Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-03

Miss Annie Richardson entertained a
number of friends at Whist Wednesday
evening.
There will be a quarterly conference
and election of officers in the Methodist
church March %.
The Philharmonic club of Rutland has
engaged the Hoffman string quartet of
Boston and Mrs. Harriet Brasor Pratt of
Brattleboro to give concert in Rutland
April 3
Mrs. Hattie Marsh has been notified
that she is one of the heirs to a large es-
tate left by her aunt, Laura, wife of Geo.
Carlisle, who died recently at her home in
California. Mrs. Carlisle was a visitor
here only few months before her death.
A half tone picture showing the interior
of the Centre Congregational church as 1t
appeared when decorated for the wedding
of Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Estey, appears in
the March number of the Ladies' Home
Journal. 1t was awarded a third prize in
the contest for the best pictures of churches
decorated for weddings.
The Brattleboro Jelly company have
contracted for large part of the acreage
which they need TO conduct their picking
business for the next four years, and they
believe that they will contract for the
whole amount soon. They will not agree
to take any cucumbers for pickles except
under their written contract.
congregation which filled every avail
able seat listened to Rev. II. D. Maxwelrs
last sermon as pastor of the Universalist
church Sunday morning. He preached eff
fectively from the text "Blessed are the
pure in heart" and at the close of the ser
mon spoke briefly in relation to his five
years pastOrate here. Mr.. Maxwell and
family went Monday to their new home in
Somerville, Mass.
Abel T. Howard, 90, who died in Brook
Ign, N. Y, Saturday, was born in West
Hartford, prepared for college in Meridian,
Conn, and graduated from Dartmouth in
81. He spent the next II years as
teacher in Mattewan, N. j., Brattleboro
and several places in the South. he had
been dealer in insulating materials in
Brooklyn since 1873. He was a member
of the Congregational club and of the
Brooklyn society of Vermonters. He
leaves widow and four children.
Occupants of the Congregational House
at Boston gave an informal reception
Tuesday morning to the new secretaries,
Rev. c. o. Day of the Congregational
Education society and Rev. c. p. Osborn
of the Seaman's Friend society. The Bos-
ton Transcript in its announcement of the
reception said: "Mr. Day brought to
close an unusually successful pastorate in
Brattleboro, VT, to become chaplain of
the LIST regiment of Vermont in the recent
war with Spain. He is said to be a man
of great energy and popularity, and he has
met warm welcome in the office of the
| Education society"
Fred Harris, l1-year-old son of II. +.
Harris; had his head severely cut last Fri
day evening while coastng with a number
| OF his companions in the rear of the Starr
| house on Western avenue. A barbed
wire fence divides the lot on which the
boys were sliding and they had taken
| down one span of the wire in order to be
able to slide the whole length of the lot.
In some manner young Harris lost control
of his sled and ran into the fence, striking
his head, and cutting a cash OF several
inches in length across his forehead. The
boy was taken home and the wound dress
ed Immediately although 18 stitches had
to be taken to bring the cut together.
Sembrel Herris, the convict who as
saulted Deputy Warden Allen in the Mas
sachusetts states prison at Charlestown,
Mass, Dec. IA, was sentenced Monday in
the superior criminal court by Judge Gas
kill to not less than 10 and not more than
20 years imprisonment for the crime. He
tried to make a defence of insanity and
kept it up through the trial, but DR.. Has
eltine testified that the man was perfectly
sane, and when the jury returned, and rem
dered their verdict, Herbs made a plea in
| broken English TO Judge Gaskill, inter-
larded with various oaths, and gestures
that would have done justice to an expan-
| ei az nd hot ha ont
warden so he could come to court and tell
what cruel lot of men the prison officials
are. He said he "could have cut the war
denis throat, see, or made him blind in the
eyes, see, and cut up his face, see, but
didn't want to do it, see." Herbs said he
wanted to make will, ''giving his body to
| the reporters, see, so people would know
what he died of, If he was killed at the
| prison, see.''
A new and high class of entertainment
| for Brattleboro was given in the Auditori-
um Tuesday evenng-Lyman II. Howe's
animotoscope, moving picture exhibit
ton, under the auspices of the Brattleboro
| Woman's club. The Auditorium was
packed, every ticket having been sold.
The large sale was due, in a measure, to
the canvass of the town. The objects
composing the pictures seemed imbued with
real life. The first part of the exhibition
consisted of miscellaneous pictures, among
which were represented the queens lancers
| riding swiftly over the pavement, the
sound of the horses hoofs being distinctly
heard the swimming baths at Milan,
ocean scenes with the waves splashing
against the rocks with wonderfully realist-
| ic effect, hurdle races and other interest
| ing scenes. A ranch scene represented
cattle crossing a stream. 1t was consider
ed necessary before presenting this picture
to warn the audience to keep their seats
"as none of the cattle will leave the stage"
The last part of the program was devoted
to scenes in the late Spanish American
war, among which was the battle of San
Juan, the destruction of Cervera's feet,
the explosion and sinking of torpedo
boat, etc. The presentation of each plct-
ure was received with enthusiastic APP
plause
Plan for Aiding the Band.
A good band is valuable acquisition to
any community. Brattleboro has been ia
vored for many years with one of the best
bands to be found in the Connecticut val
ley The people in the town have shown
their appreciation of this band by largely
attending their public concerts which have
furnished weekly entertainment during the
summer months. Last year. however, the
band became disorganized because of re-
movals and other causes so that the town
was deprived of these regular concerts. A
oh IL akrA II.