Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-14

society will serve an oyster supper in
the church parlors Tuesday evening
Nov. IS.
Leitsingers orchestra will furnish
music for dance to be given by
Squakeag tribe of Red Men at North
field this evening.
The fall meeting of the Franklin
and Windham county young peoples
unions will be held in the Unitarian
church in Mortified Saturday.
Mrs. Fannie M. Wilder has been
granted a pension of IS per month,
and Charles F. Policy of Hinsdale,
N. H., has been granted an increase
from Sc to $12, through Col. John
Hunts agency.
Col. and Mrs. John Hunt made yes
terday a transfer to the b. Souto
Furniture company of six acres of
land on which the new furniture fac
tory and othhr buildings VIII be
erected.
The annual banquet of the Vermont
Wheel club will be held at the Brooks
House Tuesday evening, Nov 1S.
There will be no after dinner speak
| ing, but the banquet will be followed
| by vaudeville entertainment.
A South Hadley Fails correspond
ent writes: Fred Britton, the sprin-
| ter, is spending a week in town. He
has been in Pennsylvania lately and
/ will soon leave for Vermont. where he
| has arranged several foot-races."
/ Wonder if Britton will go to Lyndon
vile.
/ The department of physical culture
/ mas completed the statistics of the
| freshman class in Amherst College
/ c. e. Hollender of Brattleboro broke
/ seven college records and tied one
/ One of the records is height, Holen-
der measuring six feet and five in
ches.
The November meeting OF the
Daughters of the American Revolu
ton will be held next Tuesday even
ing at the Brooks House at 7.30
O'Clock. Every Daughter is request
ed to be present as important bust
ness will be transacted. Owing to
the pressure of legislative business
DR. Conland will be unable to address
the chapter on "Brattleboro in the
Early Days" at this meeting, but will
give the address later
The New York state intercollegiate
foot ball championship resulted in q
tie between Colgate and Hamilton al
Clifton, n. Y. Saturday, before 1906
spectators. The star of the game fol
Colgate was Melvin Thurber of Brat
tleboro The Utica Tribune gave him
the highest compliment of any mar
off ~
gates right tackle, played marvel
GUS game in his position and by
drawing him back Colgate made near
ly all her gains"
Twenty-Five members of the Brat
tleboro Book club were present a
the annual meeting. held at the resi-
dence of Sidney o. Miner Monda!
evening. Col. Miles acted as auc
tioneer, and a large sum was realized
from the sale of the books and maya
zines. Mrs. James Dalton was elect
ed secretary and Mrs. James NJ. lyle
treasurer for the coming year. Mrs
Warder, Mrs. n. l. Hawley and Rev
r. @. S. Osgood were chosen a bool
committee. Mrs. Miner was as
sisted in the dining room by Mis-
Emma Gregg and Miss Mary Gordon
The soloists who will appear wit
the famous Goth Regiment band a
| the Auditorium next Wednesday ey
ening are Miss Cecilia Niles, drama
tic soprano; Miss Maud Kelly, harI
, list; John Dolan, cornet; c. G. Stan
! zione. flute: and the great Irish piper
: F. X. Henessy. Tickets will go Of
; sale at the box Office Saturday ever
Inc tl,,t lnN 4.
will be on sale at Thomas's pharmacy
The band will come here under tn
auspices of the Foresters. All enter
8 tainments given under direction o
3 the Foresters have been highly mer
torious and the members believe tina
in the Goth Regiment band they hav
secured their best attraction to date.
The American Crystalplex company
= which will appear at Grange ha
: every night next week and on Satu
, day afternoon, under the auspices c
. the Odd Fellows. made a great hit /
6 Amesbury, Mass. recently. TIL
0 Daily News of that city said: 9TH
popularity of the American Crysta
pick company was well attested las
= evening by the large audience tha
was in attendance at the town hal
1t was their third night here and tn
= reputation of the fine entertainer
: that they gave on the first two night
; got abroad, swelling the audience
: nearly double what 1t was on the pr,
. vious night. The large audience wa
!, greatly pleased with the program
Il which was the best one of the wee
= and received great applause from tn
u audience"
n The estate of the late William Lei
h gat, known in Brattleboro as Col. Wi
J. liam Blanchard, has come to the a
tention of the New York public agail
J. Blanchard was a gambler who left
e fortune of 100000 Although he wa
s not supposed to have heirs it Wa
5 found that he had a brother living.
e day laborer, with whom he had had 4
y relations for years. This brother o.
: tanned the fortune, and a woman VIII
o claimed the estate, pretending thu
L she was Blanchard's wife, was SCI
a to prison for five years on the chare
L of perjury. A broker in New YoT
5 who was at first supposed to be
q creditor of the late Blanchard no
I turns out to be a debtor, and the su
), pending in the New York court
u over notes held by Blanchard againi
this man.
d Reports received by The Pheni
: indicate that over 20 deer were sht
k in Windham county during the +
e, cent omen season The DrODaD