Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-11-01
LOCAL OVERFLOW.


inspect Sedgwick corps Nov. IA.
Today being the feast of All Saints,
mass was celebrated at o'clock in st.
MlchaeIs Roman Catholic church
The reserved seat sale for Keith's
vaudeville Stars will open next Wednes-
day evening at the box office. The prices
VIII range from So to rs cents.
The Hardwick Gazette says: "Anv talk
about opposition to a second term for
Congressman Haskins may be put down
as bosh-that is in our humble opinion"
The Odd Fellows held their first dance
OF the winter series last evening with
about go couples in attendance. Leitsin-
ger and Dugan furnished music and Hines
prompted.
The ST. Cecilia Altar society will give
an entertainment and sociable in Red
Mans hail next Wednesday evening, at
which aprons, home made candy and re-
freshments will be sold.
The annual meeting of the Canal street
book club will be held at the home of
Mrs. G. H. Ryder next Monday evening
at o'clock. Members are requested to
carry the bound books in their possession
at that time.
About 30 members of the Epworth
league held a corn husking last evening
at George F. Winters in West Brattle-
boro, husking about rs bushels of corn.
variety of Halloween games were
played and fine supper was served.
The second of the union gospel series of
meetings was held in the Centreville
schoolhouse Wednesday evening, led by
Rev. Mr.. Lowe. There was a good audi
ence present, and several participated.
Last week Rev. Mr.. Keneston of West
Brattleboro conducted an excellent SER
vice.
G. E. Crowell has been surveying this
week with a view to bringing water from
Sunset lake to increase the village water
supply The water in the lake is pure
spring water and the supply is inexhausti-
BILE. If it is feasible to bring it to Brat
tleboro it will be valuable supplement
to the present supply.
No fewer than 30 people compromise the
company coming to the Auditorium Nov.
9. Keiths Vaudeville Stars have received
very excellent notices in every place they
have visited, and will prove not only a
decided novelty for Brattleboro, but a
happy relief from farm yard drama of
which we have had a surfeit of late.
The Baptist Christian Endeavor So
ciety observed Halloween by a straw
ride to the home of Arthur Chamberlain,
there being about SO in the party. The
evening was delightfully."- spent in games,
tricks and music, the latter being fur
nlSneQ Dy MIS-. w. IS. Euuy, MISS Lenna
Thomas and Mrs. Chamberlain. Pumpkin
pie and other refreshments were served.
The Manchester Union advertises for
"a Vermonter of experience who wants
a place as bar tender" and the over hasty
editor of the Barre Telegram jumps at
the conclusion that this proves that pro-
hibition does not prohibit in Vermont At
all events, the fact that this Vermont
bar tender" is advertising for a place
hot 1,af c fr1cr fnr oh 10
must hail from Windham county where
Judge Stafford has been holding court.
-[St. Johnsbury Republican.
There was a hearing in the Brooks
House Saturday before Judge II. II.
Wheeler of the United States District
court, on petition of Berry & Hall, credi-
tors of Emerson Hinsdale, for the return
of certain goods which they claimed had
been consigned to the bankrupt, who was
a merchant at Barre. 1t was claimed by
the trustee of the bankrupt estate that
the goods were sold to the bankrupt and
became his property prior to the bank
ruptcy proceedings. M. M. Gordon and
]. H. Swasey of Barre appeared for the
trustee and +. Williams of Barre for the
petitioning creditors. No decision was
given.
William H. Orr has returned from
short visit to Brattleboro, VT. He
brought home with him very large and
nerfAct hornets nest which he found
there, and had a little fun with 1t on the
way home. He placed the nest in
rack in the car, and the warmth of the
car restored the tenants to activity and
they began to emerge and come down
upon some of the passengers They had
not vet become lively enough to be
vicious and were dispatched before any
harm had been done except to brighten
some of the women The hole in the nest
which the insects used as a door was
then plugged and the hornets stayed in
doors during the rest of the journey
North Adams Transcript.
The following is from the Winchester,
NJ II, Star: Saturday morning at 10
o'clock the fire alarm was rung, that
sufficient help might be gotten out to stop
the spreading of a forest fire which start
ed in the woods on the David Downer
property, known as the Ware place. A
good delegation was soon gotten together
and taken to the woods, and after good
DAYS work, they thought they had the
fire out and returned home. But from
some cause, during the night it broke out
again and was spreading worse than be-
fore. so about o'clock Sunday morning
another alarm was given which called out
about so fire fighters, who succeeded In
getting it stopped at RI o'clock. Between
10 and l o'clock the fighters were all out
of the woods and gathered around Mr..
Downer's new barn and walnut orchard,
where they refreshed themselves by
good feast of nuts, sandwiches, cheese
and cookies brought to the scene by
lanes II, Bliss. 1t was estimated that
fully 600 acres of land had been burned
over. but from appearance the damage TO
the timber was slight"