Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-12-22

The Westminster club will celebrate
New Years by a special ladies' night.
The Daughters of Rebekah held dance
in Odd Fellows hall Friday evening of last
week.
The La Tosca opera company is adver-
tised to play at the opera house tomorrow
evening.
The annual meeting of the Grand Army
post was held last Friday evening, and of
ficers elected for the ensuing year
The lodge of Knights of Pythias has
leased Odd Fellows hall, ane hereafter
will hold its meetings there Wednesday
evening of each week.
The ladies' aid society of the Universal
list church met Thursday afternoon and
evening. Supper was served by Mrs. Glib
son and Mrs. Hartman.
Cards are out inviting the ladies of the
village to an exhibition of fancy articles,
oil and china painting, at the house of Mrs.
f. r. Campbell, the 2lst and 22d.
Miss Myrtle NJ. Newell an employee of
the Vermont Farm Machine company, has
been obliged to return to her home in Shell
burne Falls, Mass, because of illness.
The Mt. Kilburn wheel club held ladies'
night last week Thursday, about 60 being
present. Prizes at cards were won by Miss
Lura Lowell and c. II. Shepardson BOBBY
by A. f. Winnewisser.
The Rockingham whist club was enter
tanned last Thursday evening by Misses
Mary and Alice Flavin, Mary Farrell and
Dora Murphy, and James Hackett, Frank
Diggins, Fred Martineau and Dan Woods.
The Independent whist club held a So
cial dance and card party Tuesday even
ing Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Gibson, Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. b. Wheeler and Mr. and Mrs. w.
II. Griswold were committee on entertain
ment
Because of the changes in trains of the
Rutland division, Conductor T.. O. Young
has no regular train, and is running spare.
Conductor Cheney comes down from Rut-
land on the mail train and returns at once
on the flyer.
The new parochial residence of St.
Charles's parish is now completed and
Rev, Mr. Reynolds has this week moved
in. 1t is a roomy, handsome dwelling, and
great improvement on the old one. We
extend our congratulations to Father Rey-
nolds and his people.
Henry W. Sabin, ir., of birmingham.
Mass, has spent portion of the past week
here with his father. He has been in
birmingham the past three years in charge
of one of the largest farms there at a large
salary. He is now in the northern part of
Vermont buying Jersey cattle with which
to repenish his stock.
The gray horse, which Timothy Sullivan
used to drive when he was living here, and
which most of our people remember, has
been developing speed in the past two
years. Mr.. Sullivan still owns it, and the
past season it has made a record of 2:35,
much to the delight of "Tim," who lives
at Northumberland, y. II. He is again
discussing the rebuilding of his paper
mill, which was burned last September.
j. j. Fenton has unique holiday win
dow, not quite as extensive as the Austin
Corbin natural history park, but approach
ing it. In the window is a large number
of live animals and birds. all attracting
much attention. He has a number of
rabbits, including a family of very young
ones, and large variety of pigeons 4
crow makes some discord in the family.
The window is arranged in imitation of a
woods scene, showing evergreen trees logs,
moss, and a close imitation of a nook in
some far-off forest. The animals are get
ting wonted to theiynew quarters, seeming
much at home.