Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-20

The old wood fence on Church
street has been replaced this week by
a substantial iron railing.
Elvin Kidder, about II years old.
is i'll with measles at f. l.. Cooks
on Canal street. The house is under
quarantine regulations.
Charles e. Gldden, six years. Geo
w Warwick. four years. and Bert C..
Baldwin, two years, are the license
commissioners for Dummerston.
The men of the Universalist par
ish will hold their annual sugar sup
per in the vestry next Thursday even
ing at o'clock.
The town school directors have or
ganized with Luther NJ Keneston
chairman and Hiram f. Weatherhead
clerk. The town schools will begin
April G. Examinations for certif-
Gates to teach will be held in Brattle-
boro Academy Monday and Tuesday.
March 80 and 81, at 10 O'Clock a. M,
conducted by William A. Hawthorne.
examiner for Windham county.
A bronze medal awarded the state
board of health of Vermont at the
Paris exposition has been received
this week by DR.. II. ID. Holton. secre-
tary. and is now on exhibition in one
of the windows in Holdens drug
store. The medal, with diploma, was
awarded for the methods and work
done in the laboratory of hygiene in
Burlington. The diploma arrived
some time ago.
Mrs. Jennie b. Powers, who has in
vestigated many cases of cruelty to
children and animals in behalf of the
Humane society the past year. in
nearly all of the towns of the county,
states that she will be obliged to sus-
pend in a large part her highly com
mendabe work. A woman interested
in the cause gave her $500 to use the
past year. but this benefactor wishes
to use her money for other purposes
this year
A special meeting of the Brattle-
bOro Hosiery company was held Mon
day evening to consider business mat
ters. A committee of Keene, y. H..
citizens, including an eX-mayor and
other prominent residents. were in
BrattlebOro during the day to lay be
fore the company a proposition to re-
move the business to Keene having
learned that the company were de-
sirOus of securing larger quarters and
of increasing their business. 1t is
probable that the company will re
main in BrattlebOro.
The board of seleCtmen appointed
the board of license commissioners
Wednesday forenoon as follows: Fred
W. Putnam, for six years; Frank H..
Howard. for four years; John j..
Eckles, for two years. Mr.. Putnam
is a Democrat and a member of the
firm of Childs & Putnam. insurance
agents. Mr. Howard is a Republican
and has been engaged in building
Keystone wire fences. but at present
has no particular occupation. having
sold his fence business Mr.. Eckles
is a Democrat and is superintendent
of the upholstery department Of the
5. A. Smith company. All are IL
cense advocates.
The house on the Hiram f. Wealth
erhead farm in West Brattleboro.
owned by Mrs Caroline Smith, was
burned Tuesday evening With most
of its contents. The fire started in
the upstairs part near the chimney
and was discovered between and Is
o'clock. In a short time a large mum
Der of people were on hand and some
of the household goods, including a
piano. were moved out. The sugar
house. which was slated. was saved,
although ii was separated from the
house by only a driveway. The barn
also was saved the direction of the
wind being favorable. The house
was insured in H. e Taylor & Sons
agency for $1,000 and there was some
insurance on the contents. The loss
probably will be $4,000 The house
was located on Potato Lane"
Building operations will be lively
in town the coming season. Work is
being pushed rapidly now on the big
plant of the b. Souto & Co. furniture
factory, but two other structures will
be erected there and it is probable
that other factories will be started in
that section of the village within a
short time. l.. f. Adams and c. r.
Crosby have not decided definitely as
to whether they will erect a business
building this year on the site of the
American House. The large build
ing on Flat and Elliot streets which
II. l.. Emerson will build will give en-
ployment to many men. The foun-
dation is completed for the big high
class tenement house which c, O.
Robbins is building at the corner of
High and Oak streets. Another i'm
portant work will be the addition and
enlargement of the Home for the
Aged and Disabled. Chief-of-Police
Hall will erect another dwelling on
western avenue.
The appearance of Miss Isabel Try
ing in The Crisis" at the Auditorium.
Tuesday evening, March 81. will af.
ford local theatregoers an opportunity
TO see the celebrated Churchill play
with all the picturesque stage effects
with which Miss Irving presents it
so successfully in the larger cities.
MISS Irving is accredited by the reli-
able dramatic newspaper correspond.
ents with having the most complete
organization and production playing
this circuit. Her supporting com
pany beginning with her leading man.
Nllfred North, is first-class, and the.
stage settings surpass anything of
their class. Not a piece of To-
cal house scenery is used. not
even the regular theatre curtain.
Miss Irving using her own beautiful
SILK plush tableau curtain which has
her signature embroidered on it in
gold. Miss Irving is supported by
Wl-red North, who appears in the
role of Stephen Brice. Mr.. North was
formerly Mrs. Fisk's leading man, and
is considered one of the best in the
country.