Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-25
BRATTLEBORo.

BRAT TLEBORO.
The Universalist church will be open
next Sunday, the summer vacation being
over.
Seventy-five tickets were sold at the
local ticket office for the Lake Sunapee
excursion Sunday.
The local Y. NJ. C. A. is in charge Of
George S. Perry afternoons and evenings
during the absence of Secretary Cunning
ham,
Rev H. A. Simpson Of New York, Sec
rotary of the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions, will
preach in the Congregational church next
Sunday.
Dr. ]. w. Gregg has bought the George
Fisher place, at the corner Of Crosby
street and Western avenue, for an in
vestment The sale was made by S. w.
Edgett & Co.'S agency.
Mrs. H. E. Bassom has rented the room
adjoining her millinery store on the sec
ond floor of H. H. Thompson's building,
recently occupied as a lawyers office, and
it will be connected with her present room
by a wide doorway.
The meeting on the common at o'clock
Sunday evening will be conducted by ].
L. Martin. Rev. Frank L. Masseck will
preach and the choir of the Universalist
church will sing. Rev. L. Q. S. Osgood will
preach in Esteyville. This will be the
last Of the Esteyville meetings for this
season.
Manager Waite of the Brattleboro In
dependent base ball team has arranged
for game with the fast Boston Y. NJ.
G. A. team a week from tomorrow. The
Boston team will be on its way to Bel
lows Falls to play on Labor Day. The
straight Ludlow team has been scheduled
for two games in Brattleboro on Labor
Day.
The centennial trophy, won by Company
/ at the annual rifle shoot in camp last
week, is ON exhibition in Vaughan & Bur-
netUs window. The cup has been won
by Company I six times, in the years
1892, 1898, 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1905. Sew
eral cups offered as special prizes in the
Valley Fair Kennel club show also are
on exhibition.
The annual meeting and dinner of the
Spofferd Lake Fish and Game League
was held at Lakeside, on w. K. Wares
grounds, Friday. The business meeting
was held at noon and Edgar B. Smith of
Brattleboro was reelected president and
DIR. ]. A. Craig of Westmoreland was re-
elected secretary treasurer. At / o'clock
clam bake was opened.
The adjourned annual meeting of the
Brattleboro Street Railroad company will
be held in lower Grange hall next Mon
holders who do not plan to attend the
4. meeting are asked to hand their proxies
to some one who will be present, in order
that a majority of stock may be repre-
sented and officers elected.
The Atlanta University male quartet
will give a concert in the Congregational
church next Monday evening at o'clock
Admission will be free, but a collection
will be taken. Those who heard this
quartet last year will wish to be present.
The quartet consists of Edward Cobb.
LIST tenor; R. M. Smith, I'd tenor; w. H.
Watson list bass; L. P. oliver, I'd bass
They will sing plantation melodies and
give dialect readings in the interest of
the university. This is one of the best
colored quartets in the country.
Members of the Brattleboro Choral
Union will feel personally interested in
the announcement of the death of Miss
Margaret Roche, 20, which took place in
Munsonville, N. H., Tuesday, at the home
of her music teacher, Arthur Hubbard.
She had been i'll with a kidney disease
week or more. Miss Roche sang at two
of the Choral Union concerts in Brattle-
boro. She had a fine stage presence,
distinguished bearing and a handsome
face. and her voice was regarded as one
of the richest contraltos in Boston musical
circles.
The mixed train on the West River
railroad was derailed near the Salmon
Hole bridge, above Newfane, Saturday
and was unable to finish the trip that
day The rails for short distance were
damaged so that it was necessary to put
in new ones Accidents OF this kind are
of almost daily occurrence in the freight
traffic due to the curves and unsettled
condition of the new track. Many of the
curves were reduced when the gauge of
the road was changed, and it may be
necessary to reduce some Of them still
more. There seems to be no trouble in
the passenger business.
The Brattleboro Masonic Building as
ISOLATION incorporators met Friday night
in Masonic hall and elected these officers:
President, William H. Vinton; first vice
president, ]. Albert Taylor; second vice
president, Maj F. w. Childs; treasurer
Frank B. Putnam; clerk, James B. Ran
doll; auditor, Clarke c. Fits; directors,
Col E. Taylor F. R. Vaughan, E. B.
Barrows, F. w Putnam, w. B. Vinton
and A. p. Simonds. The association is
capitalized at $4,000. As soon as % per
cent. Of the capital stock is subscribed,
amounting to $780, definite steps will be
taken toward building a Masonic temple.
DIR. Henry Tucker, health officer, and
First Selectman James F. Hooker in
spected the opera house in Claremont, N.
H., Tuesday Dr. Tucker believes that
many cases of illness in Brattleboro every
theatrical season are due largely to the
poor ventilation OF the Auditorium. The
opera house in Claremont is ventilated
perfectly by forced draft created by a
fan operated by a water motor. 1t is
entirely practicable to equip the Audi
torium with such apparatus, and after
DR.. Tucker has gathered data concerning
the cost, ETC., the selectmen will have one
put in If they think the finances Of the
town will warrant the expenditure.