Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-26

fair given recently by Dennis Rebekah
| lodge were about 1885,
The ladies' Catholic benevolent assoc
citation will hold a Halloween dance in
Red Mems hall Wednesday evening, oct
| 81.
John j. Austin has his new two-tene-
ment house on Elliot street nearly COM
pleted and expects to move into 1t in
November.
The program for the next Grange meet
ing Wednesday evening will be in charge
! of the Dramatic club, under the direction
of L. ID. Weld.
Mrs. H. e. Bascom entertained her
Sunday school teacher, Mrs. Gale, and
members of the class last evening. Re-
freshments were served and delightful
evening was spent.
The first full carload OF Maine potatoes
| for the local market came Wednesday.
| 1t contained $50 bushels of the Aroostook
county brand and was consigned to Free
man Scott and Horace Goodenough
w J. Pentand and family have bar
gained with p. Fleming for the r. G.
IIardie house on Canal street and will
occupy 1t Nov. 10. The large IL room
house which the Pentland family occupy
on Chestnut street is offered for sale and
is described in an advertisement in an
other column.
Rebekah degree on eight candidates from
Newfane Tuesday evening. There was a
| large attendance. including a number of
visitors from Hinsdale. After the work
the lodge gave the guests from Newfane
1 and Hinsdale a supper at Hairs restau-
rant. More candidates from Newfane
will receive the degree Nov. 6.
A. f. schwenk returned Wednesday
| from the supreme court in Montpelier,
where he appeared for the defendants in
the case of a petition OF the town of
Brookllne and Charles p. Stckney against
the town of Dummerston and Stephen L.
| Dutton. The petition asks that Mr..
Stickney be allowed to appeal from the
! decision of the Windham county probate
| court in the settlement of the estate of
James Moore. e. w. Gibson represented
the petitioners. II. d. Ryder of Bellows
Falls was appointed TO examine the rec
ord of the case and to report to the
court.
The Washington lecture course which
was announced to begin Nov. l will be-
gin Nov. Z, the opening having been de-
ferred on account OF the Gibson recital in
the Baptist church next Thursday even
| ing. The first lecture, Nov I. will be on
the subject washington, the Beautiful
| Capital of a Great Nation" The second
lecture. Nov. Is. will have for its sub
ject Historic Castles of England" The
date of the third lecture on Paris.
/ World Capital" will be announced. This
course will be given by George N. Cross
formerly principal of Robinson seminary
| Exeter, n. H.. but now a widely known
lecturer and the proceeds will be de-
voted to defrayng the expenses OF the
! Washington trip Of the high school grad
uating class. Single or course tickets
may be procured OF members OF the
class or at Clapp & Jones's bookstore.
and those wishing to help the Washing
ton fund and at the same time hear
something worth while are urged to pat
roniZe the course.
Persons wishing to spend their leisure
profitably today and tomorrow and in
eidentally to help along a good cause
can do no better than TO visit the Horace
X. Turner art exhibit In Grange hall.
which is being held for the purpose OF
raising money for increasing the attrac-
tiveness of the schoolrooms. In the ad-
vance notices OF the exhibit which have
been published in The Phoenix the scope
and character of the pictures have been
announced The pictures need 10 be seen
to be appreciated, however. There are
200 of them. the famous masterpieces in
painting, sculpture and architecture
forming the nucleus, while around these
have been grouped the most interesting
modern pictures All these pictures are
faithful reproductions of the originals
and will appeal to any person having
any love for art The exhibit will be
open until 10 o'clock tonight and from
10 tomorrow morning to 10 in the evening.
Gosprepared to give a little critical study
to each picture and you will soon find
yourself absorbed in the exhibit to an
unexpected extent.
The Brattleboro Sunday School union
was launched successfully Wednesday
evening by the election OF these officers
at a meeting held in the Baptist vestry:
President. DR.. II. d. Holton; vice presi-
| ID
A. X. Webb; treasurer. Frank E. Barber;
executive committee, the four officers
named and Rev. L. NJ. Keneston, Mrs.
Louise L. Perry and Mrs. Minnie Fits.
The constitution provides for meetings
on the fourth Wednesday of each month
from October to May, inclusive Henry
Bond of Greenfield delivered a very help
full and inspiring address on the work
and mission of the Sunday school teacher,
taking as the basis the incident of Jesus
, when he told Peter and his associates,
who had "toiled all night and caught
nothing" to put out again and let down
their net, which they did and secured
"a great multitude OF fishes" Mr.. Bond
| spoke of this as the first and the model
teachers meeting. The spirit of single
hearted devotion and unwearying labor
for the salvation of the class was en-
phasized very strongly throughout the
address. A large number of those pres
emit gave their names as charter members.
1t Is hoped that the union soon may in
clude all the workers of the town.
Pretty as a spectacle. bright and catchy
in its music, snappy and witty in its lines
and quick and easy in action, with nothing
about 1t. that was cheap or taudry The
Press Agent" with Peter f. Daley as
the star, touched at the Auditorium Mon
day night mark as a genuinely anus
ing production which II will be extremely
difficult to equal. Many OF the airs in
this musical comedy were already familiar
through orchestral renderings but their
effects in songs and choruses were pleas
Ing beyond general anticipation The
singers were very satisfactory without
being marvels and there was an entire
absence of cracked voices which are usu-
ally heard in a large company of this
kind. Mr.. Daley is one of those charac-
terss who charm simply through per-
sonality. He fairly radiated good nature
and was irresistible from his first an
pearance. Vocally the honors were with
Kate Condor in the part of Dolores
Toby Lyons, we'll remembered as a
coacher in base ball, furnished large
part of the fun, and in this he was ably
supported by Carrie Graham as Betty
the ships mascot There were several
capital make-ups, that of Theodore
FTiebus, the rebellion promoter, being the
most striking. The company was one of
the largest ever seen on the local stage
the audience which greeted them filled
nearly ALI Of fha aaafa ana