Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-01-11
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St. Michaers parochial school opened
Monday after the Christmas vacation.
The Christmas collection at st. Mi
chael's Roman Catholic church amounted
to nearly 500.
L. H. Barber is in Boston this week
buying pianos. He sold five high grade
pianos-Chckering Nose and Merrill
during the holiday season.
Tickets for The Mummy and the Hum
ming Bird, to be given next Thursday
evening, will go on sale at the box office
Monday morning at o'clock.
Frank Morse began Wednesday the
work of plastering in the American build
ing. Horton Walker has the rough work
of the electrical wiring well advanced
Charles ]. stockwen of West Brattle-
boro, suffering from a cancerous growth
had his right hand amputated yesterday
at the Lynch hospital. He is reported as
doing well today
The recently elected officers of St.
Michael's court, Catholic Order of For
esters were installed Tuesday evening
by Deputy Chief Ranger Frank S. O'Neil
of White River Junction.
The annual meeting of the Centre Con-
gregational church will be held in the
chapel this evening, the business meet
ing to be followed by a social at which
the ladies will serve refreshments. All
members are urgently invited to attend
The Earnest Workers will probably give
the first in their series of entertainments
in West Brattleboro the 22d. The com
mittee is confident of having a good
program The entertainment will include
one special act which will make the audi
ence sit up and take notice.
A Central Vermont baggage car was
partially tipped over in the freight yards
here Wednesday night by being run
through a half open switch. Frank
Melendy, express agent on the West
River branch, was in the car when it
tipped over and received a cut over one
eye. There were three other employees
of the road in the car but none of them
were hurt. The car was not damaged be-
yond two broken steps
The week of prayer is being observed in
the Methodist and Baptist churches. The
weather has not been of the right kind to
promote large audiences, but the attend
ance every night has been fairly good. The
custom of opening the year with week
of special prayer meetings was inaugu
rated in London about 20 years ago and
has found favor with the churches in
many lands since. The custom is to hold
meetings every night on the week follow
ing the first Sunday in January
The senior class of the high school has
decided to make a new effort to raise
money for the Washington fund. The
class will hold a fair in Grange hall
some time during the second week in
February. The date will not be decided
upon until some counter attractions are
definitely booked, so that the fair can
be put on a night when there is little
going on in town. The seniors hope to
reap a harvest from this fair and will put
some hard work into it to make it a sue
cess
The mystical figure seven figured CO.
incidentally in a merry gathering given
by Madolin II. lockwood, at her home,
% South Main street. Monday evening.
The date was Jan. 7, the year 1907 and the
anniversary was the young hostesss sew
enth anniversary; there were six guests,
so that the company at the table num-
bered seven. The dining room was
trimmed with evergreen with an arch of
spruce boughs lighted with candles. Ice
cream cake and fruit were served, games
were played and the children had a merry
time
DR.. Edgar ]. Banks, field director of
the recent Babylonian expedition of the
University of Chicago, will speak on
THE Recovery of the Lost Civilizations
of Babylonia and Assyra." at a union
meeting to be held in the Congregational
church next Friday evening at 7.30. Sew
eral of the village Sunday schools are
studying the early chapters of Genesis |
and Dr. Banks will speak Of the earlier
civilizations upon which the Jewish was |
built The lecture will be illustrated by
stereoptcon views taken by Dr. Banks. |
The lecture will be free, but a silver col |
lection will be taken to defray expenses. |
Joseph Kingsbury Fish, SO, formerly of |
Putney died last night in the home of his /
brother, John Fish in Charlestown n. H. |
He had been in poor health some time and |
seriously i'll for the past six weeks. He |
was born in Putney and was the son of |
Joseph and Nancy Fish. He attended the |
public schools and afterwards ran his |
fathers farm and other farms in the .
town He never married and until his /
mothers death kept the home for her
Some years ago he went to CharlestOwn /
to live with his brother He leaves three |
brothers, Charles Fish Of Brattleboro,
Horatio +. Fish NJ Seattle. Wash, and |
John Fish Of CharlestOwn, and one sister,
Mrs. Lucia Foster of Brattleboro. The
funeral arrangements have not been
made.
The meeting of the Woman's club Wed
nesday, Jan. 16, will be a musical and will
be held In the Brooks House dining room
at o'clock. The musical is open to club
members and their men and women
friends without charge, and it is hoped
that a large number will avail themselves
of this opportunity to listen to the ex-
cellent program which is to be given
Maude Gordon Roby, Of Maiden, Mass,
win give Songs from Many Lands"-a |
descriptive lecture and song recital in cos
tune assisted by Mary L. Shaw, accom-
PIANIST Mrs. Roby has with her brilliant
voice en- extremely attractive personality |
and her program, with beautiful costumes,
is both interesting and unusual. Nothing .
but words of praise have been spoken of |
her work and the evening is sure to prove |
an entertaining one. The club extends a |
cordial invitation to its friends to attend. |