Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-05-29
NO. 22.
BRATTLEBoRo.

She Womans Auxiliay will hold a cake
sale Saturday afternoon, June, 6. in the
y. NJ. c. a. parlor.
The First Regiment band will give it's
second open air concert Wednesday
evening on the common.
Dan Mccormick of Hinsdale. one Of the
old-time base bail players. will umpire
the two games on the island grounds to-
| morrow.
The annual meeting of the Fessenden
Helping Hand society will be held next
Tuesday evening at the home Of Mrs.
c. a. Boyden.
The annual meeting of Brattleboro
Branch J. international Sunshine society,
Will be held with Mrs. Abby f. Fuller
this afternoon.
The directors of the Home for the Aged
and Disabled will hold their annual meet
ing at o'clock Monday in the Vermont
National bank.
Several members of the Mystic Shrine
went to Springfield, Mass, today to wit
ness work this afternoon and attend a
banquet tonight.
Col John Hunt says that in only one
year that he recalls has the drouth been
worse than this year. In 1852 no rain fell
from May Is to August %.
d. Frank Shea has bought ~ r. Ryan's
house on oak street. occupied by +. j.
Shea and z. I.avelle He bought for an
investment and will not occupy the house
at present.
The opening of Wantastiquet Golf club
will be held next Wednesday, Refresh
ments will be served by Caterer T. Frank
Turner at o'clock. A tennis match will
be played at o'clock.
T. ]. Bailey & Co.'S agency sold today
the well-known George f. Moseley farm
in Vernon to Warren G. Doolittle Mr..
Doolittle exchanged the +. A Lord place
in Esteyville in part payment.
In accordance with the proclamation
issued by the grand master Wantasti-
squet lodge of odd Fellows will observe
Memorial day June I. All members are
requested to meet in Odd Fellows hall
at 230 p. m. when appropriate exercises
will be held.
With a sleeping car derailed by a
broken axle, the southbound Montreal
express on the Boston d Maine railroad
which left Brattleboro at 5.25 Wednesday
morning, was brought to "A standstill
on the edge of a bridge 100 feet high,
a mile below Greenfield The engineer
heard the car leave the rails and stopped
the train. A number of the passengers
were badly shaken up.
Mrs. F. f. H. Stevens was pleasantly
surprised Wednesday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. G. F. Barber,
by a visit from II of her relatives of the
gentler sex, who came together to con-
graduate her and to extend their good
wishes on her S5th birthday anniversary.
Four generations were represented. Mrs.
Stevens was presented with several gifts
and quantity of flowers Supper was
served at o'clock by Mrs. Barber to
the entire company.
The drouth was broken in part yester-
day by shower the third since April Is,
and the whole face of nature presents a
brighter aspect than for many days.
The grass crop will be a failure in many
fields and unless copious rains come at
once all crops will be greatly damaged
The thermometer fell close to the danger
mark three mornings this week and on
Monday and Tuesday frosts were report
ed in some localities so heavy that early
vegetables were damaged.
The 4O-hours devotion which was held
in st. Michael's Roman Catholic church
beginning Monday morning with high
mass at o'clock and closing Wednesday
morning was very largely attended, about
60 members of the church receiving holy
communion. The following priests assist
ed Rev. Father Cunningham; Rev. Father
Lonergan, White River Junction; Rev.
Father Reynolds Bellows Falls: Rev.
r. J. Cahill, d. d, Springfield Ot);
Rev. Father Carmody Ludlow; Rev.
Father Druohin, Woodstock.
These officers of Brattleboro lodge. f.
d a. M, were installed last evening by
Past Master p. r. Vaughan: w NJ,
Major c. Houghton; s. w, Frederick |
Swift; j. w, a. E. HobartS treasurer,
w. II. Bracket; secretary, ]. f. Haynes;
s. D., G. NJ. Clay; ]. D., Milton Eddy;
chaplain, John Z. Gleason; marshal, w.
c. Mitchell; S. s., Charles r. Dunklee;
j. s., w. n. Batchelder; tyler. Harry
Rowe; musical director, George f.
Adams; trustee, +. r. Vaughan. The first
degree was conferred on two candidates.
E. j. Fenton & Co. have one of the
most effective window scenes ever ar
ranged in town. and one which is pecu-
liarly appropriate to the Memorial sea-
son. The centre piece is a large white
monument, draped with a green wreath
a. the top. on the sides in gilt figures
are the dates 1916, 1872. 1S4S. 1861, 1898, and
on the base the inscription Our Heroes"
The ground is natural turf, the back
ground large flags. and guns with fixed
bayonets and swords and a small brass
cannon are parts of the striking decora-
tive effect At one side are forms of two
men in black suits, and in front are the
forms of two boys, one in regulation
sailor suit and the other in neat black
suit.