Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-02-27


rooms this evening.
Gale & Williamson's Burnham won
third money in the 2.15 class in the
races on the ice track in ottawa last
week
Prof. l.. b. Patton of Hartford The
illogical Seminary preached in the
Congregational church Sunday in the
absence of Rev. II. r. Miles.
The selectmen will hold a meeting
in their room Saturday evening for
the final revision of the check list be-
fore the March meeting next Tues
day
Another session of the United States
court viii be held in the Brooks
House next Friday forenoon for fur
Their consideration Of the Ware bank
ruptcy case.
The hearing in the suit of the viii
lage of Brattleboro against w. B.
Johnson to recover a sewer assess
ment. which was set for last Saturday,
was continued to March 4.
Charles j. Stannard, wood turner
who died from tuberculosis in Fitch
burg, Mass. Saturday was born in
Brattleboro May 4, 1858. He is sur
vived by a wife, son. mother, brother
and sister.
Under the Bamboo Tree" which
will be sung at the Band MINISTRIES,
has proved the biggest popular hit
for many years. 1t is being sung
nightly by nearly all the musical com
panies now on tour.
The Brattleboro chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution, will meet
with Mrs. j. f. Hall from 4 to 6
o'clock tomorrow, when Washington's
birthday anniversary will be observed
with colonial tea. This will be a
regular meeting.
The Brattleboro Womans club will
meet at the Brooks House Wednes-
day afternoon, March 4, at $50
| o'clock. Miss Newton will have the
paper for the afternoon, entitled "A
| Trip Through the Rhine Country"
There will be music.
Mrs. Henessey, the friend who was
| found IN a critical condition at the
| time Mrs. Harriet Dickerman Ran
som was found asphyXiated in New
| ton. Mass. early in December. is now
able to speak. but is paralyzed from
the waist to her feet
Road Commissioner Games is do
| ing a good piece of work in hauling
gravel to the Waite road and to West
ern avenue. taking advantage of the
| good shedding In the spring this
| gravel will be put on to the road by
means of the road scraper and will
| insure settled travelling early.
President Roosevelt recently re-
quested the Marine band to play to
him the great song success Under
the Bamboo Tree" Allie Dugan the
"silvery voiced singer" will render
this characteristic musical number
during his act at the Band MINISTRIES
March 20, supplemented by appropri-
ate oriental costume. calcium light
effects and beautiful stage embellish-
ment
The annual inspection of Beau
seant COmmandery. X. T., took place
| Tuesday evening. Eminent Grand Cap
| tain General Charles \. Calderwood
OF st. Johnsbury being the inspecting
| officer. The Knights of Malta and
Knights Templar degrees were con
| ferred. Remarks We're made by the
| Eminent Grand Captain General and
by Jewell Boyd of Toronto. The eX-
ercises of the evening closed with a
| banquet.
Mary E. Wilkinss new book of
stories with the quaint title Six
| Trees" was published by Harper K
Brothers last week In it. Miss VIII
kins's aim has been to delineate the
subtle influences of our surroundings
upon us. and in this case the trees
are potent factors in the tragedies
or comedies of the lives she writes
| about. The stories are entitled
The Elm" The Apple The LON
hardy Poplar" The Great Pine.
The Balsam Fir" and The White
Birch
At the American Carnation soci-
ety's exhibit of new carnations held
in Brooklyn last week, over $500 in
| premiums was awarded to Thomas w.
| Lawson of Boston, who also received
gold, silver and bronze medals. Over
! 250 vases, with 80 to 100 large flowers
in each. filled two large halls, exhib-
| its coming from Massachus etts, New
| York Maryland, Illinois and Indiana.
| c. L. Allen. who attended the exhibit.
| says it was the largest and best car
nation displa y ever known. The
| largest new white carnation, brought
| by a florist in Flatbush, Long Island,
measured / 1-2 inches in diameter
| and Is inches in circumference.
A dangerous fire but one which re-
suited in but little damage, occurred
about II o'clock Wednesday on the
top floor of Harmony building in the
quarters occupied by the Freeman
Bros machine knitting needle works,
formerly owned by j. b. Randoll. Mr.,
Freeman was tempcring some needles
in a tank of crude oil heated by kero-
sene. There were several gallons of
| oil in the tank. The oil boiled over
and took fire and Immediately the
tank was enyeloped in flames. A
still alarm was sent to the steamer
house and the chemical wagon re-
sponded A line of hose was strung
to the fire, but it was feared that by
attempting to put ont the fire with
the chemical fluid the oil would be
scattered so ashes were used, with
which the fire was smothered. Mr..
Freeman had about 5000 needles in
the tank, but the damage to them was
| not serious.
One of the most interesting and
satisfactory meetings in the history
of the Congregational club was held
in the Brooks House Tuesday even