Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-22

in Grange hall Tuesday evening, Dec.
20.
The story Tellers' league will meet
In the parlors of the Congregational
church next Wednesday evening at las
o'clock.
A set of Howe platform scales have
been installed at the railroad station
near the entrance to the baggage room.
The new scales have a Weighing capac-
ity of 1900 pounds and will facilitate the
work of the employees of the baggage
room as formerly ordinary scales were
provided for Weighing the baggage.
The Greenfield correspondence in the
Boston Sunday Globe, commenting upon
the visit of Greenfield and Turner'S Falls
Odd Fellows to Brattleboro last week.
said that they came home Tuesday
morning more than pleased with the re-
ception that was given them at Brattle-
boro. The thoroughness with which the
reception was carried out was a pleasing
revelation to the visitors"
The December lumber of the Dial was
Issued this week. 1t contains six stories
submitted in competition for the prize
or $2.5O in gold offered in the Noyem-
Der number. The judges were Rev. f.
q. 5, Osgood. Mrs. II. c. Rice and Mrs
Il. Il. Smith. They voted unanimously
TO award the prize to Miss Mabel A
Babb, whose story was How the Christ
mas Tree Saved the Town"
A theatre manager who had growled he.
cause the proprietor of the Big CITY
Minstrels eXacted a very large percentag e
for his enormous entertainment. when he
realized the investment, extrayaga ntlv
expended In the outfit, said: my stars.
Nogel, 1t Is no wonder that you demand
almost the whole loaf for your receipts
Private palace cars, $40, 900 first part. a
superbly equipped street parade, and the
support, transportation and salaries for
5O people, certainly does tie up a power of
money and requires a lot of coin to keep
the fabric going, and your rivals tell me
that you are walking on velvet" adding
the truism, the people demand a good
deal nowadays" Vogel added an assent
as he remarked: at was not always
thus; 1t Is a matter of fact that in 1868
a popular Ethiopian comedian sold his
horse and buggy and put a troupe of IA
people on the road with the proceeds and
fairly astonished the natives" John w.
Vogel's Big City Minstrels will appear in
the Auditorium Saturday. Jan. 6.
Copies of the most comprehensive d.
rectory of Brattleboro and nearby towns
ever issued have been distributed this
week by the compilers, II. A. Manning &
co. of Springfield, Mass. The general
directory of citizens includes not only
this town, but also Chesterfield Dunn
'1N llCddb AI1TlfA1TO.
Newfane, Putney and Vernon. There is
also a classified business directory, house
directory, a directory of the city govern
ment, societies, schools, churches, a map
of the town, postal information, matter
relating to the country, state and United
states governments, census figures, stage
lines and various other data of interest.
In preparing the 1912 directory of Brat
tleboro Manning & Co. made 2231 chang
es. Inc number of names added was
1893 and the number erased 5S1. making
an Increase of 2lS. Following the first
cover is a page giving some general in
formation about Brattleboro, which is
styled The coming metropolis of Yer
mont and there is a generous sprinkling
of advertisements. The book Is a credit
to the compilers.
When the children of the grades in
the public schools We're asked to sell
the Red Cross Christmas stamps they
responded with a will and when the re-
turns We're made to the supervisor of
grades, Miss Florence NJ. Wellman, Fri
day night and We're counted 1t was
found that s212.O1 had been netted, rep
resenting a sale of over 81 900 stamps.
AS an incentive to the sale three prizes
We're offered Cor the grades showing the
largest returns. The Woman's club gave
%, the board of trade SO and the Yer
mont Wheel club 81. Grade 8 won the
ms Pii-e' the ~ pupls seHlng SS worth
OF stamps. or an average of 50 each.
Grade 8, Miss Applin's division, won sec
ond prize. the 25 pupils selling $22 worth
OF stamps, or an average of So each.
Grade Z of the Main street school won
the third prize, the 30 pupils selling
$3.50 worth of stamps. or an average of
50 each. The other grades sold as fol-
lows: Main street-Grade s, Miss Johns
tons division. 20 pupils. SIC. rs; grade g.
30 pupils, S22.2S; grade 8. % pupils, 1888
grade !, y pupils, 1893; grade 3, 2S pu-
plis' S2O.2S. Canal s~treet-Grade I, q
pupils, $500; grade 6. % pupils, So. 4si
grade ., 30 pupils $S.45; grade 4. AZ pu-
pills, $l5,2O; grade 3, So pupils, $l3.