Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-04-14

is spending few days with his relatives
in Boston.
The last in the series Of Odd Fellows
dances was held last evening. Nearly 100
couples were present.
The Young Ladies' Whist club met with
Miss Marian Minor last Saturday after
noon. The prize was won by Miss Florence
Brown.
Rev. w. n. 7. Dean of Orange, Mass,
will preach at the morning and evening
services in the Congregational church
next Sunday.
The ladies' aid society of theI Methodist
church gave birthday supper in the YES
cry last evening. Every person brought as
many pennies as they were years old. A
good sum of money was realized.
A thank offering service was held in the
Methodist church Sunday evening, under
the auspices of the Epworth league and
the Women's Foreign Missionary society.
There was good attendance and gener-
GUS collection was taken.
Mrs. w. p. Nation of Springfield,
Mass, who played the part of Little But
tercup at the Auditorium Saturday night
for the S5th time, says the production
then was the best amateur presentation of
the opera she ever saw, and that the roles
were taken excellently, without exception.
The body of Paul Vesper of company
Is, I'd Massachusetts, regiment, was
brought back to this country recently from
| Cuba. where he died last summer. His
| father went to Cuba to find the grave
there. At the funeral at Springfield 20
members of Bay Path lodge of Odd Fellows
escorted the body from the Vesper home
to the I'd Universalst church, where i'm
! iya h.,11 arr1N ~
only brother, Lieut.. Harry Vesper, died
on transport while on the way back from
! Cuba and was buried at sea.
The annual meeting of Fort Drummer
Royal Arch chapter was held last evening
in Masonic hall. These officers were
elected and installed George l.. Spafford,
II. p; o. Z. Randall, king; f. X.
Vaughan, scribe; j. b. Randoll, c. of H.;
II. A. Walters, P. S.. Harry Rowe, X. A.
c.; H. r. Randall, NJ. Sd "; d. A.
Young, NJ. I'd "; p. f. Connors, NJ. LIST
| "; +. +. Brooks, treasurer; II. +. G.
T0dt, secretary; w. Is. Vinton and j.
Henry Pratt, Stewards X. Haskins, chap
lain; j. A. Taylor, sentinel; Z. F.
Brooks, trustee.
1t is expected that a proposition will be
made for the transfer TO the Grand Trunk
Railway company OF the Brattleboro &
Whitehall company's lease to the New
London Northern railroad company. A
representative Of the Grand Trunk was in
Brattleboro a few days ago to confer with
President c. F. Thompson in regard to
the matter. Mr.. Thompfon was asked II
the Brattleboro & Whitehall would accept
a proposition TO surrender its rights under
the lease, but he replied that it would not
although 1t would give the matter due con-
sideration. The lease to the New London
Northern, which was assumed by the Cen
trail Vermont system, has yet 10 years to
run, and Mr.. Thompson considers it advis-
able for the Brattleboro & Whitehall com.
pany to hold fast to what rights it has, in
asmuch as there is nothing to be gained
by surrendering them.
A meeting of the directors of the Y. NJ.
c. A. was held in the association rooms
last Friday evening" when it was decided
to extend call to George G. Wilson of
Keene, n. e., to take the position of sec
rotary of the local Y. NJ. c. A. Mr.. Will
son was in town last week to confer with
the directors in regard to the matter, and
decided to accept the call. Mr.. Wilson will
begin his duties in this field May |. AL
though young man Mr.. Wilson has had
much experience in Y. NJ. c. A. work and
is considered entirely competent TO hold
the secretarYship. He is a native of East
Floyd, n. Y. He graduated from Colgate
university in the class of '97 and immedi-
ately went into Y. NJ. G. A. work at Con-
cord, n. H., where he remained for sever
al months. For the past year and half
he has been assistant secretary in the asso-
citation in Keene, N. H., having been re-
markedly successful in his work there.
Rev. Lewis Grout has done valuable
service in gathering up the material for
| his Monograph on the Origin and Early
Life of Brattleboro' and putting it in
available and permanent form in a neat
pamphlet of 30 pages. He begins with
the earliest historical times, when the
| Squakheag Indians owned and occupied all
the region, and then traces its gradual de-
velopment into the ways Of organized life
and civilization. These facts include the
original charter of the town to Col. Will
liam Brattle and his associates, the contro-
versy with New York, the earliest settle
ments, and the final organization of town
government Later pages give the FIRST
authentic list of men who lived in the
town, and tell where many of them lived,
where houses stood, roads ran, etc. The
thread of local history is sustained, and
finally there is suitable reference to the
conditions of life in those early times. IL
is pamphlet which many people-those
now resident in BrattlebOro and those who
have gone away-will wish to own and
preserve. Its sale is in the hands of Clapp
& Jones and W. r. Geddis.
Della FOx's Bunch of Beauties.
When Miss Della Fox determined to
take out her new musical comedy, "The
Little Host" she also determined to sur
round herself with none but recognized
beauties, so far as the feminine contingent
was concerned. She commissioned her |
manager to exercise the most punctilious |
care in the selection of the chorus and &C |
cept none but those who possessed the |
most striking good looks. 1t is hackney |
ed claim put forth by every comic opera |
organization that they display a chorus of |
exceptional beauty, but in the ensemble of
1.-The Little Host" this claim has been sub
stantiated wherever the piece has been
seen, the Baltimore Herald alleging, in its
notice of the production, that never before
in hat city was such a collection of be-
wilderingly lovely stage bellies seen. The
average comic opera chorus girl receives
from $15 to SIT per week compensation.
Miss Fox pays from $25 to $40. Good
things come high; inordnately handsome
chorus girls are no exception. especially as
they are always sought after. 1.-THE Little
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