Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-10-06

Mrs. G. II. Smith will have her millinery
opening Monday and Tuesday and will
demonstrate the new Paris comb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Rowe will occupy
the Unversalist parsonage in short time.
Rev. r. X. Marvin will room with them.
A New Hampshire man has been look
ing over the empty store In Odd Fellows
block this week with a view to renting II
for first-class restaurant.
Beauseant Commandery, Knights Temp
lar, will take part in the Dewey parade at
Montpelier next Thursday. The Brattle-
boro band will head the division of uni
formed orders.
A. F. Boynton has closed his shoe re-
! p firing department E. o. Howe, who
has had charge of the department the past
Is years, left town Tuesday in search of
another position.
Company l will leave for Montpelier
next Wednesday, and will take part in the
Dewey parade Thursday. The boys will
be in camp two nights on the arsenal
grounds, returning home Friday.
The amounts secured by pickpockets at
the Valley Fair was larger than at FIRST
supposed. A dozen or more people lost
sums ranging from $25 TO $50, and as many
more report smaller losses. 1t is probable
that other victims did not talk about their
troubles.
Mary Howe-Lavin will begin her Amer
lean concert tour Oct. Is i'm Westfed,
Mass, where she will be assisted by Will
liam LAWN, tenor; f. E. Kendall, bass;
Frederick MAIN, violnst and Lucien
Howe, accompanist.
The ladies' circle of the Universalist
church gave their annual harvest supper in
the vestry last evening. 1t was largely
patronize1. The tables and the vestry
were appropriately decorated with products
emblematical of the season.
There are now five inmates of the Home
for Aged and Disabled, Mrs. Wealtheon
Gale of Weston and Mrs. Warner Atwood
of this village having been admitted with
in the last few weeks. An addition Of five
rooms is being made 10 the home, to be
used as sleeping apartments.
Through the courtesy of the Estey Or
gan company F. C.. +. Cramer will give
an organ recital at Trinity church, Clare
mont, n. H., and on Wednesday evening
will take part In a concert in ali of the
West Brattleboro Baptist church together
with Mrs. JENNIE, Mrs. Cramer, Miss Paul
inc Jenne, Messrs. Arthur Maynard and
Arthur Brasor
The Woman's club will hold an open
meeting in the Brooks House Monday
evening the subject Of which will be "a
Healthy Mind in Healthy Body" The
meeting is especially intended for those
having children in school, but everyone is
cordially invited Papers upon the above
subject will be given "From a Parents
Standpoint and From a Teachers Stand
point"
The promoters of the new cemetery pro-
ject met Friday evening and formed a TEN
porary organization, electing DR.. S. K.
Lawton president. II was voted definitely
to buy the Wood farm, and committee
was appointed TO investigate and report as
TO the advisability Of laying out 25 acres at
once on the north side Of the farm. An
other meeting will be held this evening in
the Office of DR.. G. S. Clark.
L. and j. A. Stewart Of East Clarendon,
manufacturers of patent tin cans, have
written to Brattleboro persons this week
in regard to moving their business to this
town. The factory is now situated in a
small town some distance from the rail-
road, and on account of growing business
the proprietors wish to move to a larger
place. The company at present employs
so hands, but can easily raise the number
TO 100 II it can procure suitable quarters
for the factory.
Edmund Monroe, 70, died at his home
on Chestnut street Wednesday evening
after long illness with cancerous trou-
BILE. The funeral will be held at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, the burial being in
Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr.. Monroe was
native of Marlboro, the son of Solomon
and Rebekah Monroe. He was for many
years employed in the Estey Organ factory.
He is survived by a wife and three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. l.. NJ. Wakefield of Worcester,
Mass, and Mrs. E. G. Worden and Mrs
A. II Hopkinson of Brattleboro. Mr..
Monroe had four sons, all Of whom are
dead.
There was a hearing before the select
men at the intersection of Common aud
Linden streets This morning on the petit
ton of l.. K. Holden and Others for an
alteration of the highway at that point.
G. G. Fits appeared for the petitioners.
The petition asks that the selectmen util-
ize the corner of Mrs. A. G. Cobb's lot for
highway, cutting off 10 feet of land be-
sides enough for the sidewalk, in order
; that teams will not have TO cross the cleo
trio railroad track in going from Linden TO
; Common street and vice versa. Mrs. Cobb
protested vigorously, claiming that the
: alteration would practically spoil the lot.
) No decision was rendered.
NlluOIu VI past AOut
! and half years clerk in the drug store of
, Geo. K. Greene, has taken a position as
! travelling salesman for the II. K. Milford
} company of Philadelphia. He has been
1 in Philadelphia several days studying the
? firms methods. Mr.. Maynard has had an
e exceptionally good training in the drug
I business, In stores in Orange, Pepperell
' and Boston and in courses of study at the
: Massachusetts, college of pharmacy. His
Y territory will be the state of Vermont, and
e he will start on the road next Monday
d MI. Maynard has many friends in Brattle'
j. boro who are pleased at his promotion 10
t a responsible position with leading firm
n of manufacturing chemists. The Mulford
company is especially well-known through
i its famous anti-toxiue.
: The New York Dramatic Mirror has thC
y following in its account of the presentation
+ of Die Meistersingers in English at the
e American theatre in that city by the Gas
S tie Square opera company: "Yvonne d.
e Trevile as Eva made her greatest triumph
e since her connection with the organization
). Her voice, always pleasing, has improved
r wonderfully in power and quality since
: last season, and her acting was graceful IL
d the highest degree" The young. singer
J. as Edythe lie Gierse, was formerly thu
:. harpist who accompanied Mr.. and Mrs
Is LAWN on their concert tours, and the copy