Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-25

Yesterday being the Feast of the Ascen-
sion mass was celebrated at the Roman
Catholic church.
An addition is being built to the store
on Prospect Hill to give additional room
on account of the meat market.
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro
d Whitehall railroad will be held at the
Brooks House at 1890 o'clock tomorrow
The Epworth league will hold straw
berry supper in the Methodist church par
Tors next Thursday evening from 6 to
o'clock.
The First Regiment band will give its
open air concerts this summer from the
town hall balcony, the common, Prospect
Hill and in Esteyville.
The Goth anniversary celebration of the
First Baptist church has been postponed
from June 10 to June II on account of the
commencement exercises of the Brattle-
boro High school,
The improvements at the rustic theatre
in Brookside Park will be completed by
next Wednesday, and on that evening the
theatre will be opened with social dance.
DR.. Clark has given free use of the ground
in the rear of the grove for ball games, and
a back-stop will be erected next week.
Free use of the grove will be given to So
cieties, picnic parties, ETC., upon applica-
ton to Supt. G. K. Jones.
The annual meeting of the Rural I'M
provement society was held in the Brooks
House last evening. The officers elected
were: President, H. F. Jordan; vice
presidents, G. L. Durham and Mrs. A. D.
Wyatt secretary and treasurer, F. c..
Adams; corresponding secretary, O. L.
French; executive committee, G. H Pratt,
G. L. Durham, E. W. Fox, A. w. Roel,
L. F. Adams, L. M. Stickney. n. l.
Hawley, C. W. Wilcox, c. L. Stckney,
Mrs. A. D. Wyatt, Mrs, Z. D. Whitney,
Mrs. F. E. Perry, Mrs. Z. Landry, IT,,
Mrs. H. X. Whitaker and Mrs. S. E,
Lawton.
A meeting of the Estey Guard was held
in the armOry last evening for the pur-
pose of electing first lieutenant to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Lieut..
Frank b. Putnam. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Col. Thomas Harmon in the
absence of Brig. Gen. j. j. Estey. Second
Lieut.. Ernest j. Waterman was made first
lieutenant, and First Sergeant Fred c.
Dunklee was elected to fill Lieut. Water.
mans place. Second Sergeant Charles II.
Davis was promoted to Sergeant Dunklee' S
former position. A committee consisting
of the three commissioned officers was ap-
pointed to make arrangements for decorat-
ing the graves of former members of the
company. It is the purpose of the com
pany to have a chart of Prospect Hill Gem
etery with the grave of every former mem
Der marked, and it will facilitate the work
of those having the matter in charge if
any person knowing of the grave of for
mer member will report the fact 10 any OF
the commissioned officers.
The First Regiment band is fortunate in
having secured for its annual concert. on
the evening of Tuesday, June s, at the
Auditorium Master Gerald Lambert, the
wonderful boy soprano, and a favorite in
the best musical circles of Boston, who
under Organist S. B. Whitney's instruc
ton, has led his boy choir since his first
public appearance Young Lambert is but
II years old, but notwithstanding his age
he possesses marvellous voice and hi,
singing here will be feature which none
of our people will care to miss. Beside,
Master Lambert, Brattleboro's favoritc
barytOne, E. H. Miller, will sing, and Mrs
A. V. McLsne will be the accompanist
The band has also secured two of the best
sooists in New England Tafley Mauch the
cornetist, and Arthur Geoffrion, clarionet
both of whom rank among the finest mu
scans in their line, No better comblna
ton has ever been presented here, to say
nothing of the artistic music which the
band itself is preparing to give.
Serious Burning Accident.
Mrs. Margaret Gordon, an elderly lad,
who lives up stairs in p. j. Fenton's house
on Grove street, was seriously burned
about II o'clock last night in fire caused
by the overturning of a kerosene lamp
Mrs. Gordon was preparing to retire anC
some way dropped the lamp from her hand
She was Immediately surrounded by flame,
and before her cries awakened the otbeI
occupants of the house the carpet and fur
nlture in the room were ablaze. Mrs. Fen
ton was the first to reach Mrs. Gordon
She at once called her son, Edward j, Fen
ton, and together they succeeded in ex
unguishing the flames, by smotberin0 then
with blankets. The remainder of he fir
was put out in similar manner altboupl
II looked for few moments as If the hons
was doomed. Mrs. Gordon was found /,
be feartully burned on the right side o
her neck and side, and her right arm ala,
was badly blistered. She is RESTING com
fortably this morning, but she is in a Sc
rious condition. ~