Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-13

planning to mold a secondhand clothing
sale the first week in October.
Friendship circle will hold meeting In
Oud Fellows hall next Tuesday afternoon.
supper will be served at 615.
Charles r. Crosby has sold his Grout
touring car through the local agent. l.. d.
Taylor to person out of town.
The Garment Workers union held their
regular monthly meeting Monday even
ing in Grand Army hall Five were mi
tiated.
The mission circle of the Unversallst
church will meet in the parlor Thursday,
Sept 10, at o'clock. The watchword is
Peace"
The New England order of Protection
will hold a meeting Monday evening,
Sept. Is, instead of on the regular date,
Sept 25
Fred c. Gale has sold the house on
Grove street formerly occupied by the
Lynch hospital, to his brother John Il.
Gale of Guilford. The place is now for
sale again as J. r. Gale does not wish to
keep the property.
About 40 friends of Mr.. and Mrs. James
II. Evans gave them surprise visit one
evening last week presenting them with
a gift as a token of the esteem In which
they are held. Refreshments of Ice
cream, cake and coffee were served, and
the evening was made enjoyable with
games and music.
Road Commissioner Eames laid
concrete sidewalk In front of the Whitney,
Houghton and Thompson buildings on
Main street this week to replace the large
fagstones. This makes "A continuous con-
crete sidewalk throughout the business
section on that side of the street.
Charles $ Emerson, former grand
master of the grand loge, l. Q. o. f.,
of New Hampshire, has been appointed
by Grand Sire Conway to serve on the
committee on appeals at the coming
session of the grand loge at st, Paul,
MINI. Mr. Emerson is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs $. b. Emerson of Bratteboro.
Mildred Holland, who will be seen on
Saturday, Sept. IA, afternoon and evening,
at the Auditorium In Matthew Barry
play "A Paradise Of Lies" has spent
much time during the vacation season in
Italy studying local color and historic en-
vironment for the part of Lolita, which Is
acknowledged to be her greatest crea-
ton. Miss Holland has made several trips
to Italy and continental Europe.
Reserved seat grandstand tickets for
the Valley Fair will go on Sale Friday
afternoon at o'clock in the box Of
flee at the Auditorium. The office will
I to . Saturday and Monday and from Z
to 9 o'clock Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. The sale of tickets will be in
charge OF w. A. Shumway. Out-of town
people wishing tickets may obtain them
by writing to him stating on which day
OF the fair for tickets are desired
The entries which came in yesterday
and today for the Valley Fair Kennel
club show assure that the show will be
D.
for filing entries closes tonight and the
local dog owners who have neglected to
make their entries until the last minute
are reminded that any entry mailed be-
fore midnight tonight will be accepted.
| Although the number OF local dogs al
ready entered is gratifying to the manage
ment they want enough more so that
| strangers will call this a banner town
| for hghbred dogs.
Or. Charles NJ. Freeman OF Metuchen,
! n. j., who married Mary +. wilkins. has
4 gained notoriety this week through the
long stories in the New York papers, tell
| ing Of his arrest on the charge Of taking
part with some negroes in crap game.
| The arrest took place In front Of the bor-
| ough hall in Metuchen while the Republi-
cans were holding primary for the NOM
| ination OF a candidate for mayor with
! the expectation that DR.. Freeman would
|
fused to endorse DR.. Freeman after ais
arrest which. 1t is intimated. may have
| been a political trick, but "a little later
he was nominated by the Democrats.
| The accommodation OF strangers al
| Valley Fair time Is to be more systemat-
| ically arranged than in any former years
| The well-known scarcity Of available
rooms for transients has led the man
agement of the Brooks House to under
| t,lya Ig-V oil
| and all having such rooms to rent will
be sure OF patron II names are sent to
| Manager John F. Brasor. The experience
| OF former years has shown that the hote
receives many more applications fol
rooms than it can MI unless it mas q
! large list. The plan is simply tus, thai
| when people cannot be- accommodate ed
with rooms at the hotel they are directed
to the most suitable place on the list,
Brattleboro chapter Daughters OF the
| American Revolution, was well represent
ed at the regular meeting at the home OF
| Miss Susan l.. Clark in West BrattleborC
| Tuesday afternoon notwiths landing
stormy weather. The hostesses were Miss
| Clark, Mrs. Herbert ]. Clark and Mrs
Hayes Bigelow The meeting opened
with the singing, as usual, of The Star
| Spangled Banner" but its rendition was
varied this time. Miss Alice Butterfield
singing the verses and the chapter join
| ing in the chorus. At the roll call the
members responded by giving names OF
signers Of the Declaration OF Independ-
| ence. A business session was held al
which Mrs F. C. Pettee and Miss Susan
+. Clark were elected delegates to the
annual meeting of the state society In
| Bennington Miss Mary +. Smith gave
a paper on Incidents in the Lives OF tne
| Puritans," which was well written and
| gave much pleasure. A paper on "Educa- :
| ton in Colonial and Revolutionary
| Times" which was fun of interest, was
| given by Mrs +. +. Flagg. Mrs. Flags
displayed some handmade lace and en-
broidery which was the work OF her
mother and which was good evidence OF
thorough instruction in that line.
II. NJ. Barrett, the milkman. gave for
NAL notice to his customers Tuesday that
the price of milk and cream would be
advanced Sept Is. Milk will go from
six to seven cents a quart and bottled
milk for infants will be eight cents
| The price Of cream will be increased to
| 40 cents a quart This increase in the
price of the Bradley farm milk may be
followed by other milkmen. Several OF them
say that they are ready to advance the
price whenever the rest do. The recent
shortage in the milk supply and the high
| price of grain are responsible for the in
crease but 1t is hoped that the better
| pasturage after the rains and the full
| supply of ensilage due to the breaking OF
| the drought last week will make the milk
| supply normal one in a few weeks.