Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-13

two assistants.
The members of class No. G Of the Con
gregational Sunday school will have a
class meeting on the bank of the Connec-
ucut near the suspension bridge this
evening. carrying their luncheon with
them.
Edgett & Co. have sold for DR.. 4. ].
Pullen his house and lot on Southern
avenue to Carl Pearson of Brattleboro
The firm has bought for out of town
parties the Ward Estey farm of 345 acres
Ia West Dummesrton
The bailiffs have had the railroad bank
cleaned up this week. People in the
stores and tenements near the bank are
asked to cooperate with the bailifs i'm
keeping it attractive in appearance dur
ing the coming months.
At the business meeting of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution Tues
day afternoon, the resignation of Mrs
w. f. Haigh as recording secretary was
read, and Mrs. f. ]. Swift was elected
for the remainder of the year.
Protective Grange will confer the third
and fourth degrees at the next regular
meeting Wednesday evening. the 18th.
supper will he served, to which all are
expected to contribute as usual \ So
cial hour will follcw the meeting.
The Woman's auxiliary will have a
strawberry supper i'm June and through
the summer will conduct their usual cake
sales Saturday. as they have proved so
helpful to many in planning Sunday din
uers. There will also be jelly sale later
in the season
Three or four houses will be built on
Oak Grove avenue this summer by
Messrs Borden. Smith. Martin and Allen.
Water and sewer pipes will be laid to
Allen street soon Others are planning
to build in the fall Mir Croll has nearly
completed painting his house on the
avenue.
\ fire alarm bell with electric con-
nection from the Auditorium was put I'm
at the steamer house on Elliot street
yesterday by the Bratteboro Gas Light
company at the request of the selectmcn.
In case of fire in the Auditorium it
would not be necessary to lose a minute
of time in summoning the department
Col. John Hunt has been notified of the
granting of the following pensions Orig
inials Martha NJ Patch, Brattleboro; Nam
cy f. Burlingame, Meriden. Conn; Walter
Elmer, Pittsfield, Mass. Increases-Her-
bert f. Brooks, Brattleboro; Leroy Bond
Spofford; Lyman b. Wood and James
Jeffrey. Putney; Ormando Norross
Dummerston.
The body Of Aspasia T. Wilson. &C. was
brought to Brattleboro yesterday for
burial in Prospect Hin cemetery. Mr.
Wilson died OF heart disease Monday in
Theresa, y. Y. Formerly he was a tail
or. His wife, who died in Worcester
Mass. Jan "a 1901, was sister of b.
Frank Baker of High street, the painter.
and formerly lived in Brattleboro.
1t is expected that about IS people will
go from Brattleboro to Bellows Falls next
Tuesday to attend the annual sessions
of the grand bodies Of odd Fellows and
Rebekahs. Among them will be 30 or
more members of the canton. W. 7.
Haigh, captain. The grand encampmeut
will hold it's 33d annual session Tuesday
and in the afternoon there will be a pa
rade. followed in the evening by a ball.
on Wednesday the 57th annual session Of
the grand lodge will be held and on
Thursday will be held the 18TH annual
session Of the Rebekah assembly.
Quartermaster General w II. Gilmore
received Wednesday an invitation from
the government to have the entire regi-
ment Of the Vermont National Guard par
ucipatc in the manoeuvers at Manassas
Junction, Va. 10 be held in September
1t is announced that the Invitation will
Ice accepted. capt. T. w. Gibson of com
panN ] understood that plans were being
made for the selection of u men from
each company. but it appears that that
idea has been given up. This means that
there will be 10 muster at Fort Ethan
Allen this year IL * expected that the
r Gtment VIII leave Vermont Sept T.
There will be probably be- between 80. 600
and 10000 trooIs at Manassas.
John Fredette apparently has come to
tn" conclusion that it pays TO keep square
with the state. He escaped from the
hous,. OF correction in Rutland last Au-
gust and now he has done the ching
least expected of him and has scIt to
ID. J.. Morgan, superintendent Of hat
institution. 1890 with which to pay
fine imposed upon him on the l7th OF
that month 10y Justice Newton OF Brat
tlcborO. together with the costs of prds-
ccution- Fredette was arrested on Wash
inton street for intoXication and WIS
fined for a second offense. hIt being UNI
able to rlly he was taken Ia the. house of
correction. He hurt ais leg while wait
ing in the BrattleborD lock-up and SO.
being lame, was not watched as closely
in Rutland as he might have been. While
he and companion, Elmer johnson.
We're going from one building 10 another
four days after reaching Rutland both es-
capped and nothing was heard from
either Of them until n few weeks ago
when johnson sent L.. Superintendent
Morgan money to pay his fine. Frodette
this week followed Johuson's example.
sending the money from some place in
New Hampshire
The public is asked by the Brattle-
boro Choral Union to keep in mind the
fact that the Boston sooists VINO have
been enga ged 10 sing at the festival next
week are in the front rank of soToists in
that city. And perhaps it is noe neces-
Sary to say to Brattleboro people that the
only reason why Mr. Miller is not is be
cause he does not live there They are
Mrs. Blanche Hcimburghe- Kildun So
prano, Miss Margaret f. Roche. CON
tralto, md Clarence b. Shirley. tenor.
each possessing voice Of exceptional
quality and powerful enough 10 MI the
Auditorium. Backed by Leitsinger's
Festival orchestra and a Wen drilled cho-
rus Of Ig5 voices. with Nelson p. Coffin
conductor and Miss Izetta Stewart of
Rrattle horo and Mrs. Frank H. Foster of
Chremout accompanies, they ought to
pack the Auditorium both nights The
dramatic cantata The Erkings Daugh-
ter, which will be given Tuesday even
ing, is one OF the most popular works
ever written for festival chorus ANY
one who misses hearing it will miss one
of the very best features of the festival
Gounods great chorus. Unfold. We Por-
tails, from Tine Redemption" also Will
be one of the special features of Tues
day nights program.