Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-17


The tickets for Hoyt's "a Milk White
Flag go on sale Wednesday night at
o'clock at Fox's.
The annual ST. Patrick's day fair and
festival of the Catholic church will be held
in Festival hall this evening. Refresh
ments will be served and the latter part of
the evening will be spent in dancing.
Protective grange will give a sugar sup
per and dance at Grange hall Monday
evening. Supper will be served from $3.50
TO O'Clock, and the dancing will continue
from to II. Music will be furnished by
Dugan and Hines.
d. G. O'Neil, the painter, paper hanger
and house decorator, has moved his shop
from the building on Grove street, in the
rear of the Unitarian church, to the rear
of the town hall, in the building adjoining
the grocery store of Freeman Scott.
C. E. Aliens greenhouse No. collapsed
yesterday morning on account of the
weight of snow which fell upon it during
the previous night. The sides of the green
house spread and let the top fall into the
middle. Not much damage was don
The Wilmington stage came in on
wheels Tuesday morning fer the first time
since Nov. % "a remarkable run of
sleighing," says Mr.. Lyon, the veteran
driver. And even then he came on run
ners as far as Lewis Johnson's, four miles
beyond West Brattleboro.
Rev. George w. Morrow of Burlington,
superintendent for Vermont of the Anti
Saloon League of America, will preach in
the Methodist church a week from next
Sunday morning at the usual hour. In
the evening he will address a union meet
ing in the Baptist church. Mr. Morrow is
a very able speaker and is thoroughly in
formed on the subject of temperance.
Montpelier Waterman: zone of the
pleasant events in April, to which all
lovers of music will look forward, will be
the concert to be given in Bethany church
on Wednesday evening, April 5. Z. II.
Miller of Dummerston, well remembered
by all who heard him sing on several occa-
sions in Montpelier during the last legisla-
ture, will appear, assisted by the choir of
Bethany church."
Mrs. August Lewis of New York, a
summer visitor at Mrs. Kirkland's, has
presented to the High school a collection
of classic pictures. Two large pictures,
Photographic reproductions in colors, show
the exterior and interior Of st. Marks at
Venice, and three other pictures show the
famous Ghiberti gates of the baptistry at
Florence. There are also four small pho
tographs of drawings by Raphael.
A meeting of Fuller Battery was held in
the armory Tuesday evening to discuss
plans for the future. The battery has
never been disbanded, although its guns
were taken away by the government at the
beginning Of the Spanish-American war,
so it is the only company of militia in the
state. 1t has decided to meet every Tues
day evening for school and drill About
40 members of the battery live in Brattle-
boro.
The Magic Kiss, in which Camille
D. Arville once starred successfully in the
East, is now the attraction at the Tivoli
theatre in San Francisco for a three
weeks run. The leading role, Madeline,
is taken by Annie LIGHTER Mrs. viii
Schuster), and the Dramatic Mirror cor.
respondent says she looked, played and
sang charmingly. Mr.. Schuster is men
toned as one of the principals who was
entirely satisfactory.
jeremiah Denning, "A, who died at ST.
Johnsbury, March g, was the father of
Conductor T. j. Denning and jeremiah
Denning, both of Palmer, Mass, but for
merly of Brattleboro. Mr.. Denning came
to this country from Ireland when II years
old. He had been employed by the Fair
banks company at St. Johnsbury 40 years.
Mrs. Jeremiah Denning, II, died Monday,
five days after the death of Mr.. Denning
She had been in poor health several years,
and the death of her husband Frustrated
her so that she never rallied.
VV;Iiia,n n yUl;tr,o, ~, o,,,..i.... II II
Bratteboro Jelly company, and Miss Irene
Idele Clough of Jamaica were married
last Friday evening at $40 o'clock at the
Oak street home of Miss Cloughs sister,
Mrs. l.. w. Adams. The ceremony was
Unitarian church. The bride was dressed
in blue serge trimmed with white satin
and wore white carnations. Only imme-
date friends and relatives we're present
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitman are now living
with Mrs. NJ. d. Goldsmith on Church
street.
Writing from West Palm Beach, Florida,
under date of March 6, Frank f. Howe
says; Everything is nice and summary
down here. The mercury has not been
below $50 here for three weeks. We had
slight frost here but no damage was done
except to bananas and they were not
killed. Orange trees, even those in bios
som, were not hurt a particle and pine
apples, which are very delicate, were only
touched in exposed spots. Some tomato
plants were killed, but were Immediately
reset and the crop will only be delayed a
little. / have picked tomatoes within a
week from vines that were not covered at
the time of the frost and were not hurt"
w. II. Geddis has had made 5000 flags
to be used at the state convention of Odd
Fellows which is TO be held in Brattleboro
in May. Mr.. Geddis's design was approved
by members of the arrangement commit
tee of the convention. The larger part of
the flags have already been sold They
are three. cornered and are made of white
muslin with red border. In the centre
are the "three links" bearing the nscrip-
ton Friendship, Love, Truth" Mr..
Geddis has made several other flags of his
own designs, including flags for Epworth
league and Christian Endeavor societies,
clubs, the Valley Fair, Vermont
Wheel club and other organizations.
Capt. w. T. Haigh received notice We'd
nesday that in about two weeks he would
receive a supply of medals for distribution
among all the members of Company | and
the nearest relatives of the deceased mem
bers. They are the gift of Col. w. S.
Webb of Shelburne, who has already done
much for the Vermont troops. Nothing is
known here at present as to what the de-
sign of the badges will be, but that they
will be valuable souvenirs is certain from