Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30


pictures will go on sale Saturday night
at Foxs news store.
Miss Nellie Eddy had a wrist brok
en- Wednesday, when she fell on an
icy sidewalk on Prospect hill.
There will be a meeting of the Y.
NJ. c. A. and board of directors in the
rooms at 8 o'clock Monday night.
A special meeting of Fort Dummer
Royal Arch Chapter will be held to-
night, when three degrees will be con-
ferred.
The Pilgrim Fathers will have a
card party in Grand Army hall Feb.
3. All members and their friends are
requested to be present.
David T. Perry of Brattleboro has
begun cutting tunnel 600 feet in
length for the New England mining
company at Charlemont. The first
day he struck a good vein of copper
| ore. At the main shaft of the mine
/ the vein is % feet wide, and the quail
/ ty of the ore is increasing in value.
/ A smelling plant will be erected as
/ soon as the tunnel is completed.
To take life scene from Egypt and
/ transport it to America, with all its
/ life motions, is exactly what Mr. Ly-
/ man II. Howe, the moving picture pro
moter, has done at an enormous ex-
pense. lie has this season new
Series of scenes in Arabia and Egypt
! that Is complete foreign tour. i
required not only money and lots OF
it, to secure these great scenes, but
also business tact and diplomacy; and
Mr.. Howe has been successful in
importing the finest and most novel
pictures ever photographed in the
world, as can be seen at the Auditor
ium next Thursday evening, Feb. D.
over $50 members of the Masonic
fraternity met in Masonic hall We'd
nesday evening by invitation of Brat
tleboro lodge, No. 1902, A. F. &. a. Nj.
Major c. Houghton, w. NJ. to see the
Master Mason degree conferred on
one candidate. The audience in
Guided members of Brattleboro and
Columbian lodges of Brattleboro and
delegations from the lodges in Put
ney. Wilmington, Jacksonville. Hins-
dale and Mortified. The Hinsdale
and Mortified delegations numbered
about 30 each and the Putney delega'
ton H. Several other visitors were
present. including p. b. Swift of Athol
f. p. Barrows Of Orange, p. T. Dean
of Springfield. Mass, and l.. NJ. Rice
of Grafton. Mass. The special attrac-
ton was the Harvard male quartet OF
Boston. This quartet is without a
peer in the country in the rendering
of Masonic music. Their singing
gave to the work charm which 1t
rarely possesses. After the WORK
speeches were made by Rev. Albert
Hammatt of Bellows Falls, Rev. L. NJ
Keneston Of West Brattleboro, Rev
e l.. r. Perkins of Putney. Worshipful
. Masters ID. l.. Fisher of Hinsdale and
) f. A. Pratt of Mortified, Col. j. II
? Goulding of Wilmington, Dr. y. p.
= Wood of Mortified, Col. II. r. Taylor
of Columbian lodge, and others. The
. speaking was interspersed with music
by the quartet. An excellent ban
; uuet was served to about 225 persons
. by l.. Z, Hail. Caterer.
ONLY on rare occasion does prl
vate entertainment in Brattleboro ap
{ proach the standard of excellence oil
t that given by the Harvard male quar-
tet of Boston and Ada May Coates
reader. at the meeting of the Congre
t gational club in the Brooks House
, Tuesday evening. 1t was the quar-
= let InlIN NiSll W III dNAANbO'p' b''
; the warmth and appreciation accord
70 ed them were never more enthusl
. astic. They eXcelled. as usual, in
ensemble, but their solo work was eN
, celent and served to show the ca
liabilities Of their voices. which. in
many respects. are remarkable TINS
quartet is one of the best. As well as
= one of the busiest in the country
Three of the members have sung to
gether 13 years and the other has beer
: with them five years, so that they
understand each other perfectly The
1 reader. who. as such, is known as
i Miss Coates. is the wife of Mr.. Phil
4 lips. the baritone. and assists the quar-
70 tet in much of their work. She ha:
i a delightful manner, her voice is dis
4 tinct. and she rccites intelligently and
=. when necessary. with dramatic fervor
e The program had 10 numbers, but i
:. was increased by encores to 20, eacl
!. of which was a gem. 1t was ladies
night meeting, and there was an at
:. tendance of $50. The entertainment
, was given in the dining room and wa:
9 followed by a buffet lunch in the par
o lors, where an hour or more of delight
q full sociablity was spent.