Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-04-20

There will be drill after the Rebekah
meeting Tuesday evening.
The Foresters will give a social dance
next Monday evening.
Claud Thardo, the rag-time comedian,
will appear in Brookside Park June II.
G. E. Gilman has arrived with a carload
Of horses, bought among the farmers, to
which he calls attention In the advertising
columns
Tommy Guheen, who Joined the Kan
sas City base ball team recently, made four
hits in five times at bat in game against
the St. Joseph club one day last week
The Hydrofountaln club elected these
officers Wednesday night: President, N
II. White; vice president, Henry +. Brown /;
secretary, Charles Cobb; treasurer, d. w.
Tenney.
Fire was started on Wantastiquet noun
tain Sunday morning near the Hinsdale
road opposite the Wood Farm. II spread
rapidly over an area of several hundred
acres, burning until Tuesday morning,
whenit was put out by rain.
Secretary Wilson and the Junior men,
bers of the Y. NJ. c. A. will climb Wan
tastiquet mountain tomorrow, starting
from the rooms about Q o'clock and re
turning soon after dinner. Rev. j. H.
Babbitt will conduct the Y. NJ. c. A. meet
ing next Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mary Field French, 70, who died
at her home in Amherst, Mass, Sunday,
had the care of Eugene Field and his broth
er, Roswell, in their boyhood, when they
attended a private school in Amherst.
Miss French's mother was Mrs. Mary II.
French of Newfane, who married Thomas
Jones, leading man of Amherst. Miss
French was cousin of Eugene Fields
father.
The closing sermons given by Bishop
Hall in the Auditorium last week were
attended even more largely than the first
of the series, the Auditorium being well
filled Friday and Saturday evenings and
packed to its utmost capacity Sunday night.
Friday evenings sermon was upon the cru
cifxion, that of Saturday evening upon
the favorable judgment of Christ by the
centurion at the cross, and on Sunday
evening the Bishop spoke upon the resur-
rection.
There was a hearing in the office Of
Bacon q Hougkton Monday in the suit of
James O'Neil against Charles Harris, the
farmer, to recover a balance of from $40
TO $50 which O'Nel claimed was due him
for wages. Mr.. Harris presented several
claims in offset, reducing the amount due
to $3.50. Justice T. j. B. Cudworth pre-
sided, and the attorneys were Bacon for
O'Neil and H. G. Barber for Mr.. Harris.
Justice Cudworth rendered his decision
yesterday, allowing the plaintiff to recover
SIS 80.
Morse Il Simpson have won a reputation
for having attractive window displays, but
they have seldom If ever shown designs as
handsome and artistic as those which have
attracted attention this week. The back
ground of both windows is purple and
white. The south window represents
spring, with an immense lily as the centre
piece, surrounded by floating cherubs car
rying flowers. The north widow contains
painting by Stuart, which is seen at its
best at night, mechanical effects produc.
ing moon and the dancing moonbeams
on the water in the painting.
The High school base ball team will
open its season Monday with a game at
Saxtons River against Vermont Academy.
The probable makeup of the team is as
follows: Raymond Frost, catcher; Hough-
ton, pitcher; Monroe, first base; Stewart
Frost, second base; Boyle, third base:
Averill, shortstop; Whitman, Harold Smith
and Fox, outfelders. The team is made
up mostly of new material this season but
the management hopes to develop some
good men. Vermont Academy will play
in Brattleboro May :. Other games
scheduled are Greenfield High school at
Greenfield May -, and in Brattleboro
June TO-
Beauseant commandery, Knights Tenn
plar, elected and installed these officers
Wednesday evening: D. A. Young, E. c.;
James B. Randoll Cen: F. B. Putnam,
c. g.; Kittredge Haskins, Prel. F. II.
Holden, S. W; Dennison Cowles, j. W;
f. F. Brooks, treasurer; F. W. Nichols.
Rec; A. w. Crouch, standard bearer: 0.
K. Randall, assistant standard bearer: G.
II. Burns, sword bearer; NJ. d. Whitman,
warder; f. H. Putnam, Sd guard H. Z.
Taylor, assistant Sd guard c. l.. Piper.
I'd guard; P. F. Connors, assistant "a
guard; c. F. r. Jenne, 1st guard: Harry
r. Randall, assistant LIST guard; William
B. Vinton, armorer; j. A. Taylor, senti-
mel; Edward Clark, organist; w. H. Vim
ton, trustee; William Robertson, rep
resentative for Putney; Dan P. W ebster,
w. II. Vinton and l.. F. Adams, trustees
of permanent fund.