Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-17

The ladies' aid society OF the Methodist
church will meet to sew at Mrs A. T..
Atwoods next Wednesday.
The Columbian Book club will hold the
annual meeting this evening at the home
of the president Mrs Martin Austin.
The Office in Bank building, formerly oc-
cupied by DR.. L. H. OConnor, has been
leased to Lawyer Arthur p. Carpenter Of
North Adams
The ladies of the Congregational church
will hold their annual food sale in the
vestry on Monday and Tuesday of
Thanksgiving week.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
church will hold sale of food and home
made candy next Saturday afternoon and
evening at the store of w. r. Geddis.
Charles Goodwin and Miss Addie Rom
deau, formerly of Putney, were married
in the Roman Catholic church at 8 o'clock
Monday night by Rev Father NJ. J. Car
mody. Mr.. Goodwin is employed by the
Estey Organ company.
The funeral Of Marguerite c. Vevier.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest VeVier,
was held at the house at 2 o'clock Satur-
day. Rev. A. II. Webb of the Methodist
church, officiated and the burial was In
Prospect Hin cemetery.
The young peoples sociabe In the Bap-
list vestry Tuesday evening was attended
by an unusually large number. probably
$50 or more. Some particularly interesting
games were played and refreshments OF
cocoa and waters were served.
Twenty seven members of the Grange
| Dramatic club took part In the minstrel
show In West Chesterfield Friday night
! The program abounded in hits on West
Chesterfield people and was largely at
tended. number Of Brattleboro people
besides those in the show were present.
MI.
performances Of Buster Brown" at the
Auditorium Saturday matinee at 23O and
evening at $. The cheerful chums, Bus
ter Brown" and "Tige" will delight old
and young. This will be a performance
Of the mlrth- provoking order from start
to finish.
The presentation of Dora Thorne" at
the Auditorium Saturday merlted larger
audience than was present The drama
tiZation OF the old novel is an improve
ment on the book itself. and every act
works up to an impressive climax. The
company was uniformly strong and gave
entire satisfaction.
Mrs Wayne Nj. Reed will open her
private class In dancing for advanced
adult pupils Wednesday evening Nov. o.
| at Grange hail. Instruction In i've step
| schottische and fancy waltzes and two
! steps will be given an. hour each even
| ing and the remainder OF the time will be
/ spent In practice and social dancing
| Music Will De furnished by Mira. Fred
| Greasy
\ committee of 20 was appointed sun
! day at n meeting OF the Roman Catholic
parish to take steps towards securing
! quarters which may be used as a meet
| Ing place by the different societies con-
nected with the church. II possible a hall
| will be rented or bought. and possibly a
! building erected. The committee viii con-
for rnrtaI De-
| matter. II is not unlikely that the head
| quarters Will be named THE Brownson
| Hall"
There was Il good attendance at the
| sociable given by the Fremc Circle at
| Wells hall last Tuesday evening and the
! entertainment after the supper was of
| special interest. Mrs. Laura n Wiggin
| was In charge and had many able assist
ants. The subject OF the entertainment
! was Then and Now" and II gave an
! opportunity to introduce contrast be-
tween the old style and the new In sing
| Ing. dancing and other social diversions.
a program which was heartily enjoyed
by all present
The only attraction In the Auditorium
| next week. before Saturday, will be The
| Middleman." to be presented Tuesday
| evening by Louis j. Russell and partlcu-
larly strong supporting company. The
| Hartford Telegram said OF recent per-
Torrance Of The Middleman" In that
| city: NO one who witnessed Mr.. Rus
sells handling Of the character Of Blen-
| karin can doubt that he Is one OF the most
accomplished actors OF the day. The rest
OF the party did exceptionally fine work.
! The elaborate scenery furnished "A fitting
setting for the play"
Frank Waite has withdrawn from any
connection with the Bratteboro Inde-
pendent basket ball team, and the man
! % .aftl
To Dan Riley. New suits have been order
ed. The first game will be PLAYED I'm
Festival hall the night before Thanks
giving with the st. Jeromes OF Holyoke.
the independent champions of New Eng
land last year The lineup OF the Inde-
pendents VIII be: Stafford. centre; Both
well and Ellis. forwards; Riley and Com
don, guards; Trendall. substitute. Both
well has been playing roller polo in Mont
pelier, Ohio. He came Wednesday to be-
gin practicing.
Rev. DR. c. II. Spaulding of Boston.
district secretary OF the American Rap-
list Publication society, spoke at the Bap-
list church Sunday morning and evening.
The morning sermon had a direct bearing
on the work of the society. In the evening
Dr Spaulding spoke Interestingly and
forcefully to the young people. At the
morning service DIR. Spaulding spoke of
the work of the chapel cars and colportage
| NN'SNii9' anu otiu lilt SOClely nOped 10 be
able TO place a colportage wagon In Yer
mont At the evening service 1t was an
nounced that during the afternoon a
gentleman who was present In the morn
Ing had promised to give the amount
necessary-about $5O0-for a colportage
wagon for work in this state
A load of winter apples which George
| W. Prouty of Guiford Centre delivered
In Bratteboro Tuesday was delayed in
transit. the apples being scattered along
| the road and ditch on Canal street, some
OF them rolling down the bank toward the
! canal. Mr.. Prouty passed the Canal street
school building just before l o'clock. GO
ing toward Main street. He had pro-
ceeded but a few rods when the l o'clock
whistles blew His horse started up
| quickly and the wagon ran against a
pole. The harness broke and the horse
| ran away, dumping the apples on the
| ground and pulling Mr.. Prouty over the
| dashboard The horse was caught on
South Main street but 1t was some time
before Mr. Prouty was able to secure
another wagon and get his freight to-
gether
George Cheney Shattuck Smith died
Saturday in Greenfield. Mass He had
been gradually failing since October. He
| was born In Boston I'm 1884, and his early
life was spent there. For many years his
! home was in Brattleboro where he was
a foreman in the market OF the late Han
nibal l1adley. For some years following
| Mr.. Smith was a farmer in North Hins-
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