Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-05-05
BRATTLEBORo.


The parochial school opened Monday
after the Easter vacation
May devotions will be held every Thurs
day evening at 730 in st. Michaels
Roman Catholic church.
A. v Mays agency has sold for Charles
Prescott his teaming business to Daniel
M. Brosnahan, who has taken possession.
Babes in Toyland" will be the attrac-
ton at the Auditorium this evening.
There has been a large advance sale of
tickets.
The attraction at the Auditorium May
Is will be THE Liberty Bellies" which
met with such high success lately at the
Madison Square theatre, New York.
The new owners will begin work next
week on the Bolander place in West Brat
tleboro. The buildings will be remodeled.
Dan Harris will have charge Of the work
The Grange Dramatic club are re-
hearsing the play Patrick and Peter" or
Around the Horn" to be presented at
the last regular meeting of the Grange in
May.
The mothers meeting announced for
next Wednesday at the Congregational
chapel at which DR.. Lawton was to
speak on Nervous Children" has been
postponed to May 81.
The Congregational club has been for
tunate in securing Commander Robert f..
Peary, the famous Arctic explorer to
deliver an illustrated lecture in the Au-
ditorium Wednesday, May IT,
The citizens will give a reception to
the new Y. NJ. c. A secretary Charles f.
w. Cunningham, at the association rooms
next Wednesday evening from 7.30 to 10
o'clock. Everyone is invited, and it is
hoped the reception may be largely at
tended.
The new board of bailiffs have held
no meeting as A. F. Schwenk has been
attending court all the week, but it is
probable that a session will be called for
this evening. E. S. Hall is still on duty
as day policeman, as his commission does
not expire until the second Tuesday in
May.
A meeting of the Professional club will
be held Monday evening at the office of
Waterman, Martin & Gibson, when a
paper will be read by DR.. c. r. Aldrich
on Light, X-Ray and Radium." An
X-ray coil will be used in illustrating
the lecture. w. E. Haskell will lead the
discussion.
The Travellers Insurance company is
having a convention contest, with $780,
to be divided among the managers who
write the most business. In the last an
nouncement of the standing Childs &
Putnam of Brattleboro ranked ninth in
cident department.
The chimney in the Carey house or
Canal street, occupied by Louis Counter
evidently needs attention. The fire de-
partment was called out Tuesday morn
ing when the chimney was burning out
which was the second time within a few
weeks that the department had beer
summoned for a fire in that particular
chimney. Hand eXtinguishers furnished
all the protection necessary.
One of the strongest musical comedie!
booked by Manager Fox of the Audi
torium is Harry B. Smiths famous
Liberty Bellies" which will be seen herr
May 10. This is not a No compan.
but absolutely the original and only com
pany appearing in this rollicling opera
The cast embraces some 40 artists, 2
of whom are girls said to be the pretties
ever seen in a musical play.
The triplet sons of Mr.. and Mrs. vii
liam Darcy were baptized Saturday after
noon at O'Clock at Mr., D'Arcy's resi-
dence on South Main street by Rev
Father Carmody. The godfathers ant
godmothers We're: Patrick Ferriter an,
Miss Nellie Brown for Walter Cleon, tn
first baby Edmund Lavelle and Mis-
Sadie Turner for John Harrington, tn
second baby; Daniel Riley and Miss Alic
Lynch for Richard Leonard, the thir
baby.
The Ladies' Enterprise society held it
annual meeting at the home of Mrs. c
f. Downer Wednesday afternoon an
elected these officers: President Mrs
Lucia s. Foster; vice presidents, Mrs, +
p. Hopkinson and Mrs. F. r. Holmes
secretary, Mrs. Charles Sargent; treas
urer. Mrs. A. l. Williams; trustees Mrs
A. e. Cheney, Mrs. F. F. Hopkinson, Mrs
c. II. Davis; finance committee, Mrs
Charles Evans, Mrs. II. II. Burnett an
Mrs, c. f. Downer.
The cold weather of Monday, the Their
mometer at about 40 degrees, deterre
many anglers from celebrating May l b.
visiting the trout brooks. Perhaps tn
small number of men on the streams ma
have had something to do with the re
suits, the catches were larger thai
usual, although but few fish above averag
size were landed Herbert Wood an,
Louis Ellis caught 60 the Marlbor
branch, DIR. Aldrich and II. c. Rice "a il
the south part of Guilford, and DR.. Bar
Der and sons a good number from Gree
river and tributaries c. l. Knapp and r
c. Bacon filed eight and six pound bias
kets respectively on Green river. Mr., Baco
caught eight fish better than legal lengt
in Green River village. Several goo
catches have been made since Monday.