Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-03-28

The engagement of Miss May Phila
Lamson to Leon Charles White is an
nounced.
The Bernhard dramatic club is re-
hearsing "A Detective in Petticoats,'
to be given at the April supper of the
Unitarian society in Wells hall.
The members of the First Universal
list church will hold a reception and
roll call in the church parlors Wednes-
day evening, April 2, from 1880 to $3.50.
Crocuses were in blossom on North
Main street this year on March %.
The earliest date in recent years of
the appearance of these flowers was
March IL.
The ladies of the Unitarian society
will hold sociable at Wells hall
Tuesday evening. April 1, with supper
at $50 The three-act play, "a De-
tective in Petticoats," will be given by
the Bernhard Dramatic club.
Trout fishermen who have been ac-
customed to make trips early in April
to the Massachusetts brooks should re-
member the recent change in the laws.
The open season in the four western
counties of Massachusetts will begin
this year April Is, and end July Is.
The next meeting of the Brattle-
boro Woman's club will be held with
Miss Emerson on Oak street Friday af-
ternoon. April 4. The subject for the
afternoon will be Dramatic Art The
roll call will take the form of quota
lions from Shakespeare. Miss Stolte
will have a paper on the personality of
Shakespeare, and there will be read
ings from his works.
There will be an athletic carnival
in the Retreat gymnasium tomorrow
evening A game of basket ball will
be played between two picked teams
OF Brattleboro players, which will be
the last game this season. Eight
young ladies will give a baton drill.
and there will be an exhibition of
tumbling by several athletes from the
gymnasium classes of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The annual meeting of the Wantas-
tiquet Golf club will be held next We'd
nesday. At this meeting it is hoped to
present 40 new applications for mem
bership. This will make up the limit
of the club membership 200. The
grounds and house are now in good
condition, over 5000 having been ex-
pended last year. 1t is proposed by
the club to give a number of tourna-
ments, luncheons and dances during
the season.
R. W. Barker of Clark street had a
tame woodchuck last autumn which
when cold weather came on, buried it.
self in the ground under the piazza
of Mrs. Sewall Morse's house on
Canal street, the location of the two
hnir hot
chuck had easy access to both. On
Wednesday of this week the wood
chuck came out of it's burrow and
showed that it had lost none of its
tameness by allowing the occupants
of the houses to feed and caress it.
All lovers of good music will be
especially interested to know that the
Brattleboro Woman's club has sue
ceeded in securing the services OF
Prof Hammond of Holyoke for an or
gan recital at the Congregational
church Thursday evening, April g. al
8 O'Clock. Prof. Hammond is widely
known throughout New England as q
recitalist and musical director. and his
work needs no comment. At present
he is connected with the musical de
partment of Mount Holyoke College
is free recital and the public is cor
daily invited.
A small Brattleboro boy watched
with interest the process of tapping
maple trees and gathering sap, as car
ried on by some of his older compan
ions Then he went home and tapped
an apple tree in the back yard. hune
up his bucket and waited for results
The milkman who was amused at the
sight on entering the yard next morn
ing thought he saw an opportunity foi
fun, and he filled the bucket partially
with milk. The small boy was out {
little later to see how the sap was com
ing. On examining the bucket he was
amazed, and at once rushed to tbs
house, explaining the situation to hi
mother. Mammal" he exclaimed
There must be a COW in the tree"