Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-02-28

Brattleboro lodge, No SO, f. & AM,
worked the Master Mason's degree on
one candidate Monday evening
Lawyer Arthur c. Spencer has been
admitted to practice before the United
States district and circuit courts.
a. V. May has sold Il building lots
in Athol. owned by Martin A. Bailey.
to II. X. Brough of Springfield Mass.
There will be a basket ball game
in Academy hall West Brattleboro,
Saturday night of this week between
the Guilford Street and Brattleboro
High school teams.
The first part of the story entitled
The Gentleman of the Long Sword"
by Clarence Menzies Miller. appeared
in the issue of the Brown Book of Bos-
ton sent out this week The illustra-
tions are by w. Herbert Dunton.
Some of the teachers in Mortified
Seminary held Washington's birth
day party Friday evening at the home
| of r. +. Gordon on South Main street,
making a merry party of 10. One of
the teachers, the Latin instructor in
! the seminary, is a cousin of Mrs. Cor
don.
The bankruptcy petition of Boston
creditors against the old Reformer
| Publishing company under the man
agement of c. II. Davenport which
was set for consideration in the Uni
! ted States court at Burlington Tues
! day. was dismissed the account hav-
| ing been adjusted out of court.
Arrangements have been completed
| whereby the famous play, THE Little
| Minister which is undoubtedly the
| success of the century. will be seen at
the Auditorium March I. This pro
ducton is said to be in every respect
an excellent one. the company having
! been specially selected to portray the
peculiar characters that appear in Mr.
Barrie's dramatization of this famous
! novel
c. p. ellison will sell by auction
Saturday. March s. at 10 a. m. on
the John F, Stearns place in East
| Dummerston. the cattle, horses
swine, farming tools and household
! goods belonging to Edwin II. Brown.
Mr.. ellison will also sell on Friday
March IA. at o'clock p. m. the
farm in Westmoreland n. H.. known
as the Robert Greene farm. together
with several parcels of land and pos
sibly a quantity of farming tools and
| live stock.
Mrs. Lucia Gale Barber will soon
begin in Boston a series of talks upon
physical development, similar to those
given a year ago in that city. with
great success. Mrs. Barber illus
trates her idea with graceful exer-
Iic of 10 ign1 moi nil NOR t
These talks are given at the homes OF
prominent society women. Mrs Bar
Der will go to Philadelphia the com
ing week to begin a course. She also
has engagements in Worcester. Fitch
burg and other cities.
The funeral of Charles A. Trip was
held at 3 o'clock Saturday in St.
Michael's Episcopal church. Rev E
T. Mathison officiating. The sing
ing was by the church choir. There
was a large attendance including del
egations from the lodges of Odd Eel
lows and Masons. and there were
many floral pieces. The burial was
in Prospect Hill cemetery. the bearers
being Col II. Z. Taylor. DR.. d. p,
| Webster. c. II. Grant, a. w. Roel. +
l.. Cook and c. w. Puffer. three Ma
sons and three Odd Fellows.
The Brattleboro Gas Light company
has received subscriptions for all of
its new issue of over $4,000 worth of
stock for the proposed dam across
West river and for the establishment
of an electric power plant conveniently
near The stock has been taken by
| Brattleboro business men. The com
| pany expects to receive plans this
week. The work of building the dam
will he begun at once. and it is expect
ed that it will be completed by July
| |. The power plant will be installed
as soon as the dam is completed.
| 1t has been decided by the officers
of the Vermont National Guard TO
have the trophy cup for rife shooting
| again put in competition the coming
year. The matter has been submitted
| to the company commanders by Col
| Estey and they have decided to con
| tihue the competitive shoots. There
will be a change in the method of
| competition. Formerly the several
| companies have visited the range on
one day during muster and the com
| pany having the highest average won
| the cup. This year the shooting
| will be done on the ranges in the
| towns where the companies are 10.
| Gated and the one having the highest
| average at the close of the season
will hold the cup for one year.
The Brattleboro Woman's club en-
joyed an evening of music Monday,
Feb. "a. Miss Emma Gregg read an
interesting paper upon the life of Wag-
| ner. The story of two operas of Tam
| hauser and Lohengrin were read by
| Mrs. Webster and Mrs. Dewitt. H.
Illustrative music was given by Mrs.
| Pratt, Mrs. Hubbard and Mr. Miller.
including Tannhauser's prayer. Eliza
! beth's prayer for Tannhauser's for
giveness was given, also the fol
| lowing: Wolfram's song to the even
| ing star, Tannhauser's story, Swan
Song from Lohengrin, Kings prayer,
Elsa's love song, Song of the holy grail
| and Lohengrin's farewell song to Elsa.
| A quartet of ladies consisting of Mrs.
| Hubbard, Miss Gregg. Mrs. Landry and
Mrs. Bacon sang the spinning song
| from the Flying Dutchman. Mrs.
Knowlton and Miss Stewart accom-
| panied the singers. The musicians
who contributed so generously to the
| entire evenings program were thor
| oughly appreciated by members and
guests of the club.
The Law.