Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-09-11
BRATTLEBoRO.

The choir in St. MchaeIs Roman
Catholic church began singing high
mass last Sunday after a two months
vacation,
Mrs. c. S. Pratt will serve the lunch
con mt the golf grounds today. The
Keene Country club teams will meet
Brattleboro Wantastiquet club in both
golf and tennis.
The annual election of officers of
Fort Dummer Colony of Pilgrim
Fathers will be held in Grand Army
hail next Tuesday evening. a large
attendance is desired.
Mr. Ross. decorator who will assist
in giving the village holiday appear
ance Valley Fair days. met with much
announcement, and the streets will
be respondent with bunting, banners
and flags.
The exodus of summer guests from
the White Mountains has begun. The
s0uth-bound White Mountain train
has had from - to Is cars every day
this week and the midnight train
south also has been heavily loaded
the long train Of sleepers being filed
The baggage cars are filled to a point
which makes it difficult for the bag
gage master to perform his duty.
The Retreat base ball team scored a
victory over the West Brattleboro club
yesterday afternoon on the Retreat
grounds. after a hotly contested battle
of 10 innings, the score being / to TO-
At the end of the fifth inning the score
stood to 0. in favor of the West Brat
tleboro team. The curves of Fisher
were then solved and at the end of
the ninth inning the score was tied.
Chief Hall and Policeman Perham
were called Monday evening to the
western part of Elliot street to arrest
Michael Sullivan and John Murphy,
who had crept into a shanty and were
disturbing the people in that locality.
They have been employed on the new
bridge works. On Tuesday morning
they pleaded guilty to intoXication
and Justice Newton imposed a fine of
50 and costs each. amounting to
Sll.f5, which they paid.
Wantastiquet Golf club tennis team
on the local courts had an easy victory
Friday over the players representing
Northampton y. NJ. c. A., the visitors
not taking match in singles or dou-
bles. Hooker won from Eofiinger 6-1,
6-1; Thompson from Locke 10, GA;
Tasker from Sisco GA. 81, 6-3; Rice
from Breaker 6-3. 6-1 In doubles
Hooker and Rice won from Eoffinger
and Sisco, and Thompson and Tasker
from Locke and Breaker in straight
sets.
Prof L. B. Patton of Hartford Theo-
logical Seminary, son of r. l.. S.
Patton of Brattleboro, has given in the
Biblical World a new Interpretation
of the third commandment, which is
attracting wide attention. Prof.
Paton's translation is Thou shalt
not cry aloud the name of Yahmah,
thy God, when thou hast brought no
sacrifice" turning the commandment
from a prohibition of profanity into
a command for systematic benei-
cence.
\ very delightful meeting of the
BrattlebOrO chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, was held in the
Brooks House Wednesday evening,
when Miss NJ. H. Brazier of Boston,
regent of Paul Jones chapter, gave
lecture on " Paul Jones, Founder of
the American Navy She gave a
fine address on his life and achieve
ments holding the audience almost
spelIJOund. She is a brilliant speak
er. One of the interesting articles
she exhibited was a silk flag made by
hand by great-great-g granddaughter
of Betsy Ross. who made the first
United States flag.
Lincoln J. Carriers popular melo-
drama, The Heart of Chicago" and
go n
will be the attraction at the Audi
torium Tuesday, Sept. 49, The play
has been well received in the east dur
ing the past six months and comes
with the reputation of having already
earned a small fortune for its fortunate
author. In addition to the approach
ing engine scene are half dozen other
meritJIious mOuntngs necessary to
The play. These are. the Masonic Tenn
pie Roof Garden, the monster pano-
ramic view of the South Side at night.
the Columbus Fountain. the Worlds
Fair Court of Honor during night
Illumination, the typical Chicago street
scene and the fire scenes showing a
section OF Chicago before, during, and
after the great fire.
H. c. Baxter, Of the firm of Baxter
BTattlebOrO Wednesday TO make some
final arrangements in regard to open
ing Snowflake canning factory Al
though the acreage this year. 300
acres Is as large as in former years,
the crop Is short and late. On this
account Baxter Brothers find that il
would be Improbable to start their
factories in Brattleboro, Westminster
and Windsor at the present time, so
for a week or two they will run only
their Westminster factory. Later the
other factories will be started. and
probably will be run the usual length
Of time as the firm will buy all the
corn they can get that is fit to can.
\ car load of corn was shipped north
to the Westminster factory yesterday
and another will be shipped today;
Corn is also being shipped to West
minister from Windsor, The West
minister factory will be started today.
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