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

BRATTLE6oRo.
A large deer, chased by dogs, ran
through Morningside cemetery last
Friday 1t is thought the animal es-
capped by swimming the river.
L. S. Higgins will sell his sleighs,
robes. bells, etc, at auction Tuesday,
Nov 25 Particulars will be given
in his advertisement next week.
A good sized delegation from the
Centre Congregational society went
to Marlboro Wednesday evening TO
attend the annual chicken pie supper.
Members of the Masonic fraternity
have arranged for a private dancing
school of IL lessons, the first one to
be given in Masonic hall this evening,
with Mrs. Baldwin as teacher,
The three gray squirrels in the win
dow at Gleason's grocery store are
owned by Nels Wilson, the black
smith They were found in nest in
hollow tree in Vernon by choppers
last spring.
The work of repairing the Aldrich
house on North Main street for DR..
Hamilton began Wednesday, C. f. Ma
son having charge. The new part of
the house was not damaged by the
recent fire and DR.. Hamilton and fam
lily are occupying it.
The first in a series of mothers
meeting was held at the Congregation
al chapel Wednesday afternoon, with
a good attendance Miss Maud Emer-
son read paper on Stories and Story
Telling" and the subject of stories
1l,f roll a To-. God
by the women present.
DIR. George F. Gales meteorological
record for October is as follows: Rain
on IA days; cloudy, nine days; fair
three days; clear, five days, mean
morning temperature, Al 21-31; mean
midday temperature, SO 2-31; mean
evening temperature, AT; rainfall,
76-100 inches; highest temperature
II degrees, October 18th; lowest TEN
perature, "a degrees, Oct. 30.
The Audubon Society held a meet
ing Monday evening at Lindenhurst
Readings were given describing the six
species of vireos that come to this
part of the country. Specimens oil
the birds and their nests were shown
The nests are very attractive, being
cup-shaped hanging structures, Otter
decorated with white birch bark. Bird:
lately observed were golden-crowneC
kinglets, fox sparrows and Wilson's
! snipe.
A misplaced switch caused a coils
ion of the two locomotives on the
narrow gauge railroad at South Lon
donderry yesterday morning. One
engine, which should have gone OF
the main track on being started
crashed into the other engine, head
on, in the engine house. Each en-
CINE came out of the wreck minus
pilot and with frames bent, and tn,
doors were broken off the engin,
house and the rear of the building
damaged.
The creditors of the E. A. Starke,
estate in bankruptcy held their frs
meeting, for the election of a trustee
in the Office of F. D. Stowe referee
Monday, the meeting having been ad
journed Saturday. Two candidate
were voted for, Alonzo Starkey, faith
er of E. A. Starkey, and Lawyer H
G. Barber. Mr. Barber was elected
receiving a majority in both the nun
Der and amount of claims. He re
ceived the votes of IS creditors
NhOot tidllio uuIOullGu W pltuN
Mr.. Starkey received the votes of
creditors with claims amounting t
$780,
The management of the Aud
forum announces the coming G
Thomas's beautiful play, ARIZONA" t
that theatre for Friday night, Nov. q
Arizona" has made the most conspiC
uous success in New York that ha
been achieved by any dramatic o
fering of the past five years. 1t
run at two theatres aggregated neal
ly 300 performances, record whic
has been broken only by "Flort
DORA The play will be presente
by the excellent company which wa
at the Court Square theatre
Springfield last evening, and whic
has appeared in all the large cities
Four Cinnamon were heard last FIR
day in the United States court befor
Judge Wheeler on appeal from order
of deportation. hearing also wa
held in the case of the Biber-Whit
company VS.. the White River Vale
Electric Railroad company. The r,
ceivers of the railroad brought int
court the full issue of bonds, amour
ing to $120,000 and they were ordere
left in the custody of the clerk.
was ordered also that all objection
to the report of the receivers as file
be made on or before Nov. 81. Coul
adjourned to Nov. %. Counsel pre-
ent were Judge Waterman, for Samu'
Williams of Boston, owner of It'll
road: Charles M. Bruce of Boston
for the receivers, r. II. Sawyer an
c. e. Page; A. H. Wellman of Bo
ton, for Jose, Parker & Co.. Fran
Plumley of Mortified, for Ward
Douglass; John Wilson of Bethel, fC
claimants for land damages, and w.
C. Stickney of Bethel, for othC
creditors.
An,.IJn ThIc