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

DR.. J. S. Dutton went last night to
Vernon to test carload of cattle shipped
from Boston by A. G. Barnes
George p. Miller will be the auctioneer
at the sale of the Academy East Hall
property in West Brattleboro tomorrow.
william Webb has been granted an in
crease of pension from IS to $14 per
month through Col. John Hunts agency
Fire alarm box No. So has been moved
from near the Fletcher house on Canal
street to the corner of Birge and Canal
streets.
The members of the Masonic fraternity
in Brattleboro will hold their annual ball
in Festival hall Feb 12 Leitsingers or
chestra will furnish music.
An encampment meeting of district No
| S, ]. o. O. T.. will be held in Springfield
| this state, to-day. oasis encampment
| No. Of Bratteboro will confer the Patrl-
| archal degree.
Lucien Howe will give recital on the
| new pipe organ in the Congregational
church in West Brattleboro next Tuesday
evening, assisted by Mrs. Mary Howe
| LAWN.
Herbert N. Gum, the Elliot street real
estate agent and his stenographer. Caro-
! lyn +. Sinnott were married in Lawrence,
/ Mass, Tuesday by Rev f. c. Taylor.
They came at once to Brattleboro.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
| Baptist church sent a farewell telegram
| yesterday to Rev. w. f. Beaman in San
! Francisco, who will leave this week to
resume his missionary work in China.
The annual union Thanksgiving service
will be held in the First Baptist church
! Thursday morning, Nov. 2S, at II o'clock.
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us come before His presence with thanks
! giving"
The Epworth League held a box So
ciabe last evening at the home Of George
! Thomas, about 80 members attending
! The boxes We're sold by auction by Jerry
| Hgley, and the evening was delightfully."-
spent.
The Christian Endeavor society of the
! Congregational church will hold a
! Thanksgiving sociable in the vestry next
Monday evening. The price of admission
! will be a vegetable-more than one will
not be refused. The evening will be spent
| with games and refreshments.
Mrs. j. j. Estey, state regent of the
! Daughters of the American Revolution,
! has received from the national board a
| letter recommending that a tea be held
! by the chapters throughout the country
in celebration of Gen. Washngton's we'd
| ding day, Jan II, to raise funds for Con-
tinental hall.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
| luton. at their annual meeting held in
! Brattleboro, sent a telegram of condol-
ence to Mrs. Mckinley. Mrs. ]. ]. Estey.
| state regent, has received this week from
! Mrs. Mckinley a card acknowledging with
| grateful appreciation the tender express
! sions Of sympathy extended to her in her
sorrow.
Willard Cobb returned yesterday from
! New Haven with his automobile, which
| has been In the factory several weeks for
repairs. Mr.. Cobb and George Wellman
went to New Haven after the machine
and returned as far as Greenfield Wednes-
| day. In getting started for home yester-
| day morning they broke the pump lever
and were Obliged to hire a team to haul
| the machine to Brattleboro.
Never since its dedication have so many
| people come together in the Methodist
church as gathered there Sunday even
| ing at the union meeting. Fully $50 were
| present and a few could not gain ad-
mttance. After spirited singing by the
| chorus choir, under the direction of l..
| w. Hawley, accompanied by the organ
and some violins. prayer was offered by
| Rev. Mr.. Peabody, Congregational
| pastor from New Haven. a beautiful
solo was rendered by Miss Laura Lett
| singer. Rev. Mr.. Marble preached the
sermon, taking as his text lisa. Xxxviii. /:
| Let thy house be in order; for thou shalt
| die, and not live" 1t was brief. serious,
| pointed discourse and the audience re-
ceived it with careful attention.
| The football contest Friday between
| the two teams from Sunday school class
| No. of the Baptist Sunday school
| resulted in a victory for the reds,
captained by Harry Horton. Neither side
| scored in the first half. the ball being
near the centre of the field, but in the
| second half PEBBLES took the ball over af-
ter a run OF 80 yards. The reds after
ward forced the ball to the Is yard line,
| when time was called The teams lined
| up as follows: Reds Goddard c. Miller
rig. Strong lg, Walker TT. Kimball 1t, Fox
re, Crowell lie, Cobb qb. PEBBLES and
| Hawley Ibis, Horton (capt) III. Blues,
| Shaw C, Averill lg. Miller re-, Field and
| Moore TT, Brown It, Chandler lie. Lon
| gueil re, Houghton oh, Longueil (capt)
and Thurber Ibis, Briggs fb.
| The charter closed Monday night in
| Brattleboro lodge No. 37S, New England
/ order of Protection. A business meeting
was held at 7.30 in Grange banquet hall,
| when four new members were initiated
and 10 applications were received. At SIS
| all repaired to the upper hall, where in
vited friends had already assembled. Mrs.
| w. f. Mixer called the meeting to order
| and spoke on the merits of the order.
| The following program was then carried
| out: Solo, with piano accompaniment,
| Mrs. Fremont Hamilton; recitation, Mrs.
| w. F. Mixer; violin selection with piano
| accompaniment, the Misses Calvin; reel
| tation, Mrs. Mixer; selection, Misses Gal
| win. After the entertainment cake and
| coffee We're served in the banquet hall
| and a social hour enjoyed The regular
meeting was held last night, Thursday,
when the applicants of Monday night
| We're initiated.
A charming musical event was held
| last evening at the home of Gen. and Mrs.
| Estey to raise funds for the charitable
work of the Sunshine society. The pro-
| gram was given by Mrs. Harriet Brasor
| Pratt. Mrs Mary Howe LAWN and Lucien
| Howe, mention Of whose names is as sat
| isfactory to Brattleboro readers as a col
| umn of comment would be. The concert
was entirely informal, there was no print
| ed program, and there was no prear-
| ranged order of the numbers the artists
| rendering whatever they chose to as the
| time came. There were about 200 guests,
making the receipts about 500. Large
| punches Of chrysanthemums were pre-
| sented at the close of some of the best
numbers, Among the numbers were
! Tosti's Good Bye" a japanese love song,
mazurka by Chopin and some Italian