members will be present.
Fred James and Ben James were sue
cessful on Monday in killing two good
sized bucks on the Ware pasture east
of the town. Frank Sanborn secured
a four-point buck near the Fowler
place towards Warwick
The Parent-Teacher association will
hold meeting Friday evening of this
week i'll Alexander hall. The speaker
VIII be E. Burr Smith, principal of the
Brattleboro high school. All parents
and teachers will be interested to hear
this speaker.
The w. II. Caldwell farm and build
ings in West Mortified have been sold
to Leroy Bryant of South Deerfeld,
who takes possession Dec. l. Mr.. Bry-
ant is carpenter by trade and inter
ested in farming. He has q wife and
two children.
Frederick Martin, who is said to pos
sess the finest bass voice in the coun-
try, sang at Mortified seminary Mon
day. Mr. Martin was to have given
this concert early in the fall, but was
unable to keep his appointment on ac-
count of illness.
The Philomathean society of Mount
Hermon won the debate last Saturday
from the Haywood Agricultural club
on the resolution that capital punish
ment shall be abolished in the United
States. The winners took the afirma-
tive side of the question.
Frank Sanborn shot a four.point
buck Monday near Warwick. Fred
James has shot buck in the Ware
pasture. There have been rumors of a
few other successful hunters. Deer
tracks are reported to be numerous, but
the animals are very wild.
Alvin George, the local druggist, was
married Sunday evening to Mrs. Bes-
sic Howard. Rev. W. w. Coe per
formed the ceremony in the home of
Mrs. Howard S sister, Mrs. G. n. Kid
der. The ceremony was qhiet one
with only the members of the two fam
lilies present.
The Tennis club met Tuesday even
ing in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Amber Welch. Two amendments to
the constitution were ratified, one in
regard to a board of trustees to over
see the payment of the club mortgage,
and the other i'll regard to junior mem
bership. Refreshments were served
during a recess of informal discussion.
Rev. F. w. Pattison i'll his talk to the
children Sunday morning told of the
work of an organization which sends
stockings filled with Christmas gifts to
children of Belgium. The children of
the Sunday school will be busy until
Thanksgiving day, when their collec-
tion will be gathered for this purpose.
Each stocking filed costs 80 cents.
The Mortified Grange will give a
Thanksgiving program at the meeting
next Tuesday evening. Mrs. c. f. BaX-
will ,Yit och 1
Thanksgiving. Mrs. \. w. Keet, worthy
vest, from Lorna Doone. There will
be Thanksgiving rhymes by the young
people and chorus singing by the
Grange.
Next Monday the Fortnightly will
hold an open meeting at Alexander
hall. lecture will be given by Miss
Laura Comstock of Amherst, Mass. He1
subject is to be Women s Work in the
Community. Hostesses for the social
hour are Mrs. S. +. Whitmore, Mrs. Ell
len Stebbins and Mrs. c.. p. Buffum
All women of the town are cordially
invited.
) The second entertainment of the
Boys Brigade lecture course will be
concert by the musical organizations OF
Mount Hermon. 1t will be held in tn,
: Congregational church Monday even
ing, Nov. ~, at s O'Clock. No adnis
sion fee will be charged, but a silve
collection will be taken. Honorary
members of the Boys Brigade viii
have reserved seats.
On Friday evening, Nov. "a, the bas
ket ball team of the Boys Brigade vii
play the Conway team in Skinner gym
nasium at $40 o'clock. Doors will b,
} open at $50 p. m. The management
4 predicts that this will be busy game
as last year Conway's basketball team
was considered the best in the county
' However the Brigade team has beer
, putting in some good work and is read,
for the contest.
Walter H. Waite's canoe has beer
7 stolen from the banks of the Connect
l cut river. Detectives are on the track
of the thieves and evidence secured vii
probably result in arrests. A citizen o
= Mortified, returning to town in his au
e tomobile, met an automobile with tn