Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-20

lei AT the ESleN SHOPS.
The Red Men will give the second of
their dances Tuesday evening, Nov. -.
The High school foot ball team expect to
play with the Kcenes on the home grounds
the 2Sth.
4 large delegation from Brattleboro will .
attend the Nale-H Harvard foot ball game at .
Springfield tomorrow.
Brattleboro High school class of '03
held class meeting at the home of Harry
Dowley on Friday evening, Nov. Is.
O. W. Cook has bought the John Plum T.
ley place owned by the Smith estate at
West Jamaica, and has already taken pos
session.
a number of people from this and the
West village drove to Marlboro Wednes-
day evening to attend the oyster supper and
socable, given by the Congregational so
ciety.
Leitsinger's orchestra furnished music at
the lIibernian ball at Bellows Falls Tues
day evening and at the firemens dance at
Hinsdale Wednesday evening.
The November meeting of the PROBES
sional club will he held next Monday even
ing, as previously announced, when Judge
James NJ. Tyler gives the paper on EYER
monts resources; how to develop them
The Phoenix wishes to say once more, in
a very positive way, that those having
advertisements and society notices for pub
LEGATION must not wait until Friday morning
before handing them in.
An unusual prevalence of typhoid fever
has been noticed the present season in
Vermont, as well as i'm other New England
states. There have been more cases in
al.
years. although but few have been of an
alarming type. The low water is generally
attributed as the cause of the visitation.
The local conditions for the observation
of the eclipse of the moon Sunday night
were remarkably favorable, although scien-
tifc observers at several places in the
country were disappointed by the presence
of clouds. The observations made are
understood to have satisfied astronomers
that the moon has no satellite, as many
have found reason to believe.
Bible day was observed on Tuesday even
ing at the Baptist chapel by pleasing eXer-
cises, conducted largely by the junior En-
deavor society. Readings, recitations and
songs, with reports from the fields near and
far some of these last received by tele-
phone, were included in the program Rev.
f. J. Parry speaking briefly at the close.
Notice has been received that the men
of the state militia. who shot for the Webb
prizes at the muster, must qualify ut the
gallery range i'm order to become marks
men OF the second class. Arrangements
are being made for a supply of marksmen's
buttons. which will he ready for diStrbu-
ton as soon as the reports are received and
adopted.
A Holyole correspondent writes to the
| Springfield Republican that "A. II. Ryan,
/ the slate ane gravel roOfer, has a large
/ number of contracts on hand. He is to do
/ the slate and metal work on the New Bed
/ ford post-oflice. the gravel roof on the
/ Heating wheel company's new building,
/ the ward 3 engine-house and the extension
/ of the StebbinS brass works at Bright
wood
The annual meeting of the trustees of
/ the Vermont Live Stock company was held
| yesterday i'm Crosby block. The reports of
the secretary and treasurer were presented,
showing that there was 5000 in the treas
ury after declaring the recent per cent
dividend and all bills We're paid. Manager
Stevens. who has recently come on from
Dakota, also made his report. 1t was voted
to buy not less than 200 head of cattle
next year. The secretary report will also
be sent out to the stockholders.
The members of the New book club were
handsomely entertained at the Brooks
House on Tuesday evening by Hon. and
Mrs. f. w. Stoddard, the occasion being
rhe annual meeting and supper of the club.
Supper was served soon after o'clock, at
the close of which DIR. James Conland the
president, called the company to order and
the election of officers took place, with
James Conland. president: o. \. Marshall,
vice president; Mrs. J. l.. Martin, secre-
tary and treasurer Mrs. Ayerill Mrs.
Marshall and Mrs. G.. l.. Durham, book
committee. The sale of books and maya
zines by auction followed.
A local item in the Springfield Rap~bh
can states mat Fred Chandler, who was
recently arrested with Cashier Albertsor
for stealing S1,000,000 In securities from
the Fidelity Trust company of Tacoma, i.
to turn states evidence, and that he wa,
induced to go to Tacoma by Albertson
with promise of a position, nj time wheT
Albertson was already defauter. Tn,
Phoenix has. however, recently received
information stating that both AlbertsoI
and Chandler had pleaded guilty and were
in Jail at Tacoma awaiting sentence
In spite of the unfavOrable weather OF
Tuesday evening there was very gooC
attendance at the annual Grand Army
fair. A generous supper was served, anC
the tables were well patronized. Their
: was also sale of fancy articles, confec
tionery, etc., from which a snug sum wa
realized. There was a brief stage enter
tainment which consisted of reading
recitation, several songs, and ended with
laughable farce entitled, THE Train t.
MaurO." The popular feature was tn,
dance, with which the evening closed, il
, which 81 couples participated, to the musi,
of the Philharmonic orchestra, with c. II
Knapp as leader The net receipts of tn,
evening were upwards of 500, which goe
to the charity fund of the post. This is
fund to which contributions are Away
welcome, and which the public may be as
sured is wisely used
And so the e. G. knew all about tn,
Thompson will and printed it "12 year
ago. OF course he did-and ''he cOulC
prove it, too, if old Bill Jones was alive
1t would be just the same if the fall o
man were under discussion. The e. c
would rise up and say that he knew al
about it. And nobody would dispute it
The fact happens to be in the present case
however, that the statement about the vii
was printed in The Phoenix % years ago
and our enterprise of week before last con
sisted in gathering all obtainable fact
about the will, its author, and the pros
poets of the bequest, and printing them
something that had never been done be