Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-25

vacation of two weeks.
The regular monthly business meeting
Of the Epworth League will be held in
the league room. tonight, Thursday, at
$50.
The ladies of the Congregational So
ciety will hold New Years chicken pie
dinner in the vestry next week Friday
from II TO l.3O o'clock.
The report from Asheville. N. c.. is
that President a. ID. Brown of Norwich
University reported as critically III last
week is more comfortable.
An adjourned meeting of the Methodist
Sunday school board will be held in the
church Saturday evening at 80 o'clock,
when the Sunday school teachers will
he elected
Friendship circle will meet in odd Eel
lows han Thursday, Dec 81. \ good
attendance is desired as the annual cleo
tion of officers will take place at this
time.
The V NJ G. \. I'd basket bah team
was beaten at Townshend last night by
Leland n Gray Seminary Il to I. The
Catholic Union boys will go To Towns
hend New Years. The Y. NJ. G. \. reg
ul1rs are booked for q game In Shelhurnc
FANS tomorrow, Friday, evening.
People ON South Main street did some
all ON account of four harmless looking
black and white animals which had
sought refuge for the winter In the drain
pipes. from which they had been driven
by the rushing waters during the heavy
rain. The animals disported themselves
ON the street several hours and visited
one or two Vcrandas before they disap-
pcarcd.
\ special feature at the choral union re-
bal al in bA "a.
nesday at 1.30 will be a male chorus. The
March of the Magi" from Dudley Bucks
cHntata, Coming of the King 1t is
an unusually pretty number. All per
sons are admitted to the rehcarsals on
payment of "A barely nominal fee At
the rehearsal last evening the solos in
Fair Ellen were sung by T. II. Miller,
giving the chorus much better concep-
ton of the piece than could be obtained
from the choral numbers.
ON account of bad weather the cantata.
Coming of the King, which was to have
been given i'm the Congregational church
sunday evening. was postponed. II has
been decided to present it next sun
day evening at : o'clock. The chorus
viii have an accompaniment of organ and
orchestra. y general invitation To the
public is extended. I'm order that the two
may not come ON the same day the can
tata Emanuel" which was to have been
given in the Baptist church next sunday.
has been NJ over until a week from sun
day.
~ Spr'l"' uho'uhS Oh 'ht Garment
N"'Foi0 mon u'iu Nuhu'F evening inc
following officers We're elected for the en-
suing six months: President. Edith
Sparks, vice president. Belle b. Tower.
recording secretary. Addie NJ. Fay, IL
naucill secretary. Bertha Dcauc: treas
"itl' Nd,"'''l' tHuH'h' eN''uliN" conn
ml'tt'' 'he president wee president. te-
v"iulhS seer treasurer ana h'Irh
Leahy, JOB Long, IT, E'l' Miner uus-
't'9' ammo 9'uuueI. MAY JohhSol' M!h-
me DIETRICH The installation will take
pace AT the January meeting
An order issued by the post office de-
iartment saws: The attention of the
department has been called to the com
mon practice that prevails in post offices
where telephones are installed OF answer
ing Inquiries made by strangers or by
persons whose voices are not recognized
pE 'he postmaster or clerk VINO answers
the telephone concerning man matter in
'he once lhder section 2is. +. l.. n X,
postihaS'efs ana an others IN the postal
service are pf"hiplted from furnishing
any information concerning man matter
received or delivered except To the per
sons TO whoin IL is addressed or their
authorized agents. me attention OF all
postihhs'efs ana employees Is called 10 thls
matter ana Stflct compliance with the
resul"'oh II 'hJ"lhtu'
one case of scarlet fever and foiii.
cases of diphthrria have been .iIarantined
during the past week. The scarlet fever
patient is "A daughter of r y carr of
orchard street and is "A n,nil i'm TIM. CON
treIiII. school Sh. Was o,,rautiu.d
S.turd,v ON the Sam. d,v , ,bud nf
q Ho,vr,.n of rir,a eject ,.,s ,,,.,,
antiped for Jinbtb,Ti, mn. rhud IL.
pupu of tn. canal street school Mis-
Florcnc" Putnam. who teaches school
INA Guiliord was taken i'll with diphthcria
Tuesday she Is at -. II. Dement'S on
Canal street Two cases of diphthcria de-
Nelopcd yesterday, Wednesday, the pa
TENTS being Elizabeth, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. T. l.. liildrcth, and Jacob. son
OF Col. ana Mrs. j. Gray Estcy. They
attend school in the High school build
ins. All of these cases are of a mild type.
Tba nrogran, offarod h,, ~, cri,,i.,,,
cIiih of Rnston for E'rida - avorinc Ion
will he one Of the strongest ~ tho a.
mons cIub's renertoires Eor a c,,r,ai
raiser "A Woman's Wont" viii be ci,,an
II is 4 farce comedy of tho briqhtest Lind
and one of tho most nonular nIovs givar
under the management of the late Aup,,s-
I'M DAILY. richard Harding DaNis,e Vnr
Bibber story of the "Littlest Girl as
PLAYED by Robert Hilliard will he given
as the second number In this pIav will
appear Arthur SAWYER as Van Rihhar
and G. H. AMMAN as Carruthers A treat
Is promised in the Introduction of the
"Littlest Girl" very clever child COR
hetlst IN" CLOSING play OF the evening
WIN NC ne tiiCuS hluer' Wnlch VIII