Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-11-13

a meeting of the village baiins will be
held tomorrow night
The ladies of the Congregational society
viii give an oyster supper Thursday night
at o'clock. All are cordially invited.
An escalloped oyster supper will he
served Thursday evening, Nov. 49, at Red
Mems hall by the New England Order of
Protection.
The trading stamp has had its day in
North Adams. 80 merchants having Just
signed an agreement not to give stamps
with purchases
The Womans Auxiliary to the Young
Mems Christian Association will hold a
canned fruit and jelly sale at the ASSOC
citation rooms Saturday. Nov. 81
The women of the Unitarian society
Will serve supper at Wells hall next Tues
day evening at $40 o'clock After the
supper there will be an hour OF music
special business meeting of the Ep-
worth league. followed by the annual
election Of officers. will be held in the
league rooms next Wednesday evening
at 7.30. Every member is urged to be
present.
Protective Grange will instruct class
in the third and fourth degrees Wednes-
day evening. the 18th. The harvest sup
per will be served. to which all members
are requested to contribute without solic-
itation.
+. w Kuech who bought the Retting
stock of furniture recently has sold out
practically all of the stock what he has
left being worth not over s.. He still
has charge of the store having leased it
until Feb !.
The Greenfield foot ball team will come
to Brattleboro for a game tomorrow
afternoon on the island grounds Green
held has some strong players, and they
| may be strengthened by some of the
cracks from Shelburne Falls
The Brattleboro chapter. Daughters OF
! the American Revolution, will hold their
regular meeting Tuesday afternoon, Nov.
| II. at o'clock with Mrs. ]. f. Hall on
| Chaplin street There will be paper on
! Colonial Brooklyn by Mrs. Nettie
Starr Clement.
! No decision has been reached this
| week in regard to the proposition to the
! Bratteboro Manufacturing company
! looking to the removal OF their business
to Keene. President Thompson will go
soon to Boston and other places in the
| interests of the company.
H. l.. Emerson received Wednesday "A
new naphtha launch which he bought in
| Palmer and which he will take to Spot
ford lake 1t is n three horse power 90
foot launch. being larger than either Of
the two which he has owned heretofore
and weighs nearly a ton.
Murray Frost has been confined to the
house with a sprained leg. injured while
| playing foot ball. =. J. Ferriter was
struck In the head in a scrimmage and
so badly cut that stitches had to be taken
in the wound He is out now and may
( get into the game tomorrow.
w. f. Sturges had his right hand badly
cut yesterday at his barber shop on
Elliot street He pulled out drawer OF
razprs so far that II fell to the floor In
at ant ,ntr
by one Of the razors. which opened dur
ing the fall. physician dressed the
wounds
The committee appointed to negotiate
for a dam across the Connecticut river
had hoped to be able to make a favorable
report at about this time. but the per-
sons with whom they are negotiating
wish more time in which to consider the
project, The outlook is very encourag-
ing, however.
The Melrose House in West Rrattle-
boro was leased Of l.. ]. Strong Wednes-
day by IT. II. Haus. who will take pos
session Dec. l. Mr. Haus docs not expect
to give up his grocery business. but will
erdeavor to conduct both the store and
hotel. He has applied for license Of
the first class to sell intoxicating liquors
i'm the hotel.
The funeral OF Mrs. Foster French who
died last Friday morning. was held nj
the house on the ferry road sunday nj
? o'clock. Rev r. X. Marvin oficiated
and Miss Lcnua Thomas sang The burial
was in Locust Ridge cemetery Mrs
French was "A Years old and was a native
of Mortified. Mass Her maiden name
was Sophia s. Dooittle and she was n
DAUGHTER of Hiram and Cynthia Perry
Dooittle.
The Williston street book club held the
annual meeting with Mrs. F. I. Swift
Monday afternoon. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Mrs
F. l. Swift. president: Mrs. Fred Rich
ardson, vice president: Mrs. William II
Corser. secretary; Mrs. Freeman Scott
treasurer; Miss Drown. Mrs. Ransom
and Mrs. Spencer. executive committee
The supnrr and sale Of books will be held
Mt Mrs. Fred Richardson's Tuesday even
ing, Nov. H.
DR.. H. d. Holtou attended the annual
meeting of the Vermont society Sons OF
the American Revolution, in St Alhans
Wednesday. He was elected president
OF the organization, with other officers
as follows Vice president. C. s. Forbes
Of st. Adams: secretary, Walter II. Crock
EFT Of st. Adams; treasurer. Clarence L.
Smith of Burlington; registrar Henry l.
Stillson of BENNINGTON; historian, G. G.
Benedict of Burlington; haplain, Rev
NJ. L. Severance of Burlington.
F.. LsHoughton has moved his business
office this week from Putney to the third
floor of Ullery building He has three
rooms on the south side OF the building
Mr.. HOughton is secretary OF the Hols-
tcin- Friesian Association OF America &c
which his work is devoted principally
and he is also editor and owner of the
Holstein- Friesian Register. n monthly
publication devoted to the interests OF
Holstein cattle He has an Office force
Of six persons. For the present Mr.
Houghton will live in the Brooks House
His children will remain with their aunt
at the Houghton farm in Putney the com
ing winter
4 meeting of those interested in having
n Y. NJ. c. A. basket bah team ORGANIZED
was held in the association rooms Monday
evening, but nothing was done as there
seemed to be no hall available The Sc
lectmen are not disposed to lease Festi-
which the PLAYING makes for those on the
lower floor. There has been some talk
Of ceiling a snecial town meeting to get
an expression from the voters, but nothinq
definite has been decided upon Last
the basket ball management was more
than from all other sources combined
If a suociol meeting should he called this
fact would have much weight with the
X-payers.
The exhibition of magic by Dunbar
who appeared in the Auditorium Tuesday
evening under the auspices of Bingham
chanter, q. F.. s.. wns not characterized
by that skill and finish which would have
accompanied a Keller or Marc perform