Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-10-07
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO FRIDAY, OCTOBI

Star, will hold whist party I'm the Ma
sonic hail Wednesday evening at S
o'clock.
Because Of the absence of Selectmen
Stafford and Calvin, who were out Of
town, the board did not hold its regular
meeting last night.
The boys Of Company received last
night their pay for services at Pine
Plains, n Y, and at the rifle range i'm
Mortified. The soldiers will have a clam
bake week from Sunday.
In the meeting of the Young Ladies'
sodality Sunday the following officers
were elected Pres, Mary Leahy; vice
pres, Hannah Grady; sec, Helen Fen
ton; treas, Susan McGrath.
There will be a dance in Grange hail
tonight under the auspices Of the senior
class Of the high school This is not a
public dance. but is open to high school
students and to friends accompanying
them and to former students Of the
school.
Two cases of dphtherla are now under
quarantine I'm town one Of the patients
Is a child at the home Of Mrs. Eva 0.
Bell Of Highland street, where there were
several cases and the other Is Miss
Gertrude HOwes. who is III at the Wilder
farm Miss Howes Is being cared for by
her mother, Mrs. Elson Howes Of North
field Farms
The funeral Of Mrs Ellen Donahuc took
place Tuesday morning. Sept. 81 in St
Michaels Roman Catholic church at s
o'clock. Rev. Father Carmody solemnzed
the requiem high mass The bearers
were Frank Hagan. John Devne. pat
rick Fenton and Capt II. c. Streeter. all
civil war veterans. The burial was in
the Roman Catholic cemetery. Rev
George l. Ecuyer officiating at the grave
In special meeting Of the Morning
side Cemetery association Yesterday af-
ternoon a proposition for the purchase Of
the southern section Of the cemetery
land by the promoters Of the new cot
ton mill project was considered at some
length. Definite action was left in the
hands Of committee consisting Of the
president, Or. $ T.. Ilwton. and the
treasurer. Or. G. : Clark. This com
mittee viii take definite action soon.
The enthusiasm which the presentation
Of The Girl i'm the Taxi" aroused in the
Auditorium wednesday night was al
most bouudless. The play was a story OF
high life In New York. but il was por-
traNed In such an irricslstihly funny way
that tn" audience saw only the laughable
side and the house was In an uproar all
the time. Some OF the characters had
parts decidedly different from those I'm
most plays, ana AN OF the actors were
fine
The grand jury Of the October term Of
the superior court I'm keone has returned
indictments against Arthur %orringtoD Of
Westminster. loo this county. charged with
setting fire To- the bridge over the Con-
ueotlrut river between Westminster and
Wulpole. and against William G.. Reede.
alias Beohe. " IIinsdalr. charged with
setting the fire which destroyed. the house
ot Willard Howe on the plain road in
ll1
formerly lived In Marlboro
In the annual meeting OF the ladies'
circle Of the Cniyersalist church yester-
day afternoon these officers were elected.
Pres, Mrs. George T.. Warner: vice pres.
Mrs. Albert Rockwell and Mrs T. +.
Flagg. sec. Mrs. +. c. Sargent: treas.
Mrs. Freeman Scott: directors, Mrs Ada
Amdon, Mrs. Lyman Goldsmith. Mrs.
Emily Edwards. Mrs. Charles Gotta, Mrs.
John Lindsey and Mrs Abbott stone
The reports for the year showed that
the society was In good condition and
that large amount OF work had been
accomplished. The financial condition Of
the circle is the best in several wears
The business meeting was followed by a
social and a creamed fish supper was
served to large crowd early in the even
ing.
During fair week a small tent show
located In yard on Elliot street attract
ed little patronage. The chief attraC-
lions In the tent were three legged
sheep. two-headed calf and a boy with
six fingers ana a thumb on each hand.
The boy and the sheep were alive. but
the calf was stuffed. Previous to ap-
pcaring in Brattleboro the show had been
travelling from fair To fair in the north
ern part Of the state. on Saturday even
ing the father of the boy. decided it was
fNFVa.s In Ia.
due his son for his part in furnishing the
entertainment. but a man and woman
who had been selling the tickets and who
lived out Of the state wanted him to wait
until Monday before he received any
thing lie did not agree with this. cs-
pecialy As the tent was being taken
down, while they talked. and so the
father of the l. fingered boy called in f.
r. Barber, who took the money and
kept II until Monday. when division Of
1t was made. The argument of the prn-
cipals attracted fully as large a crowd as
did the show inside the tent.
FRANKIE T. Howe. speaker Of the Yer
mont House OF Representatives, is the son
OF Mrs. l.urd Worden Howe Of this town
Mr.. Howe was born in Heath. Mass, oct
>, 1870, of Windham county parentage
ana ancestry. His parents moved to this
town when he was u child and he attend
ed the schools and the academy in West
Brattleboro. He entered the RefOrmer Of
flee rs an apprentice and did his first
work as reporter on that paper in the To-
cal field. In 1892 he went to Montpelier
TO work on the Argus. being connected
with that paper several years. He found
ed the Montpelier Daily Record which
was absorbed by tn Montpelier Jour-
nal lie was associate editor of the Barre
Times at one period. was part owner and
editor OF a paper In Greenbush, y. Y.
ana for two winters was correspondent I'm
southern Florida for the New York Her
aid and other papers He bought the
Remington Banner and later the BEN
nington Reformer both weekly, combined
them and started the Daily Banner, now
In its seventh year. He has been very
successful I'm his newspaper work and is
one OF the most widely known men in the
state. He was a prominent member OF
the legislature two years ago. and was
given the unusual honor of a reelection
this year. Mr.. Howe's father, Edmund
Perry Howe, died in this town June 81
1885. Mr.. Howe has two sisters Mrs
Luther Bellows Of Wilmington and Mrs
Herbert Barker of Brattleboro.
Garbage disposal was the chief topic
discussed in the first fall meeting OF the
executive committee OF the Brattleboro
Civic Improvement league, which was
held Tuesday evening In the home OF the
president, DR., II. d. Holton. It Is not a
new topic for discussion in the league as
II has come up at frequent intervals since
the organization was formed. 1t was de-
cided to start an energetic campaign of
investigation and education which might
lead to some more satisfactory method of
disposal than prevails at present. The
league realizes that the proper DISPOSAL
or the garbage by the village would be a