Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-02-08
LOCAL OVERFLOW,


The Knights of King Arthur init
ated several new members into their
order at a regular meeting Tuesday
evening.
Fort Dummer Royal Arch chapter
will hold a meeting next Thursday
evening, when the Royal Arch degree
will be worked.
Glass NO. Z of the Baptist Bible
school will hold its annual banquet in
the social rooms of the church at $50
o'clock next thursday.
day.
DR.. Lynch performed operations
for appendicitis yesterday on William
Wells and Miss Flora Scott. Both of
the patients are doing well and are
expected to recover.
The Baptist Social Union will hold
it's next meetRg next Wednesday eve
ming in the church. The meeting
will be of a patriotic nature, and
speakers from Troy and other places
will be present.
The congregational Christian En-
deavor society will observe next Sun
day as Decision day. The service
will be in charge of the pastor and
there will be special music. Every
body is invited.
The 9.O6 mail train did not reach
here until 1870 this morning as it
had to wait at White River Junction
to couple on a part of the owl train
which was delayed by a wreck near
Montreal on the Grand Trunk road.
The evening session of the Womans
club met with Miss Minnie Brasor last
evening. The paper was by Mrs.
e. S. Bowen on AN Hour with Mod
ern Dialect Writer'S" Selections in
French, Scotch and Negro dialect were
read and sung. The meeting was
unusually interesting.
A joint meeting of the former mem
bers of Company l, First Vermont
Volunteers, ana the present members
of Company |, Vermont National
Guard, was held Wednesday evening,
when resolutions upon death of John
| Alfred McVeigh were adopted, to be
sent to the McVeigh family.
Manager Fox presented his patrons
| at the Auditorium last evening with a
neat booklet giving the comments of
several clergymen on the production
Way Down East" the attraction at
the Auditorium Feb. 20. The book
let also contained colored illustrations
of several of the scenes in the drama.
A meellng in the interest of mis-
sions was held in the Baptist church
last evening. Children representing
different nations were presented, clad
in the clothing of the nations where
the missionaries are operating. A
| program of recitations and singing
was rendered and was followed by a
social hour.
The surgical practice of DR.. Will
lard H. Pierce of Greenfield, brother
of G.. w. Pierce of Battleboro and a
native of Westminster, has grown To
such proportions that he has given
up general practice in order to de
vote himself entirely to surgery and
allied practice DR.. Pierce has ac
uuired the reputation of being q very
skillful operator.
The Congregation Sunday schoo
is planning to have sleigh ride neXt
Wednesday, and it is expected thai
not far from 100 members will join
A committee from the main schoo
invites every MEMBER of that depart
ment to enjoy the ride, and only those
who are able and willing will be eX
pected to contribute. No member
need stay at home on account of tinan
cial considerations. The plans viii
be announced at the session of tn,
school next Sunday, when collection
will be taken to help pay the expense
1t is hoped that every member viii
be present. 1t is the intention to g
to Putney, leaving Brattleboro at
o'clock, to have warm supper in tn
CONGREGATIONAL church in Putney ant
return in the early evening. Thu
Christian Endeavor society is invite,
to join. The members of the pr
mary and junior departments will b.
given a ride next week Saturday al
ternoon and will have supper in tn
vestry after they return.
Miss Florence Clark will go t
Washington, d. c., today and froT