Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-03

Jne BrallleDOTO members OF the OIueI
of American Girls were entertained at
Halloween party by Miss Eleanor Noyes
Tuesday evening.
The net receipts of the two perfor-
mances of THE Chimes of Normandy"
to go into the treasury of the Murray
club, will be between $175 and $780,
There was large attendance at the
sociable in the Congregational church
Wednesday evening, given by the ladies'
association. The guests were received by
members of the hospitality committee.
Games were played and buffet lunch was
served.
The shop friends of +. c. Field who
recently finished work for the Hooker
Corser g. Mitchell company. presented
him a purse of $35 this week, the gift
being accompanied by expressions of
complimentary nature. Mr.. Field was
cutter in the Hooker Corser & Mitchell
factory 10 years.
The annual fair of Protective Grange
will be held in Grange hall next Tues
day evening. A hot chicken-pie supper
will be served from 6 to 8 o'clock, fol-
lowed by a sale of fruit, vegetables, fancy
and useful articles, homemade candy,
etc. After the sale there will be an en-
tertainment consisting of & one-act farce
"A midsummer madness" and readings
by Myron Davis.
A basket ball team is being organized
by Frank Waite. which will include the
members of last years Brattleboro In
dependent team. Mr.. Waite has engaged
March. Ellis, Stafford, Doran, Riley and
Condor The latter is clerk for E. ].
Fenton & Co. Mr. Waite says he can
have Boutwell, If he wants him. The first
game will be with the st. Jeromes Nov.
20. The name of the new team will be
Brattleboro Athletics.
1t is understood that Brattleboro has
| been slated by the New England Tele-
phone & Telegraph company for a COM
! mon battery exchange next year. The
switchboard in that kind of an exchange
| contains tiny electric lamps, and when
| a subscriber wishes to call the central
Office he simply takes down the receiver
without ringing. Taking down the re-
ceiver lights one of the electric lamps.
which Is the operators signal
The second in the Murray clubs series
of travel meetings was held in the Uni
| versallst church last evening, following a
well patronized supper by the ladies' circle.
There was a large attendance and the
| program was very interesting and profit
able The city under consideration was
Paris. and photographs and stereopticon
views of different parts of the city were
shown. Several papers were read relat-
ing to things of interest in the French
capital
About 40 members Of the Epworth
league of the Methodist church enjoyed
a Halloween party Tuesday evening AT
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Smith
The guests were met at the door by two
ghosts and another ghost greeted them al
the top of the stairs. The evening was
spent very pleasantly with various games
fortune telling, ghost stories, a story OF
the origin of Halloween and a peanut
made candies and cake, and a cake con
tanning a ring, a ten-cent piece and
button created much merrlment.
Dr. George X. Roberts has received thi
week a cyclone portable coil. which is
machine for X-ray and other electrical
work A representative OF the manu-
facturers gave an interesting demonstra
ton of 1t in DR.. Roberts's office Wednes
day. The machine has one Of the fines
and most powerful X-ray attachments oil
the market besides appliances for pro
ducing practically every effect that cal
= be produced by the large static machines
! and it has the advantage of being s
compactly constructed that IL can be car
, ried easily from one place to another.
The Congregational club held its annua
: meeting in the Brooks House Tuesda
evening. banquet was served at
Q o'clock, followed by a business meetin
y at which these officers were elected
: President f. II. Crane; vice presiden
d L. NJ. Keneston; secretary and treasurer
A. II. Hunt; executive committee, l.. I
Adams, C. L. Durham and George n
y Clay; membership committee, II. F. Jor
$ dan, F. w. Kuech, w. A. Gilbert l
). r. Mann and r. C. Averill. Plans fC
II the coming year were discussed, and a
y those present subscribed to the member
& ship roll for another year.
, Woodwork around a fireplace in d
y G. F. BARRIERS house on High sire,
e ignited Tuesday and the smoulderin
Il timbers were located just in time to pre-
% vent serious loss. Throughout the for,
g noon the house seemed to be full
70 smoke, but the source could not be dt
a termined. At noon DIR. Barber made a
- investigation and saw smoke ssur
from one end of the fireplace. He wei
ii outdoor and cut through to. the rear
/. the fireplace and found that the sill ha
d been burned and that the surroundT
lie woodwork was mass OF live Goals.
g few pals Of water put out the fire.
:: The project of L. F. Adams and C.
70 Crosby to build a new business buildiT
le whore the American House stands is d,
N layed temporarily, pending negotiation
= with the Richardson estate in regard
: grading the driveway between the Ricl
! ardson market and the hotel. The owl
u ers of the hotel property wish to graz
re the driveway so that teams can tray
u over it to reach the rear entrance of Il
~ basement of the proposed new buildin
y Supt. F. G. Daboll of Springfield of Il
IL New England Telephone & TelegmI
he company, was in Brattleboro Wednesda
m Ito consult with Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Gro
n by relative to engaging quarters in Il
+ new building for the telephone exchang
v now located In Crosby block.
al The workmen employed by the Ne
lie England Telephone & Telegraph compar
IN in laying the conduits for the unde
e ground telephone wires completed the
'p work Wednesday and went to Burlingto
h, where the underground system win
I'd extended. Another gang of men W
st come to Brattleboro soon to put Il
~ cables in the conduits. The good worl
Is manship of the laborers in Brattlebo
l. from Oct. Is to Wednesday is appare
er to all. A former town official who know
lie a good job of that kind when he sees
a said to a representative of The Phnni
Ill mo other gang of men that ever work,
is on the streets of Brattleboro covered
IA bitches so well as this gang" Altogeth
s. about $500 feet of conduits' were put