Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-22

The Methodist society will serve a
free supper in the church vestry Satur-
day evening to the Sunday school and
all members of the congregation.
The municipal Christmas tree which
was placed in position on the plaza
several days ago was lighted with its
vari-colored incandesccnt lights Wednes-
day evening for the first time.
About 25 of the pupils of the Aus
tine Institution will leave today for
their homes to spend the Christmas
holidays. A special coach will be at
tached to the train for their accommo-
dation.
The school in district No. G, Miss
Mabel Provin of Westfeld, Mass,
teacher, will give program of Christ
mas exercises and have a Christmas
tree this evening at $50 in the school
house. All are invited.
Although the entire teaching force
of the Brattleboro high school is on
duty about 80 of the students are still
out on account of hard colds. An cpl
demic of colds affecting high school
students has prevailed two weeks.
Charles A. Briggs of Londonderry has
entered suit in the county court against
Winfred NJ. Hosley of that town. He
seeks to recover with interest $363.60,
the face of a note given by the defend
ant Aug. II, 1916.
The senior class of the Brattleboro
high school will give Christmas
dance in Odd Fellows temple this
evening to which members of the high
school, their friends and alumni are in
vited. Leitsinger's orchestra will fur
nish music.
The annual Christmas entertainment
at the Austinc Institution was given
Wednesday evening at Z, the entire
program being presented by children
of the blind department. The program
consisted of music and recitations and
little play entitled The Mouse IS Joke.
After the entertainment Christmas
cards were presented to every member
of the school by Miss Allie F. Morse,
and DR.. Henry d. Holton personally
presented to each pupil gift.
The service, Christmas Carols in
Many Lands, to have been held in the
Centre Congregational church this
evening, will be postponed. Announce
The Christmas party for the cradle
will be held this afternoon in the
chapel from 3 to 8 o'clock. Articles for
the box to be sent Rev. Antonin Ar
right for his Italian Sunday school in
New York city may be left at the
chapel today and Sunday. Articles
should not be brought on Saturday.
At the merry Yuetide season the cost
OF living is going down. Turkeys are sell
ing Tor three cents less pound than they
were when folks were supposed to cee
brate another occasion by giving thanks
Even eggs have shaded off little in price
and here and there in the long list to be
found in the food stores is an article that
does not cost quite as much as it did a
month ago. just why turkeys are cheaper
now than at Thanksgiving time does not
appear unless it be that the markets found
there was smaller demand for them
then at the prohibitive prices than was
expected.
Protective Grange elected these of
ficers in the meeting Wednesday night
Master, Walter F. Spear; overseer, Phil
lip T.. Franklin; lecturer, Mrs. Lucy w
Sargent; steward, Clarence Convey; as
sistant steward, James Goodrich; chap
lain, Mrs. May Edwards; treasurer
Fred B. Weld; secretary, Mrs. Cola c.
Morse; gate keeper, Henry Dimes;
Ceres, Mrs. Sarah L. Spear; Pomona
Mrs. Emily L. Emery; Flora, Miss
Florence Dalrymple; lady assistant
steward, Miss Louise Labelle; pianist
Mrs. Marion Farnum. The next meeting
will be held Dee. 81, when reports from
the state Grange meeting will be made
and the golden anniversary of the
founding of the order will be observed
A satisfactory settlement was made
| Tuesday between Mrs. Catherine
Z. Doyle of South Main street and the
Twin State Gas & Electric Co. Mrs
Doyle was injured June while pas
senger on open trolley car No. 9, which
jumped the track. on Pine street at ia,
a. IN. She was thrown between the seat.
and injured about the back and abdo
men. Others slightly injured at the
time were Mrs. Melvin Chapman Of
South Main street, who was thrown of
the car, and Conductor Benjamin Blod
gett, who also was thrown off. TIL,
settlement was made through Attorne,
William r. Daley, representing Mrs
Doyle, and Attorney Harold Il. Whitne,
for the Twin State company. The term
were not made public.
A white gift service will be held thi
evening at the First Baptist church
The children of four classes, togethe
with the beginners and primary depart
ments, will be served supper at $50
At 100 the following program will b
carried out: Organ recital by MI
Cram; singing by the; school; chimes
prayer; The Other Wise Man, Mrs. +
l.. Smith; song, We Three Kings of tn
Orient Are; Bible story, The Birth O
Christ, Mrs. +. S. knight; songs, pr
mary school; Away in a Manager; reat
ing, This Is the Birthday of the Hol
Christ, Maudc Thurber; song by tn
school; reading, They Gave Him Thei
Treasures, Ruth Knowlton; music b
school; story of Cathay, l., w. Hawley
presentation of gifts by the differer
/, classes, each class bringing a quantit
of food to be given out as Christina
p gifts for the poor of the parish; clo
ing remarks by Rev, George E. Ton
2 kinson.
q Mrs. Katherine Coleman, widow G
Thomas Coleman, died Sunday night {