Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-01
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Americas greatest exhibition of hieh
class moving pictures will be seen at the
Auditorium Feb. u.
The Carey house, 10 Canal street. is
being remodeed by II. G. Clark, who is
making it into a modern two tenement
house.
Tomorrow. Feb 2, will be the feast of
the publication or Candlemas day. Mass
will be celebrated at O'Clock in st. Mich
aels Roman Catholic hurch.
The next in the series of Brattleboro
assemblies will be held at the Brooks
House on the evening of Feb. %, Wash
ington's birthday anniversary.
Lucius A. Moore has sold the Estey-
vile store property on Chestnut street to
New York men, who will shortly start
a grocery store and market there.
A party of about IA young married
people under the management of j. r..
Ryder and c. A. Boyden went on a
sleighride to Bernardston Monday night,
A sleighrde under the management of
George A. Wellman had Newfane as OBJ
jeCtive point last night The start was
made at 4.3O in the afternoon and supper
was served at Newfane Inn.
A party of 16. employees of Peoples Ma
tOnal bank and friends went on a sleigh
ride to Newfane Wednesday evening
The start was made about o'clock and
supper was served at Newfane Inn.
The annual supper and sale of the Green
Street Book club will be held at the home
of Mrs. Henry Thompson Friday evening
Feb s, at o'clock. Members are re-
quested to bring all books and magazines
P. F. Connors, of the news store, sus-
tanned a cut on the head and ruptured an
artery, causing the blood to settle around
no nv IN bn on
High street.
Pupils of the Brattleboro Private school
had a seighride to Putney yesterday
afternoon, leaving town shortly after
O'Clock and returning in the early even
ing. They had an oyster supper at the
Kendrick House.
Brattleboro lodge. No. 1O2 A f. &
A. M, at the communication last even
ing, adopted resolutions in memory of
j. II. Holden and Nelson Eddy, two
members who died a short time ago.
E. H. Anterior attempted to find his
way out of Durham Brothers store one
night early in the week, after he had
eXtinguished the electric lights. As a
result he bumped into the wall so forcibly
that he broke his nose
DIR. w. T. Grenfen who spends the sea-
son of open navigation cruising the Lab
rador coast, and treating the natives in
their homes and in the hospitals he has
built, will speak in the chapel at the Mt.
Hermon school next Tuesday morning at
10. 45. A number of BrattleborO people will
go down to hear him.
company of immediate friends and
relatives of Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ Barrett
gathered at their home on the Bradley
farm Thursday evening to observe the
birthday anniversary of Mr. Barrett.
supper was served and the evening spent
in music and sociabilty. Milton H. Eddy,
in behalf of those present, presented Mr..
Barrett with gold watch chain.
A hearing was held in the Brattleboro
municipal court yesterday in the case
of F. c. CLARK, administrator of the es-
tate of Osmer Clark, against j. H. Cole
of Readsboro. Suit was brought to re-
cover $9S alleged to be due on a prom
issory note from the defendant A. p.
Carpenter was for the plaintiff and F. f.
Barber for the defendant Judge Ernest
w. Gibson reserved the decision until
today.
The ladies' Catholic benefit association
whist party. which was held Wednesday
evening in Eagles hall, Retting building
was a success. There We're - tables
The first prizes were won by John Griffin
and Miss Nellie Griffin The BOBBY
prizes went to II. b. Haus and Miss
Elizabeth Sullivan. The society will give
another whist party next Wednesday
evening in Eagles hal from until 10
O'CLOCK. All are cordially invited to at
tend.
The legislative committee of the State
Grange held a conference last night I'm
the home of State Master George w
Pierce. The members of the committee
ex-Gov. c. j. Bell c. +. Smith of Morris
vile and C. A Bump of Saisbury-came
to Brattleboro yesterday afternoon and
LETT for home again at 11.07 this morning
The conference was over the progressive
work of the Grange and the whole situa-
ton OF the organization throughout the
state.
The South Londonderry and Brattle-
boro postal route has been extended and
is now known as the South Londonderry
and Mlllers Falls route. This arrange
ment gives mail car on every passenger
train passing through Brattleboro Run
ming on the new schedule began Monday.
me mail car which comes from South
Londonderry continues south to NIiIers
Falls as part of the 1915 train and returns
on the train reaching here at 2O5 D. m.
heretofore four closed pouches have been
sent from the Brattleboro post Office on
the lO.l5 train in care of the baggage
master for the Boston and Troy railway
postal trains and for Springfield and East
Mortified. The new arrangement gives
an additional service to all the stations
from Brattleboro to Mllers Falls and for
the Keene and Ashuelot route
The reduced ticket rates will go into
effect on the Boston & Maine railroad
today but the new rates on the Central
vermont road cannot be put in force until
Feb. 10 1t was necessary for the Boston
q Maine rates to be arranged first and
the Central Vermont rates for through
tickets will be made to correspond with
them The reduced rates may be secured
today and hereafter to all points on the
Boston & Maine north of here but the
reduced rates to points on that road
south cannot be given until the Central
Vermont schedule is arranged The new
rates to points north are as follows:
Dummerston Is cents, Putney rs cents.
Westminster so cents, Bellows 60 cents
Windsor SIPS, White River Junction 81 So
The rates are approximately pa cents a
mile. To points on the Boston & Maine
south Of here the rate will he rutn nn,,tr