Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-17
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The Buster Brown" matinee Saturday
afternoon at the Auditorium will begin
at 2.30.
The opening social of the season will
take place in Odd Fellows hall on Tues
day evening, Nov. %. All Odd Fellows
and friends are invited. There will be
dancing in both halls.
The two steam shovels are still in
operation on the West River railroad i'm
provement, four gravel trains are at work,
and Superintendent Nash says that "in
another month we shall have a pretty
good road for the winter business"
1.-THE Matinee Girl" musical comedy
which is one of the distinct successes of
the season, will come to the Auditorium
Saturday Nov. Is. While of a farcical
character. its features are thoroughly
wholesome. The comedy is purely Amer
lean, with scenes laid in and about New
York.
The phase Of home mission work pre-
scented by the Vermont rural towns will
be brought before the audience at the
mld-weel1 meeting in the Congregational
vestry tonight by L. F, Adams. Mr.
Adams for some years has made a study
of the history Of Marlboro, and from his
knowledge Of that town he has come to
appreciate what the nation owes to the
hill towns Of New England.
Paymaster F. H. Chapman, v. N. c.,
has paid to the members Of Company 1
the amounts due them from the national
government for encampment service last
August. UP to this year the state has
paid each private $3.50 a day for camp
duty, while the national government allows
only 43 cents a day to privates In the
regular army. The national guard Is on
this basis while in camp, and 1t was this
money that the members of the company
have just received; the state pay was
disbursed to them soon after the muster
in August. The state now pays the pri-
Yates Slot a day, in order to make the
total up to the former $3.50.
A hearing was held before Judge
Wheeler Monday to determine what por-
ton of 5000 loaned by w. G.. Doolittle to
Mrs. Emma Buchanan and secured by a
mortgage on personal property on the
Sholes farm should be classed as a pre-
ferred claim and paid in full out of the
Skies bankrupt estate. Mrs. Buchanan
loaned the money to Skies and took a
mortgage on a mill. The transactions
between Skies and Mrs. Buchanan having
been set aside by Judge Wheeler, which
included the personal property mentioned
Mr.. Doolittle was left without security
for his loan. The court decided that $405
of the money had been paid by Skies fol
the benefit of the estate and that that
amount should be classed as preferred
claim.
After attending an entertainment by
the Katherine Ridgeway Concert com
pany one ceases to be surprised at the
statement that the company is unable
to fill the demand for engagements. The
appearance in the Auditorium Wednes-
day evening was the opening attraction
in the Y. M. c. A. star course and gave
as thoroughly enjoyable a program as
one could wish. Miss Rdgeway stood out
prominently as the central figure of the
company, and her readings. which were
entirely new in BrattleborO, were de-
lightful in sentiment and were rendered
with consummate skill. Miss Ridgeway
was very generous and apparently took
pleasure in pleasing the audience. Lee
Tecktonius, pianist, played the old IA
vorite concert number "Raphsodie Hon
groise No. g." by List, and showed him
self a genius in the pianists art, but his
hearers could not help feeling sorry be-
cause he was Obliged to play on mis-
cradle piano. There was little excuse fol
not having a decent instrument for sc
capable an artist. Although the audience
recalled him repeatedly Mr., Tecktonius
refused to play again. Miss Bessie Bon
sail, contralto. and II. Francis Hughes
tenor, had voices of fine quality and sang
with good degree OF intelligence.