Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-02-12
PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY r. 1897.

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of Newport, n. H., recently. All the lv-
| ing eX-governors, with the present governor
of New Hampshire, were present.
Edgar Bartlett's horse got unhtched at
the Robertson Brothers paper mill We'd
nesday and ran down Canal street to the
post-oilice, where the reins got caught in
the runner of the sleigh, stopping its prog
ress.
Three of Miss Towards friends invited
| themselves to spend the day with her last
Friday at her pleasant home on River
street, where her friends are always wei
come. They report an exceedingly enjoy
able time.
Will Fales recently bought wood lot at
"Broad Brook" He has some men work.
ing there cutting and hauling the logs to
the Dickinson Brothers box shop at Full
ler's Dam. He expects to get 100 cords of
saplings off from it.
Invitations are out for the first ball of
the Red Men to be held at the town hall
Wednesday evening, Feb. II. Leitsinger's
orchestra of Brattleboro will furnish mu-
sic Refreshments will be served in the
hall by Caterer Miller of Brattleboro
f. II. Foss of the south part Of the
town sprained his wrist last Christmas.
1t has panied him great deal since, so he
went to Greenfield last week, where he had
| it examined by the X-rays, which revealed
two broken bones and two misplaced cords.
Mrs. Leavitt of Canada will speak to the
! Junior Endeavor society next Sunday
afternoon at the Congregational church at
4 o'clock. She will speak at the same
place in the evening under the auspices of
the w. c. T. L. A cordial invitation is
extended to all.
j G. Estabrook of Keene is to give
| ticket to Washington, including all ex-
penses there for week in April, to the
person having the largest number of votes.
Robert A. Ray, former principal IT the
High school, now principal of the Keene
High school, stands first in the list, with
2l9j votes.
petition is being circulated among our
citizens for the reappointment of Miss A.
NJ. Barrows as postmaster. Her term ends
about March l. The petition is meeting
with great favor among our citizens, nearly
everyone signing it. Miss Barrows has
held this office for the past II years and
filled it very acceptably. We hope that
she will be reappointed.
The members of the fire department
were paid off at their regular meeting sat
urday night There has been only two
alarms Of fire in the town, that OF +. f.
Strait ms house in the summer and at =.
w. TaylOr's house on Mortified street, oc-
cupird by Mr.. Doucett. At both these
fires the loss was very small The fire de-
partment is in fine condition and only
$3.50 was spent on its account for the last
year.
A voting contest for the most popu-
lar scho j teacher in Winchester or HIns-
dale is being carried on in the Winchester
Star. j. c. Estabrook Of Keene is to give
10 rolls of wall paper, 20 yards of border,
5 rolls of ceiling paper to match aud As
s of moulding to the teacher having the
largest number Of votes at the close of the
contest, March q. A vote appears in the
Star every week. Miss Minerva Bur
roughs of this town heads the Est and Miss
Charlotte States name also appears
About 80 of the High school pupils and
their friends enjoyed sleghrlde to North
field Friday night. They were conveyed
IN sled full of straw owned by Wallace
Bailey and a six seated sleigh from Browns
livery in Brattleboro. They were quar-
tered at Simpsons Inn, where dancing
and card playing were in order, while the
glee club sang some Of its best songs,
which were very pleasing. The party were
served with fine hot turkey and oyster
supper by Landlord Simpson. The fur.
niture was inspected by Prof. Patterson
and declared to be safe and sound. The
party broke up about IL O'Clock and re-
turned home, everyone feeling that an
evening long to be remembered had been
spent
The Pilgrim Fathers gave their friends a
very pleasant time at their "Indigo" tea
party Friday evening. Supper was served
in the dining hall and the table decorations
were all in blue. Each item on the bill of
fare was given a peculiar name, and the
guest who ordered his dishes received many
surprises when they were brough, him.
After supper all were invited upstairs into
the main hall, where an enjoyable enter
tainment was given. +. W. Tllden re-
ceived first prize, pair of blue overals,
for making A. words out of "indigo tea"
As Mrs. e. 5. Howe had but two word,
written on her card the BOBBY prize, a box
of blueing, was awarded her. The re-
mainder OF the evening was passed listen
ing to readings and vocal music, and in
card playing +. c. Robertson, governor
of the colony, made few explanatory re-
marks on the aims of the order, and two
applications for membership were received
The following from the Chicago Times
Herald of Feb. will be OF interest u
many readers of The Phoenix, as Levi,
p. Stone is a son of the late Ashley Stone
of this town, and is well known in vii.
mington, Brattleboro and other towns,
"Baker, Mead, Tomlinson Il Stone hav,
established metropolitan general agency
for the Equitable Life of New York on tn,
sixth floor of the Chamber OF Commrrc,
building. The firm is composed of Charlie,
H. Baker, William 4. Mead, j. Addison
TOminsOn and Lewis =. Stone, all q
p whom have until recently been connected
with the Western Mutual Life Insuranc,
- company of Chicago. Baker d Mead wer,
managers of the Home Insurance brancl
/ and Mr.. Tomlinson eff the Fort Dearborn
5 ! branch, while Mr.. Stone had received tn,
appointment of manager of the eastern
department, with headquarters in New
$ York, and was about to take the position
e when the new firm was organized, rh
. details of the separation, it is said, wer
all amcably arranged"
e Pomona grange met with Wantastique
= grange, No, 1873, at Grand Army hall OF
' Wednesday, Feb, ~ A large number O
people were present from the nelghborin
towns, the largest number coming frou
Westmoreland. In the morning the meet
= ing was for the grangers only, after whc
d dinner was served TO about l25 persons
In the afternoon the meeting wa publ
d and the hall was well filled The first o
!, the program WAS an address of welcome b
n Master of Wantasliquet grange, Ezra Pike
Then came the question for debate, "HO'