Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-01-19


American Express money orders.
The Red Cross degree was conferred
upon i've candidates at regular con-
clave of Beauseant commandery, No. T.
K. T., Wednesday evening
The board Of selectmen. consisting of
James +. Hooker, Edwin H. Putnam and
Warren L. Walker, intend to stand for
reelection at the coming town meeting
in March.
The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. f. p. Hopkinson, Cherry
street Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 23, in
stead of Wednesday, at 4 O'clock Supper
will be served from $50 to 7.3O and the
evening will be spent socially.
officials Of the Boston e. Maine Rail-
road company have been i'm Brattleboro
this week for consultation with reference
to building a side track in the rear of the
American House lot for the convenience
of tenants in the building which L. f.
Adams and c. r. Crosby will build on the
old hotel site.
The guessing contest for jar of mon
ey in -. j. Fenton & Co.'S store window.
started i'm October to commemorate the
opening of the store six years ago. will
close tomorrow night. The money will
be counted i'm the store window Monday
afternoon by Ray Greene, of the Peoples
National bank and the winner will be an
! nounced as soon as the coupons can be
examined.
Members of the Baptist church are
preparing for a series of special evangel-
istic services the first week i'm Febru-
ary Neighborhood meetings have been
held for several weeks, and these will be
continued until the services begin in the
church. Meetings will be held next week,
in the chapel in Esteyvile on Wednesday
| at Mrs.
| 16 Grove street and Mrs Asa S. Fields
at Prospect street on Thursday even
ing.
The first session of the water board
elected by the village at the special meet
ing on Wednesday night of last week was
| held Saturday night In the office of
James F. Hooker Mr. Hooker was
elected chairman OF the board. John Gal
win vice chairman and ID. p. Dewitt clerk
and treasurer, and some other matters of
organization preliminary to shouldering
the main question, were attended to. The
board decided that it wanted the services
| OF Waterman & Martin as counsel and to
ask the bailiffs to assign that firm as at
| torneys for the board. The meetings were
executive sessions and the facts in re-
gard to the proceedings are not authori-
tative.
A transfer room for use by the Ameri-
can Express company will be built adj
Joining the north side of the baggage room
at the railroad station. The foundation
! is being put i'm this week The addition
will be built of brick by John O'Con-
nor and will be 16 feet wide by % feet
long. In construction and outward an
pearance 1t will conform to the room now
used as baggage room. The transfer
room viii be used for storing express re-
ceived from other roads for shipment over
Y-iN Oh.
slty OF carting II to the Office on High
street and back. and II also will be used
for storing express received on the night
train over the New. London road.
flower fete will be held in Festival
hall, Thursday evening Jan 25. by the
ladies' of the Universalist society The
nan VIII be decorated with colored stream
ers and the stage will be transformed
INTO an arbor OF green. The various
booths where fancy articles. aprons.
flowers, candy. grabs lemonade and
frappe, will be sold. will be covered with
flowers. Perhaps the most attractive and
mysterious place will be the gypsy camp
where fortunes will be told by ladies' in
fun gypsy costume, and baskets will be
Tor sale A turkey and chicken-pie sup
per will be served from $40 to 3, during
which time Leitsingers orchestra will
play. The orchestra will also give a con-
cert from to g. and dancing until 70
O'Clock viii complete the program
The Klark- Urban company has been
giving some unusually good popular price
entertainments in the Auditorium this
week. On the opening night the Audi
torlum was crowded a large number of
standing room tickets being sold. and
there has been good attendance at each
performance since then. The specialties
alone are worth the price of admission.
They are: Frank Urban. clay moulder.
ria Evans, dancer extraordinary with
roller skates; Klark and Klark. musical
artists; Walsh and Estes, tall people I'm
something new at each performance and
MARY ESTES In illustrated songs The play
hilled for tonight is Her Mad Marriage. -
A matinee performance of Rim Van
Wrinkle will be given at $50 tomorrow.
ana THE Way of the Wicked" will close
weeks stand tomorrow night. The
company will play in Keene next week.
An all-day pilgrimage was enjoyed nv
the village water board Wednesday the
members starting in big team early I'm
tne forenoon and returning about $50 at !
night me board was accompanied by
Lawyer II. w. Gibson of Brattleboro and
Engineer w. II. Brainerd of Palmer M
Brainerd is the engineer who was emplov
ed by those of the old water committee |
VINO submitted majority report at the |
special village meeting Dec. l. He recon- |
Ihehueu IN report printed i'm ThePhoenix |
Dec TO- that the village adopt the Whet- |
stone brook, south branch, system. stat
ing that from the information that
nave been able to obtain this svstem
would have many advantages over anv
OF the others that have been considered
Ihe board visited both Marlboro south
pond and Sunset lake. The members car
ried their dinner, Whether they tested
'he water In either pond is not stated.
Theatre-goers and the managers vvbo
cater TO desires and amusement appetites
IRE cognizant of the fact that one intrin-
SIC element is necessary in their produc-
.Iohs 10 arrive at that much sought for
North Pole of theatric success. LET n |
manager but touch this magic button
Novelty the public does the rest and
'uccess crowns his efforts. In their latest
over Niagara Falls" Row
ana " Cllnord feel assured that they have
secured the melodramatic novelty of the
present season. Not only does it AFFECT
ne plo', out the cast and scenic euuip-
neht as well. The feature consists OF a
sensational reproduction of famous Nj
'gara around which a very striking scene
woven, including the descent of the
eadlng lady in the barrel used by Anne
edison Taylor in her famous trip. Other
'haracterlstic scenes are Lake Chatau-
lua' Goat Island by moonlight. Suspen-
non bridge and the Pan American Indian
congress. The production will be AT tbe
AUDITORIUM Saturday, Jan. 27. afternoon
md evening mum
Charles F. Bracket, Ga, of Green River
)rOther of D. r Traclratt - 80, -