Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-02-03

| just i'tul u'h NUN a NiSll III Ntluts
The Brattleboro camp, Modern Wood
men of America will initiate n class of
| Is candidates Tuesday evening in Red
! Mems hall.
The train which is due here at 52s a.
M, from the north arrived Monday morn
| ing at II o'clock. a severe snowstorsn in
| Canada delayed the northern trains and
| the New York train had to wait for con-
nections.
one of Warmers bakery wagons tipped
over by the wind on Canal street Monday
evening A boy in the wagon was thrown
| to the ground but was not injured. Wal
do Wells, the driver, stopped the horse
just as 1t started to run away.
Through an order signed by Judge e.
l.. Waterman of this town the Burlington
Light and Power company has enjoined
the city of Burlington from expanding an
additional $4,000 on its municipal light
ing plant. A hearing in the case will be
held soon.
birthday party for Miss Mabel Bar
rows was given by Miss Florence Hildreth
in her home Tuesday evening. Twelve
young people were entertained at 500.
The first prizes were won by Miss Alice
Allen and o. b. Hughes and the BOBBY
prize went to Mrs. r. C. Averll.
The stereopticon lecture given by the
Salvation Army in their hall in Retting
building Monday evening was attended
by large number. The subject of the
lecture was The life of Christ" Other
lectures will be given at intervals of
two weeks and will be free, admission
being charged for the first lecture to
cover expenses of moving to the new
: quarters and few needed repairs.
II. A. Manning e. Co. of Springfield,
Mass, have distributed copies of the
Brattleboro directory for 1911. 1t is a
valuable book and is well prepared. CIV
ing street and business directories as well
as resident directory. Pages also are
devoted to the churches, cemeteries,
county officers, courts, fire department,
hospitals, libraries, military, police de-
partment, postotfice, schools, societies,
village officers, etc. The 1911 directory
contains 306 more names than that of
1910 The compilers added 1880 names
and erased 1924. They also made 72S
changes of address
Chalmers demonstrating car came up
; the river from Hnsdale on the ice Sun
day afternoon. on the straightaway the
car made good time and acted all right
but when the driver attempted to make
corners or turn around the hind wheels
exhibited a tendency to get ahead of
those in front. After remaining here a
short time the car returned toward Hins-
dale and number of skaters caught or
behind and were towed down the river a
good distance. a large number OF
skaters were on the ice Sunday until
snow began falling. The ice was rough
and the skating was not particularly
good. The snow spoiled the sport as il
melted Monday and then froze, leaving
rough places all over the river. The
; winter of 1901 will be remembered
long by the skaters as they have had
more skating this year than for many
years past.
The problem of housing employees and
the way it has been solved in England
) and by some of the large corporations in
: this country was the theme of an excel
! lent stereopticon lecture in the Congre-
gational church Sunday evening by W. r.
c. Nazro, structural engineer and well
fare manager of the Plymouth Cordage
company A fair sized audience was
present, but many were kept away by Il
snowstorm. Mr.. Nazro showed that the
laborers appreciated good living quarters
and that while financial returns to any
, factory corporation for building suitable
+ tenements is not large as a real estate
, | investment the appreciation and good
will of the employees is manifest in better
i, service in the factories. The speaker
\ | showed many Views of houses in this
. country and abroad which are inexpen-
| sive to build, but which are attractive
| architecturally. Views of an agricultural
, fair conducted by employees of the Ply
q mouth Cordage company were interesting
J.. c. NJ. Russell of Wilmington, who ha.
! become widely known as a lecturer will
deliver his illustrated historical address!
on THE story of the Civil war from
= Sumter to AppomattOX' in the Univer
= salist church Sunday evening at o'clock
Mr.. Russell will select his stereopticol
: illustrations from several hundred which
he has obtained from the finest colec
tons In the country, including the Brad,
collection of original negatives now own
ed by the Patriot Publishing compan!
of Springfield, Mass, and from the un
: surpassed collection owned by the Loya
, Legion OF Boston, numbering $4,000 from
: the publications of the Century compan!
> of New York; from Harper's Weekly
> | and many other sources Many of TIT
' views have been richly colored by eX
k pert artists, SedgwCk post and Sedg
2 wick Woman's Relief corps will occupy
y reserved seats. Mr.. Russell, who servct
:. in the 10th Vermont regiment, has jus
e | returned from New York city, where III
e gave lectures before public schools un
. der the auspices of the city.
In western Franklin there is renewe,
interest in what great syndicate is
" ! going to do on the upper Deerfield. II
- the way of building an enormous dan
70 i'm the vicinity of Davis Bridge, VI, an,
- ! with a great power plant at Zonr The
70 same people are back of this project thai
, the Connecticut river, near Hinsdale, \
= H., and Vernon, VT. 1t is known that
:. rights have been secured for the erection
of poles and wires from the Vernon
plant to the one to be erected at Davis
- Bridge and ZOar. number of farms il
e the vicinity of Davis Bridge on which the
+ | company had options have been paid for
o | but some of them will not be used foI
4 | some months. \ force of engineers Is
( already at work near Davis, considerable
e machinery has arrived, and evidently
, much active work will be done the COM
t ing season. The dam, contour nume
( power house. land, etc, will cost more
$ and naturally creates much interest
e | [Greenfeld letter in Boston Sunday Globe
For a thrilling adventure one can dc
no better than take a trip in a drgible
{ balloon over Switzerland with Lyman II
| Howe in the Auditorium Saturday
of next week. The experience affords
: unique sensation. One cannot forget
the thrill of delight as he glides from
! the earth and speeds through the eX-
; hilarating air, while far below passes a
, | splendid panorama of scenic Switzerland
Then, too, one will have ride on the
swifest motor boat in the world,-the
Ursua.-of 500 horse power; a tour
through London, Indo- China, and the
a Gorges De LArdeche in France; witness
the construction and launch of an ocean
; palace. the White Star Olympic; spec
tacuar demolition of big buildings in
| Messina; landing passengers in a rough
, sea at Tunis; a dangerous, though blood
> less bull fight in Spain. There will be