Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-08
VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY DECEM

A reception of candidates to the sodali-
ty of the Roman Catholic church will be
held Sunday evening.
A boxing and wrestling exhibition will
be given this evening at William Mette's
in West Brattleboro.
John M. Baker has bought the interest
of his partner, John Frye, in the night
lunch room and has taken possession.
The 10th anniversary of the Baptist
church of Barre was celebrated Sunday.
Rev. K. M. Fuller, the pastor, is a former
Brattleboro boy.
William Currier, the barber, went We'd
nesday to North Walpole, where he will
open a new barber shop for Michael Muir
ply, proprietor Of the Riverside hotel
Frederick II. Kimball of Bellows Falls
has this week been adiudged bankrupt by
Judge Wheeler. His liabilities are $449.12
and his assets are S400 with $50 claimed to
be exempt.
G. b. Crowell, Charles Lang, W. j.
Pentland, J. 4. Leach and w. f. Goddard
we're among the Brattleboro exhibitors at
the annual poultry show of the Greenfield
Score Card club.
United States District Attorney Martin
was in Newport Saturday to attend the
hearings of the four Cinnamon who were
detained there Oct. % for attempting TO
enter the United States illegally. They
were all ordered deported by Commissioner
John Young, and they all appealed for a
hearing before Judge Wheeler.
The calendar which Tailor Walter II
Haigh gets out annually for the benefit Of
his customers has always been handsome
and attractively arranged, but this year
Mr. Haigh has exceeded his past efforts
His calendar for 1900 combines the beauti-
full and the practical, and will be valu-
able acquisition to any home or Office.
Misses Grace and Maude Marshall gave
party in honor of Miss Minnie Haigh and
Master Will Haigh of Brattleboro, Vt,
who have been visiting relatives In Athol.
About Is were present and a very enjoy
able evening was INDUCED in by all. Re-
freshments were served and music march
ing and games went to make up a very
pleasant event Athol Transcript.
There has been a large sale of tickets
for the lecture by Booker T. Washington
which will be given in the Auditorium
next Wednesday evening. Mr.. Washing
toms subject will be: 1.-THE Solving Of
the Race Problem in the Black Belt of the
South" The entertainment will be the
third in the Star course of the Y. NJ. G. A.
Tickets are now on sale at the Y. NJ. G. A .
rooms.
Walter H. Haigh has presented to Com
pany l, to be hung in its newly fitted up
rooms In the armory, two handsomely
framed Autographs showing the heroes of
the Spanish American war. One Of the
pictures shows the naval heroes, Dewey,
Sampson, Schley, Sigsbee and Hobson,
and the other the heroes Of the army,
Miles, Merritt, Shafter, Fitzhugh-Lee and
Roosevelt. Mr.. Haigh has presented a
number of these pictures to his friends
among the officers of the first Vermont
regiment.
Walshs Quincuplexal glass blowers
closed their engagement at Festival hall
last Saturday evening. A large crowd
was in attendance upon both the Saturday
performances, and the regular program Of
the company was varied somewhat by the
introduction of several specialties by local
comedians. The prize for the handsomest
baby went to the three-days' old son Of DR..
and Mrs. <. r. Lynch. The local court
of Foresters, under whose auspices the
glass blowers came here, cleared a good
sum of money as their share in the enter
prise.
The Empire Moving Picture company
which was organized in Athol, and has
among its members two Of the Dyke boys,
formerly of Brattleboro, will give an exhl-
bition in Grange hall at o'clock tomorrow
evening, exhibiting the improved cineo-
graph and giving over two hours of in
struction and fun. Among the views will
be scenes from the noted Dreyfus trial, the
Dewey parade, the Sharkey and Mccoy
fight, the recent yacht race, the battle of San
Juan Hill and other interesting pictures,
including many Of a comic variety. There
will be a photograph concert from to
$3.50.
The size of the audience to whom Senior
Felipe Saronl Gato the Cuban pianist,
played Monday evening in Grange hall
was not commensurate with the ability Of
that artist. Senior Cato played to an audi
ence of 800 persons in Fall River, Mass,
Saturday night, but in Brattleboro he was
heard by less than half hundred people.
| The program was one of excellence, con-
tanning numbers by some of the worlds
masters, and they were interpreted by Sc
| nor Cato in an original manner which was
| highly pleasing. Senior Gato's forte was
in rapid octave running in which he dis
) played remarkable ability.
The two sessions of the Woman's club
met with Mrs. G. e. Averill last Friday
| for an afternoon with musicians" A
sketch of Scbumann was read by Miss
Jessie Gregg, and Miss Lucia Foster played
one of his compositions. Miss Edith Ester
brook mentioned incidents in the life of
Schubert, and one of his compositions was
sung by Mrs. A. Chamberlain. Chamin-
AIDES life was reviewed by Mrs. G. F. X.
JENNIE, and Miss Pauline JENNIE rendered
one of her piano-forte compositions. An
interesting feature of the afternoon was an
illustrated talk on sold Boston" by Mrs
FL. .. Coolidge of Keene, n. H., the illus
trations being from drawings which Mrs.
Coolidge made from old pictures.
The Brattleboro chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, held a regular
meeting in the Brooks House parlor Tues
day evening, at which it was voted to hold
a memorial service in the Auditorium the
18th to commemorate the death of George
Washington 100 years ago. A committee
was appointed to confer with the Sons OF
the Revolution and the Grand Army who
will join in The service. 1t was also voted
to engage the Brooks House parlor for the
season for place of meeting. Mrs Geo.
b. White read paper upon the social and
political condition of this country 100
years ago, which was one of the most in
teresting papers that has been read before
the chapter. W. A. Gilbert sang one of
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