Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-12-21
Miss Fitts's kindergarten will close to-

A statement of the financial condition
of Windham county appears in another
column.
Rev. e. @. Fisher of Guilford will lead
the o'clock meeting in the Y. M. G. A.
Sunday.
Bingham Chapter, Order of Eastern
Star, postponed its annual election of off.
GERS Tuesday evening to next Friday even
ing.
The postponed game between the Y. NJ.
@. A. basket ball seam and the Vermont
Academy team will be played in Saxtons
River Jan. 81.
An electrical room is to be fitted up in
the High school building, adjoining the
laboratory. The work will be in charge
Of K. L. Parker and will be done during
the Christmas vacation.
Miss Meta Inez Dunklee, daughter Of
Scott Dunklee, formerly of Brattleboro,
and John b. Whitcomb of Bristol, N. a.,
an artist, were married in Greenfield, We'd
nesday. Rev. N. Newton Glazler officiating.
Manager Henry Whitney states that the
Crystal Springs Ice company has complet-
ed large ice house, l20 by 30 feet, and II
feet high. This house will hold 1400 tons
of ice. The work of cutting the Ice will
begin at an early date.
Patrons of the Auditorium need to be
reminded again of the necessity of being
more prompt IL they would have the cur
tain rise early. The entertainment can
not begin until the house is quiet, and It
is discourteous to those who 60 early to
| oblige them to wait for those who are dila-
tory.
Two large boxes and two barrels, filed
with Christmas gifts for children, were
sent Wednesday by the Congregational
| Sunday school, to Rev. Antonio Alright,
pastor of the Italian mission church on
Mulbury street, New York city, to be dis
| tributed at the Christmas fiesta" of his
Sunday school.
George E. Fox, manager of the Audito-
rum, has issued an attractive calendar for
1901. The mount is dark grey, and upon
it is a half-tone engraving of the drop cur
tain and north boxes of the Auditorium,
from a photograph taken from the dress
circle, and one Of the porte-cochere OF the
Auditorium building
Burby & Shackley of West6eld, Mass,
proprietors of the Diamond Palace, have
| leased the vacant store on Elliot street and
will open 1t tomorrow noon with a series
of attractions which will be given day and
evening. The attractions include a fish
pond, ball and baby, and others usually
seen at agricultural fairs.
Mrs. Henry G. Nash died at Amherst,
Mass, Saturday, and her husband died on
| Wednesday. Mr.. Nash was a graduate of
Amherst college and for many years con-
| Quoted the Mt. Pleasant school for boys
with great success. Mr.. and Mrs. Nash
were the parents of John Nash, a CONNER
cial traveller, who has many friends in
Brattleboro.
The Murray club held a regular meeting
in the parlor of the Universalst church
Wednesday evening. The business meet
ing was followed by book sociable. Each
person wore label, sign or article repre-
senting the title of some well-known book,
and much amusement was found in the at
tempt to read the titles. This part of the
program was followed by the guessing of
| charades.
The merchants report that the amount
! of business being done this week averages
well with that of previous years during the
week before Christmas. A few inches Of
snow In the village would add materially
to the volume of trade as there is now good
sleighing in many of the neighboring
| towns. The agent of the American Ex-
press company states that he has never
known Christmas shipping to begin as
early as 1t has this year.
The Alliance study class held its first
meeting this season Monday evening in the
Brooks House. The paper was by Rev.
E. Q. S. Osgeod upon "Shall China Be
for the Chinese?" The argument was in
favor of the integrity of the empire for
the reason that the reform movement al
ready begun could better be carried to COM
| pletion, and because the integrity of China
would be better for the other nations
closely connected with it.
The granite monument which will be
erected in Morningside cemetery in men,
DRY of the late ex-Gov. Fuller arrived Sat
urday. 1t is being unloaded and drawn to
the cemetery by Fred Waite, under the d.
rection of II. G. Carrick, representative of
Tayntor & Co. of New York, the manu-
facturers. The total weight is about So
tons. The monument will be placed in po-
sition as soon as the necessary apparatus,
including derrick, is released from job
in Maine.
Assistant Judges Worden of Halifax and
Kellogg of Westminster we're at the county
clerks Office Tuesday and appointed these
county officers for the ensuing two years:
| Clerk, j. II. Merrifleld of Williamsville;
| IiCoSulClg " ANcIlA vi DIdbJlcOOIO,
auditor, +. A. Dewitt of Newfane; road
commissioners, George A. Weston of Bel
lows Falls, Edward Titus of Wilmington
and James w. Gould of Windham; jail
commissioners, o. L. Sherman of New
fame, P. H. Rutter of Townshend and ].
H. Merrifeld of WilliamsVille.
Fort Drummer Colony of Pilgrim Fathers
elected these officers Tuesday evening:
| Governor, Mrs. H. S. Goodenough; lieu
tenant governor, Mrs. Nellie V. Dix; sec
rotary, A. j. Currier; collector, Mrs w.
G.. Norris; treasurer, d. W. Tenney;
chaplain, Mrs. D. W. Tenney; sergeant
alarms, Charles Cock; deputy sergeant
at arms, Miss Annie Sullivan; inside sent
incl, @. G.. Turner; outside sentinel,
W. G. Norris; representative OF the
supreme colony, L. L. Davis; trustees,
W. G. Norris, r. II. Baker and L. L. Da-
Wis.
The American Whist club of Boston
now holds permanent possession of the
national whist trophy, having won 1t 20
| times. During the present season the
club played nine consecutive games for
the trophy, winning all. One of the
regular members of the championship
four is Morris L. Messer, who played
in ID of the 20 games won. Mr.. Messer
will be remembered as a member of the
Brattleboro base ball team one season.
He is a graduate of Vermont Academy
and Brown University, and is a member of
a law firm in Boston,