Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-02-16

| o CLOCK sunday night called the auto
mobile fire truck on q telephone alarm.
There was no damage.
w. b. IToughton has nearly com
pleted extensive repairs on the build
ings on the farm he bought recently
some distance above the village of
Putney. w. J. Pentland, jr., began
Monday installing plumbing fixtures.
Dartmouth has entered l.. G.. Sherman
in the 40-yard dash and 300-yard run
and Stanley c. Fits in the 600 and
| 1,000-yard runs Saturday night, when
q triangular meet of Harvard, Pennsyl-
vania and Dartmouth will be held in
| Boston.
Senior Warden L. w. Gibson con.
Quoted the morning service at st.
Michael IS Episcopal church Sunday
and there was no evening service.
Rev. j. Fredrik Virgin, rector of the
church, has u severe cold, and he was
unable to conduct the services.
Plumbers trying to thaw out frozen
water pipes in the south Watercure
building on Elliot street set fire in q
partition on the top floor. A telephone
call at ll.40 o clock was made for the
automobile fire truck and the fremen
extinguished the smudge without much
damage.
Sidney II. Farr, the veteran letter
carrier, received 142 postcards Mon
day from the patrons on his route, it
being his 5jth birthday anniversary.
FIR. Farr began as substitute letter car
rier i'll the local postoflice with John
A. Lindsey and Thomas A. Austin, 80
rier Is years.
Katharine, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred b. Jordan, entertained eight
little friends and their mothers Satur-
day afternoon from 3 to 5 clock, in
her home on Green street, it being her
fourth birthday anniversary. The little
people enjoyed a happy time with
games, after which refreshments were
served.
b. Einn D. Taylor ms 'entcred suit for
1000 against Barney f. Mead to re-
cover money paid and goods fur
nished. The papers were filed in the
county clerk S Office late Saturday aft
crnoon from the office of Gibson &
Daley. Attachments were placed Jan.
90 on property owned by Mr.. Mead and
f. c. Vail and II. NJ. Gordon appointed
keepers.
News has been received here of the
death in Osaka, Japan, Jan. of Miss
Abbie Colby, 20, after an illness of sew
eral months. Miss Colby had been a
teacher in the BailSwa school for girls
in Osaka for nearly 80 years. She was
native of Manchester, n. IT,, and
graduated from GlenwoOd Classical
seminary in West Brattlcboro in the
class of 1868.
Fair Play for Handicapped Amcri-
cans was the title of the missionary
service for Lincoln Memorial Sunday
in the Centre Congregational Sunday
school Sunday. All the classes met
together for the concert exercise. A
pleasing feature Of the service was the
reading of wireless kilograms" from
various American Missionary fields,
telling of their work and their immcdi-
alto needs.
At the February meeting of the
Brattleboro chapter, Daughters of tho
American Revolution, q resolution was
adopted whereby the chapter pledges it
self in event of war being declared, tC
render every assistance possible to the
Soldiers Aid organization, which is
composed of the patriotic women of
the town wishing to work for the sol
dicrs and their dependent families. 1t
is hoped that all other organizations in
town will adopt similar resolutions.
The interior Of the Advent Christian
church has been entirely renovated, the
walls have been done over and stem
cilcd and new floor covering laid. New
books have been bought for the library
| The congregation, to show its apprecia
ton Of these Improvements, will hold q
service of Thanksgiving in the church
Sunday, Feb. IS. Rev. George +. Tyler
of Vernon will speak at both morning
and evening services. Special music
for the occasion has been arranged.
Thirty-six friends of Mr.. and Mrs
H. w. Jcfts gave a surprise party Mon
sion being his 66th birthday annivcr
sary. He was presented a handsome
travelling bag. Refreshments were
served and the evening was spent
socially. Mr.. Doubleday, who lives in
Shelburne (VtD, is spending the win
ter i'll town with his daughters, Mrs
Jcfts and Mrs. +. B. Howe, and his
son, y. +. Doubleday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Adams OF
Cedar street have just received Il lette'
from their son, James g. Adams, who
left here in January and left New
York Saturday, Jan -, on the Frcncl
line steamer Chicago for year in the
! American Field Ambulance service il
France. He expected to be assigned t.
Il sector near the Nerdun front. TIL,
letter was written on board the Chica
go and was transferred at sea to d;
returning steamer shortly before thu
Chicago expected to land. He give
an interesting story of the voyage from
day to day,
The Brattlehoro Ministerial uniol
held it's February meeting in the Cen
tire church house Monday morning a
10 clock. The following wer" present
Rev. d. f. Trout, Rev. r. II. Clapp
Rev. A. V. Woodwork, Rev. T.. S
Hewitt, Rev. Z. Q. S. Osgood, Prof. l..
A.. Butterfied and w. Z. Doubleday
Mr.. Clapp was chosen moderator. Mr.
Trout read scrmon.cssay entitled TIL
Invisible Through the Visible Thu
sermon was preached by Mr.. Wood