Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-02-05
BRATTLEBORO.

BRATTLE8oRo.
Uncle Toms Cabin matinee at 23O to-
morrow afternoon.
The next assembly will be held at the
Brooks House Tuesday evening, and dane
ing will begin at $50 sharp.
The ladies of the Unitarian society will
give a sociable ut Wells hall Tuesday, Feb.
8. Supper will be served at $50 followed
by an entertainments All are cordially
invited.
The February mothers meeting will be
held in the Congregational chapel Wednes-
day afternoon at $50, when Mrs f. Il.
Perry will speak upon The Children and
the Church." and a general discussion
will follow.
Tile Davis of Dummerston, whose left
leg was crushed by falling tree last
week, seems to be in good condition and
the physicians are very hopeful that am
putation will not be necessary.
The next meeting of the Alliance study
class will be held at the Unitarian
parsonage on Monday evening next at
1870 o'clock. The subject will be Pilgrim
and Puritan" All are invited.
\ meeting of the creditors of John r.
Tones was held in the Office of Referee
+. D. f. Stowe, Saturday. None voted
for a trustee and so Lawyer F. II. Laugh
ton was appointed by the referee
A broken journal under the locomotive
delayed the narrow gauge mixed train
Tuesday from 80 in the morning until
about $50 in the afternoon. The train
returned Wednesday morning, having lost
one trip.
Mrs II. c. Weeden received Saturday
two Cuban spaniels. brown in color, from
her husband in Alabama. one of which
she has given to Mrs. G. II. Smith. The
cd OF
very handsome.
William Rean saw deer on the ice on
the Connecticut river Sunday morning
about o'clock The deer came down
the river towards the new bridge. turned
and went back disappearing around the
bend by the engine house.
The Lyman II. Howe company will come
TO the Auditorium on Saturday evening
of next week with his annual exhibition
OF moving pictures. AS usual all parts
of the world have been drawn upon for
their most interesting scenes which will
be presented with absolute fidelity of life
and motion
Mrs. Jennie b. Powers will make two
addresses in Walpole today on her work
as agent of the Humane society one of
which will be before the public school pu-
pills. Mrs. Powers has finished a several
weeks engagement as special agent of
her report to that organization next Tues
day.
About 20 people in West Brattleboro
were made sick during Thursday night
and the following day after eating chick
en- pie at the supper in West Guilford and
several required the services of a physi-
clan. Most of the people who attended
the supper felt no i'll effects. and it is
thought that the trouble came from a
cooking.
The Young Peoples Union of the Uni
Versalist society observed national Y p
{. L. day at the church last Sunday. The
unions from Hinsdale and Vernon were
present. Miss Merrill of the local union
presided, and seated with her on the plat
form We're Ora johnson, president of the
Vernon and Miss Slate, president of the
Hinsdale society. Remarks were made
by Rev. Gertrude Roscoe of Hnsdale
Mrs Ora Johnson of Vernon, Rev. Mr.
Marvin, and many others The meeting
was large and enthusiastic one.
Rev. Lewis Grout of West Brattleboro
passed the S9th anniversary of his birth
day on Thursday, Jan. 2S. Although
there was no formal observance of the oc-
casion friends continued to come in
through the day to offer congratulations
and frequently number We're present at
one time. pleasing incident of the
afternoon was the call of a company of
friends from this village, including mem
bers of the Congregational church and
their pastor, during which Mrs. A. E.
Wells read an extract from Whittiers
beautiful poem, My Birthday" Re-
freshments We're served and Mr. Grout
presented his guests with copies of his
latest booklet. He received Il number of
letters from friends who were unable to
call upon him
donald McGillivray. manager of the
Bradley greenhouses the past 10 years.
will move with his wife and children to
Newport, n. H., March !. He has bought
tract of eight acres of land in the viii
lase limits of Newport and will begin
work as florist there in the spring, and
expects to have greenhouses completed
before the fall. Newport is a lively,
growing town, there are no greenhouses
there now, and the outlook is considered
promising for establishing a florists BUSH
ness MI. McGllivray has been successful
in his work here has made a wide circle
OF friends, and the regret over his pro-
posed departure is general. He is a skill
iul florist, who learned his trade in Scot
land and who worked in England Wales
and "A short time in Canada. and in Ma
liant, Mass, coming from there to Brat
tleboro.