Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-23


blies in the Brooks House was held
last evening with about 35 couples in
attendance.
Durham Brothers will have their
annual two days school for their
statesmen next week closing Friday
night with a banquet to their 60 en-
ployes.
The cold wave of hardly As hours
duration gave a temperature of Is be-
| low Monday morning and II below
Tuesday morning. The weather
moderated rapidly during Tuesday
and Tuesday night, a change of some
80 degrees in "a hours. The coolest
morning of the present winter to date
was December 9Th, 81 below.
The Catholic Union. which made
such a great success in minstrelsy
last year, voted last Friday to have a
show this season, about April Is, and
made an appropriation of $500 which
will be available for the use of the
committee in charge, E. j. Fenton.
p. l.. Shea and G. f. Mann. Plans
are being made for a very elaborate
affair, surprising in every way the
previous success.
An interesting meeting of the
Woman's club was neld at the Brooks
House Wednesday. Mrs. II. X. Whit
aker gave paper on The American
Girl in College" showing the practi-
cal value of a college education, and
Mrs Howard c. Rice gave a paper
on The Social Side of College Life"
telling of some of the more important
social functions which have become
part OF the college curriculum. Both
are graduates of Smith college.
b. Souto & Company, who have
factory in Randolph and are building
another in Brattleboro, for the manu-
facture of chairs. are also negotiat-
ing for an establishment in the village
of Hartford, this state and have ask
ed the town to exempt them from tax
alton for a term of years. The spec
iaI town meeting, which was called,
adjourned without taking definite ac-
ton and the matter viii probably be
brought forward at the regular town
meeting in March.
The members of the Twentieth
Century whist club were entertained
by Miss Bridget Sullivan of Clark
street Wednesday evening The club
will meet with Mrs. Bert Seims next
Wednesday evening at her home on
Clark street. Sixteen members of
the club went Saturday on a sleigh
ride to Bernardston, where supper
was served at the New England
House. The evening was spent mer-
rily and pleasure was given by the
songs charmingly rendered by Miss
Katherine O'Connor.
The sgd annual fair of the First
Universalist society will take the
form of chrysanthemum fair at Fes;
tival hail next Thursday afternoon and
evening. The decorations will be of
yellow and white bunting, and over
1000 chrysanthemums. There will
be the usual sale of fancy and useful
articles. candy. flowers. lemonade
grabs" etc. Supper vii be served
from $50 to $50, to be followed by
concert. Leitsinger's orchestra will
furnish music for dancing from to
II. All are cordially invited to be
present.
Representative II. c. Holland of
Hinsdale introduced in the New
Hampshire legislature Wednesday a
bill to incorporate the Connecticut
River Power company of New Hamp
shire The bill was read twice and
referred to the judiciary committee
This bill Is the counterpart OF one to
incorporate the Connecticut River
Power company OF Vermont, which
Has passed at the last session of the
Vermont legislature. These bills
nave for their object the building of a
lam across the Connecticut river at
Brattleboro.
Guy Doolittle was arrested this
morning by Chief-of-Police Hall on
complaint OF States Attorney Schwenk |
charging him with being intoxicated |
yesterday and with disturbing the |
peace by assauting Supt. c. X.
Jones, of the street railroad. He |
was fined So and costs, amounting to |
5000, for intoxication, Justice Stowe |
presiding at the hearing. The case |
against him for disturbing the peace |
was then taken up but at this writing |
he has not pleaded. His brother |
Merton Doolittle, mad a hand in the |
fracas. His turn will come later.
The voter who wants reliable infor- |
nation on the liquor problem. who |
wants to hear the subject presented |
fairly and candidly by man of brains |
and common sense, whatever may be |
his personal view of the pending ques-
ton, can do no better than to hear
the address in the Auditorium at
O'Clock next Sunday evening by David !
N. Beach, d. D., of Cambridge, Mass.
Probably no person in this part of the
is better fitted than DR.. Beach
to give to intelligent men light on the
of the liquor traffic. He
was one of the men most active in the
effort to establish a state dispensary
system in Massachusetts a few years
ago. and went at that time to Norway,
where the dispensary system origi-
mated, to give it exhaustive study.
Cambridge, which is often cited as the
most successful instance of prohibit
ton in the country. is indebted to DR..
Beach for her experiment. He has
lived in st. Paul and Denver under H.
cense, and has known from residence
in Cambridge the experience of that
city with and without saloons. He is
4 straightforward, clear-headed man,
who deals with facts and does not at
Tempt to influence men by impassioned
appeal.
The Coal Famine Broken.