Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-11-10

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Brattleboro Mutual Aid association will
be held Monday at $50 at the head
1 Canal street.
Five persons were received into mem
bership in the Congregational church at
the communion service Sunday morning,
four by letter and one on confession of
faith.
A free public lecture on Christian Sci
ence will be given by Frank II. Leonard,
c. s. b., a member of the board of lee
tureship of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, Boston, in the Auditorium
Monday evening, Nov. 10, at s o'clock.
"Elegy written in a country church,
yard" by Thomas Gray, will be the sub
iect of the stereopticon lecture in the
congregational church Sunday evening at
7.3O o'clock. This immortal poem, a ia
vorite of many great men, will be read
by the pastor and illustrated by 80 beau
tiful slides. There will be two special
solos by Fred c. Adams.
Gov. Eugene n. Foss of Massachusetts,
who was reelected Tuesday, was at one
time, when a young man, employed as
salesman by eX-Gov. l.. X. Fuller of
this town. Mr.. Foss was in Mr.. Fuller's
employ only a few years selling lumber
dryers and his employer used to say of
him that he could sell more goods than
any other man he knew. He left the
employ of Mr.. Fuller and went with the
Sturtevant company, of which he is now
the head.
Perhaps the most beautiful set of
stereopticon pictures shown thus far in
the series of Sunday evening institutes
in the Congregational church was shown
last Sunday, illustrating the book, THE
sign of the cross" The soul-stirring
story of love and Christian martyrdom
was read by the pastor, Rev. r. NJ.
Houghton, and the colored views were
particularly suitable and greatly in
creased the interest in the story. \
large audience was present.
| Roy b. Miner, captain of the Brattle-
boro high school track team last spring,
was a member of the University of Yer
mont's cross country team which defeat
ed five runners from Tufts college at
Burlington Saturday in a four-mile race
over a rough course. The score was 30
to II. The first four men to finish We're
from the University of Vermont, and
Miner was in fourth place. ahead of all
the Tufts runners. His time was "a
minutes and 80 seconds. Miner will run
with the Vermont team against Bowdoin
in Brunswick, Me, today.
The possibilities of the town of Gull
ford in apple growing were indi-
Gated by a basket of apples brought
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Frank Wellman of that town. Twenty
specimens filed a peck basket, heaping
measure. There We're two varieties,
Wolf River and Northern Spy. Four
teen of the former variety would nave
filled the basket. There were nine of
that kind, one measuring 10 inches one
way and AZ inches the other way. They
were grown by Creon Miner. OF the
Northern Spy variety there were II spec
linens grown by Mr.. Wellman. 1t would
be difficult to find larger or more perfect
specimens. In dimensions one measured
Il by ia inches.
In the Massachusetts election Tuesday
Charles II. chase of Northampton was
elected register of deeds for Hampshire
county. receiving 1862 votes to 319S fol-
Seth S. Warner, the Democratic candi-
date. Mr.. Chase won the Republican
nomination in the primaries in Il confess
with a man who, had held the ofic,
about 20 years. Mr.. Chase is a son o
the late Major Henry r. Chase, and il
a graduate of the Brattleboro high schoo
in the class of 1855. He has been fore
man of the manufacturing department
of the Kingsbury Box and Printing com
pany in Northampton the past is years
lie represented ward 3 in the city coun
ell in 1892 and 1903 and has been secre
tary of the Forbes library trustees sine,
1901.
The Island company will open tn
Star bowling alleys i'm the rear of tn,
odd Fellows building near the Mali
street bridge tomorrow evening. Fo
the past several weeks workmen haV,
been getting the loft over Stellman 4
Sons machine shop in condition for tn
opening night and the two rooms haV
been completely renovated. An irol
walk from the north end of the bridg
mas been built and several electric light
have been installed so the entrance /
well Illuminated. One room is devote,
to various penny-in-the-slot machine
and the large room is given over to fly
boXball alleys, two pinball alleys,
shooting gallery and a pool table. TIL
management of the Island ompany in
tend to conduct the place in the mos
orderly way and will allow no boys un
der Is years of age in the alleys,
1t is seldom that an audience get
more satisfaction out of Il theatrical pro
duction than was afforded by Charles 4
Sellon's trick spectacle, The cat an
the fiddle" in the Auditorium Saturda
afternoon and evening with Harry I
Watson, comedian, in the cast. 1t wa
a musical extravaganza with surprise
at every turn. The electrical effects wer
unusually good and the scenery wa
excellent. Mr.. Watson is in the from
rank of comedians and his work wa
brilliant, but the other members of tn
cast also did exceptionally we'll and tn
chorus girls a strong voices and wer
accurate and tuneful. The audience
applauded each of the Is scenes an
left the Auditorium humming an
whistling the catchy air that ran throug
the piece. Announcement was made tina
in about six weeks the same compan
would return with another play, 9TH
COW and the moon" different from 9TH
cat and the fiddle" but following tn
same general lines and including tn
same cast.
: That ever perplexing problem, tn
boy, came under Judge w. r.. Daley
! judicial consideration Monday mornin
2 and a good part of the day was devote
| TO 1t. AS a result one boy of II ha
gone to the Industrial school at Yer
gennes and another is under probatio
l until released therefrom by the cour
[ Patrick Lyons was arrested Oct.
7 charged with not sending two of hi
: boys, James and Daniel, to school an
l he furnished bonds of 800. On Monda
morning he appeared before Judg
Daley and said he had lone all he coul
to make the boys go to school. He wa
discharged. John Clarity, arrested b
Deputy Sheriff c. f. Mann. wa
; charged with not sending a son, james
| to school. He said he had done all h
! could, but James refused to attend IN
sessions of the Canal street school. Fl
was discharged. Deputy Sheriff Man
5 then arrested James Clarity, II, WI
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