Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-04-24

| uOuuCtu ny ueI early Ill Jnc season.
The Catholic Union minstrels will
! go to Bellows Falls next Thursday
night to give their exhibition under
the auspices of the senior class of the
Bellows Falls High school.
Miss Mignon Hessler of Boston. a
designer for Madam Hartwig. will be
be trimmer for Mrs. II. E. Bascom
several weeks She came to Brattle-
| boro Wednesday. Mrs. Bascom has
had electric lights placed in her store
this week.
The odd Fellows and Rebekahs
will attend church in a body i'm the
Congregational church in West Brat
tleboro next Sunday morning They
will meet in odd Fellows hall at $50
o'clock and go to West Brattleboro
by special car.
Reuben Fosters little steamer at
Spofford lake. formerly known as the
"Waukentuck," was burned Monday.
The origin of the fire is a mystery as
the steamer was on the beach near
the outlet and there had been no fire
under her boiler
The Baptist and Congregational
churches will unite in service in the
Baptist vestry tonight, when Mrs.
Abby Smell Burnell will impersonate
a high caste Hindu woman Mrs.
Burnell has been received with en-
thusiasm wherever she has been.
Mr.. Thompson of the b. Souto
company is in town this week in CON
nection with the preparatory work Of
the company. Several carloads of
.I,t ~
PenaCOok y. H., from a factory which
the company bought there but Will
not operate
II. L. Bond has sold his residence
at the junction of Main and Linden
streets to Or. and Mrs. Fremont Ham
ilton, who will be given possession
the latter part of next month The
sale was made through A. v Mays
real estate agency. MI Bond has
not fully decided as to where he will
move.
The top story OF c. O. Robbins 5
new house at the corner of Oak and
High streets has been put on this
week. Mr. Robbins expects to have
the house completed the coming au-
tumn. 1t is divided into six tene-
ments and in the centre is large
open space which admits light to all
OF the tenements.
Announcement was made Wednes.
day that the strike of structural iron
workers of the American Bridge com
pany, which has been on for several
weeks, has been declared on. The
strike involved $4,000 men in all sec
tions of the country. 1t is to be
hnf . Ia.
brings appreciably nearer the time
when work on the Hinsdale bridge
can be resumed and pushed through.
Sewall Morse recently submitted to
the New York city government plan
for motor ash cart, of which the city
needs 1000. The plan has been re
turned to Mr.. Morse this week. hay
ing been approved by the proper au-
thorlties. The question of manu-
featuring the carts will be considered
after Mr. Morses patent automobile
apparatus, which is now in process
of construction, has been given It's
final test.
y new style of weekly Offering en-
Velope has been adopted by the Bap-
ust church for the ensuing year. 1t
is double envelope, or one joined
and perforated at the centre and
opening at each end. The design is
to encourage not only regular week /
~ giving for church expenses in one
half, but an offering for the benevo-
lent work OF the church in the
other half. each glver's name to be
registered thereon.
The Washington street school
grounds will soon be supplied with
towering shrubs through the generos
lty OF George d. Odell, nurseryman,
and c. IL. Thompson, with the assis
lance Of citizens living in that neigh
Dorhood. Three bushes each of Grim
son and white Rambler roses have
been set out in front of the school
building and alternate shrubs of by.
and spirea have been set out
around the yard few feet inside the
fence. 1t is planned to make the
grounds still further attractive.
Mrs. Harriet Brasor Pratt. at her
concert at the Auditorium Thursday.
May II, will be assisted by Leo Lieb.
erman tenor, Frank Kennedy violinist.
ina victor Harris pianist. The sec
md part of the program will consist
II the fourth act of Verdi's "Aida." in
costume, with Mrs. Pratt in the role {
II "Amneris,' lone of the greatest
;ontralto parts,) Mr. Lieberman as
Radames Frank Brasor as Ram
'his, and chorus of male voices ;
by Mr. Harris at the ri {
mo and Mr. Kennedy on the violin.
ir. Kennedy is the teacher of c. NJ
)ugan, Brattleboro's talented young
lOlinist.
The committee having in charge the
OF the proposed base ball
eague met Wednesday night and
made ruling that all money left af
er paying the expenses of the season
mould be divided equally among the
ulhorlzed agents OF the teams and 5
nat under no circumstances should /
be divided among the players. |
MS was done in order to prevent the !
layers from being considered pro
essIonals. invitations to furnish a
cam ior the league We're extended to G
ne \. NJ. c. A., Catholic Union, Dun c
am Brothers clerks, the Vermont |
lheel club and the Hydrofountain Il
lub. The Y. M. c. A. and Catholic S
mon accepted the invitation. The I
lners VIII report at meeting to be S
eld next Tuesday evening. There +
an be but four teams in the league. \
oweVer. according to a previous rul. 5
lg. S
The foundation is being laid for one S
the new bui16inpc yrbicb +l,o ~ "