Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-03


the chiefs degree on six candidates Fri
day night and had corn and venison af-
terward
The frontlspiece of The Vermonter for
May is a portrait Of George w. Pierce,
master of the Vermont state Grange,
and the first special article Is on The
Grange in Vermont"
The annual meeting of the ladies' Enter
prise society will be held at Mrs. f.. z.
Hopkinsons Cherry street next Tues
day afternoon, instead of wednesday, at
o'clock. 1t is hoped that all members
will be present
George witt has sold the horses and
harness which he has used in the coupe
business to William Warren, who Will
use them on his farm in Wardsboro. Mr..
witt will go out of the coupe business
but is uncertain what he will do.
The SSth anniversary Of the organza
tion of the odd Fellows will be celebrated
tonight with a gathering in odd Fellows
hall for members of the lodge and their
families. An excellent program has been
prepared and refreshments will be served.
wantastlquet lodge, I. o. o. r.. has re-
ceived an invitation from Rev. ]. A.
Mitchell of West Brattleboro to attend
his church next Sunday morning and has
accepted the invitation. All members Of
the Patriarchs' Militant will attend in uni
form.
The musical comedy, "Peck's Bad Boy"
has more popularity this season than any
other organization of the kind on the
road 1t will come to the Auditirium
tomorrow, Saturday, afternoon and even
ing The company is repete with clever
comedians and singers and winsome
girls.
\ meeting Of the executive committee
of the Choral Union was held recently
and It was decided to continue the or
ganization. The unions bills are all paid
and there is property of various kinds on
hand which will be useful whenever con-
certs are given. 1t is hoped that the
regular work of the union will be re-
sumed in the fall
The famous Morgan stallion Gen. Gates,
exhibited at the last two Valley Fairs.
has been sold by Col Joseph Battell of
Middebury to the United States govern
ment Tor use in the breeding experiments
on the farm in Weybridge which Col. Bat
tell turned over to the government a few
months ago. Col. Battell bought Gen.
Gates in California several years ago.
Congressman Haskins returned last
night from a trip to Gettysburg battle
field, where with Gen. Gilmore and NJ. II.
Bush of Boston. he accepted the monu-
ment of the 10th Vermont regiment, which
was moved 1000 feet and placed on new
foundation The monument now stands
between the shafts erected by the state of
Vermont and the 18th Vermont regiment.
The water in the Connecticut has been
| high enough several days to overflow a
| large part of the Retreat meadows. A
| freshet was reported in Lancaster, n. H,
Wednesday. The water entered the streets
in Guildhal this state. and Northumber-
| land N II. Nearly 500 900 feet of logs
owned by the Coos Manufacturing COM
| pany were carried away at Northumber-
| land.
The choir of the Baptist church has
| been disbanded for the present but may
be reorganized in the fall Arthur L.
| Maynard resigned as director of the choir
| April l but continued i'm office for a few
| Sundays until a new leader could be Sc
lected None was found and the difficulty
| in securing singers led to the giving W
| of the choir for the remainder of the
| spring at least.
a call will be issued for the latter part
of the present month for a meeting OF
the high school alumni to consider plans
! for a reunion at the time of the com
mencement in June. No reunion has beer
| held in about dozen years, and 1t Is
| thought that there will be an opportunity
| for getting old and recent graduates to.
gether when Ora L. Butterfeld of De
| troit and other speakers are here.
The rush for band minstrel tickets con.
tinues this year as in former years anC
all last night "A crowd of boys waited fol
| the opening of the sale of tickets thi.
| morning though II was announced that M
line would be formed until o'clock this
| morning. The line continued to form al
the forenoon at intervals and a larg,
number of tickets were sold. With
| tvn nj tG' n WI
wants to go to the show can secure a goot
! seat on one night or the other and tn,
scramble for seats seems decidedly un-
| necessary.
a despatch from Concord, y. H., to tn,
| Boston papers of yesterday announced
that the real estate of Gen. John II. Al
bin in Concord had been attached in c
| suit of $4,000 brought by Fred c. Gale
| of Hinsdale for alleged libel The sui
is brought in the superior court o.
| Cheshire county. 1t arises over the pro
ceedngs which led to the revoklng o.
! Mr.. Gales license to sell liquor on the
island opposite Brattleboro village two
years ago. The ground for the suit IL
| said to be alleged charges made by Gen
Albin in a letter which he wrote to the
New Hampshire commissioners regarding
Mr.. Gales establishment on the island.
Henry N Foster, 81, one of the oldes
and most respected citizens of Athol, dice
| early Monday morning in the home of hi:
daughter, Mrs. Matte Bowers, MAR
! street, after a few weeks illness. He was
| born in Newfane, and was the son Of
| William and Esther (Stedmund) Foster
| He spent his boyhood in his native town
where he learned the carpenters trade
| and had worked on the construction oil
some of the largest buildings in the state
In 1871 he was married to Miss Martha NJ
| Farrar of South Royalston, and they lived
| in Brattleboro and Orange, coming &c
Athol about &c years ago. Besides his
wife he leaves three daughters, Mrs. Eta
Phillips, and a son, Charles A. Foster
| all of AthOl The funeral will be In the
home of his daughter this afternoon.
Manager Fox of the Auditorium had q
pleasant reminder this week of the wish
of Miss Mary Mannering, the famous ac-
tress, to carry out her original intention
of appearing here. Miss Mannering was
taken i'll in Springfield, Mass, the day
before she was engaged to appear here
| She was in a serious condition in Spring
| field several weeks, and all her engage
| ments were cancelled, but she writes from
| New York that she has recovered suff1-
| GENTLY so that she wishes to carry out her
obligations to the people as far as posi-
| BILE. She was assured of full house
| when her performance was booked here
early in March, and there would have
| been a rush for tickets If arrangements
could have been made for her appearance
| this month ht1f the a ta n q