Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-10

The Estey Guard voted last night to
hold a military ball this winter, probably
in January.
The ladies of the Universalst society
will give their annual fair and festival at
the town hall Jan. 20.
The +. II. Van Doom house on Chaplin
street will be sold by auction tomorrow,
Saturday, Dec. IL, at 2 p. NJ.
A seven octave Regina music box,
bought recently by w. II. Childs, has been
placed in the Vermont Wheel club rooms.
The administrators of the f. II. Van
Doom estate have sold the building lot on
Chaplin street near the residence of ID. A.
Young to G. o. Robbins.
The first ladies' afternoon will be given
at the Verm mt Wheel clubs rooms Dec.
49, The ladies will have the use of the
rooms the second and fourth Thursdays of
December, January, February and March.
About $500 men are employed in Coos
county, n. H., lumber camps, and the cut
there this winter is estimated at 225,000,-
600 feet of logs. The Connecticut River
Lumber company will run 50,0O0,0O0 feet
down the river.
The annual Unversalist parish meeting
was held Tuesday evening. The follow
ing officers were elected: President II. f.
Taylor; clerk and treasurer, G. l.. Stick
ney; trustees, II. F. Brooks, A. j. Cur
rier and A. A. Stearns.
The New York Life Insurance company
will pay million dollars in maturing en-
doNment policies this month. About
$1,000 of this amount will be paid to Brat
tlebOreans through the companys local
agents, A, w. Childs e Co.
About 40 members of Protective grange
have been in Springfield this week to at
tend the annual meeting of the Vermont
state grange. The degree staff of Protec-
tive grange worked the third and fourth
degrees at the meetings yesterday.
Miss Florence Goodenough has recently
put on the market a High school calender
of her own design. II contains reproduc-
tions from pen drawings of the High
school building and its interior. The work
is very neatly and artistically done and
shows unusual talent. Miss Annie Lis
com is canvassiDg for the calender.
The annual meeting of the Sons of Vet
Grams was held Friday evening in Grand
Army hall. The following officers were
elected: Captain. Fred Gibson; first lieu
tenant, George Bishop; second lieutenant,
James Ferriter; camp council, Arthur
Howe, f. l.. Knowlton, c. f. X. Jenne.
The staff officers will be appointed later.
DR.. G. f. Barber is now the owner of a
pair of the finest registered English point
ers in America. His old dog. Don, which
has made a reputation in the field with To-
cal wing shots, was bred by b. T. Brewer
of Canandaigua, n. Y. His new dog,
Ridgeway Maid, was received last Satur-
day from the kennels of DR.. Jno. Il. Dan
iels of Cleveland, Ohio.
j. Il. Randoll, on account of his grow
ing business, has rented the room in EIar-
mony block occupied by the First Regi-
ment band, in addition to his present
quarters. He will not have use of the
room until after Jan. /. Mr.. Rando,l is
now employing "a hands and hopes to in
crease his business enough to employ 50,
The regular meeting of the Fort Dunn
mer colony, Pilgrim Fathers, was held
Tuesday evening in Grand Army hall. An
entertainment was given consisting of
gramophone selections by c. p. Spencer;
recitation, Edith Yeaw; organ solo, Flora
Sanders; poem, "HOw Christmas came to
the Poorhouse," Amy Livingstone; recita-
ton, Mrs. w. D. Norris; music, High
school quartet; essay, Helen Roeder; pa
thetic recitation, "Brother Watkinson's
Farewell Sermon" Mrs. w. F. Mixer. AT
ter the entertainment there was a "peanut
walk, in which the first prize was won by
Mrs. A. j. Currier, the second by A. w.
Kezer and the BOBBY by Fred Game. Re-
freshments we've served during the evening.
The election of officers will be held at the
next meeting, Dec. u.
The semi-annual meeting of the Knights
and Ladies of Honor was held in Red
Mems hall Monday evening and the follow
ing officers were elected: Past protector,
L. F. Shields; protector H. w. Sargent;
vice protector, Mrs. j. +. Lawrence sec
rotary, Mrs. W. II. Haywood; financial
secretary, +. II. Putnam; treasurer. Mrs.
II. W. Sargent; chaplain, Miss Nellie j.
Pettee; guide, Charles Berry; guardian,
W. A. Cunningham; sentinel, w. w. In
gals; trustees, W. A. Cunningham, f. d.
Hobart, w. II. Haywood; auditors, w. II.
Haywood, F. h. Barrows, II. W. Sargent.
The Vermont Wheel club voted Tuesday
night to hold a billiard, pool and whist
tournament. The reports of the commit
tees were adopted and the prizes for three
ball billiards will be diamond ring, for
four ball billiards diamond stud, and for
pool diamond pin. The entries close
Dec. %. The games will be hnadicap as
in former years. The whist tournament
will be devoted to the straight game.
Players will pay small entrance fee each
night. The progressive style will be in
vogue and prizes will be awarded each
night. The tournament will begin Tues
day night, Jan. 3, and continue each Tues
day night until further notification is made.
Entries will close 10 minutes before the
beginning of play each night. The com
mittee on entertainments suggested ladies'
nights, and ladies' afternoons twice a
month until April. This suggestion will
probably be adopted. The governors re-
ported Jan. 20 as the date of the annual
club banquet and named as the committee
of arrangements W. II. Bracket, chair
man, w. II. Chlds, J. d. Austin, C. A.
Harris, W. f. Hubbard.
The Modern Newspaper.
A well-filled house greeted Rev. II. d.
Maxwell a. the Universalist church last
Sunday evening, when he held the first of
his winter Sunday evening services. Mr..
MaXwelps theme was 1.-THE Modern News
paper" In treating it he traced from its
earliest beginnings the growth and evOlu-
ton of the newspaper as it is seen in its
remarkable development today in this
country and the leading countries of Eu-
rope. He then proceeded to consider what
the idea of a newspaper is or should be,
emphasizing especially its great influence,
which is more potent than the spoken
word of the pulpit because the voice of the
press is oftener heard and it reaches far
larger audience. The responsibility is cor
respondingly large from the very fact that
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