Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-08
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The last Masonic sociable of the season
will be held Easter Wednesday, April 3.
The w. c. T. L. will hold a regular
meeting in their room in Emerson build
ing Tuesday afternoon, March T. at
o'clock.
The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. A. T.. Thomas next Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Supper from to
s. All are invited
There was a large attendance at the
dance in Red Mems hall Saturday night.
Another dance will be held March 9, to
which all are invited.
The ladies of Freme circle will give a
sociabe in Wells hall Tuesday, March l..
Supper, which will be served at $50 will
be followed by an evening of illustrated
song and story. All are cordially invited.
The Daughters of the American RevO-
luton will hold a fancy bazaar Wednes-
day, March 81 from 4 to p. m, at the
home of Mrs. Lyman Il. Holden Supper
will be served on the European plan,
and homemade candy, nuts, fancy art-
Giles and Easter novelties will be on sale.
Members Of the Pocohontas council and
friends went on a sleighride to North
field Tuesday night and attended the Red
Mems ball there. Nearly 50 We're in the
party and two big barges were filled.
The merrymakers started from Red Mems
hall in the late afternoon and none of
the party will tell when they arrived
home.
The women of the Universalist church
served one of their regulation good sup
pers last night in the vestry. The tables
were loaded with good things when the
hungry people were first admitted and
before they were through they presented
a scene of destruction. They were set
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taken. Nearly 800 were served, but the
women had prepared wisely and the last
one of the guests went away with
happy and satisfied smile.
A horse owned by Mr.. Burbank of West
Chesterfield took a short but exciting
trip by itself Saturday morning, finish
ing without sleigh or harness in w. h.
Haskell's yard in a snowdrift 1t started
at something in front of the town hall
and tipped the sleigh over and then went
up High street, through Oak and Chaplin
streets at clip that would have done
him credit on the track. 1t was not
injured beyond a few scratches but the
sleigh was somewhat broken.
A suit against the Rutland railroad COM
pany for alleged failure to pay dividends
on preferred stock has been brought by
Carl E. Ward of Boston. The writ was
filed in the county clerks Office Wednes
day afternoon, the complaint alleging that
the plaintiff holds three scrip dividend
certificates on three shares of the Rutland
railroad preferred stock each calling for
$40 and interest The complaint alleges
that the Rutland railroad has refused to
pay these dividends though repeatedly
asked for them. The claim is for 5000 to
cover the dividends of Z per cent. on the
preferred stock for a long period of years
C. P. Cotton, veteran hotel keeper we'll
known in Brattleboro from his connection
with the American House and the Mel
rose in West Bratteboro, has become
night clerk in the Brooks House The
past three years Mr. Cotton has been in
Maine recovering his health after his
severe illness of two years following the
burning of his hotel in Mortified. He
was manager of the American House
here for three years and gave it up in
1900. The following summer Mr. Cotton
opened the Melrose in West Brattleboro
and ran it one season. He then bought
the Mortified hotel which was burned
five months later. He has been in the
hotel business nearly 50 years and knows
every travelling man in New England and
their fathers before them.
The principals in the lawsuit over a fox
pelt which was tried in Guilford last week.
are still anxious to fight to the finish the
question of the ownership of the pelt
though each has already expended the
value OF the skin in question many times
over in lawyers and court fees c. l.
Miner brought suit against c. S. Miller for
the recovery of $40 alleged to be the value
of the skin. Fox hunters not directly in
terested in the case aver that the skin is
not worth over 50 anyway but both men
are as hot as ever over it. When the
case was first tried the jury failed to
agree and was discharged. H. G. Bar
her was attorney for the defendant and
John e. Gale of Guilford was attorney for
the plaintiff The attorneys have agreed
to try the case again next Wednesday i'm
the Broad Brook House in Gulford.
Mary Mannering will not appear in
GLORIOUS Betsy" at the Auditorium this
evening. The noted actress is i'll with
grip in Springfield and will not appear on
the stage for several nights al least. The
performance in Springfield Wednesday
evening was given up after the audience
had assembled The manager wished to
bring the company to Brattleboro, with
competent understudy in the stars role
but Manager Fox knowing that people
here would not be satisfied unless Miss
Mannering appeared. cancelled the at
traction yesterday afternoon, although
there had been a large advance sale of
tickets. Purchasers Of tickets are now
being given back their money at the
box office, There will be only short
wait for a big attraction. however as
The Isle of Spice" "a piquant musical
mixture, will be at the Auditorium next
Wednesday evening There are nearly 20
people in the company, including several
well-knOwn comedians and the produc-
ton is full of pretty music and is en-
riched with natty costumes, electrical eff
fects and lavish environment of scenery
Tickets for The Isle of Spice" are now
on sale.