Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-25

The Grange store was closed We'd
nesday forenoon during the funeral of
G. c. Smith.
Quonektacat tribe of Red Men will
work the Adoption degree on two can
didates this evening.
Michael Moylan has put a iobbing
and express wagon on the street this
week with headquarters at T. A. Muir
phys store.
The Epworth League will go to
George Winters in West Brattleboro
next Thursday evening for a corn
husking.
W. II. Vinton has leased the vacant
store in his building on South Main
street to a German, who will fit 1t up
for a dry goods store.
The unsettled book accounts of the
estate of Miller & Kinson in bank
ruptcy will be sold by auction at the
American House tomorrow forenoon
by F. d. Stowe, trustee.
The Criterion club of Boston will
be entertained by l.. ID. Taylor at his
cottage at Spofford lake tomorrow.
The members of the club will return
to Boston Sunday afternoon.
Capt. w. T. Haigh entertained his
class of young men of the Congrega-
tional Sunday school at supper We'd
nesday evening, the supper being fol-
lowed by games, tricks, Photographic
selections, etc.
The Crystal Springs Ice company
has been obliged to buy ice out of
town on account of the continued
warm weather. One carload was
shipped here from Keene and another
from Bellows Falls.
A. w. Roel has just completed for
the Brattleboro Retreat another hand
some private park just east of Linden
lodge, a plot of ground lying between
the upper and lower roads to New
fame, which is amply protected by
locust and other trees.
The Congregational club will meet
at the Brooks House next Tuesday
evening. Supper will be served at
7.45 o'clock. The subject for discus
sion will be: Respect for Law"
Judge Waterman will speak upon
"The Anarchist Element in Society"
and LAWYER 4. f. Schwenk will speak
upon "Mobs and Lvnchngs." A gen.
eral discussion will follow. Officers
will be elected for the coming season.
Lieut. e. J. Waterman commanding
company J. has issued to the members
of the company the following notice:
THE officers. non-cOmmissioned Off
GERS, musicians and privates of COM
pany |. First Regiment, National
Guard Of Vermont, are hereby order
ed to appear at their room in Ullery
-. lovs Of NfalNs
1901. at $50 o'clock in the afternoon,
for the purpose of electing a captain
and to fill such vacancies as may
occur"
Mrs. II. c. Winchester of Centre
vile was struck and knocked down
by an electric car Wednesday after
noon. She left the house of Edwin c.
Crouch, and. being deaf, did not hear
the approaching car. Motorman Cool
idge rang the gong and supposed the
woman was going TO stop, but she did
not do so. and as she was about to
step on the track the car struck her
on the arm. She was shaken up, but
did not receive serious injury. She
does not blame the motorman.
One of the best entertainments of
the season will be given in the Audi
forum tonight by the Criterion club of
Boston, for the benefit of the Freme
circle of the Unitarian church. They
will give the one-act comedy "A Cir
Gus Rider" which was PLAYED with
success by Rosina Vokes This will
be followed nv the three-act comedy
"a Pair of SpeCtacles." a play which
was introduced into this country by
the celebrated English actor, John
Hare. The club presented this com
edv in Lynn. Mass. Tuesday. where
they were enthusiastically received by
an audience of 500 people. This is the
clubs second appearance in Brattle-
boro, their original appearance having
been in May last, when they gave the
comedy. "a Night on" to the de-
light of a large audience.
The Brattleboro Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, held an
interesting meeting in the Brooks
House Thursday evening Oct. II. the
occasion being the 124th anniversary
of the surrender of BurgOyne at Sar-
atoga. After the regular business was
concluded propositions for historical
work for the chapter were discussed,
and much interest was manifested
Committees were elected, and work
will begin at once, so that another
year will see a great work accomplish
. ed. Misses Ellen Hunt and Flossie
Howe furnished several musical Sc
lections. One of the most interesting
and instructive papers ever read be-
fore the chapter was given by Mrs. c..
S. Pratt on "Collonial Pottery and
Domestic Utensils" No one inter-
ested in old china could afford to miss
this paper. and it is hoped that Mrs.
Pratt NAV be induced to repeat it at
an early date.
Obtained Liquor Under False Pre-
tense.
Charles Packard of Williamsville,
driver for f. Fl. futile, was arrested
bv Deputy Sheriff e. S. Hall of Brat
tlebOro Monday night in Williamsville,
charged with obtaining liquor at the
Brattleboro town liquor agency under
false pretense. He was arraigned be-
fore Justice Newton Tuesday morning.
pleaded guilty and was fined $40 and
costs, as required by law, amounting
to 1884. In consideration of Pack
ards destitute condition and the fact