Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-04-22
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY APRIL

The Hooker. Corser e Mitchell overall
factory will close tomorrow noon for the
following week, reopening May ..
Company l. Vermont National Guard.
will he inspected tonight by Major Glenn,
of the regular army
The w. c. r. U. will hold a regular
meeting at the Y. NJ G. A. rooms Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The ladies' Enterprise society of Es-
teyville will meet with Mrs II. II. Bur
nett Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
Rev Edward r. Mathson will speak
at the gospel meeting in the Y. NJ G. A.
rooms ut O'Clock Sunday. All men and
boys are invited to be present.
The regular monthly business meeting
of the Epworth league will be held i'm the
Methodist church parlors next Thursday
evening, April 2S at o'clock. The cab
| met VIII meet at $50.
Those who are to take part in "Saman-
tina Allen at the Court of Fame" are
| requested to meet Miss Harris AZ the
! JniVersalist vestrN Tue sday evening
April 26, at 80 o'clock.
Camp Chesterfield will he established
! this year at Spoiford lake for boys for
the third season by Edgar Burr Smith of
| Mr.. Leafs school for boys in Paiufield
! y. ]. The season will upcn June 80 and
close Sept. s.
\ meeting of the sewing women's sp-
/ ciety was held i'm Festival hail Tuesday
| evening which was attended 10y about -
| people. 1t was expected that some doc
uments from the trustees of the Thomp-
son fund would be considered but as
they had not arrived the meeting was
adjourned after a brief talk by Mrs
Frank Wells
The members of the International Sun
/ shine society, Brattleboro branch No. /,
| will hold a birthday party at the home
| of Mrs George f. Barber on Friday after
noon Of next week at 3 O'Clock 1t is
| expected that each lady will bring as
! many cents as she is years old. 1t
may be stated that the number brought
! by any member never will be told.
During the past ten days G. e. Gilman
| has made the following sales of horses at
/ his Elliot street stables: one each to \.
| T.. Correy of North Hinsdale. MIR Fuller
of Hinsdale. Mr.. Thayer of Guilford Mr.
| Alexander of SaXtons River. Mr. Allen
of West Brattleboro, Mr. ONeil and Mr.
! Bushway of North Walpolc, Mr. Henry of
! Chesterfield, Mr.. Slate of Mortified: a
pair each to Charles Osgood of Saxtons
River and Mr.. Sawyer of Walpole.
The largest audience present at any
rehearsal of the Choral Union came We'd
! nesday evening. 1t was Necessary to
bring i'm extra settees for their accommo-
dation. The special attractions were f. H.
| Crane of Rrattleboro, baritone. Miss Annie
Way Of Boston. violinist. Mr. Crane sang
| Fred Field Billiards. "Stein Song" with
great acceptance and was given an en-
| thusiastiC encore. Miss Way who is
visiting at her home in Charlestown. n
| H.. came to Brattleboro at Mr. Coffn's
request and played three selections which
delighted the audience and the chorus
She is first violnist in the Fidette ladies'
| orchestra in Boston, and possesses extra
! ordinary ability Two new active mem
bers were voted in The president an
nounced that Miss Roach OF Boston had
| been engaged to sing the Contralto part
in the coming concert, May Il and IS.
| Miss Roach will be the soloist at the
! New llampshirr state Music Teachers
association at the Concord music festi-
val.
Unconscious and bleeding from the
mouth, Harold Schaffner, son of Mr.. and
Mrs W. G. schanner, was taken from
under pile of logs on Elm street We'd
ucSday afternoon and was thought to be
| in dying condition. Ills playmate.
| Roy Moore. son OF Mr.. and Mrs l. L.
! Moore was taken from under the same
I pile. bleeding from wounds i'm his fnA
and with his left arm broken above ~
/ wrist y physician was summoned
| and the boys were taken to their homes
| IN Frost street Both are improving and
| viii make a good recovery as neither VAS
! injured seriously internally The logs
we're piled beside the street when the
! ground was covered with snow. to be used
! 10y the :. y. Smith company Tho boys
/ while returning ECme from school. walked
! un the logs us they had done before
| their weight causing the logs To roll the
warm weather having melted the snow
| gradually and made the bed of snow in
secure. They We're knocked down and
I Pinned to the ground until help came.
/ If the village Of Brattleboro has a cull
! board Of bailIffs the coming year the
| voters will have to write in the name of
| one memt ct IN the printed ballots at the
| annual village meeting. which comes
| Tuesday May 5 \ list of nominations
Was filed with the village clerk, w. Dorr
/ Perry this week containing the names
/ of l.. w. Blodgett. c. r. Crosby r. c
/ Bacon. l.. NJ Howe and @. +. Foster for
| hdilifS, Mr. Fosters name being subyti-
/ tuted for that Of l.. w. Hawley, who de-
/ clneG to stand for reelection Suisse
/ quenuy Mr.. Howe Withdrew his name.
/ ! ut 1t was too late to have another name
| tut IN the list. The other nominations
! il clude the present officers. as follows:
| For clerk, w. d. Perry; for treasurer, w.
| u. Perry: for collector of taxes, Il. +.
/ Gordon; for chief engineer, H. w. SAN
| ders for auditor. e. \. Harris The
clerk has had copies Of the warrant for
| the coming year posted about the village
| this week The first article is to elect
officers for the coming year. The second
| is to hear the reports of the officers,
which reports already have been printed
and distributed. Article 3 is to raise
money to defray the expenses Of the COM
| ing year. and article is to see if
the village will pay its officers the COM
ing year. and article is to see if the
village will appropriate $500 for series
of Ii concerts to be given within the
village limits by the First Regiment band.
Heretofore the village has not paid the
officers any salary, but there is a gem
Cral feeling that they ought to be paid
at least nominal sum- particularly the
bailiffs, who have "A great deal of unpleas-
ant work to do in connection with their
office.
n. /. Hawley's condition still remains
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