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

The Bennett Moulton's engagement
will begin at the Auditorium Monday,
April 81 to continue through the week.
Rev. c. E. Hayward of Putney will
preach in the Centre church next Sun
day morning in exchange with Rev.
H. r. Miles.
Bert o. Ware has been appointed a
fish and game commissioner with au-
thority to act in that capacity any
where in Vermont.
The Wilmington stage reported four
inches of snow on the top of Hogback
mountain yesterday morning. All of
the hills surrounding Brattleboro were
white with snow
C. r. Crosby has sold the building
lot, 100 feet frontage, on the north
east shore of Spofford lake to H. l..
Emerson, who will erect a cottage
there the coming season.
Capt. Ernest J. Waterman of com.
pany |. Vermont National Guard, made
these appointments Saturday: Pri-
vate Fred c. Dunklee to be first ser
geant; Corporal G.. A. Metcalf to be
sergeant; Corporal G.. e. Mosher to
be sergeant Private G. H. Thomp
son to be corporal; Private Marshall
j. Moves to be corporal; Private II
]. Betterley to be lance corporal.
Mrs. Harriet Brasor Pratt will fin
ish her engagement in Buffalo and re
turn home about May /. By request
of her friends she will give concert
in the Auditorium on Thursday even
ing, May IA, assisted by a tenor so
loist, instrumentalist and pianist. The
first part of the program will be made
up of miscellaneous numbers. Fol
the second part the fourth act OF
Verdi's opera, aida" will be given in
costume, with male chorus.
The anniversary meeting of the Y
NJ. c. A. will be held Sunday, May 10
The speakers will be William Knowles
Cooper, secretary of the association
in Springfield, Mass, and State Sec
rotary Wardle of New Hampshire
Secretary Wardle is brother of Miss
Emma Wardle, formerly supervisor
Of the Brattleboro graded schools
Both men are able speakers. The
afternoon meeting will be held in the
Methodist church and in the evening
there will be a union meeting in the
Baptist church in West Brattleboro.
The board of license commissioners
held a public hearing in the select
mems room in the town hall building
Saturday night on the application Of
the local druggists for licenses, c. E
GRAHAM and c. F. Thomas applying
for second class licenses and F. H
Holden and G.. E. Greene for fifth
class licenses. Representative Johr
E. Gale of Guilford said he thought il
was not the intention of the legisla
ture who passed the license bill tt
have second class licenses granted tt
drug stores, but no objection was made
and the board announced that the ap
plications would be granted.
The following from the April mum
Der of Wayside Tales, published ii
Detroit will do for a story: Before
the recent local option law in Yer
mont the town of Brattleboro was
under prohibition law, apothecarieS
only being allowed to sell alcoholic
stimulants. An Irishman entered 6
drug store there, and, taking bottle
from his pocekt, asked for quart Of
whiskey. The clerk asked to what
use it was to be put, and the reply
was ITO soak roots in it, The order
was filled, and the clerk, after hand
ing over the bottle and it's contents
inquired in conversational manner
What kind of roots are you going tc
soak?' Pocketing the bottle, the Gus
toner said: The roots of me tongue
be jabbers.'
Walter r. Cox, the leader of the
half-mile track drivers of New Eng
land, has shipped his string of fast
steppers from Manchester to Nashua
where training for the season will be
gin soon. The Manchester Mirror re-
views the records of all the horses in
his charge. Joe W., bay gelding by
Pilot Medium (sire of Peter the Great
2.07A), is owned by o. H. Ellis of
Brattleboro. Joe W. has finished a
close second in 2.211a. The chestnut
mare, Tonita F., 2.11h. by Keller (sire
of Chase, 2.07A), dam Phebe Wilkes
dam of Hesba, 2.20. by Empire
Wilkes, is owned Jointly by o. H. Ellis
and r. f. Proctor of Keene. This
mare had remarkable race list in the
West before coming East, and in the
hands of Mr.. Cox is expected to make
a good showing on the New England
TRACKS