Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08

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f. o. p, will nominate officers in the
regular meeting Wednesday night.
a two and oneAhalf ton Reliance truck
has been demonstrated in town the past
week for the Crystal Springs Ice com
pany and other concerns.
The executive committee of the Brat
tleboro Civic Improvement league Will
meet in the home of Dr. Holton next
Tuesday evening at 7.90 o'clock
Five buildings are now in the course
of construction by Harry L. Emerson on
Belmont avenue. Carpenters are work.
ing on four houses and Il. NJ. Holden re-
Gently finished the cellar for another.
Henry f. Jordan, president of the
state board of examiners in optometry
since the board was established three
years ago, has received from GOV. John
A. Mead an appointment continuing his
membership for three years from Jan. l,
1912.
f. NJ Holden is building n barn for
Hubert Stebbins on South Main street,
north of the house occupied by ii. L.
Covey. room will be finished off up
stairs. and later Mr.. Stebbins expects
to build on the front of the lot, using |
| the barn as an ELL
Real winter was registered on the |
| thermometers Tuesday morning, from |
| zero to 10 degrees above being reported. |
| Ice formed along the banks of the Con- |
| neticut river, the edges nearly meeting |
| at the middle near this town, and in |
some places the river was frozen over the
| entire width. year ago there was
skating on the Connecticut.
Cards have been received announcing
| the marriage in Washington, d. c., Dec
g of Ralph Cooper Grout and Miss Bes-
| sic Beck Satter daughter of Mrs. Anna
| e. Satter of Washington. Mr.. Grout Is
| a nf p Mro In n GrOut
| of this town and has a position in the
census department. They will be at
home after Dec. 10 at 1904 Eighteenth
| street
Road Commissioner d. r. Perry is
| building a plank walk from the White
River Chair companys plant to South
Main street. crossing part of the land
owned by the Fort Drummer Mills and
the Morningside Cemetery association.
This walk will enable the employees of
the chair company to reach South Main
street much more quickly than they
have been doing and will bring the plant
, within easy distance of the street car
line.
= Silas Holbrook of West Brattleboro APP
r peared before Judge w. r. Daley Sat
= urday morning charged with assault up
e on Ernest LaFrance, a schoolboy Hol-
f brook pleaded guilty, but said he had
been teased by boys and that when
veXed by the LaFrance boy he lost con-
. troll of himself and gave the boy a snak-
i ing up. Judge Daley fined him 800 and
a costs of $ll3S, and upon payment of the
q costs placed him on probation for six
o months. Several boys were in court In
n connection with the case and the judge
Y lectured them upon proper department
on the highways.
% Crosby & Parker. who are building the
y street railway extension on Washington
Il ia, hp, 70 hn \,
a rails laid to the end of the extension by
e tomorrow night. The ties are in for tn,
x greater part of the distance from the
Il corner of Central and Washington
l., streets to the junction of the Vernon
and Gulford roads and the rails hav,
been laid nearly as far. About Is pole
:, will have to be set to support the trolle!
wires and work on these will be begun
{ at once. The rails are laid on the cas-
y, side of South Main street and on tn
- west side employees of the Brattlebor
,; Water Works company are lowering
-. water pipes at several places.
m THE Gamblers" will be the attra ctio
IN at the Auditorium on Friday night o
'e next week. This finely constructed AM
intensely interesting drama by Charlie
40 Klein established the record for lon
~ runs among the serious plays of the pas
= season. remaining at Maxine Elliott
~ theatre, New York, for over POO consec
q. do with a young financier who has fol
=, lowed in the footsteps of others desr
i, ing to gain fortune in too short
~ time. He finds himself involved wit
= the federal government through the mis-
= use of the funds of banking institu
40 ton of which he is the brains. At tn
IN very moment he obtains the need
ed to straighten out the financial tangle
one of his partners, frightened b
ge threats of jail sentence. turns over t
tn the prosecuting attorney certain note
ee that are sufficient evidence to send t
ee prison the heads of the bank includin
s. the young mans father, who is innocer
tie of wrong doing.
&c. Harry d. Kings stock company ha
H. been entertaining good sized audience
er in the Auditorium this week with
ne repertoire of popular priced attractions
er Mr. King was seen here last season wit
'u' the king-Lynn company and was we
C. received as he has been this year. WI
al liam Tennyson and Miss Golde Clevt
land figure largely in the success of tn
do plays, which are all new and above tn
nv average. The specialties between IL
n acts are good and consist of the tw
es Kings, Grace and Harry, singing an
,e. dancing sketch artists Master HarI
as King, boy comedian; Fred S. Was
II. monologst and singing comedian; Wi
nd liam Malone, black face comedian Mi!
id. Elizabeth Fox, vocalist; and RichaI
d. Davis, the man who mystihes," in
r clever sleight- hand act. Tonight II
W, attraction is "Ishmael." tomorrow
l.. matinee, THE boy detective" with Ma.
+. ter Harry King in the title role, an
m tomorrow night What happened
Smith," roaring comedy.
as The pinks and green's of Dennis r,
d. bekah lodge engaged in a membersh
nd contest from March until the last NEE
20 ing in September and the pinks wo
I'd. Wednesday evening was chosen as II
as time for the losers to entertain the viii
1T ners and large number enjoyed II
no occasion Cards and games We're playe
n at the beginning of the evening an
he these We're followed by shadow picture
he and piano selection by Gladys Evan
He readings by Past Noble Grand MyI
IS Stone. and Mrs. Lula Perry, and remark
e. by Vice Grand Elizabeth Babe
nd captain of the greens, Noble Grand 81
n rah Miller. captain of the pnks, Pa
ny Noble Grand Alice Landry and Past Nc
BILE Grand Alta Bishop Following II
-ar entertainpent refreshments were serve
a. The greens We're resolved to give III
~ pinks no opportunity to charge thel
~ with not filling their part of the bargai
~, to the letter and so fast did the Va
90 rety of entertainment come and of sue
% quality that at late hour the victor
-. announced that they had had enough