Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-01-10

posters now adorn the front of the
American House.
The annual melting of the Valley
Fair will be held at the Brooks House
Friday, Jan. "a, at 1890.
The annual election of officers of
the Vermont National and the Peoples
National banks will be held next Tues
day.
The annual meeting of the Grange
Store and the Grange Block associa-
ton will be held next Tuesday after
noon.
Katherine Elizabeth Clarity, IL
weeks-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Anthony Clarity, died Monday of eX
posure. The burial was in the Roman
Catholic cemetery at ? o'clock Tues
day.
The Diamond Whist club were en-
teltained Wednesday evening by
Misses Elizabeth and Helen Brosna-
han Next Friday evening, Jan. H.
the club will meet with Miss Rather
inc Dryer, Canal street.
The regular meeting of the Garment
Workers union was held in Grand
Army hall Monday evening job
Long was elected president and Clay
ton Daniels vice president. Eleven
new members were initiated.
The members of the Twentieth Cen
tury Whist club were entertained de
! lightfully by Mrs. r. A. Austin We'd
ncsday evening The club will meet
with Miss Johanna Baker Birge
street, next Wednesday evening
Quincy Adams Sawyer" a dramati-
cation of the well-known novel of that
name. which will be deliberately pro-
duced here Jan. 16, is an extremely
| interesting play of New England life,
! full of the feelings and sentiments
| that are natural to such life. 1t is full
Of interesting and lovable country
characters and romance.
William Winslow, proprietor of the
grocery store on Prospect Hill, has
sold the store to e. b. Hackett, for
merly employed at the Brattleboro Re
treat. Mr.. Hackett will take posses
sion in about two weeks. He has
been employed recently in a grocery
store in Burlington He will occupy
| the tenement over the store
Mrs O. T. Dodge of Spruce street
! had both hands and one arm badly
| burned Tuesday morning while clean
| ing a garment with gasolene She
| stood a few feet from the stove and in
| front of an open window. The fumes
! from about a pint of the liquid were
! blown against the stove and ignited
and in an instant the gasolene was
abazc and Mrs. Dodge's clothing was
| on fire Mrs. Dodge smothered the
| fire in her clothing and a neighbOr
! who was passing succeeded in putting
/ ont the FIRE in the room. but not until
| the casing and one blind had been
badly burned.
The Music Trades is publishing a
/ series Of full-page cartoons of men
! prominent in the music trades. A
| recent number contained the picture
! OF James II. White, president of the
| Wilcox & White company of Meriden,
| Conn, who is described as "A man
| whose life, from his youth up. has
! been devoted to the development of
| organ reed tone and of piano play
ers.' Mr.. White is quoted as saying:
| My brother, the late Edward II.
White. was the first inventor of the
piano-player. This mechanical in
strument was his inspiration.
Through him The Angelus' was plac.
ed before the world and became
! famous"
Half you Won express package here
| addressed to Won Henry w. Marcus?"
| These words We're spoken by a young
man of Jewish extraction who walked
into the office of the American eX-
| press company Monday afternoon and
handed to Express Agent Rogers a
letter from Marcus ordering a guam
/ tity OF jewelry to be shipped to his
! address in Brattleboro. The letter
proved that there are others" be-
sides those mentioned in The Phoenix
three weeks ago who We're not sharp
enough to perceive that Marcus was
| swindler until they were relieved of
good bill of goods. Mr.. Rogers re.
piled that all packages addressed to
Marcus had been delivered to the CON
signee in the Vinton building previous
to his sudden flight from town. Mr..
| Rogers enquired of the young man
who he was and how badly he got
'pinched," whereupon the young man
handed him card reading: "Anshen
& Shea, manufacturers OF solid gold
stone rings and diamond mount
ings, 373 Washington street, Bos-
tom And in reply to the ques-
tion as TO the amount of his
bill said: "Tree hundred dollars.
und | will spend two hundred more eff
| can catch him" He then proceeded
to tell the circumstances of the
swindle, as though Mr.. Rogers had not
already heard the details and left
with the declaration that he was
"goin t Ny Yok" to hunt up the peo-
pie who said Marcus was a reliable
dealer.