Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-30

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Refreshments were served.
Denman Thompson and George w. Ry-
er's new play, "Our New Minister" will
be the attraction at the Auditorium to-
night.
Petitions have been signed numerously
In Guilford and Brattleboro asking A. W.
j. Wilkins, sheriff elect, to appoint George
P. Miller Of Guilford deputy sheriff
The mission circle of the Universalit
church filling is a barrel to be sent to the
Every Day church In Boston. All who
wish to help ill the barrel are requested to
leave their contributions at II. +. Brooks's
Grand Master e. II. jackson of the
grand lodge of Odd Fellows, instituted
Unity lodge, No. GO, at Groton Nov. 20.
In the evening the degrees we're conferred
by the lodges from Montpelier, Plaln6eld
and East Barre.
The sale Of the hotel business at Win
chester, N. H., announced last week, was
not consummated, but day or two later
Ralph e. Proctor of Keene, leased the
hotel for five years and bought the furni.
ture and fixtures. George K. Richards,
the former landlord, retains the livery
business.
The letter carriers have adopted a new
plan of collecting from the boxes even
ings and Sundays. Heretofore one car
rier has done the Sunday collecting, while
the other FIVE have each collected evenings,
one week in FIVE. By the change each
carrier will collect one night in a week,
and alternate on Sundays.
The II 06 mail train in charge of Engi-
neer Bsdet of this place ran over wom-
an who was picking up coal near the rail-
road track at Willimantic last Saturday.
No blame is attached to Mr.. Badet as he
was unable to see the woman until 1t was
too late to stop the train. Over 500 was
found in the woman's clothes.
The Greenfield Poultry Score Card club
will hold its annual exhibition Dec. ii and
IL. Several Brattleboro poultry fanclers
are members of the club and will make
exhibits. The annual banquet will be
held in the American House on the even
ing of the first day, at which l. K Felch,
the veteran poultry Judge, will deliver an
address. Mr.. Felch will judge the exhlb-
its. The public is admitted to the exhibit
ton free of charge.
The beautiful steam yacht Neckan, owned
by H. G. Baxter of Brunswick, Ne, was al
most destroyed by fire on the ways at its
winter quarters near Bruins wick Saturday
night. The damage will be very large,
but 1t Is covered by insurance. The Neck
an was built by the Herreshoffs, builders
of the American cup defenders at Bristol,
r. l. in 1888, and has been the flag ship
of the Portland Yacht club. 1t was one
of the finest pleasure crafts on the Maine
coast.
The Prospect Hill book club held its
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home of D. Z. Tasker on Highland street,
last Saturday evening. E. II. Thomas,
who had been president of the club since
its organization, resigned, and Miss Lillian
Newton was elected to succeed him. d.
e. Tasker was again elected secretary and
treasurer. II was voted to fine all men,
bers who failed to attend the annual meet
ing The usual sum was realized from
the sale of books.
The woman's auxiliary to the Y. M.
G. A. will hold their regular meeting Tues
day afternoon, Dec. 4, at 8 o'clock, Mrs.
Lowe will lead the devotional meeting and
extra music will be furnished. The paper
prepared for the afternoon will be by Mrs.
S K. Stone of Keene, n, H., past presi-
dent of the womans auxiliary of that
city upon prominent events in a half
who remember hearing Mrs. Stone last
spring at the Interstate convention of the
Y. NJ. G. A. will wish to be present at this
meeting.
Three hundred people attended the lee
ture by Rev. j. Z. Farrow in Grange hall
Saturday evening upon "a Tour through
England, Scotland and France" The lee
ture was illustrated by over 100 views with
a powerful oxy-hydrogen lantern, showing
the home of Gladstone, and many noted
buildings, besides other scenes of interest.
The illustrations we're of unusual excel
lence and the lecture itself was above the
average of lectures OF this kind. 1t was
under the auspices of the High school
chorus, who will use the proceeds towards
buying new music books.
Rev. Henry X. Carroll, D. D., LII. D., Of
New York city, who will speak at the
Methodist church next Sunday morning,
was for many years one of the editors OF
the New York Independent, at one time
being responsible for the political depart
ment Of that paper. There his fame as a
statistician became so great that he was
appointed chairman of the department of
religious statistics for 1890. Since the war
with Spain he was sent by President Nc
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Rico, to make special study of that island
and report to our government At present
he Is one of the secretaries of the mission
airy societies Of the Methodist church.
The annual fair and festival given by
the ladies of the Universalist parish is
50th anniversary this year, and in recogni-
ton of turning the half century mark will
be extended over two evenings, Wednes-
day and Thursday, Dec. and g. A vari-
ETY. of new attractions will be presented.
The play entitled "The Old Fashioned
Husking Bee" will hold the boards We'd
uesday evening, and Thursday evenings's
entertainment will close with dance. A
turkey supper will be served Wednesday
evening and an oyster supper on Thursday
evening. One of the new features will be
the Remembrance Table," by the absent
members of the church and parish.
The national society, w. @. T. u, will
hold its 9th annual convention in Wash
ington, d. c., beginning this week aud
continuing until Dec. 7. A former Yer
mont woman, Mrs. Clinton Smith, is gen.
eral committee of arrangements, which is
sufficient guarantee that the convention
will be success. The annual sermon will
be given by Mrs. j. K. Barney, round. the
world missionary, upon the theme, "The
Watchword for Our Battle" On Monday
evening there will be demonstration by
the children, led by the Loyal Temperance
Legion. On Tuesday evening the Us will
have fine program, including chorus of
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