Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-22
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the free kindergarten will close today.
The summer kindergarten will open Mon
day. July Q.
The next concert by the First Regiment
band will be given on the common We'd
nesday evening at o'clock
The ladies Of the Baptist church will
serve cake and ice cream on the lawn at
the home Of Mrs. A. G.. Cobb, Linden
street, next Wednesday evening.
The NJ. steinert & Sons Co. Of Boston
have several examples of pianola pianos
on exhibition at the Brooks House, to
which attention is called through their
advertisement in this paper.
The closing exercises of St AIchaels
school will be held in St. Michaers hall
Thursday. June IS. The names Of the
graduates are John W. Blake, Frederick
j. Adams, Mary c. Doyle, Mary NJ. Ryan.
Marion G. Denning, Mary c. Aher, Ellen
NJ Austin and Mary f. Austin.
Col John Hunt has been notified that
original pensions have been granted this
week to George Cain OF BrattlebOrO,
veteran Of the Spanish-American war, and
to Lizzie Mccoy Of Millers Falls, Mass,
and the pensions OF Charles d. BLY, and
Andrew ]. Kenney of Brattleboro will be
increased.
The Centre Congregational Sunday
school will have basket picnic in Central
park next Tuesday. round-trip rate
of rs cents has been secured, and tickets
may be obtained at the railroad station
Tuesday morning. The train will leave
Brattleboro at 9.07 o'clock, and will leave
the park at $40 for the return trip.
caucus of Democrats will be held in
Festival hall tonight at s o'clock to elect
delegates and alternates to the state and
second district conventions to be held in
Burlington next Thursday and to the
county convention. The town Is entitled
to eight delegates to the Burlington con-
ventions and 16 delegates to the county
convention.
Solomon Duquette, 20. died Sunday at
his home in Springfield. Mass. For IA
years he was teamster for the E. s.
Decker Lumber company, giving up work
a short time ago. He leaves four sons,
one Of whom Is David Duquette Of Rus
Sell, formerly proprietor of the American
House in Brattleboro The funeral was
held Wednesday in st. Joseph's church
and the burial was in Indian Orchard.
The Republican state committee or
ganized I'm Montpelier Wednesday after
noon by electing these officers: Chairman.
Thad NJ Chapman OF Middlebury; sec
rotary, Fred S. Plat of Poultney; treas
urer, Edward D. yelling OF Bennington;
executive committee, Fuller c. Smith Of
St Adams, Ernest w. Gibson Of Brattle-
DOTO ana James Il. HOlidTQ OF chester
The committee has engaged headquarters
in Burlington.
g. w. Edgett G. Co. report the following
sales: A building lot on Highland street
to w. F. Caswell, who has begun the
erection of a house; a building lot on the
Estey homestead place on Canal street
to Harold Smith, who will build two
tenement house; 50-acre farm in Win
chester to j. L. Fisk of Boston; the W. s.
hn1fga
street to Arthur L. Maynard, who bought
for an investment.
The high school graduating class was
entertained at commencement" party
by Fred II. Harris Friday evening, at his
home on North street. The writer of the
class history spoke of it publicly Wednes-
day afternoon as one of the most en-
joyable events in the four years course.
The veranda and lawn were lighted brill
iantly with japanese lanterns and tables
were spread under the trees. The TOY
Symphony" by Haydn was played by
Mrs. John Barrows and 10 of her pupils
in a delightful way, after which games
o'clock. Portland fancy was danced on
the lawn and for the round dances the
broad veranda was utilized.
A meeting of the Vermont branch OF
the Smith College Students Aid society
was held at the Brooks House Wednesday
with an attendance Of II. Miss Anna
Cutler, associate professor of philosophy
at Smith was the guest of honor. A
luncheon of six courses was served at
/ o'clock, followed by a business meet
ing. Miss Cutler spoke OF the work Of
the society, its object being to raise
money to make loans or gifts to students
of Smith college. Those present were
Mrs. Dana, Miss futile and Miss Gary
Of Rutland; Miss Read Miss Judd, Miss
Arms and Miss Shipman of Bellows Falls
Miss Bugbee Of Hartford, Miss Howe of
Thetford, Miss Warren of Peoria, ILL.,,
Mrs. Fits, Mrs. Rice, Miss Perkins, Miss
WelIman, Miss Esterbrook and Miss Cox
of Brattleboro