Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-01-29

! The Ladies Enterprise society viii meet
with Mrs. Charles Evans Maple street,
| Thursday. Feb 4. The men are invited to
supper as usual
The Brooks House barge was over
| turned in front of Emerson q Sons store
Monday There was one passenger in it,
! but he was not hurt and soon appeared
| through the door which was then on the
| top side he tip-over was due to the
bad condition of the street The horses
did not run and 50 no serious damage
was done.
Company ID of st. Johnsbury defeated
| Boston University 80 to 90 The st.
Jonnsbury Republican said i'm its account
of the game: I'm winning from them
| COMPANY - has added another victory
to the record which will lead to the state
championship" When the state cham
pionship goes to st Johnsbury it will
not be won on paper
Fred :. knight has leased the store
i'm Brooks House block, formerly occupied
by \. f.. Miller and will open a high
grade shoe store in about "A month. Nh.
! Knight has been a clerk in Durham
| liros. store the past ten years. and three
years previous to that time was en-
! ployed i'm the shoe store in the Brooks
! House building.
"rhe Harvard Foot Ball Song" is the
title of the latest popular sheet music
News store. 1t is a pretty waltz song
composed 10y Miss G.. II. Warner daugh-
! ter of H. $ Warner. the well known com
mercial traveller, and the words were
composed by Miss f. A. Foster, of
the editorial staff of the Youths Com
panion.
Frank II. Laughton, who passed the en-
trance examinations for admission to the
Vermont bar with high standing last Oc-
toher, but who was not admitted as he had
| not studied the required time. was sworn
| in as an attorney at the session of the
supreme court held in Montpelier this
week. Mr.. Laughton has an Office for
general practice of law in the Thompson
building
Two classes, II pupils. were promoted
| from the primary department to the
junior department in the Congregational
| Sunday school sunday The pupils APP
| peared before the main school and re-
ceived certificates of promotion from the
| hands of the assistant superintendent
Miss Edith NJ. Stolte, after which they
had special exercises in their own de-
partment
Al w. Martins scenic and dramatic
production of Uncle Toms Cabin" will
be seen at the Auditorium Feb. G. Mr.
Martins company carries all the special
scenery and effects required to give a
perfect production of this old. ever pop
ular play The company embraces over
so people, chorus of over 20 colored men
and women, 80 horses. ponies. burros.
donkeys, oxen and six man-eating blood
hounds. \ special train of cars is en-
plcyed in transporting the production.
The supply of coal in the street rail-
road power station in Centerville was
nearly exhausted Monday. The water
in the reservoir has been frozen to such
a depth that it has been impossible to run
on water power ana the coal supply
therefore disappeared more rapidly than
otherwise would have been the case. ON
Monday morning it was seen that unless
more coal was forthcoming it would be
necessary to shut down the plant Tues
day morning. car load arrived during
the day. however. ana just saved tie
up.
y pleasing feature of the district Mason
ic meeting Tuesday was the singing by a
quartet from Brattleboro lodge. No. 1902
f. II ~ NJ. Frank Brazor. George Adams
Arthur i. Maynard, and George Clay.
with Fred J. Swift organist. Grand
Master Daley of the grand lodge of Yer
mont was so much pleased with the music
rendered as a part of the eXemplifcation
of the degrees. that he at once invited the
singers to White River junction and they
went there Wednesday, to sing at the
meeting of the Windsor county district
in the evening.
An effort was made to run the narrow
gauge train out on its regular trip Fri
day evening. but after working two hours
without heing able to get out of the
yard the attempt was abandoned. The
snow pillow started, but it made only
slow progress. the snow granules having
rolled down the mountains and covered
the track to a depth of several feet in
many places. There was no passenger
train service until Saturday night. when
the regular passenger train took the first
mail over the narrow gauge road since
Thursday night.
The streets of Bratteboro, especially
the narrow ones through which the street
railroad runs. have been in very bad
condition this week. The fine granu-
lated snow which fell Friday afternoon
and evening to a depth of several inches
was followed Saturday with rain, and
later by cold snap which formed a crust.
The snow was shoVeled from the side
walks into the streets, with the result
that for day or two the streets We're
almost impossible. Particularly was this
true where the snow was thrown upon
both sides of the street railroad. Some
of the streets have been improved by the
use of pick-aXes shovels and the road
scraper.
The f. a. Starkey bankruptcy case was
settled Monday, the final dividend being
ordered by Referee +. ID. Il. Stowe, bring
ing the total dividends up to about 80
per cent. on Saturday the diamond
ring which has figured prominently in
hearings on the estate was sold by auction
by H. G. Barber, trustee, in the county
clerks office. 1t was bought by Charles
Miner for IS. The trustee already had re-
ceVed from Mr.. Starkey 500, Mr.. Starkey
having been ordered by Judge Wheeler to
pay that amount or return the original
stone in the ring. Judge Wheeer's order
was made as result of findings by Ref
cree Stowe on the allegation of Mr. Bar
Der that the original diamond had been
removed and "A cheap stone substituted
for it.
Among the notable scenes of Al. W
Martins "UnCle Toms Cabin" which will
come to the Auditorium Feb 6. is the St
Claire home, showing a tropical garden
with its fragrant magnolia and orange
trees. among which nestles the typical
Southern plantation residence. the home
of little Eva: Legree's cotton plantation
on the Red River with the cotton in full
bloom; the wild rocky pass in Southern
Ohio and the ice choked Ohio river by
moonlight. The transformation entitled
THE Celestial City" is said to be the
most magnificent tabeau ever conceived
In Offering his $50. 900 revival Mr. Martin
not only claims that the scenic effects are
superior to any ever attempted but hon
estly assures prospective patrons that
the company is composed of the most
! capable talent Obtainable.