Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-16
THE VERMONT
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO,

at the Brooks House next Monday
evening.
The fist in a series of ladies' night
gatherings will be held at the Wheel
club rooms this evening. Dancing
and cards will be the attractions.
; The Pilgrim Fathers will hold the
first of a series of card parties in
Grand Army hall on Tuesday evening.
Jan. 20. All members with their
friends, are requested to be present.
The Y. M. C. A. gymnasium classes
will go to Putney Tuesday. Feb. 3, to
give an exhibition in the town hall UNI
der the auspices of the physical cul.
ture classes in that town.
The annual meeting and parish sup.
per of the Unitarian society was held
at Wells hall Tuesday evening. The
usual reports were given and the old
board of officers was reelected.
In addition to the main factory for
b. Souto & Co., a machine shop saw
mill and outbuildings will be erected.
Another company , has been con.
sidering plans for building chair
factory on land adjoining the furni-
ture factory.
II. G.. Barber, trustee of the f. A.
Starkey estate in bankruptcy. will be-
gin an auction sale of the remainder
Of the stock of goods tomorrow, as
advertised in another column The
sale will be held from to o'clock
afternoons and each evening until the
stock is disposed of.
Brattleboro chapter. Daughters of
the American Revolution. will hold Il
meeting in the Brooks House parlors
next Tuesday evening. when DR.. Con
land will give a short paper on early
Brattleboro history. under the title.
"A Brattleboro ROyalist" social
hour, with music and refreshments.
will follow.
George A. Smith has returned to
this city from Oneonta \. y where
he was called by the illness and death
of his mother, Mrs. a. d. Smith Mrs
Smith was of Vermont parentage.
been among the earliest school teach
ers in Windham county. and she had
many kinspeople in Brattleboro and
vicinity St Adams Messenger
At the meeting of the national so
ciety. United States Daughters of
1872, held in New York last week
Mrs. William Gerry Slade of New
York was elected president general
Mrs. Cochran of Delaware. secretary
national, and Mrs. c. f. X. Jenne of
Vermont. treasurer national for a
term of four years. Mrs. Jenne's
election was unanimous.
The Ladies' Catholic Benevolent as.
sociation held a regular meeting at
the home of Mrs. p. l.. Shea on Wal
nut street Tuesday evening and in
/ stalled these officers: President. Mrs.
| ID. w. Shea; vice president Mrs T. A.
| Murphy; treasurer. Miss Agnes Gal
vim: secretary. Miss Mary Leahy Re
freshments were served. 1t was de-
cided to hold a sociable and dance in
Red Mems hall next Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Chamberlain
observed in a quiet way Saturday
evening the 30th anniversary of their
marriage. They invited about 80
friends and neighbors to spend the
evening with them at their home on
| Prospect street. but kept the occa-
sion of the gathering as a surprise
! for their guests. The evening was
| spent pleasantly with cards and other
| games. music and refreshments.
\ conference was held yesterday
! between the Connecticut river bridge
| committee, Civil Engineer Liscom OF
| Hinsdale and y. II. Kittredge. repre-
| senting the American Bridge com
| pany. relative to a date for beginning
the work on the bridge and a date for
| finishing the work \ document was
| drawn up, but the spaces for the dates
were left blank as Mr. Kittredge had
no authority to agree on any definite
! time. He Will take the document to
! Albany today and submit it to the
| company 1t is agreed that the work
on the west abutmeut and the work OF
| placing the bridge structure on the
east abutment shall be begun at the
same time. The bridge is not likely
to be completed before August or
September.
From an advertisement printed in
this paper, it will be seen that the Sc
leCtmen have decided to give the peo-
pie of Brattleboro an opportunity to
subscribe for the issue of 500 900
worth of bridge bonds to be issued by
the town. These bonds will bear
three per cent. interest and will not
be subject to taxation when owned by
residents of Brattleboro. They are
issued under the terms OF the law en-
acted by the legislature of 1902. pro-
viding that money loaned to a town
not be subject to taxation. 1t is need
less to say that these Bratleboro
bridge bonds will be a gilt-edged in
vestment and it is believed that many
Brattleboro people will find it not only
a matter of town pride but for their
own personal advantage to subscribe
for these bonds.
The electric railroad company has
kept a fiat car running daily during |
the week clearing Central and Chaplin |
streets and carrying off n large part |
of the snow on Main street. The |
present winter has been the most diff. |
ficut one since the road was opened |
for keeping the cars running. Super |
intendent Jones and his men. by vigil |
liant work, have kept the cars running |
close to schedule time even at the |
most trying periods. Four nights the |
pillow or cars have been kept running |
all night in order to prevent the snow |
and ice from forming on the rails.
There have been several days when
more power has been required to run
two cars than was used by seven cars
at the time of the Valley Fair. as the
snow has been of the dry. "mealy"
and frosty kind which has made
travelling very difficult.
The new year opens in Brattleboro
with wage earners receiving more
money than ever before in the history
Of the town. This is not a guess.
but a careful calculation which may
be taken as authentic. The prospects