Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-16
BRATTLEBORo.

DR.. c. A. Prouty, veterinary surgeon
and Dentist will opOn an office at Whites
livery stable next week.
A party of Baptist people went OH a
sleighrde to Newfane last evening, supper
being served at Burke's Inn.
The First Regiment 'band's next dance.
with a full band furnishing music for con-
cert and dancing, will be given at the ar
mory, Feb. q.
The net receipts from the presentations
of Zephra in North Adams were $780,
Mr.. Averill will go from North Adams to
Laconia, n. Il.
The Colonial tea of the Womans club
will be held with Miss Susan Clark, West
Brattleboro, Friday afternoon, Feb %.
Members of the club are invited to wear
Colonial costumes.
Fire was discovered in box of casket
Innings in the Bond building yesterday
morning but the flames were extinguished
by F. H. Emerson before serious damage
had been done.
W. r. Stuart, scenic artist, has painted
some special scenery for the play "Way
Down East" which is to be presented in
South Londonderry Feb. II, by the dra-
matte company of that place. He has al
so painted some scenery for the pageant
which is to be brought out by E. Wales
for the Murray club of Brattleboro Feb. %.
The regular meeting of the Woman's
club is held with Mrs. Whitaker at the
Brooks House this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Fl, F. G. Todt speaks on German Home
Life" and there is a discussion of cur
rent events and book reviews The next
meeting of the evening session will be held
Wednesday evening at Miss Mary Croker's,
81 High street, at which the same program
will be repeated.
All amateur photographers will be
pleased to learn that the Nepera Chemical
company will give public demonstration
of the workings of their Velox paper in
the Y. NJ. c. A. parlors next Monday
evening, Feb, 10, at 8 o'clock. Everybody
is cordially invited to see what an interest
ing process it is, and find out what mis-
takes may have caused them to get unsat-
isfactory results. This paper bids fair to
become the most commonly used photo.
graphic paper manufactured and will of
course interest great many at this time.
Tickets are now on sale at the Y. NJ. G.
A. rooms for the gymnastic exhibition
which is to be held in the Auditorium
Wednesday evening, Feb. %, by members
of the Y. NJ. G. A physical culture classes
under the direction of Harry R. Horton,
assisted by NJ. j. Moran, club swinger
The program will include class drills with
dumb bells, Indian clubs, parallel bars,
Vaulting horse, and mats, and special work
on horizontal and parallel bars in tumbling,
high and distance diving, high kicking,
pyramids, etc. Music will be furnished by
the orchestra. The classes are putting in
some hard work, aud they will be in trim
for an excellent exhibition, which should
be well patronized.
Dr. D. X. Pearsons of Chicago has made
an offer to the Congregational Educational
society to give $4,000 to the general treas
ury provided the society will secure 800
600 from friends of its work, and lovers of
the colleges and academies and their thous-
ands of young people. The effort must be
made within the present year. Rev. c. o.
Day, secretary of the society, says: "There
never was a more welcome endorsement
or similar offer. 1t is not so large but
that there is good reason to expect success
1t is large enough to pay off every ar
rearage, and to enable the society, as it
longs above all else to do, to give a strong
lift its brave and struggling Institutions. 1"
- Boston Record.
i+A-ppNCibOl rI6ueIlCh aOlUrOOk cele-
brated his S7th birthday anniversary yes
to-day. The venerable man spent most of
the day al his home on Walnut street, al
though he dined with Mrs. w. p. Cune in
company with several of his intimate
friends. Large quantities of flowers were
received by Governor Holbrook from
friends about town, and II letters of con-
graduation came during the day. In
speaking of his long life which has Gov
cred greater part of the century and OF
the marvellous changes which have oc-
Cured during that time, Governor Hol.
brook said: at is perfectly clear to me
that the world has grown better during the
past 100 years and firmly believe that the
next century will witness as marked an
improvement"