Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-01-25

wednesday evening. supper was served
at Il o'clock.
W. II. Minor has sold his well-known
trotting horse, Col Mansur 2:33, to Treas
urer y. f. Cabot. Col. Mansur has often
done very fast miles in practice.
The entertainment announced for last
Friday evening at North street school was
postponed to this evening, when it will be
open only to members of the school.
The Christian Endcavor society of the
Baptist church is making arrangements
for what promises to be a delightful cele-
bration of the fifth anniversary of its or
ganization, which occurs Feb. 10.
The armory has been engaged by the
Murray club for the presentation of living
whist next month. The first rehearsal
with Mrs. Howard will be held in Red
Mems hall next Tuesday evening, the 2oth.
Frohman's "Charley's aunt" company,
which is coming Monday evening, will play
only in the larger towns i'm the state, while
en- route to Montreal for weeks stand.
Good seats may be obtained at Durgin's
drug store.
Liveryman Henry Il. Brown has bought
the Thomas Clark farm, just over the Brat
tleboro line in Dummerston, on what is
is known as the ferry road of Herbert T.
Clark of Boston, Possession has already
been gwen.
Col. II. +. Taylor has shipped two bar
rels of clothing to the Nebraska sufferers
He will snip another soon. Anyone hav-
ing warm clothing which they wish to
contribute is asked TO leave it at II. K.
Taylor II Sons office at once.
Emund Ricard, a barber at Springfield,
-teb n1 1t, hat ,,tt 81
egraph to Brattleboro Tuesday to arrest
his mother-in law, who was fleeing to Can
ada with Rcard's child, to join his wife,
who deserted him several days ago.
At the meeting of the Current Topic
club Tuesday evening Harry Randall read,
the subject of his interesting paper being
Diamonds" The last meeting of the
club will be held the third Tuesday in Feb
ruary, when Geo. b. Hit will address the
club.
y good number attended the social at
Pine Heights Wednesday evening, where
the Bellamy spelling match afforded much
amusement Music and other forms of
entertainment helped to make the even
ing pleasant one, aud cake and coffee
were served by Mrs Fuller.
Fred ). Weatherhead of Guilford has
bought the photograph gallery of w. p.
Richardson at Easthampton. Mass, and
already taken possession. Mr.. Weather
head was associated with Mr.. Emery at
Rutland before returning to Gulford to en-
gage in horse raising, and worked for \.
d. Wyatt during the holiday season.
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro
GaSlight company was held Monday even
ing when the old board of officers were
chosen, rs follows: Directors. II. d. Hol-
ton, O. d. Esterbrook : y. Herrick, J.
L. Martin, George c. Averll clerk and
treasurer, c. F. Thompson. The usual
semi annual dividend Of ; per cent was de-
clared
Mrs. Geo. c. Averil entertained num-
Der of her friends with a unique tea on
Wednesday. The ladies were invited to
bring their work and spend the afternoon.
At O'Clock prettily decorated tables were
brought in and the guests were served with
tea, chocolate and coffee. The gathering
was in honor of Miss Kneeland of North
ampton.
Over POO seats were checked off in the
first hour of the advance sale for "Charley's
Aunt" at Durgin's drug store Wednesday
evening-the best record in this respect
this season. The demand has been steady
since then and the indications point to a
packed house Monday evening. The play
is one of the greatest comedy successes the
country has seen in years, and it is full of
bright, wholesome fun.
1t is rare opportunity TO learn some
thing about how the land around Brattle-
boro was formed that will be afforded by
Richard +. Dodge's lecture on "Glaciers
and the Geology of Bratteboro," to be
given at the Unitarian church next week
Friday evening. A large number of stere-
opticon disSovlng views, belonging to the
Harvard college collection, will be shown.
Tickets go on sale at Chaplin n Co. s drug
store Monday morning.
The fair of the Swedish Lutheran
society, ON Saturday evening last, eX-
ceeded in attendance and receipts the eN-
pectation of its projectors. The net re-
ceipts were about 500. The hall in the
lower part of the church was decorated
with days of different nations and bright
colorS. A large number of people par
took of an excellent supper. there was a
sale of fancy articles, and an interesting
entertainment by the young people con
sisting Of songs, Rotations, etc.
The managers of the Y. NJ. c. A. auxil.
larry are making arrangements for loan
exhibition of pictures, china and curios. to
be held on the afternoons and evenings of
February 20 and 2l, at the armory. Ii
will have the supervision and patronage of
the officers of the Y. NC. A. and other |
leading citizens, and will be given for the |
benefit of the boys battalion. Every pos |
sibe effort will be made to guarantee the |
safety of any articles loaned for the occa-
sion and it is earnestly hoped that the en- |
tire town will cooperate with the ladies by |
freely lending paintings, engravings and |
etchings of value, and portraits OF old Brat |
tleboreans, that the enterprise may prove |
interesting and successful.
The social for Kings Daughters and /
Kings Sons, held at Lindenhurst on |
Monday evening proved A delightful occa- /
sion for the 100 or more who accepted the |
invitation, and the number present would I
doubtless have been much larger but for .
the inclemrnt weather. The invitation in /
cluded members of the order in both vii I
lagos, and an evening of the pleaSantest .
sociability was enjoyed. 4 letter written .
in Rev. Mr.. Day happiest vein, was read by I
Miss Bracket, Mr.. Day being unable to be I
present, remarks were made briefly bv /
Rev. j. II. Babbtt of West Brattleboro. I
and Miss Florence Clark read an interest /
ing paper. In this a graceful recognition 4
was made of Mrs. CrowelrS kindness in 4
open her home TO the members. /
The object and work of the order was al |
luded 10, and reference made to the growth 4
Of local membership it having doubled in /
the past year, being now 2S0l, and TO the /
condition of Bratileboro circles /
and the notably emphasized spiritual side .
of the work here. Much pleasure was az .
forded by the songs of Miss Philips of |