Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-01-21
BRATTLERORO.

special meeting of the Baptist church
has been called by the trustees for next
Thursday evening.
Fuller Battery and the Bellows Falls Y.
NJ. c. A. basket ball team will have a game
at the armory tonight.
Starkey e. Wellman's store is closed to-
day while the stock is being rearranged
and marked down. The store will be
opened tomorrow, Saturday, and mark
down sale which will begin then will con-
tinue until Monday night, Jan. 81. After
the latter date extensive improvements
are to be made in the store
The breaking of cable or pulley in the
drop curtain apparatus released a heavy
weight at the Auditorium last night. and
the windlass was pulled up to the ceiling
James Sheehy was holding the windlass at
the time and was carried upward with it.
but he released his grasp after ascending
about 10 feet and THEREFORE, escaped serious
injury.
News has been received of the marriage
on the 18th inst. in New York CITY of
Clarence Worden and Miss Charlotte /.
Adams, both formerly well known young
people OF this village. Mr.. Worden is now
employed in bakery in New York. He
worked at the Brattleboro Retreat several
years, and was sergeant in the Estey
Guard and popular member of the Yer
mont Wheel club.
The basket ball game next Wednesday
evening between the Brattleboro and
Springfield, Mass, y. NJ. G.. A. teams
ought to draw out an audience that will
NIL the Elliot street armory. The finest
game ever seen here was between these two
teams last season. The score was tied two
or three times, and the game was won in
lhe last few minutes by the local players,
TO o. The crowd went wild with excite
ment and noisy demonstration took place
when time was called
The committee appointed at the last
village meeting to confer with the New
England Fire Insurance exchange have
notified the local fire insurance agents TO
have representatives of their companies
meet the committee at the office of Water
man. Martin Hit Friday, the 2Sth inst.
at 10 \ NJ for a conference in regard to
reduction of rates. The committee are
convinced that the rates in Brattleboro are
excessive, and will probably be able to in
duce the companies to make a reduction.
The annual banquet of the Vermont
Wheel club will be held at the Brooks
House next Thursday evening, Jan. y.
Inc members and their guests will gather
al the club rooms and go from there to the
Motel at $50. The expenses will be de-
frayed from the club treasury and each
member is entitled to a ticket for the han
quet, The tickets will be divided AMONG
10 or - members and distributed early in
the week. Gov Grout, Lieut.. Gov. Fisk
Gen. j. G. Mccullough of Bennington r
Z. Smith of st. Adams, the president of
the league of American Wheelmep. and
the presidents of clubs in Bellows Falls
Keene, Greenfield and Springfield and
several prominent local men are among the |
invited guests. President W. II. Brackett
Will act as POSTMASTER and there will he
about ten responses. Some entertaining
musical features are expected.
"My Friend from India" stands unri- |
vailed and alone in the list of recent pro- |
auctions of farce-cOmedy at the Audito. |
rum. The play itself is bright, mirthful |
wholesome. Its humor is genuine and |
spontaneous, not dependent upon clap-tran
or artificial effects. Over-satiated NAV
goers find relief in the production from the |
fact that nothing in the so-called "spec-
ialty" line is introduced. The companv
which presented the play at the Audito-
rum last night was first class in every re-.
spect. Walter E, Perkins in his original
part of the theosOphical barber was a star
actor, and Miss Kenyon Bishop made a de-
cided hit as the German maid. There is
no criticism to make of the other actors.
A pulley used on the drop curtain appara-
tus gave way between the first and second
acts, causing delay of about 10 minutes
while temporary curtain was being ar
The orchestra rendered pleasing
selections during the wait.