Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-04-19

night.
Pocahontas council will give a dress-as-
you-please dance in Grange hall Mon
day evening April %. EVERYBODY Is in
vitcd.
a regular meeting of the w. c. T. u.
will be held at their headquarters, Emer-
son building, Tuesday afternoon at 8
o'clock.
The ladies' of the Methodist church will
have food sale Saturday afternoon,
April &c. in the room formerly used as Il
Chinese laundry on Elliot street, from 2
to O'Clock.
Miss Florence Allen is taking Miss
Deans place in the high school two
weeks as Miss Dean wished to take a va
cation on account of poor health She is
in her home in East Windsor HILL Conn.
The knights of Birmingham, side or
der i'm Masonry, held a meeting last even
ing in Masonic hall with about so in at
tendance. The degree was conferred upon
three candidates. A chicken-pie supper
was served.
Mrs. Annie G. Cobb has sold her house
on Linden street to Mrs. Levi ]. Strong.
possession to be given May l. Mrs.
Strong, who was formerly proprietor Of
The Melrose in West Brattleboro, will
utilize the house for boarders during the
summer season.
The annual business meeting of the
Epworth league, with election of officers,
will be held in the league room next
Thursday evening at o'clock The cabi-
net will meet at 7.30. This meeting Will
be followed by a social hour with a
musical program and refreshments.
The evening entertainment in connec-
ton with the Congregational fair on
May will be under the direction of e.
oil vrhn ytsf1 t1aV
features a Red Riding Hood dance, with
l6 little girls. This is said to be very
unique and pleasing and has never before
been produced in Brattleboro.
The First Regiment band is preparing for
its minstrel show to be given in the Au-
ditorium May and s. Everything pos
sible is being done to give the people a
good show. 1t is a well known fact that
the band cannot run without giving some
entertainments to procure funds to help
pay expenses for the summer. The moral
is to buy tickets and give the boys lift.
An agreement was reached Saturday be-
tween President Darcy of the Brattle-
boro overall company in Keene and the
employees who went out on a strike Thurs
day. and work was resumed in the fac
tory Monday. The speed of the machines
was increased. A decrease in the speed
and a consequent reduction in wages was
Nlt pIlntlDdl tduSt VI Allt AIOuDlts
The trout fishing season has opened
over the borders in both New Hampshire
and Massachusetts,, but the cold weather
has not been conducive to good sport.
Several small catches are reported in
Leyden and Bernardston, John Woodlock
leading with "A fish that weighed seven
pounds. The cold weather has also made
the smelt fishing later in Spofford lake
than usual
The proceeds of the three days rum
mage sale held last week by the junior
class of the high school melted more than
$50 and there were practically no eX-
penditures The members of the class
brought in a heterogeneous collection of
cast-off articles and were ready to suit
all customers Trade was brisk all
Thursday, Friday and Saturday and what
was left was sold out in a bargain sale
Monday morning. The money is for the
Washington fund.
At the close of the services in the Meth
odist church Sunday morning, c. D..
Smith, treasurer, gave his report. this
being the last Sunday in the conference
year. This report was highly satisfac-
tory, showing that all obligations have
been met and the church is free from all
Indebtedness, Notwithstanding that a good
amount has been expended during the
year for repairs, etc The benevolences of
the church are somewhat in advance of
last year, and in addition a good sum has
been contributed toward the endowment
fund of Vermont Methodist seminary in
Montpelier.
Prescelle closed his weeks engagement
in the Auditorium with large audiences
present Saturday afternoon and evening.
good number of people waited to greet
Prescelle after the performance Saturday
afternoon and to express their satisfaction
with his exhibition of hypnotism. In the
evening Prescelle and Mrs. Magoon were
presented with beautiful bouquets of
roses. Prescelle and his assistants went
from here to Westerly r. l., and after fill
ing a few more engagements they will
close the season. Prescele expects to
come to Brattleboro in June to make use
of hypnotism in an important surgical
operation.
The last of the Russian immigrants held
as witnesses against Louis Smelsvect and
c. l. Holden of Montreal for breaking the
immigration laws were released on 500
bail Friday afternoon in the United States
district court where they had appeared
before Judge j. l.. Martin at intervals
for three days. Nashan BObricS, a tailor
from CambridgepOrt, Mass, came Thurs
day night to get his wife and children,
who had come to this country to join him
after two years separation, only to fall
into the hands of the law and be detained
nearly three weeks. He did not have
money enough with him to bail his fam
lily out but telegraphed for a friend who
came from Boston with the 500 Friday
afternoon and made the family reunion
possible. From Wednesday afternoon I'M
til Friday night the Bobrick woman was
lodged in good home by Michael Black
the junk dealer, instead of being forced
to spend the time i'm Jail.
a large number of people attended the
entertainment given Wednesday evnlng
in Grange han by the Womans Chris
tian Temperance union, i'm which 20 per-
sons took part, many of them children.
The program included, in addition to rec
itations, piano and violin solos, march
ing song by four boys and four girls, the
midget's coaching parade, flag drill, toy
symphony, THE Rainbow" by eight
young women and goodnight song by
five little folks. The marching song was
an attractive number, with the girls
dressed as pilgrims and the boys as
soldiers, and the flag drill by eight girls
and eight boys was well executed. Fiji
teen merchants on Main street were rep
resented i'm the parade and a rhyme was
read as each place of business was il
Illustrated. AS a part of the parade "The
Public Fairgrounds of Brattleboro in
1909 We're shown on the stage by the use
of swings, horizontal bar, tennis net and
balls and croquet set, with mallets and
balls. The entertainment was In charge
of a committee consisting of Miss ]. Adele
Morgan, Mrs. Harriet Tucker, Mrs. Thorn
as Edwards and Mrs. A. j. Currer.
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