Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-29

Daniel +. Doyle, one of the janltors
of the new railroad station, has been
appointed special police officer by the
village officials.
Emerson g. Son, house furnishers,
and Moran & Rohde, furniture dealers
and undertakes, will be closed at 81
q clock every evening in the week cx-
cept Saturdays.
The Peoples National bank Friday
declared a regular dividend of five per
cent for the six months ending Dec. 81,
1916, and an extra dividend of five per
cent, making total Of Is per cent for
the year.
News was received Monday of the
death somewhere in France of Pri.
yate Harry Croll, who was q member of
a Canadian regiment. He was n nephew
of George Croll and cousin of
David Croll of Brattleboro.
The Company I basketball team was
defeated at Claremont, N. H., Wednes-
day by score of 4S to 81. The visitors
were completely outplayed in the first
period, but in the second came fast
and scored 10 baskets from the floor.
Cecil Farr, u, Of West Chesterfield,
n. H., is in the Melrose hospital with a
bad fracture of the left thigh, the re-
suit of a coasting accident Sunday
morning This is the fourth time the
lad has had fractured bones in his leg.
DR.. G. B. Hunter is the attending ply
stefan.
The school in district No. 6, Miss
Mabel Provin, teacher, rendered a
Christmas program and had Christmas
tree Friday night in the schoolhouse
Despite the inclement weather fair
sized audience was present. Santa Claus
called during the evening and all report
very pleasant time.
The Wahse Camp Fire girls gave an
enjoyable Christmas dance Monday
night in the Armory, for which Lett
singers orchestra furnished excellent
music. There was large attendance.
The patroncsses were Mrs. EH f. Perry,
Mrs. G.. A. Harris, Mrs. 4. F. SchWenh
and Mrs A. F.. Roberts.
The young women employees of the
New England Telephone Co. s office
held their annual Christmas festival
Wednesday, Dec. 20, in their rooms in
the American building. The affair was
enjoyable with music on the victrola,
various games, and the exchanging of
gifts. Refreshments were served
The Bradley farm notified customers
yesterday that beginning Jan. the
price of milk would be nine cents q
quart instead OF eight, with special milk
at 10 cents quart. Cream will remain
at the present price of SO cents quart.
The advance is made because of the
constantly increasing cost of feed and
labor.
Some one Friday did much damage
in the men s toilet at the railroad sta
ton. The big marble slab which separ-
ates two of the toilets was broken from
the wall, metal fastenings at the front
were bent and screws broken and the
door badly sprung. 1t is difficult to un'
derstand what could have been the rea
son for doing the damage.
Harold l.. Bailey of Bradford, as
sistant to L. S. Brigham of st. Adams
, commissioner of agriculture came tt
town Wednesday for stay of two, days
to scout for browntail moth nests. II,
found a few in the south part of tn,
town yesterday, but says they are
very scarce here. He has charge Of
insect suppression in the state.
Miss Isabelle Haywood, rs, died yes
terday, after a long period of il
health. She was born in Guildhall an(
for many years lived in Lancaster
n. H., coming to Brattleboro Is years
ago to make her home with her nephew
w. H. Haywood. The body will bt
taken Monday to Lancaster, where the
funeral services and the burial will
take place.
Several of the boys and girls of tn
: Baptist Bible school, with Fred
Knight, went Christmas morning to tn
Melrose hospital and the town farm
whore they sang Christmas carols
which were much enjoyed at bot
places. 1t has been the custom to g
each year to the Memorial hospital AM
f the Home for the Aged, but on accoun
of critical cases at each place it SCENE,
= best not to go this year.
= The ice on the Connecticut river or
! posite Brattleboro was in prime cor
q dition for skating Sunday and man
venturesome youths took full advar
- tage of it. John Marley, with his pre-
q peller driven ice boat, put in busy da
y free from the restrictions imposed ID
the traffic officer who had objected t
> the use of the craft on the streets be
cause of the impression that machin
e gun company had attacked the villag
e Locally the storm damage Frida
l was very light in comparison with VIII.
y was done to the north and east an
south of Brattleboro. Only few wire
n of the telephone company were
:, trouble, and barring very lit
y trouble with the electric light servic
= which was only momentary caused b
" the wind, the Twin State Gas & Ele
y. trio Co. escaped without damage, Thel
y, were no telegraph wires working as f;
" north as ST. Adams, where the stor
was very severe.
~ AS Miss Masie Bettcrley, daught,
~ of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Betterley of II
y Rice farm, was turning the horse 81
e. was driving attached to a cutter c
y Western avenue Tuesday afternoC
e. shortly after . the runner caught az
IS she was thrown out. The horse 10
u down Green street, over Elliot sire
st and attempted to turn up Main sire
NJ after rounding the traffic post Dropcrl