Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-11-28


s. w. Edgett will lead the o'clock
meeting in the v M. c. A. rooms Sun
day.
The Woman's Auxiliary cleared
about $50 from their rummage sale In
Retting building Friday and Satur-
day.
The association and directors of
the Y. NJ c. A. will meet in the Y. NJ.
c. A. parlors Monday evening at 8
o'clock.
S. w. Edgett has sold the house
at 22 Central street owned by the
John Pellet estate, to G.. w. Sim
onds of Chester. Mr.. Simonds eX-
poets to occupy it eventually.
j. willard Cobb has divided among
his friends the bear which he shot in
Winhall last week and which has been
on exhibition in Schorling & Johnson's
meat market. He will send the pelt
away to be mounted
A hearing on the petition of II. G..
Barber, trustee of the +. A. Starkey
estate in bankruptcy, wherein he
prays that he may be authorized to
sell the estate at private sale, will be
held in the office of f. d. Il. Stove,
referee in bankruptcy, next Monday
at 10 o'clock.
Grange hall was not large enough to
hold the crowd who sought admittance
to the Saturday night performance
by Walsh's Crystalplex company, and
many were turned away. The local
Odd Fellows, under whose auspices
hn IN
cleared about 500 out of their per
centage of the receipts for the week
There was no lecture in the Y. NJ
G.. A. course Tuesday evening, John
Temple Graves. who was announced
to speak. having sent a telegram
that his trains missed connection SC
that he would be unable to reach
Brattleboro in time. Arrangements
will be made to have Mr.. Graves ap
pear at later date.
The Brattleboro Womans club will
hold it's annual gentlemen's night al
the Brooks House Wednesday even
ing, Dec. Sd. at 100 o'clock At that
time the farce. "Hunker's Postofiice,
will be given. The cast of characters
numbers about 20 persons, and the
parts will be taken by members of the
club. The Mandolin club will fur
nish the music for the evening.
The Congregational Sunday schoo
! appropriated $40 last Sunday for be
nevolent work. The appropriation!
were as follows $25 for Hampder
| Institute, through the American Mis-
sionary Association $25 for the Ital
! ian Evangelical Sunday school in New
! York city. Rev Antonio Alright pas
tor; $40 for the Kurn Hattin HON,
! in Westminster. 1t was also voteC
to send a Christmas box to Rev. Mr.
| Alright for use at his schools Christ
mas FIESTA
Four ear loads of young spruce anC
hemlock trees were side tracked a
Brattleboro Tuesday on their wa.
from the north part of the state I,
Philadelphia. where they will be sole
for Christmas trees. These four
were the first of 20 car loads en- rout,
to Philadelphia Large quantities
| of Christmas trees will be shipped
from now until the holiday season Il
over. 1t is said by railroad mel
that 1000 car loads were shipped
from this section OF New England
last year.
Charles II. Thompson has receive,
notification OF his election as a mem
Der of the Association for the Pre-
lection OF the Adirondacks," the pur
pose OF the association being the
protection of the forests, waters
game and fish. and the maintenance
of the healthfulness of the Adirondack
region Ii Is an organization 4
which many prominent new York
men belong, and to the furtheranc
OF whose purposes they give their &C
tive personal support.
Frank II. Fisher, As, who died II
Burlington Nov. II, was formerly
clerk in Cheney & Clapp's store
and later took V. o. Jones'
place as travelling salesman. He
went from here to Burlington abou
% years ago as clerk in the Mel
chants national bank. Later he wa
cashier of the Howard national ban
but was compelled by severe Hines
to give up that position about a dozel
years ago. After recovery he wa
engaged in selling western securitie
and later was bookkeeper for tn
Burlington Grocery company eigh
years ne 10 SuINlNtu ny Mile an
two sons.
For the first time in several year
the annual foot ball game between tn
freshmen and sophomores at Wesley
an University was won on Saturda
by the younger class. 6 to 5. Tn
star for the freshmen was Arthu
Monroe, formerly an end on the Bra
tleboro High school team and pitche
for the Y. NJ. c. A. in the local bias
ball league last summer. A despatc
to the Springfield Republican said
"Monroe's long end runs promise hir
a position on the varsity next fall
Monroe makes the fifth old Hig
school player now in the college foo
ball ranks. Melvin Thurber mad
good on the Colgate team in his fresh
man year and last summer induce
ments were offered him to go to Hal
ward with the expectation that h
would join the foot ball squad. II
decided to go back to Collegiate, how
ever, and he has been the best groun
gamer for that team. although play
ing at tackle. Hugh Whitman ha
played in three positions for the Tuft
freshmen, and in almost every gam
his work has been mentioned as
feature. Ralph Patch, as substitut
full back, has been a member of tn
varsity squad at Amherst, but di
not get chance to appear in the bi
games. Hugh Lynde has filed tn
position of guard acceptably in all @