Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-17

is ample material for such a chorus
in town.
Wantastiquet lodge of Odd Fellows
held their last sociable of the season
last Thursday evening. They had
planned for another gathering a little
later, but have given this up.
Miss Mary Blakeslee has bought
Frank Wizards house on South Main
street and will take possession about
June /. She has rented it to w. A.
Reyes, who occupies one of G. b. Lam
sons tenements on Washington street.
Columbian lodge, No. SO, F. & A. NJ,
elected these officers at the annual
meeting Tuesday night w. NJ, w.
f. Hubbard; S. w, F. b. Putnam: j.
W.. C. r. Crosby; treasurer, c. F. r.
JENNIE; secretary, James B. Randoll
The installation will take place at an
early date
During the demonstration of Ken
nedy's waters, crackers. etc, in the
Grange store last week 2200 packages
of the goods we're sold at the store
and by the clerks on the teams. The
demonstrator said that this was the
largest amount ever sold by any one
store in one week.
Liveryman c. S. Stockwell put on
a new barge this week to transport
passengers between the Brooks House
and the railroad station. 1t is lighter
in weight than the old barge. Mr.
Stockwell bought the barge in Boston
last week. He also bought a pair of
driving horses and several sets of
harness. He attended a meeting of
Red Men in New Haven Friday.
A man who evidently had not learn
ed that the prohibitory law had been
abolished sauntered into the old liq-
uor agency room in the town hall
building one day this week and told
the listers, who were in session there,
that he wanted a pint of whiskey.
None of the listers appeared to be
willing to part with anything he may
have had. so the would-be customer
was sent empty away.
The Union Publishing company, has
begun canvassing the town for re-
vised edition of the Brattleboro di-
rectory. which will be published the
coming summer. The towns Of Ches-
terrified, Dummerston, Guilford, MARI
boro. Newfane, Putney and Vernon
will be included. In addition to the
regular directory the book will con-
tain a record showing the number, To-
cation, and occupants of the houses in
the village.
A regular meeting of the Brattleboro
Woman's club will be held at the
Brooks House Wednesday afternoon,
April %. at $50 o'clock This meeting
will be an observance of Reciprocity"
day. Mrs. Coolidge of Keene, presi-
dent of the Fortnightly club in that
town. will have a paper on "Mush-
rooms" which will be illustrated by
drawings which Mrs. Coolidge has
made. There will also be a paper by
a member of the Bellows Falls Wo-
mans club.
Capt. Hovey, oath Infantry. U. S. A..
stationed at Norwich University, will
address Company | at the company
headquarters tonight. Capt. H. H.
Sargent, of the Second Cavalry at Fort
Ethan Allen. has been detailed by the
war department to have charge of the
inspection of the several companies of
the First Vermont Regiment prior to
the issue of the new arms and equip
ment The inspection will be begun at
Barre April 20, but the date of the in
spection of Company | has not been
announced.
The vacant stores in Vinton build
ing are being repaired and will be &C.
cupied next month. Part of the front
of the old store formerly occupied by
Hackley & Moran has been torn out
and the entrance placed in the mid
die instead of at the south side as for
merly. This store will be occupied by
Samuel Wells. who will move his shoe
shop from the main building. The
store under the upright part of the
building will be occupied by John
Dunton, who is now located in Whet-
stone building.
C. F. R. Jenne has been appointed
agent of the Germania Fire Insurance
company of New York. This is one of
the strongest fire insurance com
panies in the country, having a cash
capital of one million dollars, a net
surplus of two and half millions and
total assets of over five and a half mil
lions. The new Atlantic wonder, the
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm H., is making her maiden
trip now. She is about 7O6 feet long,
weighs 10000 tons and has 10000
horse power Mr.. Jenne is agent for
the Lloyd line.
AS a result of Mrs. Jennie b. Pow
ers's visit to Jacksonville last week,
which is reported elsewhere in this
paper, one man in that village had one
of his cows killed through fear of hav-
ing its condition brought to Mrs. Pow
ers's attention. Other cattle which
are poorly cared for will receive bet.
ter care in the future. On Monday
night of this week Mrs. Powers had a
horse owned by Albert Thayer of
Green River taken away from the
driver on Elliot street The
horse was very poor and CALLED and
unfit for service. 1t was taken to H.
R. Browns stable and is being kept
there awaiting States Attorney
Schwenk's return from county court.
The London Bioscope company, pre-.
senting the largest and most costly
collection of moving pictures, will give
entertainments at Grange hall Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, April 90, "a
and rs, under the auspices of the fire
department. A large variety of sub
jects are displayed. The Bangor Com
mercial says of recent appearance in
that city: THE London, Eng, Bio
scope company opened its engagement
at the Bangor opera house last even
ing, before very appreciative audi
ence. The pictures were clear and
life-siZed and the best of the kind
which Bangor has ever seen, while the
subjects were sufficiently varied to