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


The International Sunshine society,
Brattleboro branch /, will hold regu-
lar meeting with Mrs. e. A. Starkey
on Oak street Friday afternoon, Nov.
81, at $3.50 o'clock. The date of this
regular meeting was changed from
Nov. 20 on account of Thanksgiving.
w. G.. Horton has leased his build
ing at the corner of Main and Flat
streets, formerly used as confec-
tionery store, to l.. Mancini, the shoe
maker, who will use it as cobbler's
shop in connection with his shop un-
der Judges building.
Durham Brothers, who have been
doing an immense business in their
retail store in Greenfield, will double
their quarters there at an early date,
taking in addition to their present
store the one adjoining now occupied
| by s. Wilcox. Mr.. Wilcox will keep
his store in Greenfield, but is unde-
cided as to his location.
G. o. Abbott, of the firm of Abbott
& Alderman, at the Richardson mar
ket, returned yesterday from a hunt
ing trip in Maine. He was in camp
| four days near Bingham, and had
no difficulty in shooting two deer,
weighing about 200 pounds each. He
brought the deer home and they are
now on exhibition at the market
! The shipments Of organs by the
/ Carpenter Organ company from Jan.
/ to Nov. lacked three of equalling,
! for the same period. the best year
! in the history of the company. The
/ factory is running extra time on ac-
! count of the rush of orders. Mr..
! Mitchell, the Carpenter representa-
! tive is on a six-weeks' business trip
/ in New York. Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Caleb b. White, an inmate Of the
soldiers home, Chelsea, Mass, died
/ early Sunday morning. He was 67
years old and was born in Brattle.
boro. In the civil war he served as
sergeant in Company II. Thirty
[ Third Massachusetts, Infantry; as
lieutenant in the Twenty-Fifth Unit.
ed States colored troops and as captain
Of Company F, 10th United States
| colored troops. He was admitted to
the home Oct. l, from Templeton.
The seth Regiment band with Irish
pipers. Irish singers. great instrument
tai soloists. a lady harpist. and a
dramatic soprano of eminence in her
profession will give a characteristic
concert at the Auditorium Wednes
day evening, Nov. 10, under the aus
pieces of the Foresters The program
arranged for this occasion by Con
ductor William Bayne will be worth
keeping as a memento of a concert
by a military band. which has some
thing to please everybody and to de
light the lovers of Irish music.
The Phoenix hears of "chain let
ter scheme which is being worked in
the county by proposing to the recip
tents of the letters that they enclose
20 cents to be sent by mail TO a city
concern for an article of trifiing value
this person in his or her turn TO be en-
gagged on a weekly salary and ex
penses" to write similar letters-sC
many each day OF each week-and ST
on ad infinitum. Schemes Of this
kind have been exposed in the news
papers often enough so that people
who read ought to know enough tC
leave them alone.
Arizona" made two separate con
quests OF New York within one year
The artistic as well as financial sue
cess of this wholesome American play
proves beyond doubt that no more
popular play of Western ranch anI
army life has ever been produced
/, Candy. the ranchman: Tony. the Mexi
can; Bonita. child ofthe plants, and th'
I dashing soldiery Of Fort Grant are en-
! tirely typical of the country after
which the play has been named
, They illustrate in a bright and absorb
b ingly interesting way the dainty low
story which Augustus Thomas ha'
! woven into the best American dram;
of recent productions. Arizona
will be seen at the Auditorium Friday
; November 81.
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray" EN-
, phasizes anew that the wages of sill
is death" and shows the difference o
, the worlds treatment of a woman
: with a past as compared with q maj
with past 1t Is not a pleasing pic
! ture, but 1t gives an opportunity 70
, depicting varied and intense emo
, tions, and in the part at the Aud
forum Wednesday night Miss Ros
Coghlan proved herself one of tn
, greatest actresses who has ever ar
: peared in Brattleboro. The auditor
were more than interested, they wer
held on narrowing tenter hooks, a.
, most spellbound. II was n finishe
: production throughout and the sta
had the support of an excellent com
pany.
S Mildred Holland, who rehearse
/ The Power Behind the Throne" Il
4 the Auditorium last summer, CAV.
I her last performance as Aria" Il
that piece last Saturday night, an
on Monday night she played the lead
i ing part in Carina Jordan's romanti
: drama, THE Lily and the Prince,
= in which she will be seen in the Aud
a forum late next spring. Hiss Ho
5 land and her company arrived at tn
n Grand Central station in New Yor
: Sunday morning and left for Pott.
q vile, Penn. where they arrived lat
d at night. The scenery was put i
= place at once, and soon after mic
J night the final dress rehearsal wa
d given. Rehearsals of the play wer
/ held daily while the company wa
I touring New England. Miss Kathel
/ inc Willard, who rehearsed the par
: of Aria" in a second company in tn
d Auditorium, giving her initial perform
n ance in Keene, is making a fine in
J. preston in the West and is receivin
J. large houses.
|, The first meeting of the creditor
a of Walter M. Ware of East Putne!
N | who was daplarad q hankrunf a q r,