Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-10-26

promised for next Tuesday evening, when
! the Enchanted Princess, or Triumph OF
/ Ether" consisting Of eight spectacular pan
! tomime scenes and introducing 40 or %
characters, will be given at the town hall
/ by the Fortnightly club under the direction
| of the author, Geo 3. Bartlett Of New
/ York. who arrived today and will devote
three days 10 drilling the young people who
are assigned the various roles. cosmor-
anna Of art and fun will precede the panto
mines One Of the special features will be
the mnuet dance in court costume The
costumes Of the king, queen, prince and
others will be ordered from Boston.
synopsis of the piece is given in another
| column.
Miller 4 Kinson have renovated the Ma
than Miller harness shop and have full
| line Of harness and sadlery goods, blankets,
etc. They call special attention 10 their SIG
hand made harness.
Complaint is made of the dangerous con
dition Of the highway at joint in the dug
way just above J. d. Redway's where the
retaining wall has fallen down, taking sew
eral feet Of the road There is no guard
and a tumble down the 20 feet to the river
would be a serious matter
The four day fair given by the Roman
Catholic society at the town hall closed
Friday evening Of last week with dance
and the disposal of fancy articles. In point
of attendance and receipts it was the most
successful fair Of the kind ever held in
| Brattleboro, the net amount realized being
| 1920 H. Following are the sums taken
at the different tables Children's 500 p .
young mems, Si0l ~ parish, SjS2 % So
dality, 5000 30 married women's, Si33 81 ;
choir, S20l a. The door receipt, etc, were
| 1893 IS and 1924 30 was taken in the draw.
ing for the organ. One hundred and TWEEN
| ty-fve articles were disposed Of 10y lottery,
1 the winners Of the most valuable prizes he
| ing Timothy Dugan, Estey organ Mrs y.
| T. Ryan, dinner set Will Kane, picture
Of Father Cunningham Mrs. Frank Ad
ans, silk bed quilt Frank Market, dinner
set A. T. Mcmahon of Middlebdry, pie
ture Of the House Of Commons f. b
Gleason, parlor stove; Mike Garvey, SO
gold piece Chas Forrest, statue Of the
blessed virgin Mary f. Fitzgerald, silver
cake basket Aggie Griffin, dozen cabinet
photographs J. J. Griffin, barrel Of -four ;
Father Cunningham, trunk D. A. Martin,
centre table Thos Martin, suit Of clothes ;
f. Carey, hanging lamp James Clune.
Dickens works Sadie Turner gold watch :
l.. Ferrter, ton Of coal Mary A. Martin
! cndluDef set.
1. b Thorn has sold his half interest in
the drug store ~ his brother, f. c. Thorn.
The change is made because the sale Of hop
aud burdock tonic and cough cure has in
creased 10 such an extent that Mr.. /. b.
Thorn deems it essential that he should de
vote his hole time to that part Of the bust
ness.
Representatives of the Home and North
American companies have been in town this
week investigating the insurance on H. W.
Sinonds's house in Guilford. which was
burned last week but a settlement was not
made The loss on personal property has
been adjusted by the Peoples company Of
Manchester n II.
An exchange says that the first brick
of the handsome new Y NJ c. A. building
now in process Of erection at Cleveland o.. 4,
was laid by Robert Goodman, the five. year
old son Of the general secretary Mrs
Goodman is well remembered by Brattleboro
people as Miss Jennie Anderson
f. W. Maishas valuable colt threw himself on
Canal st this afternoon breaking for. beg twice.