Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-24
BRATTLEBOR0 LOCAL

The Pilgrim Fathers will serve a sugar
supper at Grand Army hall this evening
from to S o'clock.
The reserved seat tickets for Eben Hol-
den will go on sale at the box Office next
Wednesday morning, March 20.
The International Sunshine, society.
branch l. will meet Friday afternoon,
March 81, at o'clock with Mrs. John c.
Dewitt 40 Canal street II is hoped that
all will be present.
The band minstrel chorus is progress
ing finely under the direction Of e. z.
Bagley. The next rehearsal will be in
the band room Tuesday evening. The
show will be given two nights, April 2s
and 81
Sidney j. Hall. who has been running
a restaurant in Greenfield the past year,
has sold 1t to A. c. Wilcox, a member
Of the police force In that town. 1t is
expected that Mr.. Hall will return to
Brattleboro.
George f. Crowells men have thawed
out the water main from the corner Of
Greenleaf street to the Samuel Sargent
place, after working two weeks 1t is
thought the main was frozen through
Western avenue.
Arthur Chase of Halifax has sold his
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| to H. r. Howe OF Athol, through A. v.
Mays agency. II consists of 375 acres
and contains a valuable ash timber lot.
Mr.. Howe will move there at once.
Brattleboro lodge N E. O. p, initiated
a class Of Il at the meeting Tuesday
evening. At a special meeting next Mon
! DAY evening several more who were not
able to be present this week on account
of the storm will be received into mem
bership. This will close the contest for
members. the prizes having been won by
Mrs Harry Dowley and Mr. Stafford.
/ Rev. Frank L. Masseck Of Spencer.
/ Mass. recently chosen pastor Of the Uni
/ versalist church. will preach here at 1890
next Sunday morning. The Young
| Peoples Christian Union will have SER
vices IN the evening at Z, and the sub
I ject will be Put Yourself i'm His Place"
/ There will be singing and music by the
| girls orchestra.
/ Prof +. c. Smith. Of the Massachu-
/ setts Institute of Technology. will speak
1 before the Congregational club in the
/ Brooks House next Tuesday evening on
Friends and Foes. Prof Smith is an
| expert on matters of public sanitation
His lecture will be illustrated by stere-
/ opticon slides, showing the world of
bacteria revealed by the microscope
This will be a ladies' night meeting.
From Monday morning to Wednesday
morning about IA inches of srew fell
in Brattleboro and surrounding to-
. large part of il melted rapidly. We
/ river rose two feet but the high water
l has subsided, to a large extent. The ice
| in the Brattleboro Gas Light company s
I pond in West river is about two and a
| half feet thick. but is becoming thinner
I with every thaw A large part of the
pond is kept open, and it is not expected
that there viii be serious trouble when
the ice breaks up.
Mrs. Electa Ripley. SIS, who died at her
home in Montague last week. was a sis
ter Of Mrs $. II. Sherman of Brattleboro
and Mrs. A L. s. Avery of Westfield.
Mrs Sherman and Arthur L. Maynard
attended the funeral. which was held
Saturday. Mrs Ripley was a native of
Halifax and was the widow OF Hamilton
Ripley. She lived in Montague many
years. She leaves a daughter and son.
Mrs Alonzo Clapp and w II. Ripley, OF
Montague.
Among the candidates to succeed E.
w. Oakes, who has resigned as superin-
tendent Of the state prison at Windsor,
is William T. Haigh OF Brattleboro, for
merly captain Of Company / and at pre-
sent baker at the Brattleboro Retreat
The appointment OF Supt. Oakes's sue
cessor will he made by the prison COM
missioners, of which A. +. Cudworth OF
South Londonderry and Fred b. Pier OF
Jacksonville are members. While it can
not be said that Capt. Haigh will be ap-
pointed, It is known that he has been
considered with favor by the board. The
salary OF the position is 1920 in addition
to provisions for the superintendent and
family, and other allowances.
The Bennett Moulton company, now
playing a weeks engagement at the Audi
torium, is pronounced by many theatre
goers the best repertoire organization
ever seen in town. Every seat was take1
Monday evening, and good-sized au-
diences have been present every evening
since then The attraction this evening
will be Justin Adams's romantic drama
BY the Kings Command. a play which
is very richly costumed. The matinet
performance Saturday afternoon will be.
gin promptly at o'clock. SATURDAY.
evening Sidelights of New York will b,
presented. Margaret Willard, the lead.
ing lady. has shown her versatility and
ability in several roles. Mr.. Simmons
the leading man, was i'll the first of tn,
, week, but was able to resume his plac,
? last evening, and will be with the com
pany during the rest of the engagement
, Clever specialties are introduced between
the acts. Tickets for the remaining per
} formances are now on sale at the boz
ONCE.
The annual report I'm printed form, o
, the Kurn Hattin Homes at Westminste
and SaNtons River has been mailed thi
week, together with a folder containing
! half-tone views of the Westminste
1 building and of the proposed memoria
school building to be erected at West
e minister at a cost of about $40 600 TIL
folder states that the basement OF tn
new building will contain a manual train
ing room, a play room for small boys
heating apparatus, etc, The first floor vii
! be divided into three class rooms, and OF
q the second floor will be the gymnasium
which may be used an auditorium
The present building is INADEQUATE II
|. various ways and is poorly lighted an
e ! ventilated. The names of those in who's
memory contributions are made will b
engraved on a tablet to be placed With
the new building. c. II. Thompson an
: Col. J. G. Estey are members of tn
/ board of trustees.