Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-03-21


at st. Michaels Roman Catholic
church.
The guests of the Brooks House
Joined in a pleasant sugar party, fur
nished Saturday evening by the men
of the household.
Mary Howe will give a concert in
Orange Monday night and in Green
field Tuesday night assisted by the
Main string quartet of Boston.
Charles Miner has bought this week
an inbred Wilkes filly, Maud Wilkes, +
three years old, of w. II. Moulton of
Hudson, Mass. She gives promise of
becoming a fast trotter.
The annual inspection of Beauseant
Commandery, X. T., will be made this
evening by c. H. Williams of Bellows
Falls, grand warder. The work of the
Temple degree will be followed by
banquet. The commandeTy worked
the Red Cross degree Wednesday even
ing.
The Charles Stratton property on
Prospect street and Highland avenue,
in Greenfield, Mass, with a fine resi-
dence on each. has been sold to N. T.
Ryan of Brattleboro. Mr. Ryan will
live in one of the houses. His grow
ing business interests in Greenfield de-
mand his attention most of the time
and it is therefore advisable for him to
live in that town.
The New Haven Morning Journal
and Courier of Monday contained the
following: THE funeral of Mrs.
Frances NJ j. Peck, widow of Rev.
David Peck and daughter of the late
] Nathaniel Innnltvn Nf off
held Saturday afternoon at her home
| in Brattleboro, VT, at the residence of
! Mrs. j. X. Parker Rev. Harry r.
Miles, pastor of the Congregational
church in Brattleboro. officiating.
/ brief burial service was held in the
/ chapel of the Grove street cemetery
in this 'city yesterday afternoon. con-
| Quoted by eX-President Timothy
/ Dwight, a classmate of Mrs. Peck's
husband. The affectionate regard of
her friends, both in Brattleboro and
her native city, was expressed by
many beautiful floral tributes"
Gertrude Coghlan and her company
in Her Ladyship" gave a pleasing
performance in the Auditorium Friday
evening, although they got little in
SEPARATION from the audience. empty
seats being in the majority. The lines
in Her Ladyship" are laid in high
society," of which there has been a
preponderance in the Auditorium the
present season, and that may be one
reason why the audience was not
larger. The opening of the play was
rather dull, but the situation became
more interesting with each succeeding
act. AS Lady Cecil Miss Coghlan act
ed splendidy. never losing her equi
poise even under very trying circum-
stances. The leading man acted we'll
but his personality might have been
improved upon. ]. C. Vernon. the
dudish Hon. Thomas Levertt, was a
strong character.
The Professional club held an in
terosting meeting in the Brooks House
last evening. when Rev L. T. Mathi-
son read a paper on "Imm grafton"
Mr. Mathison gave figures to show that
the number of immigrants to the
United States has not materially in
creased during the past 20 years. the
average number being about 500 600 a
year. In the matter of intelligence.
, however there has been a material
change. Formerly the majority of i'm
/ migrants came from the north of Eu-
! rope and We're comparatively intelli-
q gent. Now they come largely from the
, south and east of Europe and are COM
| posed to an alarming extent of the H.
} literate and criminal classes. The
? speaker advocated greater restrictions
} and recommended that the consular
t force be largely increased and that no
| immigrant be allowed to come to our
; shores without recommendation
1 from some consular official. The dis.
r cussion was led by c. II. Davenport
who held, in effect. that the present re.
, strictions were sufficient, except per.
: haps with regard to the criminal and
pauper classes and expressed the
opinion that we would not now be
enjoying our independence had it not
>. been for the foreigners outside of the
- Anglo-SaXon race.
+. Despite the unfavorable weather
q conditions of Wednesday there was a
a large attendance at the maple sugar
o supper in the congregational vestry
q which was given free to the members
n of the Sunday school. Money enough
S 20 cover the expense of the supper
,, was pledged in less than two minutes
= at the close of the session last Sunday
+ so that there was no charge for any
a member, old or young. The sugar was
r brand-new and disappeared readily
V A pleasant and unlooked-for feature
g of the evening was the presentation
/. to w. A. Gilbert of so crisp one-dollal
n bills by the school in recognition o.
his services as superintendent A cut
4 and-dried plan was carried into effect
V whereby the superintendent and Rev
Mr.. Miles We're seated at a small ia
BILE on the platform No sooner were
they seated than two little children
went upon the platform with pitchers
d supposed to be filed with syrup ant
L poured upon the table the contents
@ which turned out to be quite another
II kind of sweetmeat. The situation was
S explained by the pastor, and the super
= intendent responded as well as hi:
y mingled feelings of surprise and ap
, probation would allow.
A reunion of Mrs. Charles Var
: DOorn's former class in the Baptis
- Sunday school was held Wednesday
. evening at Mrs. Van Doorn's home il
a West Brattleboro, eight members be
: ing present in spite of the severe
. storm. Mrs. Van Doom had a large
{ class of girls in the early seventies
: She moved to Greenfield and the class
. became divided. After coming bacl
year ago she bethought herself tt
hunt up her girls, with the result al
i stated. After talking over old times
y it was found that % members of thu
! class are now living. 16 of whom haY,
= homes in and near Brattleboro. Eigh
i have gone tO thair homo haVOnd Al