Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-31

Rev Father Cunningham Christ
mas collection amounted to $65O.35.
NJ. A. Barden has started a job team
with order book at j. f.. Haynes's shoe
store.
Stetson's Uncle Toms Cabin com
pany gave an unsatisfactory perform
ance before a small audience Friday
night.
The Twentieth Century Whist club
will meet next Wednesday evening
with Miss Bridget Sullivan on Clark
street.
Sunday Feb. 2, will be Candlemas
day and it will be observed in the Ro-
man Catholic church by blessing of
candles.
The Mystic sewing circle, which was
organized about a month ago. met with
Miss Tufts on Canal street Wednesday
evening.
Fred J. Sawyer. driver for DR.. Lynch,
filed a petition in bankruptcy Wed.
nesday. His liabilities are $3.50 and
his assets are $500. all of which are
claimed to be exempt.
Twelve Chinese. who will be deport-
ed. were taken from the Jail at New
fame to Rutland Saturday, and later to
Boston, to start from there on the
journey to San Francisco.
The receipts of the Universalist fair
last evening are not definitely known,
but it is estimated that they will foot
up not far from $500 The attendance
was unusually large, S5S admission
tickets being sold.
The union meetings of the young
people on Sunday afternoons have
been given up. The usual meeting for
men will be held in the y. NJ. c. A.
rooms next Sunday at o'clock. con
Quoted by l.. j. Retting.
The hearing on the defendants ex-
ceptions in the, perjury cases of Leon
Canedy. Peter circuit and Edward Con
yer. which was to- be held before the
supreme court at the present term,
have been put over to the May term.
Representatives of the Masonic
lodges of Brattleboro will attend the
annual Masonic ball to be held in the
new town hall at Hinsdale this even
ing Ieitsinger's full orchestra of
Brattleboro will furnish music for the
occasion.
About $50 Free Masons attended the
inspection of Brattleboro lodge by Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master Wheeler of
Bellows Falls last Friday evening.
The third degree was worked. After
ward refreshments were served and a
social time enjoyed.
The Y. NJ. c. A. basket ball teams
will play in the Retreat gymnasium
Monday evening. The first team will
play the Vermont Academy team at
S o'clock. followed by a game between
the second team and the Brattleboro
Academy team. On Feb. 81 the first
team will play Norwich University in
the Retreat gymnasium.
\ large number of Baptists from
Brattleboro and West Brattleboro went
to Hinesburg on sleighride last night
and had chicken-pie supper in the
Baptist church at that place. After
supper a program of games and music
was conducted by Mrs. Morse. wife of
the pastor Of the church. The Brattle-
boro party returned about 10 O'Clock
The annual school of Durham
Brothers travelling statesmen began
yesterday in the sample room of their
Brattleboro store and will continue
through today. All of the - travelling
statesmen are present. A banquet will
be held in the Brooks House tonight,
at which President NJ. V. BIGGER. of the
Mishawka Wooden Manufacturing com
pany, Mishawka, Ind, will be present
Durham Brothers are the New Eng
land agents Of the Mishawka company.
At the special meeting of the Catho-
lie Union, held in the club rooms
Thursday evening, the following mem
bers We're elected to memberships: DR..
Lynch. l.. B. Yauvey. b. O'Riley, NJ
Austin, jr.. j. D. Austin. J. l.. Stewart.
w. f. Fleming, p. J. Fleming, T. Smith,
Chas. Welcome. J. G. Baker, David
Carey. +. Coleman, DR.. Kinkead. C. A.
Dunlevy, James Gregg, John Larrow,
VIM. Currier, Charles Long d. Con-
nell. James Clune. John Cummings.
NJ. \. Aher, John Moynihan, j. j.
Grady, John L. Griffin.
Windham County Pomona Grange
met at Dummerston Jan. 80 with Even
ing Star Grange. Seventy-five were
present, Brattleboro and Vernon being
well represented. The question for
discussion was Can farmers afford to
feed grain as usual at the present
prices?" Several men who keep milk
and butter diaries said they could not
allow their COWS to shrink in milk or
flesh, even if grain was higher than it
is now. The afternoon session, open
to the public, was in charge of the
worthy lecturer Mrs. Ella Eames. A
lively interest was shown in the first
part of the program, consisting of mu-
sic. Rotations and readings. The
question DO our school directors dis.
tribute the law fairly and give every
pupil equal advantages" brought out
a number of spirited remarks. and
the subject was finished by Mr.. Mans.
field of Dummerston and Mr. Gale of
Guilford, who have served long as
school directors. They gave from
their experience some good points
which were interesting and greatly en-
joyed.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh +h..