Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-05-23
BRATTLEBORO.

Miss Simplicity" next Thursday
evening. May %, will be the biggest
production ever seen at the Auditor
ium.
Prayers were offered in st. Michael's
Roman Catholic church Sunday for the
repose of the souls of all those who
persisted on the island of Martinique.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Brattleboro & White
hall railroad will be held in the Brooks
House on Saturday of next week at
10 o'clock.
Hinsdale, will hold a special town
meeting tomorrow afternoon to see
what action the town will take in
regard to helping defray the expense
of the new steel bridge across the
Connecticut river.
The Sunshine Society. Branch No.
/, will give Kaffeeklatsch at the
home of Mrs. j. E. Hall next Wednes-
day from until 6 o'clock. A small
admission fee will be charged A
general invitation is extended.
Ex-Judge Jonathan Ross of st. Johns
bury, j. NJ. Boutwell, of Montpelier H.
S. Bingham of Bennington, state rail
road commissioners, and f. NJ. Harvey
of Montpelier. their clerk, met in Brat
tleboro Tuesday to start on their an
nual inspection of the railroads of the
state. beginning with the Boston &
Maine system.
The annual business meeting of the
Fessenden Helping Hand society will
be held in the Congregational church
parlors Tuesday evening, May 81, at
1870. The annual business transac-
tions will be followed by social,
and it is hoped that all the young
ladies interested in the work of the
society will be present.
Miss Clara Stone. 81, who has been
attending school at Perkins institute
in Boston. died Wednesday in the
Massachusetts, General hospital from
meningitis, after an illness of several
weeks. The body was brought home
yesterday and the funeral will be held
today. The burial will be in Pros
pect Hill cemetery. Miss Stone was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Stone of Centreville.
Richard M. Bradley brought his fam
lily to BrattleborO last Saturday to
spend the summer at the Bradley cot
tage on North street. Mr.. Bradley
reports that good progress is being
made on the hospital plans along
lines approved by the Brattleboro
committee, supplemented by the adj
vice of DR.. Cobb. The plans are be-
ing made by McKim, Mead & White
through Fox & Gale their Boston rep
resentatives.
The narrow gauge railroad with it's
third rail between Brattleboro and
West Dummerston has been made
ready this week for broad gauge cars
by a gang. of some GO men under the
direction of Roadmaster Elrod of st.
Adams, Division Roadmaster Benny
of Palmer and H. Holmes of New
London, superintendent of bridges.
The stone wall on the west side of
the track from the town hall to West
River bridge was moved back far
enough to allow the wide cars to clear
and switch was put in near the old
water house. Gravel cars. wide
gauge, were run over the track We'd
nesday.
The usual pre-Memorial exercises
will be held in the village schools on
Thursday, May 30. The morning ex-
ercises in the High school will come
at 10 o'clock The program will in
clude two or three addresses and
music by the school chorus. A slight
change has been made this year in
the afternoon meeting for the grades.
The schools of the first four grades
will all assemble at the Universalist
church at 100, while the other grades
will meet at the High school rooms at
quarter before then. The exercises
will begin promptly at these hours.
An invitation has been issued to the
local Grand Army post and the Relief
CORPS. The general public is also
invited and it is hoped that large
number of the friends of the schools
will be present.