Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-11-22
BRATTLEB ORO.

The annual meeting of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will
be held in the Brooks House library
Tuesday evening, Nov. 26, al 7.30 o'clock
Marshall d. Grout has sold, through A.
V. Mays agency, his house on Forest
street, known as the p. F. Crown place,
to Jerry A. Frost, who will take possess
sion Dec. l.
The first of the winter sociables by the
ladies of the Unitarian church was held in
Wells hall Tuesday evening. There was
large attendance. After supper a bright
and pleasing play was given by the young
people, the title being "A Mexican Ha-
rem"
A rock Weighing about $50 pounds
thrown out by the blast in the railroad
yard Sunday sailed high above the rail-
road track. crashed through the iron
covering over the platform at the pass
enger station and smashed the heavy
planks of the platform.
The Congregational Sunday school APP
propriated money Sunday for the Christ
mas fiesta of the Italian Evangelical Sum
day school of New York, which is con-
Quoted by Rev. Antonio Alright, for
Thanksgiving work of the Congregational
parish in Brattleboro, for the Kurn Hat
tin Home in Westminster, and for other
work. The total amount of the appro-
priations was $75.
The entries for the Vermont Wheel
clubs billiard and pool tournament will
close Saturday evening at O'Clock
About so entries have been received in
the three classes. 1t is expected that the
handicaps will be arranged so that the
tournament will begin Dec. l. If a man
fails to play game on or before the date
scheduled he will lose by default The
players will probably be divided into five
classes and the class winners will be the
contestants in the finals.
Henry Cain, IS. son of Thompson Cain,
was hurt and severely bruised Tuesday
noon by being thrown against a telephone
pole in runaway accident on Western
avenue Cain had been away after an en-
silage cutter, and was on his way to the
Brattleboro Retreat, walking on the
ground and driving the horses. When
near the Home for the Aged and Disabled
a car came up behind the team and the
horses started to run. breaking the Whit
ietree and throwing Cain head first
against the pole One side of his face was
badly lacerated and his back was famed
The horses were caught after going
short distance.
All schools in the town district will be-
gin the winter term, Monday, Dec. 2
Miss Eftie Stark who has taught very sue
cesstully in CentreVille several terms has
resigned for needed rest. Miss Fuller
will take her place, while Miss Matthews
will take Miss Fullers place as teacher
of the 9Th grade department at the
Academy. Charles Evans of Green River
Will teach in No. g. succeeding Miss
Blanche Cheney. All the other schools
will be taught by the same teachers as
last term, so far as is known . Mrs Lii
liam NJ. Stellman of West BrattlebOro
has been appointed superintendent n
place of Mrs. Whitman resigned.
Miss LeOnora Jackson, who will ap-
pear in concert at the auditorium Dec. 5
has won a most enviable reputation in
two continents. She has met the Sc
verest tests by which an artist can be
proven by appearing with the worlds
greatest musical geniuses. Although
still young she has gained the marked
distinction of engagements with Patti
and Paderewski and has played repeat
eddy for the most eminent conductors in
Europe in many instances filling en-
Gagements never before accorded to an
American Violinist. Her European tri-
umphs have been repeated again and
again since her Homecoming On the
occasion of her appearance in New York
with the Boston symphony orchestra she
was recalled nine times after playing
Mendelssohns concerto. 1t is safe to
say that no artist ever aroused n grea ter
interest or was accorded a hearter well
come by the music loving public of,
America.
A special meeting of the directors of
the Brattleboro & Whitehall Railroad
company was held at the Brooks House
on Saturday Nov. 10th, all the directors
being present. This meeting was called
because of the large number of COM
plants which have come to the directors
of the road of the poor condition of the
railroad, the lack of cars to do business
already and waiting, and poor service
in general. 1t appeared from the testi-
mony of a large number of the patrons
of the road that there was at the present
time at least from two millions to three
millions of feet of lumber contracted for
and waiting to be shipped, the owners
and shippers in every case testifying
that they had made repeated efforts to
obtain cars for the lumber without sue
cess; that for a long time only two
engines have been employed (and some of
the time but one) for all the freight and
passenger business that both the afore-
said engines were in such worn out con-
dition as TO be absolutely unreliable and
also that the delivery of the mail was
very much hndered. because of the poor
condition of railroad and rolling stock.
In view of these conditions and the fact
that could transportation be afforded a
much larger amount of lumber would
be cut and ready for shipment in
the coming spring, it was unanimously
voted by the directors that immediate
steps be taken for relief.
How's This.