Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-28

MISS Lucia roster last SATURDAY alleIuooH'
The prize was won by Miss Florence Pratt.
A. w Childs has been appointed agent
to look after the property in this town and
at Lake Spofford belonging to the estate OF
Mrs George S. Powers.
Fuller Battery will hold its annual tar
get shoot next Tuesday afternoon. Mem
bers will be at the armory at O'Clock. All
uniforms must be returned.
Rev. Mr.. Babbitt of the West Brattle-
boro Congregational church will preach
Sunday at the Methodist church in ex-
change with Rev. Mr.. Beeman.
DIR. G. G. Wheeler, the osteopath, who
has an Office in Mrs. Whites North Main
street house, has an office in Gray's block
at Bellows Falls which he visits on We'd
nesdays and Saturdays.
Mrs. Caroline Wilder, 80, of Keene, n.
H., widow of Merrill +. Wilder, died of
| old age Monday at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fisher of Park Square, keene.
Mrs. Wilder was native of Stoddard, n.
H., and was mother of Herman NJ. Wilder
OF West Brattleboro.
"Choice Literature of the English Lam
guage with Lives and Portraits of the Au-
| thors," is the title of a book which is be-
ing sold throughout town. The volume
! contains sketches OF all the famous Amer
lean and English writers with selections
from their works, and will make valua-
bic addition to any library.
The High school base ball team will play
its first game of the season at Saxtons
River tomorrow against Vermont Acad-
envy. The probable lineup will be as fol-
lows: Cook, catcher; Houghton, pitcher;
| Allen, LIST base; Parkess, % base; Tasker,
short stop; Boyle Sd base; Monroe, left
field; Frost, centre field Whitman, right
field.
The well-known and well-approved
goods of the Bowker Fertilizer company
are in the hands of Whitman IL Capen as
local agents this season. For the conven-
fence of farmers an office has been estab-
llshed at the K. L. Putnam shoe store near
the bridge, and the teams Of f. b. Bar
rows & Co. will deliver the fertilizer to
| order.
The Woman's club will give a Scotch
tea at the home of Mrs. G.. G. Averill at 3
o'clock this afternoon This tea was post
poned from Feb. II. The paper which
was read at the club meetings last Friday
afternoon and Wednesday evening was up.
on 1.-THE Woman's Club Movement in its
Relation to Home, Church and Society,""
written by Mrs L. D. Temple.
Twenty relatives and friends gathered
at the home of Dana l. Howard, Church
street, Wednesday evening, to witness the
marriage of his mother, Louise A. How
ard, and Joseph Whitney. The ceremony
was performed at : 80 by Rev. F. f. Mar
BILE. Afterward refreshments of ice cream
and cake were served by Caterer Miller.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney will make their
home at Church street.
f. II. Miller was one of the soloists at
a concert given by the Easthampton, Mass.
High school last week when 1.-The Wreck
| of the Hesperus" was given. The East
| hampton News says: "The soloists gave
| great pleasure. Mr.. Miller has a baritone
| voice of rare sweetness, and excellent
| range and power. He was enthusiastcal-
| ly applauded, and there was general regret
that he had but two Independent numbers
on the program
There was a small fire in Mrs. Bacon's
restaurant on Main street Monday after
noon. Mrs. Bacon went into a closet filled
with clothing about ? 80 O'Clock. A few
minutes later, after she had left the closet,
she detected the odor of burning clothes
and she rushed to the closet and found
that the clothes were on fire, The fire
was soon eXtinguished by Mrs. Bacon and
some of the girls who are employed in the
restaurant, but not until the clothes had
been damaged to the amount of $40. The
origin of the fire is a mystery, but it is
thought that Mrs. Bacon may have stepped
on a match and ignited it when she left
the closet, The loss was covered by in
surance in the agency of A. W. Childs IL
| Co.
The increased business which the local
telephone exchange is doing at present has
necessitated a number of changes in the
lines throughout the town. and gang of
- men is now at work making the needed
alterations. The lines which run out
! Frost and Flat streets are being made into
a cable as are also the lines which run up
on the railroad bank and connect with the
north part of the town. These changes
will necessitate a new cable from the eN-
change TO Flat street. On account of the
| large amount of out-of-town business a
new trunk line switch board will be placed
in the exchange. During the last month
u new instruments have been placed in
residences and offices in the town, and six
instruments taken out, making a gain of
10 in the subscribers list.
Rev. j. d. Beeman, who has been the
Methodist pastor in Brattleboro the past
! two years with great acceptance, was
transferred to South Royalton by the con-
ference which finished its sessions at New
port Sunday. Rev. A. j. Hough returns
to White River Junction and Rev. A. II.
Webb to Bradford. Rev. w. S. Smithers
goes from Hardwick to the important
charge of St. Adams. lions Herald, in an
account of the rededication of the Metho-
dist church at Hardwick, has the follow
ing: "Rev w. S. Smithers, whose five
years of service among this good people is
| just closing, is rejoicing because the Lord
has given years of prosperity. He found
| 80 members, now there are 165. A magni-
| icent gift of $500 by Mrs. E. j. Noyes en-
abled the society to build parsonage with
all the modern conveniences at a cost of
$4,000, which the pastors family have en-
| joyed for four years. Benevolent moneys
have increased from S14S to $3.50 last
year; the PASTORS salary from 5000 to
Sll00; the value of church property from
$4,000 to $11,2 200. An Epworth league, a
Junior league, and a Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society have also been organized,
and all are doing grand work. Now pre-
cious revival spirit fills the church March
20, six united with the church; April 2,
FIVE; April 8, FIVE; and others on April 49,"
Balance OF the Baptist Church Debt
Pledged Last Sunday.
The work of securing pledges for the