Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-12-18


Brattleboro lodge, f. and A. NJ, will
work the second degree at a meeting to-
night.
A meeting of the Unitarian society has
been called for next Monday evening TO
act on Mr.. Leavitt's resignation.
The selectmen have appointed E. r.
| Thayer janitor of the town house. He
will begin work Monday morning.
G. w. Wyman has sold for the estate of
| S. N. Herrick 60 acre lot of valuable
land, known as the Sargent lot, to A. V.
May and c. f. Mason.
Mrs. F. II. Smith has sent six barrels of
clothing and bedding to Boston, Brooklyn
and New York, two to each city, for dis
tribution among the poor.
Fuller Battery will give New Year
dance at the armory the night of the 3lst.
A basket ball game will be played during
the evening between the Fuller Battery
and Estey Guard teams.
The town of Barton, which celebrated
its centennial this year, was settled by
Rhode Island people, but the first meeting
of the proprietors after they secured their
charter was held in Brattleboro in Febru-
airy, 1890.
j. o. Smith has bought the interest of
his partner, II. c. Squires, in the Brooks
House hack and coupe line and will con-
tinue the business himself. Mr.. Squires
is undecided as to the future. The trans
fer was made through the agency of F. j.
Bailey & Co.
The idea of "high art is not ordinarily
associated with the boot and shoe trade,
but Durham Brothers piece of resistance
in the big window of their wholesale store
shows that it is possible to make an effect
i've picture out of such commonplace arli-
Giles as boots, shoes and slippers.
The Fortnightly club held an enjoyable
socable in the Congregational church
Tuesday evening, the main feature OF
which was illustrated songs. OF these
perhaps the most interesting was that en-
titled "Reuben and Rachel" which was
sung by Helen Reyes and Hugh Croft.
The death of Mrs. Jennie May, wife OF
Arthur Z. Torrey, the well-known milk
dealer, took place suddenly at North Hins-
dale Sunday, following childbirth. Mr..
Torrey is left with seven children. The
funeral was held Tuesday, Rev. +. S.
Morse officiating. The burial was at
North Hinsdale.
The 30th annual meeting of the First
Baptist society was held Tuesday evening.
Officers were chosen as follows: President,
S. II. Warren; vice president, l.. II. Dear
born; secretary, II. b. Chamberlain
treasurer, S. w. Edgett; collector, Jesse
f. Haynes; trustees, II. d. Holton,
George S. Phillips, J. z. Hall, c. b. Crow,
ell, l.. j. Retting.
The following officers were elected at the
annual meeting of the First Univer-
salist society Tuesday night; Presi
dent, H. f. Taylor; clerk and treas.
urer, G. l.. Stickney; trustees, II. +.
Brooks, A. j. Currier, A. j. Stearns. II
was voted TO change the constitution so
that the annual meeting will be held on
the first instead of the third Tuesday in
December.
Those rollicking Irish comedians, Con.
roy d Fox, will appear at the auditorium
tonight in so Flarity's Vacation" In
years past the names of these Irish come
dams on the bill was sufficient TO fill any
vaudeville house in the country, and now
they have duplicated this experience in
farce comedy. In 90 Flarity's Vacation"
which was written with a view to their pc
cular talents, il is said that they out dc
all their former efforts. They have with
them an excellent company of comedians,
singers and dancers, who will assist in
keeping the fun effervescent when the
stars are not on the stage.
Entries for the Vermont Wheel clubs
billiard, pool, whist and chess tournament
will close Dec. 81. All billiard contests
will be three ball, and regular prices will be
charged for the use Of the tables for tour
nament games. The billiard games will
consist of 80 points and upwards for the
scratch players, and when two men play
from the same mark so points will consti-
tute a game. In whist only the duplicate
game will be played. Twenty-four packs
will be used, and the original play and re.
play will be on different evenings. Entry
fees will be charged in all games, and the
entrance money will be used in buying
prizes.
At the regular meeting of Fort Drummer
colony of Pilgrim Fathers, held at Grand
Army hall Dec. Is, these officers were
elected: Governor, p. S. Chase; lieutenant
governor, Mrs. II. A. Reynolds; secretary
A. j. Currer; collector, Mrs. A. j. Cur.
rier; treasurer,l ID. w. Tenney; sergeant.
alarms, Edward Hobart; deputy sergeant.
alarms, Mrs. p. S. Chase; outside senti-
mel, L. II. Allen; inside sentinel, Mrs. l..
II. Allen; trustees, w. G. Norris, w. f,
Mixer, and J. NJ. Dugan; auditing com.
mittee, Horace Goodenough, ii. A. Rey-
nolds, l.. II. Allen; representative to
supreme colony, Eugene Clark. The in.
stallation is expected to take place the first
Tuesday in January.
S. S. Hunt and Mrs. Priscilla Thurber
attended the funeral of William A. Tag
CART, 10, at Gardner, Mass, last Saturday.
Mr.. Taggart's father, Priest Taggart, was
a representative in Congress while a resi-
dent of Colrain, Mass, many years ago.
Mr.. Taggart was partner of the late
Austin Hunt in the tanning business at
Guilford Centre, but left there 40 years
ago, and has since lived in Gardner, where
he was employed by the Haywood CON-
pany. Mr.. Taggart is survived by a wife
and two daughters. Mrs. Taggart was a
daughter of the late Samuel Ward of West
Brattleboro. Mrs. Priscilla Thurber is
Mrs. Taggart's sister.
The entertainment by Mrs. Lucia Gale
Barber at Grange hall, Tuesday evening,
deserved a much larger audience. The
program included selections from a wide
field of literary merit. The monologues
were we'll given, especially the one entitled
"The broken SEAL" in which Mrs. Barber
personated jealous wife. The character
sketch from Barrie's "a window in Thrum"
with its scotch dialect, which most readers
hesitate to undertake, became a charming
bit of diversion as rendered by Mrs. Bar
Der. The gem of the evening, however,
was her rendition of "a dream of woman"
, by Olive Schreiner By request Mrs. Bar
Der gave Eugene Fields "a lyttel boy"
with that pathetic feeling which character
: ICES many of Fields poems, and for an en-
| core responded with "Seein' things at
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