Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-03-10


ladies' whist club at her home at Pine
Heights Saturday afternoon.
1t is expected that Sousas band will
come to Brattleboro this spring under the
management of the Lawler Brothers OF
Greenfield.
Tuesdays town meeting was the 05th
consecutive March meeting which Chester
! II. Miller of West Brattleboro, SO years
old, has attended.
Rev. Arthur w. Remington of Hyde
Park, Mass, will occupy the pulpit of the
| Congregational church next Sunday at the
morning and evening services.
The regular monthly meeting of the Y.
NJ. G. A. was held Monday evening in the
association rooms. The report of the
finance committee was heard and eight
new members were voted into the associa-
ton.
The Boston Herald of Monday contained
the following: 1.-The Rev. II. d. Maxwell
preached his first sermon as pastor of the
First Universalist church, Somerville, yes
terday morning, and was welcomed by
large congregation"
There has been considerable discussion
in regard to certain figures for work for
the town, as given in the town report A
Horton is given $4G0 for 2760 hours work
and Henry Pellerine $4,000 for 1880
hours. A mistake was made in making
out the report, as Pellerines time was
| 2230 hours. and the two men received the
same wages.
Fred B. Alvord, who has been manager
of Pine Grove Springs at Spofford lake
several years, will return there the coming
season, and he is already booking orders
from prospective guests. Mr.. Avord will
run his new hotel at East Orange, y. j.,
throughout the year, leaving it in compe-
tent hands during the summer while he is
at Pine Grove Springs.
The semi-annual meeting of the Chris
tian Endeavor society of the Congregation
al church was held last Sunday evening
when these officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Miss Harriet Bushnell; vice presi-
dent, X. b. Emerson; secretary, Miss
Florence Foster; treasurer Miss Lillian
Park recording and missionary secretary,
Miss Minerva Tyler. The reports of the
officers for the last six months were read
and adopted.
On account of the storm and the num-
erous attractions very small audience
was present at the Universalist church
Tuesday evening to listen to the interest
ing lecture upon Mexico given by Hon,
Elihu b. Taft of Burlington. Mr.. Taft
gave his hearers a clear idea of the customs,
habits and dress of the Mexicans, and also
an accurate description of the natural
beauties of the country, narrating his eX-
perieuces on trip to the summit of Mount
Popocatapetl, the highest peak in Mexico.
The lecture was illustrated by specimens
! of minerals found in Mexico and by gar
ments and trinkets made and worn by the
natives.
A special meeting of the Congregational
society will be held this evening to consider
the advisability of raising the salary already
offered to Rev. Frank j. Goodwin of Glen
Ridge, n. j. Since receiving the call tC
t the pastorate here Mr.. Goodwin has beer
r the recipient of calls from at least three
other churches some of them offering larger
' salaries than the church in this town. Iii
the hope of the committee having the
matter in charge that Mr.. Goodwin will b,
willing to accept the pastorate here provid
r ed the salary offered him is large enough
:. to compare favorably with those offered by
D the other churches. Everyone interested
in the matter is asked to be present at tn,
meeting.
The Brattleboro sheets of Major F. c
h Beck's professional and Business Gazet
teer of Vermont" have been received, anC
they present an attractive appearance
They open with concisely written his
tory of the town, with sketch of its lead
q ing manufacturing and other business en-
terprises A secret society calendar fol
lows, and then appears the well arranged
-, | pages of professional and business cards
BY this method there is presented in com
pact form showing of the towns devel
opment and business interests, which will
| H., O. Il
strangers seeking information about tn,
+ place. The book, a large quarto, is ar
o ranged in album form, and following tn,
Brattleboro sheets will be inserted in sue
t cession other sheets which, in the end, will
e form a large volume representing ever,
town in Vermont of more than 1000 in
habitants. Bellows Falls will be the mex
e place visited.
: 1t was highly satisfactory presentation
: which was given by the Jefferson Coined
s company in the Auditorium last SATURDAY.
evening The chief interest of the even
l. ing inevitably centered in the work o
S Thomas jefferson, who took upon him
r self the difficult task of rendering the it'll
j. role which is the creation of his father
and in which the venerable actor has VOL
: enduring fame. Judged strictly on its owl
, merits this work deserved only cordia
= praise, and in the final act, after Rip Val
e Wrinkle wakes from his long sleep on tn
+ mountain, it rose to the point of genuin,
!. art and was beyond adverse criticism. Tn
support was excellent, notably in the part
of Derrick Won Beekman, Gretchen, an,
: Cookies, the nephew. The play was wei
staged, the scenic effects were admirabl,
managed, an the presentation as a whole
;, and in detail was one of which Manage
- Fox has a right to be proud. Best of all
- in spite of the notice of only two days OIL
which the company came here, it played Il
a well-flled and paying house. In thi
s fact there ought 10 be encouragement L
e bring to Brattleboro other presentations O
/ the best class as they may be offered from
: time to time.
q West BrHttlebOrO May Have Free DE
livery.
l. Charles Hedges of New York, assistan
superintendent of free delivery, spent tn
day in town last Friday to investigate tn,
question of extending the free deliver
: system TO West Brattleboro. If the plaI
should be carried out it would involve tn,
! consolidation of the West Brattleboro post
= office with the Brattleboro office, maxim!
! it sub-station in charge of superinten
: dent. The West Brattleboro Office would
be maintained as now, the only essentia
change being the doing away of separat,
set of accounts for that Office. Their,
: would be two carrier deliveries day TO
. West Brattleboro. The business would b,