Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-12-04
THE VERMONT PHON1X BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, DECEM
BRATTLEB


The ladies of the Swedish Lutheran
church will hold their annual sale of
fancy articles in the church parlors next
Wednesday.
small owl which was seen on Canal
street Sunday and Monday left traces of |
his prowess in Mrs. Jane joys dove
house, where six doves were killed
The assistant judges of the county |
court, Judge Worden of Halifax and |
Judge Pier of Jacksonville, settled with |
the county officers at the county clerks
office yesterday.
f. ID. IL. Stowe won all the prizes on
Black Breasted Red and Silver Duckwing |
Game Bantams at the Greenfield Score
Card clubs poultry show this week, and
also two prizes on Red Caps.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist church will meet
with Mrs. f. E. Beeman at her home on
Canal street Dec. 10, at o'clock so
cal hour will follow the regular meeting.
All interested in the society are invited
to attend.
The ladies' of the Episcopal church will
hold Christmas supper and sale in the
parlors of the Congregational church
Thursday evening, Dec. 10. Useful and
fancy articles suitable for Christmas gifts
will be for sale. Remember this is a hot
chicken supper.
Twenty-three couples were present at
the first lesson in the Masonic dancing
school Friday evening, including 10
couples who were in last years class. The
! next lesson will be given on Friday even
| ing of next week. Mrs. Baldwin is the
instructor and Mrs C. NJ. Brazer the
! pianist
| The Congregational Sunday school voted
| Sunday to adopt the Blakeslee or Bible
study Union, systems of lessons. be
ginning Jan. /. The first course to be
taken up will be ''Old Testament Heroes"
/ The enrolment of the school will be put
on a card index and follow up system
Jan. l. and other new features will be in
/ troduced.
DIR. Wifred Fisher, who died in the
| hospital at the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor this week, took out a re-
turn premium life insurance policy for
$4,000 at the local Office of the New York
Life Insurance company in September,
just before returning to Ann Arhor after
visiting his parents in West Bratteboro.
Elias Wenerston and Miss Hilma Peter
son We're married in Orange, Mass, We'd
nesday Nov 25, by the Rev. =. Froeberg.
Miss Annie Peterson, sister of the bride,
was bridesmaid and Wendell johnson,
nephew of the groom, was best man. Mr..
and Mrs. Wenerston are living in their
new home on Williams street, Brattle-
boro.
The hearing before the probate court
on the subject of DR.. II. d. Holton's ac-
count as trustee of Mary Blakeslees es-
tate before Miss Blakeslee became of age
was concluded Tuesday. Judge Water
man has given no decision in the matter.
Dr. Holton was represented by c. C. Fits,
and Miss Blakeslee by IL. G. Barber and
John +. Gale.
Gale and Willamson's Burnham, PA,
was sold at the auction at Madison Square
Garden in New York city Saturday to n
New York man for s625. The prices have
run very low this year. and Burnham
brought more than any other horse on the
block Saturday. Vanity, PIG, trotting
mare in which +. c. Gale was interested.
was struck off at 1855.
Dan Wooley of Hale who sustained a
ompound dislocation of the right ankle
on Monday of last week. was brought to
Brattleboro this week in order that he
might be near his physician 1t was
thought Tuesday that the ends of the
joint would have to be cut of in order to
save the foot, but on Wednesday the con-
dition of the ankle was much improved.
The first meeting of the Alliance Study
Glass will be held at the home Of Rev.
+. Q. s. Osgood on Monday evening. Dec
Z, at $50 o'clock. There will be a paper
by the pastor on Ethical instruction in
the Public Schools" followed by "A
Sketch of the Battle OF Cedar Creek" by
Capt. S. f. Howard of Newton. There
Will De HluSlC lut tNtlllHS' -h'Hl
bers and friends are invited to be pres
ent.
Justina Fletcher Goddard, 90. widow OF
, George H. Goddard. died yesterday in
, Rutland. The funeral will be held al
r the home of \. y. Smith, SO Frost street
! Bratteboro, Saturday at p. m, and the
burial will be in Morningside cemetery
Mr.. Goddard was for many years To-
: connective engineer and after his retire
ment from the railroad he and Mrs
I Goddard conducted a restaurant in Brat
5 tleboro.
The following despatch from New Yorl
= to the Boston Transcript has been reat
. with interest by many Bratteboro people
. physicians of Suffern \. Y, and Ram
e sey. n. j.. have new theory as to the
n dphtheria epidemic which has prevailed
I in these towns for some time. After ar
I investigation the doctors have concluded
= that the cause is the burning of leaves II
the Ramapo mountains which leave par
ticularly severe irrtants I'm the smoke tina
has descended on the villages for som'
Is time. When breathed, as it has to be
y the smoke causes an irritation of thu
throat and lung surfaces which makes
them yield very easily to infection by thu
diphtheria germ
I There was not a single detail OF tn,
: performance of which anything but prais
t could be written. Every part was takei
by one who thoroughly appreciated thu
almost boundless possibilities which tn
: drama offers and the result was a pro
ducton which was an artistic delight
The scenic investure was good and tn
costumng was magnificent That /
what the Portsmouth, n. H., Daily Chron
icle of Nov. %. 1908, said about the pre-
4 sentation of "Othello" in that city will
. the same cast that will appear in the Au
ditorium next Wednesday evening TIL
New Haven Union of Oct. "a said of Mis-
n Florence Gale, who plays the part o
Desdemona: Seldom has a more charm
ing delineation of character beel
seen by even the veterans whose recol
lections go back into decades"
/. of the invitation of the Choral Union t
attend the rehearsal in the Baptist YES
try Wednesday evening, and the elias
rooms as we'll as. the extra chairs in tn
audience room were filled. The choru
# seemed inspired to do their best, and tn
n result was the most satisfactory re
hearsal that has been held thus far. Tw
, pianos were used, played by Miss Lul
q Cressy and Miss Izetta Stewart During
: the ntermission the audience and tn
II chorus were favored with two solos b.
a Mrs Calvert of Keene. which were en-
:, joyed to the fullest extent. Mrs. Calver
has a soprano voice of great sweetnes
o and power, which is at all times unde
= perfect control 1t is planned to hav
I some special attraction at all of the re
q, hearsals and 1t has been decided to ad
. NIT the public to the rehearsals on tn
e naVment of a small admission fee SuS