Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-12-12

IA per cent.
The nomination of officers by Wan
tastiuuet lodge of Odd Fellows, an
nounced for last Monday evening, will
take place next Monday evening.
The Springfield Republican hears
that Rudyard Kipling and family will
return to America next season to
spend several months at their home in
Dummerston. The Naulahka
The Brattleboro Womans club will
have a musical at the Brooks House
Wednesday afternoon, Dec. IT, at
o'clock. Miss Gregg will have paper
on THE North American Indian" and
there will be illustrated Indian music,
both vocal and Instrumental.
The dwelling house in West Dunn
merston owned by the Brattleboro Gas
Light company and occupied by a
French family was damaged by fire
Tuesday night. The fire caught from
a chimney and caused a loss of about
500. The house is on what is known
as the Washer place.
Festival hall is being put in condi-
ton for basket ball practice by the
local basket ball league. Some of the
apparatus arrived Wednesday. 1t Is
expected that the league series of
games will begin about Jan. /, but the
makeup of the league cannot be given
with certainty at present.
The house and lot at Al High street,
owned by the Wilder Harris estate,
and the household furniture owned by
the late Mrs. Harris will be sold by
public auction Dec. 20 by G.. A. Harris
and Jonathan Howe, administrators of
the estates OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harris re-
spectively. G.. p. ellison will be the
auctioneer.
The Bratueboro Woman's club did
not send a delegation to Bellows Falls
Tuesday to be the guests of the club
there, being unable to get assurance
from the railroad company that spe-
cial car would bring them home in the
evening. It was planned to attach a
special car to the mixed train, but the
snowstorm made 1t uncertain that the
train would arrive before morning.
The annual meeting of the Brattle
boro East society, the society con
nected with the Centre church, was
held in the vestry Wednesday evening
Chairman L. F. Adams presiding. The
report of c. III. Thompson. treasurer
paying all current expenses, also a
payment OF about one-third of the
church debt during the year These
officers were elected: Clerk, W. A
Gilbert; trustees, L. f. Adams, G.. H
Clapp, ]. G.. Stafford, Fl. e. Bond, and
f. w. Kuech; treasurer. G. H. Thomp
son; auditor. 70. IT, Parker.
The pastors and officers of the
young peoples societies of the Local
churches met at the home of Miss
Lillian Park Monday evening to talk
over the work of distributing Christ
mas gifts In this and surrounding
towns among those who otherwise
would not be remembered. 1t was de
cided to engage a store for headquar
tiers where all gifts and provisions
might be left for distribution with the
cooperation Of the Associated Chair
ties. The presidents of the young
peoples societies were appointed a
committee to take charge of the de
tails.
Foxy Grandpa" whose face has be-
come familiar through the colored sup
plements of the Sunday newspapers
visited Brattleboro Tuesday with his
two grandsOns and party of friends
and furnished an evening of unalloyed
merriment in the Auditorium. The
play is one of the brightest bits OF
nonsense which has ever been seen
here and the company who presented
1t made the most of it's possibilities
The story deals with the experiences
aof Foxy Grandpa" during his stay at
summer hotel. and he proves that
the appeliation Foxy" is not mis-
nl1nan ne
arise through the appearance of a
facial artist. who appears in a guise
Identical with that of the "oId man"
and finally elopes with an Italian wo-
man whose attentions have become a
bore to Grandpa" The real suo-
: cess of the play was due to the fact
Sdat 1t Was in The hands of a compe-
tent 9Qmpafy Joseph Hart, in the
title role, was excellent. and his wife.
Carrie DeMar, proved herself an en-
PERTAINING soubrette. There were II
musical numbers. among which were
some very catchy airs. The chorus
work was of a high order.
With the local coal dealers life has
been anything but a peaceful dream
the past week The coming of biting
cold weather. which at almost the
nfSL onslaught bOuCucu ~ uC6iOCo bO-
low zero, drove hundreds of people to
the coal Offices and since then the two
local dealers have been besieged with
calls for coal OF any kind. Night and
day, at their Offices AMI at their homes
Mr.. Barrows and Mr.. Yauyey have re-
ceived calls in person and by tele-
phone, nearly all of them urgent, but
the best they can do is to say; I'll
bring you some as soon as | can.
And to their credit be it said that they
have done their best to give theiI
customers enough to keep the fires
going. Every carload of coal thai
arrives is sold long before 1t reaches
BrattleborO, but only in rare instances
is more than half ton delivered a.
one time. More often the amount Ii
500 pounds and less. Both dealers
have received this week bills of Goa
which they expect to arrive next weel
but there is nothing certain about 1t!
coming Several carloads of sof
coal consigned to them have beef
used by the railroad companies on thu
ground of necessity in carrying tn,
United States mail. The local deal
ers understand that coal enough i
being mined. but that empty cars can
IN not be secured fast enough to suppl
nm the demand.
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