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

WIFI IedmS VI the WduJdSLlqueJ GOlt
I club.
The ladies' mission circle of the
| Universalist church have been con.
! Quoting rummage sale in Whet-
stone building this week, meeting de-
served success. The sale will close
with an auction tomorrow evening.
The date of the Woman's club meet
| ing announced last week has been
changed to next Tuesday evening, to
be held at Miss Emerson's on Oak
street. The meeting announced for
! Nov. has been changed to Nov. H.
Keith's Vaudeville Stars, com
! pany of 30 people, travelling in their
own parlor car, well be the next at
traction at the Auditorium, coming on
the 9th of November A finely uni
formed band and symphony orchestra
are features of this organization.
The two top sections of the smoke
stack at Vinton's paper mill fell over
early in the week, having become
eaten through by rust. staging was
built around the stack and the de-
fective sections removed. Mr. Vinton
plans to replace the stack by a brick
chimney next spring.
An appropriation of s25 was made
Sunday by the Congregational
Sunday school for the use of the
American Board. The old Mission
airy Hymn" was sung. and remarks
were made by Deacon G. f. Thomp-
son and Captain w. T. Haigh. and the
story of how Deacon Thompson drove
the entering wedge in bringing about
a change in the policy in the board in
1898 was related by the superinten-
dent.
The next regular meeting of the
Audubon Society of Vermont will be
held with Mrs. Davenport at the
Brooks House Monday evening at 7.3O.
The subject for the evening will be
bird migration. The president will
talk on the subject and some interest
ing readings from William Brewster's
Observations at Bay of Fundy" will
be given. Mrs. Davenport will give
reports of the work of different state
Audubon societies.
Charles K. Fessenden of this village
has received news of the burning of
the National hotel at Menasha, Wis,
last week His aunt, Miss Elizabeth
Smith of Menasha, was boarding at
the hotel at the time of the fire, and
with other guests of the house barely
escaped with her life. Miss Smith
will be remembered by some of the
older residents of this village. having
formerly lived here. She is a sister
of the late Elisha d. Smith. of Men
asha.
Chef-of-Police Hall and Policeman
Thayer arrested Dummy" Manning
at his home Saturday night for intox-
ication. Manning was placed in the
lookup and on Monday morning he
was arraigned before Justice w. s.
Newton, Lawyer James F. Hooker ap-
pearing for the state. Manning
pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and
costs. amounting to S57. for a third
offense. He disclosed that he OBJ,
tanned his liquor of Louis Lafrenia
who gave 1t to him in New Hamp-
shire.
The High school foot ball team will
play Durham Brothers clerks on the
island tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
The lineup of the team of clerks, OF
which Dan Stolte is captain, is as fol
lows: Left end, Charles Stolte; left
tackle. Murray Tucker; left guard
Harry E. Wood: centre, Fred Hall;
right guard. Algis Brown; right tackle
Benjamin Irving; right end, Warren
Head; quarterback, Dan Stolte; right
halfback. Frost Miner; left halfback
Ronald Osgood; fullback, Louis Allen
There is a difference of but five pounds
in the weight of the two teams.
George w. Crawford, the longtime
postal clerk on the run from New
London to BrattlebOro, has been trans
ferred to the run between Boston and
Providence and New York city. His
work in future will be to act as mail
transfer agent at the New London
station Mr.. Crawford held this po
sition from July, 1870, until the last
of November, 1885, when he was re-
moved by the first Cleveland admins
tration. He was reappointed to the
postal service in April, 1889, his run
then being between New London and
Palmer. In 1890 his run was extend
ed to Brattleboro, and he has con
tinued in that service ever since, only
missing three days of his regular
time in the II years. The transfer
service at New London will enable
Mr.. Crawford to live at home con
} IluuOuSly, ana Is III OlutI ItSpSClS al
advantageous position.
The Congregational club met in the
Brooks House Tuesday evening fol-
the last supper and entertainment due
on last seasons series and to reor
ganize for the coming season. There
was a large attendance and the meet
ing was successful and enjoyable in
every particular. After supper briei
addresses were made on the subject
Respect for Law" C. H. Davenport
= speaking, in the absence of Judge
. Waterman. on "Anarchism in So
ciety," and Lawyer A. F. Schwenl
speaking on "Mobs and Lynchings.'
These officers were elected for the
coming year: President, Charles II
Thompson; vice president, l.. F
Adams; secretary and treasurer, FREQ
c. Adams; executive committee, H. L
| Emerson, H. F. Jordan and J. /
Knowlton; membership committee
George NJ. Clay, w. T. Haigh, A. s
Thompson, L. A. Gregg and w. A
Gilbert.
AS favorable as was the impression
, created by the Criterion club on Its
first appearance in Brattleboro las
: spring, the work of that talented or
| ganization decidedly increased iti
good repute in their return engage
ment" last Friday evening. "ThC
Circus Rider" was capitally done il