Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-04-19
The Band Mnstrels will appear May

! and \.
The seven cases on the docket Of the
! Windham county court against the de-
! funct Brattleboro Manufacturing company
! have been discontinued
a. " Mays agency has sold for Mrs
! b. ID. Harris two shares i'm the Western
! Aqueduct company, one to c. +. Thomas,
! the other to G.. G. Averill.
A new steel ceiling is being installed In
banquet han in Grange building by the
! firm which had the contract for steel
! ceilings In the American building.
The Twin state Gas e Electric com
| pany has begun temporary repairs on the
! street railroad, fixing up places which
| need attention after the winter season.
| The summer cars are being repainted and
| vanished.
small audience gave a rather chilling
| reception to THE Choir Singer" in the
Auditorium Monday evening The play
and the company were both of more than
! ordinary merit, with Miss Halle White
| as Alice Legion, the choir singer, and w
| ]. Carter, as the parson, appearing to
particularly good advantage in their roles.
DIR. +. II. O'Connor's handsome driv-
! ing mare dropped dead Saturday from
| heart disease. DR.. O'COnnor had driven
| out Elliot street and was riding up the
! hill toward the Estey factories when the
| horse stopped suddenly, trembed Vio-
lently and fell dead before the doctor
| could unharness. The horse was valued
at 5000.
Luther Avery, who returned to his home
| April in a dazed condition and having
apparently fallen into the canal or river,
is still in the Retreat being treated. His
condition is much improved and 1t is
! hoped that he will be able to return to
| his home next week. His relatives think
! that his mental arrangement was the re-
suit of a recent attack of grip.
THE Mayor of Toxic" will be the at
| traction in the Auditorium April 25 This
| merry bit of tuneful nonsense will be pre-
| scented here with practically the same
| company that made the long New York
| and Chicago runs last season, but a new
! and costly dress of scenery and costumes
| has been given the production for the
| current year. The company actually num-
| Der so people.
Il. S. Niles of WATERFOWL. Mass, who
| has a summer residence in Halifax has
| been prospecting there several seasons,
| and he Is convinced he has struck a rich
vein of copper. He has bought the land
| on which he has located the deposit and
! about May l he will sink shaft to de-
termine the value of the vein. II it
! proves to be as rich as expected Boston
| capitalists will join with DR.. Niles in
! developing the mine DR.. Niles had sew
!
of large mine in Nevada.
The Congregational club held its last
meeting for this season Tuesday evening
| in the Brooks House. There was an at
! tendance of about so. Supper was served.
| after which Charles +. Grilley a Boston
! humorist, who had just returned from a
western tour including the Pacifce coast
| entertained the club an hour or more. Mr.
! Grilley gave a varied program of read
! ings and dialect stories which kept the
| members convulsed with laughter and
! the time passed all TOO quickly Mr.
! Grilley proved that he was a master in
| the art of entertaining.
William Warren, 70. died suddenly from
heart failure in South Deerheld, Mass.
| Tuesday He was native of Conway
and for many years conducted a livery
| business in South Deerfeld. At one time
| he was proprietor of the hotel in West
! BrattleboTo. Later he was engaged in
railroad work and then for 90 years con-
! Quoted the Mt Tobey House in Sunder-
land, Mass. About four years ago when
his daughter assumed control of the Hotel
Warren in South Deerfield. he returned to
| that place. He is survived by a wife
daughter and a brother who lives in
| Northampton.
The vestry Of st. Michaers Episcopal
| church, with the consent of Bishop A. c.
! a. Hail. has extended a call to Rev w
l
become rector Of St Michaers church as
| Rev. +. T. Mathison's successor. Rev. MI
! Hamilton is n years old, has a wife and
! four daughters. Before any action was
! taken by St Mchael's church Rev Mr.
! Hamilton signfied his Willingness to con-
! slider a call Rev. Mr. Madison will leave
! Bratteboro Tuesday April 30 and will
! go to shelton Conn. to erect a monu-
| menu to his brother, Rev. Frederick H.
| Mathison. He will spend three days I'm
! shelton and then go to Massillon, Ohio.
/ taking up his duties as rector OF St. An
| drew's church there the first Sunday in
| May Mrs. Mathson and children are
now with relatives in Connecticut.
one of the large plate glass windows
! in the centre or unoccupied store in the
! American building was smashed shortly
! before noon Wednesday, causing a loss
! of over a hundred dolas Daniel Bros
! nahan the teamster. was drawing large
| plank to the Grange store when he stop
| ped his horse in the street n moment
| Another team approached and Brosna-
| hans horse backed to the sidewalk the
! projecting plank crashing into the front
| window and smashing it to pieces. Ad-
! ans & Crosby's direct loss is covered by
| insurance. 1t is probable that the insur-
| ance company will look to Mr.. Brosnahan
| for settlement The store had not been
| rented, but negotiations We're i'm progress
! for its rental. 1t may be several weeks
| before the glass can be replaced. The
| other plate glass windows were en- route
| from Chicago about four months before
! they arrived in Brattleboro.
viii Hutchins president of the Green
field arts and crafts society gave an ad-
mirable talk before the Young Peoples
union Tuesday evening i'm the Baptist
church on the Point of View of Arts
and Crafts" lie took a broad view of
the subject showing that the movement
stood for truth and sincerity, He told of
the guilds of the old world with their
training in craftsmanship and of the
early New England influence along the
same lines. He claimed that the guild
differed from the modern labor union in
that the former was "leveler up while
the latter was a 'leveler down" The
speaker gave Hegels definition of art and
by various concrete examples showed why
some things are bad i'm an artistic sense
Mr. Hutchins i'm a forceful way inveighed
against the number of things" in our
modern life and ridiculed some of our
architect ure, furniture and furnishings. It
was an address valuable as a thought
stimulator and deserved a much larger
attendance
William f. Barber received a telegram
Sunday announcing the death from
shock in Wurtsboro, N, Y, of his uncle,
Francis II. Barber, SO. Mr.. Barber and
his brother, Luther H. Barber, went to
New York city Sunday night and the fol-