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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-11-08
CHURCH AND SOCIETY.

The regular meeting Of the Rebekahs
will be held at their hall next Tuesday
evening.
At the Unitarian church next Sunday
morning, Rev. Mr.. Leavitt will preach up
on 1.-The free man"
The board of managers of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution will meet
next Tuesday at the Brooks House at 4
o'clock p. NJ.
The Baptist Endeavor society will have
a promise meeting next Tuesday evening.
the topic being, "My favorite promise and
why it is dear TO me-" Pet. Ill, STA.
Services in St. Michaers church, Nov.
10, 22d Sunday after Trinity, $3.50 A. NJ,
holy communion; 1920 A. NJ, morning
prayer and sermon; Z p. NJ, evening prayer,
The ladies' circle of the Universallst
church will meet at the church parlors
next Thursday. The business meeting &C.
ours at 4 o'clock, and supper will be served
at the usual hour.
Christian Science service and Sunday
school at II Laurel street at 10:45. Glass
meeting at P. Z. Brasor's, Pine street, at
1880, Wednesday evening. All interested
are welcome.
Principal Homer C.. Bristol, the new
principal of Vermont Academy, will preach
at the Baptist church Sunday morning.
The subject of the sermon will be some
phase of Christian education.
The ladies of the Unitarian society will
give their second sociable at Wells hall,
next Tuesday evening. A chicken-pie
supper will be served at $50. An enter
tainment will follow the supper. All are
cordially invited.
The Murray club will hold its next regu-
lar meeting in the church parlors Thursday
evening, Nov. Il. A paper will be read by
d. f. Tasker on John Fiske and his
writings on evolution" Musical numbers
will also be rendered. The members of
the club and friends are cordially invited
TO be present.
At the Universalist church next Sunday
morning the pastor will speak on kind
ness 10 animals All interested in the
work of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals are invited to this ser
vice; at As, Sunday school, with pas
tors Bible class; at 8 p. NJ, Children's
Christian union; at p. NJ, Young Peo-
pies Christian union. At 2:30 p. NJ, Mr..
Maxwell will speak at Vernon.
The Rev. L. D. Temple will begin soon
series of six sermons on the general sub
ject of ''Courtship, marriage and home"
These sermons will be delivered in the
Baptist church, at the evening services, the
first being given Sunday evening, Novem-
Der II. The special subject for the even
ing will be "a young mans problem"
Subjects of other sermons will be: Ruth, or
the young woman who makes good wife"
"a young woman's problem" 'After the
wedding, or the problem of happy home, -
Marriage as a vocation" and "Naomi, or
the mission of mother-in-law.m
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The post-office will probably be moved
into its new quarters on Wednesday or
Thursday of next week.
The attention of young women wishing
to enter a training school for nurses is
called to the advertisement of the Frank
lin county hospital at Greenfield.
The Forest and Stream club has an or
der from large New York house for its
entire maple sugar product. The club re-
ceived at its Wilmington preserve last night
consignment of 10000 shrimp from the
Caledonia, y. Y, trout preserve.
Mrs. Custer, wife of Gen. Custer, will
deliver two lectures here November 20
under the auspices of the boys battalion.
One lecture will be given in the afternoon
and the other in the evening. The subjects
will be Buffalo hunting" and "Tent life
on the Plains"
The Junior Endeavor society of the
Congregational church had a jolly good
time at their social at the chapel Tuesday
evening, if outward demonstrations could
be relied upon as indications. Tableaux,
charades and games were among the en-
joyable features of the evening. There
was very large attendance.
The paint which is now being put upon
the town hall affords an agreeable relief
from the biliousness of the printing coat.
1t is soft and agreeable in effect. The
first of the new boilers is in place ready
for use, and the other has arrived. 1t
10 promised that the post Office shall be
moved into its new quarters next week.
A government inspector who has been here
this week pronounced all the arrangements
satisfactory.
Miss Allie Leonard, daughter of Mrs.
VIM. Leonard, appeared recently in
several performances of "The Masquer-
aders" at the Hollis street theatre at
Boston, in the Frohman company, which
is considered one of the strongest in
America, including Ada Rehan, John
Drew, Stoddard and other eminent actors.
1t is not known whether Miss Leonard
will accept permanent engagement with
the company.
A loan exhibition of portraits, some 600
in all, is now in progress at the Academy
of Design in New York. The New York
Times in an article On the work there
shown, says "R. G. Hardie sends two ex-
cellent examples. One is a small bust
portrait shown recently at the Society of
American Artists. The other is a full
length and highly imaginative canvass,
bearing the stamp of much originality both
III anu lIcdllutul. ut tAnl-
bition is for a charitable object, the pro
ceeds to be given to St. Johns guild.
The Crandall & Cooley company's big
warehouse, 1877 TO 159 Franklin street,
New York city, was destroyed by fire Sat
urday night, causing loss of 1925, 900 to
$4,000. L. f. Pettee, a native of Viii
mington and the proprietor of the Deer
field Stock farm at West BrattleboIo, is
the vice president and the treasurer of the
Crandall g. Cooley company, which is the
largest concern in the world dealing in
bakers and confectioners' supplies. The
amount of insurance on the property is not
stated. The building was a six-story
structure. Several explosions of chemicals
in the basement occurred while the fire
was in progress. Six fremen, who were on
the roof when it fell in, barely escaped with
their lives by jumping TO the adjoining
building.
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Y. M. @. A NOTES

Principal Homer c. Bristol of Vermont Acad-
envy will address the O'Clock meeting at the
rooms Sunday afternoon.
A checker club was organ ized last evening with
about IS members. Thomas Pentland is the presi.
dent of the club and A. d. Longuen secretary and
treasurer.
Principal Homer G. Bristol's subject Sunday af-
ternoon will be The insuffcency of self suffi.
cheney" and in the evening he will speak upon
The complete young man"
The monthly meeting of the ladies aux iliary,
which was held Tuesday afternoon, was addressed
by Mrs. Eta Richards Of Holyoke, a former
president of the auxiliary in that city.
Prof. d. F. Graham of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association Training school at Springfield,
Mass, will have his travelling exhibit OF the edu-
cational work Of various associations at the rooms
Nov. 16.
The local association will observe the week of
prayer for young men, which begins on Sunday.
There will be union meeting at the Centre
church Sunday evening, at which Rev. O. y. Day,
Rev. A. ], Hough and Principal Bristol will
speak. Brief services will be held at the rooms
on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings
These meetings win begin at O'Clock
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500 Reward.

The readers of this paper win be pleased TO
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to in all its stages
and that is catarrb. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure known 20 the medical frater-
nifty. Catarrh being constitutional disease, re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature In doing It's
curative powers, that they offer one hundred
dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send
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PERSONAL.

Clayton Coane is i'll with appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Henkel were in
Springfield yesterday.
Inspector Willis of the post-office de-
partment has been in town this week.
B. c. Austin was in Springfield, Mass,
Wednesday on business for the Y. NJ. c. A.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Chapman of
Greenfield have visited in town this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos c. Hayes are to be-
gin housekeeping in H. NJ. Woods house
on Clark street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Boorn and two chill
dren of Haverhill, n. H., are guests of
Miss Mary Donnell.
Miss Kate Austin returned to Cambridge,
Mass, Wednesday, after a visit with her
brother, Thomas A. Austin.
Hervey Jakway has moved to Saxtons
River, where he will have charge of the
boilers at Vermont Academy.
DR.. W. C. Matthews, former Brattle-
boro boy, who has built up large practice
at Walpole, will move to Bellows Falls
about Dec. 10.
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HIGH sCHooI, MOVIES.

7. Fergus Adams has been at work at
the American House the past week.
The quartet holds regular rehearsals
every Tuesday at the High school room.
Frost Minor returned to school Monday
after being housed two weeks with a
sprained ankle.
Wellman, Adams, Willard and Morey
played with the Brattleboro amateurs at
Putney Saturday.
The dramatic club now has two re-
hearsals a week. There will be one at Miss
Edith Greene's this evening.
Goats and wraps were brought into use
the past week in the main room, the tenn
perature being very low on account of
trouble with the furnaces.
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Nelson Cooley of Guilford has moved in
to j. @. Howe's house on Canal street.
Mervin Larabee has moved from AZ High
TO is Clark street.
Nelson Goddard has taken tenement at
IS Reed street.
Mrs. L. NJ. Olden has moved from II
Washington TO 2Sa Canal street.
w. b. Eddy has moved from II to 8
Western avenue.
Chester Field has moved from 10 Myrtle
to Cedar street.
Chas. Hemenway has moved from 50 to
so South Main street.
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From the National zeltune.

On Sunday. the 10th OF October, Mary Howe sang
Lucia At the Royal Opera, and had a most brilliant
success in the mad scene Of the third act All
without exception, Joined in the tempest OF ap-
psuse. The crowd Al the ticket Office was unusually
large II was said that all the Americans in Berlin
were there. However that may be, the singer
merted her applause. Her head tones in the highest
registers were even sweeter than the tones Of the
accompanying flute. Nothing mArred the perfect
grace and delicacy OF her tris. Since Mise Howe's
last appearance here, her arr has greatly developed
Her personality 10 most charming We must go
back many year, 20 the time OF Gerster and Wachte
TO ind performance OF LnciA 10 compare with the
one Of last Sunday.
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From the Postl

Mary Howe an American singer with a very
winning presence who has sung in Berlin on several
occasions, is thoroughly finished artist. Her high
clear soprano is perfectly schOoled that she finds
herself 70 her best advantage In the mad scene into
which the human voice is brought into direct com
petition with the flute, for hfty years or more the
OF her technique her attack and her breathing
were exemplary, and her great beauty Of tone were
everywhere noticeable; She sang her music cor
rectly 70 a fault, with q pure, clear and correct
method, brilliant execution, and with warmth Of
feeling. She was called before the curtain several
times.
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From the Berlinsr Tageblatt. ]

Her mad scene masterpiece. Her voice was
az clear bell up 10 high L. The staccati pass
ages and the tris in the highest register 70 which
Miss Howe treated the audience in the "nute duo"
cSo,Ue 59 hor D -Pdesaa ~ ,bsn Inc me
this remarkable performance through a storm OF
applause that called her repeatedly before the
tain.
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MARY HOWE IN BERLIN.
Press Notices Praise Her Performance In
the warmest Manner.

Letters received from Mr.. and Mrs.
LAWN confirm the news by cable of her
great success at the Royal Opera house in
Berlin. This success was all the more cred
table to Mrs. LAWN for the fact that she
had only two weeks TO prepare to sing in
German a role which she had always sung
in Italian. Here are translations of some
of the press notices:
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BRATTLEBORO.

G. P. Miller, Office with A. E. Miller, Elliot
street, BrattlebOro.
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meteorological Record.
WEE ENDING THURSDAY EVENING, Nov : 1875.
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Hgnest Leavenng Power-Latest US Govt Report
R3H!A!!! q! Rsk!aHS Rs%asSl
ABSOLUTELY PURE
MOntpelier

The Heaton hospital is nearing COM
pletion and will soon be ready for
patients.
School at the Seminary is running
with about the usual number of stu
dents.
There are no new cases of typhoid
fever in or about the city at present.
The stone sheds will generally shut
down during the holidays.
County court is still in session, de-
voting most of the time in the three
weeks in hearing divorce cases with an
occasional law case for dessert. More
than thirty divorce cases have been
heard this term. There is no need of
going to South Dakota to get a bill,
just come to Washington county ye
poor abused husband or wife, tell a
pitiful story, shed few tears and tis
done. 1t is expected that court will
rise this week, it has been in session
since the 10th of September with two
or three weeks r, cess for the Supreme
session in October last.
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A Significant Departure.

q raviaw ia made of the condition of affairs,
il is only right that some thought be given
to the physical body which enables every
one to battle with life's problem and figure
for themselves the profit or loss on the tria
balance sheet. Though the bank account
NAV be large and each ones material gam
be great, it would not be surprising II II
health has been greatly impoverished by
the low condition of the blood. 1t is In
this state that the Tactic acid in the vital
fluid attacks the fibrouS tissues, particular
ly the Joints, making known the local man.
isestations of rheumatism. Thousands OF
people have found in Hoods Sarsaparllla
The great blood purifier, positive and per-
manent cure for rheumatism.
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= Bradford :. Yillass and Town -"
drs. f.. H. Allen is quite sick.

Mrs. f. H. Allen is quite sick.
Miss Maud Harris is spending her
vacation with her mother in this place
Mrs Harriet Bailey is confined to
her bed with severe cold.
Read Prichard 81 Hays new ad, be-
fore buying your Christmas goods.
There has been good SIX, ting on both
the Waits and Connecticut rivers this
week.
The stores in this village will remain
open Tuesday evening to accommodate
Christmas purchasers.
Frank Miller, who has been quite ill
with fever at w. f. Cummings, has
nearly recovered.
Miss Duffv's school gave very in
teresting "Vermont Day" exercise
Tuesday that reflected credit on both
teacher and pupils.
The Bradford whist club composed
of Iifty members will assemble at the
Armory of the Bradford Guards fol
their initial meeting this evening.
Mrs. E. p. Libbey is slowly recover
ing from her recent sickness and is at.
tended by DR.. Fletcher. She will moi
be able to return home for some time
Past Grand Master Geo. A. Robie
f Hookse;t, n. f., and wife spent
Sunday with the latter's sister. Mrs
James E. Dickey, a. her residence in
this village.
The Shepard Family gave one OF
their unioue entertainments at Vlllag,
Hall Tuesday evening, before a large
and appreciative audience The Shep
ards are always favorites in Bradford
| The "Hash Supper" at the Congre
gational parlors last Friday evening
was largely attended The mu>ica
entertainment was highly enjoyed b.
all.
Married in Fairlee Dec. 10th. at the
residence of the brides parents, b.
the Rev f w. Lewis, Lewis A. Mer
rill of Bradford and Miss Blanche Nj
Martin of Fairlee.
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CorinIhCOrner.

School commenced last week Mon
dav with Mr.. Washburn of South Cor
inth as teacher.
Several from this place attended
meeting at the Meadow last Sunday
evening.
l.. E.. TAYLOR of Montpelier preached
here last Sunday and administered
baptism to six.
Mrs VIM Burgin died last Monday
evening aftec long and painful ill-
ness She leaves kind and Affection
ate husband who has the 81 Dpathy or
all in his bereavement. Funeral at her
late home Thursday.
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Tea and Medicine.


Advertising seems nowadays to re-
uuire as much training and finesse as
the diplomatic service The old time
method of giving away crockery,
framed pictures and literature with
pound of tea is now considered a crude
and unconvincing way Of inducing
the attention of would be purchasers.
Now it has become the happy privilege
of tea merchant to retain on his staff
the services of a medical practitioner
and give to every customer coupon en-
titling him or her to free advice and a
bottle of medicine.
The medical profession, while realiz-
ing the resource and genius of this
method of securing customers, has de-
clared that the tea merchant is trespass-
ing on its preserves, therefore has ap-
pealed to its own council to check this
ebullition of inventive genius and order
the tradesman to desist from mixing his
tea with its medicine. Letter
in Chicago Times-Herald.
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CHRISTMAS PICTURES.

The Christmas number of the Boston
Sunday journal, to be printed Decen'
ber %, will be a notable issue. con
tanning, as it will, signed articles and
stories, relating to Christmas. by JUS
tin Mccarthy, M P, Frank r. Stock
ton, John Hahberton, Rose Elizabeth
Cleveland, Robert j. Burdett. Grace
H Dodge, DIR. Thomas Dunn English,
Eugene v. Debs, Mrs. Admiral Dahl
gren. DR.. Thomas Gallaudet, "Olivel
Optic" Harry q. Miner, M G, and
Gen Neal Dow. There will also be
handsome pictures in the half tone
Photographic process, exclusive to tn.
Journal, and giving practically genuine
photographs to readers instead of the
customary newspaper cuts.
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Mr.. r. +. Towner, state Secretary of
the Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Endeavor, Says of Neu-Rol.
Montpelier, VT, Nov. %, '95.
The Lester II. Greene Co.
Dear Sirs:-A few daN S ago had asevere
headache, and for the first time purchased
a box of your Neu Rol. | took two little
pills and 10 my surprise in about One-half
hour the headache had entirely vanished.
1 can and do chepTfully recommend Neu-
ROl az a remedy which does the business
almost instantly. Respectfully,
X x TOWN.
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T. E. King OF Burke was in town
Saturday i'm the interest of the Boss
Washing Machine. T e Cowan is
agent for the sale of this machine here
We learn that Henry II. DeGoosh
was very seriously injured by tree
falling on him Wednesday. His head
was badly injured and the result may
be serious. We cannot now give par
ticulars
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Boston & Maine R. R. PaSSulapSiC Div.
Time Table. Commencing Oct.

Time Table. Commencing Oct 7, 1895.
Trains Leave Bradford
SOUTH BOUND.
For Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston, IS a. m, 1929 a. m, I.a5, q. m.
For Worcester and Providence, IS, 10, az am
For Bellows Falls, Brattleboro Greenfield,
Northampton, Springfield, Hartford New Haven,
New York, IS, 1923, a. m. as P. M
For North Thetford, Norwich, White River
Junction IS, 1923 a m I.a5. 722 p m
For WayStations to White River Junction
1923 a. m Las, 7.22 p m
NORTH BOUND.
For Wells River, McIndos, Barnet, st.
John.bury, Lyndonvle, Barton, Newport. 1.5s,
e.13a msa.s5. s:IS P. m: Nu+
s.s5, 5.ISp m.
For Montreal, 1855 a. m, ass, s.Isp.n.
For Quebec, IS. a. m, a.55, 5;IS p m.
d. J. FLANDERS.
Genr Pass. and Ticket Agent.
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New Publications

ARMY LIFE IN VIRGINIA. Letters
from the Twelfth Vermont Regiment
and Personal Experiences OF volunteer
Service in the War for the Unlon' i0o1-
3 By &. G. Benedict, Burlington. Inc
Free Press Association, publlshelS; PIP
200. Price Sl.OO.
Among the books of the Civil War, which
continue to multiply. and stlll ma reauerS
though generation has passed away since
the events they narrate took place, IL mas
been found that not the least interesting
are those which simply describe army
scenes and expt rienc s, as they took place
before the eyes of the writers at The time.
This volume belongs to this class OF war
books. The letters collected In IL were
written to the Free Press, by Its junior
editor. while he was meinper i,li1 o. 4t .ile af
Twelfth Vermont regiment. Ihe writer Oh
them made no attempt to write a history.
He simply told what he saw, and what the
soldiers of his regiment and or the oeconu
Vermont brigade saw and eXperlenceus
from week tO week, during their term Oh
service in 1923. The last thirty pages are
: devoted to the battle of Gettysburg. Many
of the details of army life in these letters OF
course will have more interest for the sur
yiv0rs of Stannard's Vermont brigade than
for the general reader, but the latter, II no
has any interest in the Civil war, may
find some of them not altogether tedious
reading T volume is Illustrated 0y por-
traits of General Stannard, Col Blunt,
| / lent Col, Earnham. Major Kingsley, ana
staff officers of the Twelfth regiment; by
some camp scenes, photographed at the
( time. and a picture of the attack OF Stan.
yards brigade on Picketts division, at
| Getty sburg. taken from drawing by me
/ tie Col. John b. Batchelder, the historian
and delneator of that battle.
sent posi- paid to any address by the Free
Press Association. Burlington, Vt, on re-
ceipt of prize. Only small edition mas
been printed. and those desiring the WORK
| will do well to order SOOn.
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ADVERTISING AXIOMS.

BI y. WALTER ThOMPoON Of NEW 1ohh
'.The better the day, the better the
deed" The better the cad" the better
the medium used. the better the results.
If YOU have something that the peo.
pie need, advertise "with courage and
faith" and the people at home and
abroad will respond to your profit.
Do not forget that an advertisement
in perpetual motion" IT 1t IS good,
will wear its way into the peoples
mesxpry, with consequent results to
>ouN
Here is suggestion-"Make your
advertisement an argument deriving
it's force from tie situation, and pre-.
sent&t clearly to all to whom it is adj
dressed"
By advertising mean those who
krow that advertising well done is
bound to bring results; by business
men mean very large class of man
niaciarers who are "poor in the mids
.,.a 1.A-s'4. wealth. i.'e, of possibilities
of development.
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BRADFORD, VT.

If vou suffer f ON severe Cough buy
of ms a 30 cent hottie of DR.. BALLS
HUSTENa, Corgh and Lung syrup ana Il Il
your Cough Is curable We will guarantee
10 cure you or refund the money. FOR a
bad cough or cold. tickling in the throat,
lung troubles, slhms, or for children IN
Group and cough Hustena has no equal;
25 SIZE, Az doses, put mp in three corneTe9
bottle. 80 cent size 12j doses in panellt q
bottle Try 1t.
Cut this ont for reference.
L. A. wadleigh. Bradford.
A. I. Clarke. Bradford.
Isaac willard, Oxford.
+. w. Abbott. Fair ee.
Nm. Stetson, Newbury.
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WANTED! 4 blapcR plIrG Gdfssh Gf Jet, slRssy GoE,
ses. Must have good action, up headed.
perfectly sound, small clean limbs, fine
formed neck, head and body. L should like
to hear from any one having such pair.
State lowest possible price. No fancy price
considered. Address,
GEO. ID. PIKE,
96 Beverly ST., Boston, Mass.