Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-22
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The Grange dramatic club will hold a
masquerade ball in Grange hall this even
ing.
Dennis Rebekah lodge No. l will have
an exchange party next Tuesday evening.
Members are requested to bring a pack
age containing something they do not
want
The Harvard quartet of Boston per
formed Tuesday afternoon a gracious act
which was greatly appreciated in visiting
Brattleboro Memorial hospital and singing
for a half hour to the delight of the pa
tients and attaches of the institution.
The annual meeting of the Wantastiquet
Golf club will be held in the Brooks House
parlors April g. The executive commit
tee reports a most prosperous year. One
of the improvements at the club house
which is contempla ted is the erection of a
model club kitchen.
The stereopticon lecture by Edward T.
Hartman, secretary of the Massachusetts
Civic league, has been postponed from
March 29 to April 4. Mr.. Hartman comes
highly recommended as a speaker and
a successful worker for civic improve
ment He has prepared before and
after" pictures of Brattleboro's ugly spots
and these cannot fail to interest every
land owner and householder in town.
The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton invite all to their fancy bazaar,
which will be held at the home of Mrs.
l.. E. Holden on the common Wednes-
day afternoon, March q, from 4 to s
O'Clock. A salad supper will be served
on the European plan. Easter flowers.
Easter novelties, fancy articles and home
made confectionery will be for sale and
music will be furnished. Each member
of the chapter is requested to leave some
piece of fancy work at Mrs. Holden's
house on Tuesday.
Mrs. Eliza ]. Pratt widow of Calvin
Pratt an elderly lady, slipped and fell
just above the Brooks House Pharmacy
last Wednesday afternoon and sustained
a fracture of the left arm near the wrist
The smooth iron in front of the gratings,
covered with slush, was very slippery,
and Mrs. Pratt, stepping upon it, fell
heavily. Several other people narrowly
escaped injury on the iron surfaces near
Where Mrs. Pratt fell She was taken to
the Memorial Hospital. The accident oc-
Cured just as she was starting down the
street to take the train for her home in
Newfane.
The movement among the shop girls to
secure their rights in the administration
of the Thompson fund has taken on a
more definite shape this week. Another
meeting of the women employed in the
Hooker, COrser & Mitchell overall shop
and others who are interested was held
last Saturday and a committee was ap-
pointed to take steps toward securing
legal counsel to aid them in securing their
rights. The committee will form some
sort of definite organization which will
nave funds at its command with which to
employ counsel and to stand behind
any action that may be taken The com
mittee is Mrs. Nellie Streeter, Miss Ruth
Nor
Dwyer and Miss Lizzie Sullivan.
The annual inspection of Company I,
Vermont National Guard, took place last
night in Festival hall. Lieut.. A L.
Chapman of the regular army. command
ant at Norwich university, was in charge
and Adjt.-Gen w, II. Gilmore of Fair
lee, Capt. w. w. Russell of White River
Junction and Capt. G. +. Burnham of
Bellows Falls, the latter inspector of RI
fie practice, were present. The company
was in command of First Lieut. c. H.
Davis as Capt. Louis II. Henkel has not
qualified, although elected by the COM
pany. The accoutrements were carefully
inspected in detail, also the rifles
After brief drill the company property
in the company rooms was inspected. In
the afternoon the regimental band went
through a similar inspection.
The Twin State Gas and Electric COM
going ice damage its dam or power
house on the West river above West
Dummerston this year if any human
means can prevent It, A gang of men
has been there several days this week
blowing up the ice in the pond with dyna-
mite in preparation for the natural
breaking up which may come any time
now. The severity of the winter has
made the ice two feet thick on the pond
and even with the aid of dynamite 1t is
not easy to break 1t. The pond will be
cleared back from the dam about 400
feet so as to prevent any packing of the
ice at the dam which cannot be cleared
away by the men before 1t does serious
damage. Three years ago a portion of
the dam was carried away and the power
house damaged when the ice went out
Rev. Delmas e. Trout of Tufts college
was given a unanimous call 10 become
pastor of the Universallst church in a
special meeting of the parish Wednes-
day night. He has preached here twice
since the first of January and has made
a highly favorable impression on the
church people He will not complete his
studies in the Tufts divinity school until
Tune, but 1t Is probable that arrange
ments will be made whereby he can
nreach here at least every other Sunday.
The call was sent to him yesterday and
an invitation was also extended him to
come up and preach Sunday as pastor
tbYer his new charge. Mr.. Trout is about
,o,,obomplete eight years of special study
oIse Re ministry and is recommended by
SisC mas of the Tufts divinity school as
liS ior oVe-2d unusual preparations for a
blood wouldninistry as well as a per-
at times mosth assures a place for him
seemed to help immunity. He will receive
2 of DIR. David KenA. NJ. and S. T. B. in
iy She is now using ms o "A, b received at az
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MRS. THOMAS DYE.
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