Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-12

Miss Harriet Sleeper spent Sunday with
Mrs. Anthony Schwenk at Brattleboro.
The boys of Kurn Hattin Home will give
a concert in Alstead next Tuesday even
ing.
Geroh King, who was member of COM
pany l in the late war, has recently re-
turned from Dakota.
President P W. Clements private car
passed through here Tuesday afternoon
with party en- route to Boston.
w. G. Belknap, Z. H. Allbee and l.. S.
Hayes were the guests of the Professional
club at Brattleboro Tuesday evening.
A Botany Social" was held by the
Young Peoples Christian union of the Uni
versalist church in the church parlors last
evening.
A large number of local Masons attend
ed the district meeting of the order at
Brattleboro last evening, returning on the
night train.
The water in Minard's pond is still fall
ing slowly, there being only about three
inches above the pipe at this time. The
pumps have not been started.
The Choral Union is rehearsing for a
grand concert which is to be given Feb. 20.
and to which all music loving people are
looking forward with much anticipation.
A special musical program is being ar
ranged for the services at the Universalist
church next Sunday. Mr. Hammatt is
preaching some very able and attractive
sermons each week
Prof. Crawford is spending few weeks
at 1.-THE Naples" the home of John Stod-
dard on the Rockingham road Last Sat-
urday evening several members of the
class of 1900 visited him.
A party of colored men and women
from Rutland gave on entertainment, or
tried to, in Union hall Saturday night.
The box office receipts were less than SIS.
and the show was anything but elevating.
The Fitchburg railroad was blocked
nearly all day Tuesday by a serious freight
wreck, which occurred in the morning be-
low Keene. All passenger trains had to
be transferred by the break and were
late.
Mrs. E. G. Osgood and daughter retnrn-
ed Wednesday from a three weeks visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roswell
Farnham, at Bradford. Col. Osgood re-
turned the same day from a weeks bust
ness trip to Boston.
Geo. F, Gale of South birmingham. a
former well-known resident, who has been
employed here the past six weeks as an ex-
pert accountant on the books of the West
minister Pulp and Paper company, return
ed to his home last week with his wife.
The Park Sisters concert last Friday
evening in the opera house was one of the
finest concerts given this season. 1t was
the fourth number of the lecture course.
The fifth number has been changed from
the Kodak Fiend" to the Stevens string
quartet, and occurs the same date as at
first arranged, Feb. 49,
The low water in the Connecticut is again
already causing inconvenience, and it is
necessary to shut down a portion of the
pulp grinders this week. Without rain for
week or two longer the larger part of the
mills will be Inconvenience as thew were
last summer. 1t will be a great hardship
to a large number of workmen to whom
the lack of employment means a great deal.
The principal items of expenditures by
the Congregational church in the past wear,
as shown by the report of the treasurer at
the annual meeting last week, were salary
OF pastor $l460, in addition to the use of a
parsonage; choir, 1884; fuel and lights.
1890; printing, 5000; repairs, $34. SO;