Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-02-24

| StltlluB WIFI the creditors on a OASIS OF
| 90 cents on the dollar.
a high school team will play team
from Putney between the periods OF the
basketball game Tuesday evening.
The teachers training class of the
congregational church will meet with
Mrs. Louis whitney, So High street,
| Monday evening at 745.
Brattleboro was represented by 25 per-
sons at the Martha Washington ball
given by Evening Star Grange in Dunn
merston Wednesday evening.
ID. w. Finn of Keene, deputy organizer
| of the Fraternal Order OF Moose has
been In town the past week He hopes
TO form branch here, and a number of
| representative citizens have siPnifed
| their intention to join If one Is formed
Mr.. Finn recently organized a branch in
| heene with charter membership of 81
and In few weeks expects to form one
| with membership of nearly 100 in Bel
lows Falls.
The Red Mems league and Pocahontas
| council VIII have sleighrde to New
| tane Tuesday evening, teams leaving
! Red Mems hall at o'clock A chicken
| pie supper will be served. followed by
| dancing. An invitation is extended TO
the public. Any wishing to go may
leave their names at the former
Alright Il Cassasa fruit store on Main
| ~ u ct w IMAM mayer pool room
on Elliot street.
Miss Louise Lovejoy who has been the
! district nurse for the tuberculosis work
| or the Woman's club, went last week TO
| her home in Boston. She will not he
| able to return to Brattleboro much to
! the regret of the friends whom she made
| while here Miss Schumacher will con-
| tinue to superintend the camp in CON
! nection with her hospital work Five
! patients are receiving treatment at the
camp ana all have made good gains
! during the winter
| y basketball poster was DISPLAYED I'm
! window in II. =. Wellman's clothing
store yesterday afternoon. 1t was nut
! In upside down purposely. There was
hardly a period of five minutes during
! the afternoon when someone was not
looking in at the poster and twisting
| his or her neck in order to read If
! Several stepped into the store and ex-
! planned that the poster was reversed
and George Wellman answered several
telephone calls from persons who had
seen it and wanted to let him know
about it, That poster was read prob
ABLY by more persons than any other
one in town.
The chldrens fair, which will be given
| by the chlldrens departments of the
| Congregational Sunday school in Festi
val hall on the afternoon of March II
VIII De a Hover garden the flowers be-
! ing represented by the children Each
! department is doing special work. and
| fancy articles, aprons, confectionery.
flowers and Easter novelties will be ON
| sale. The tea room, which has proven
so popular at the previous fairs. will be
provided with Lady Baltimore cake. The
entertainment will consist of music and
fancy dances. Mr.. Wales will have
charge of the dances and Wales's
orchestra will furnish music.
Robert j. Traynor and a male mar
tet from Mount Hermon will conduct
| special meetings in the Salvation Army
nall Retting building, beginning Satur-
day At p. m. a musical program will
be given, including both instrumental
and vocal selections. An Offering will
be taken at the door. On Sunday at
II a. m. the service will be held at the
Advent church in Esteyville. At and
y p. m. the services will be held in the
hail. In the evening service at the
Baptist church Mr.. Traynor will speak
and the quartet will sing. free stere-
opticon lecture will be given in the han
Monday evening at o'clock subject I'm
the dungeon"
Eight Central Vermont engineers ar
rived in town Wednesday from Montreal
ana took rooms at the Brooks House
and also opened headquarters there
They were c. Crimpton, w. w. Smith.
Charles j. Ford, William Worferman. J.
G. johnson, II. b. Heshman and NJ. G..
wilson. Yesterday they took their sur
Neying instruments and made measure
ments on the ledge opposite the station
and also several in the vicinity of Ullery
building and the American building.
The Boston & Maine surveyors were
measuring at the bridge over Whet-
stone brook on Main street, and in the
vicinity of the Bratteboro House and
along Vernon street.
1t is reported that some of the mail
boxes on rural free delivery route No.
. from the Brattleboro post office, in
the town of Dummerston have been Sc
riously tempered with, one box having
been wrenched from its post and thrown
into the snow and locks broken on
others and the mail taken therefrom. 1t
is pretty well established from such in
quiry as has been made that it is the
work of boys old enough to know bet
ter. 1t is a crime against the United
states for any person to steal or pur-
loin mail from any letter box, whether
street or rural and is made punish
able by imprisonment at hard labor for
not more than 10 years. Also. a person
who tears down or in any way malic-
iously damages any such mail box is
liable to a punishment by fine of not less
IMAM 800 and not more than $1,000 or by
Imprisonment from one to three wears
letter box is held by the courts to be !
a post office and is protected by law as
such.
Residents of Western avenue are still |
positive that "Peeping Tom" is |
working in the vicinity where he has
carried on his operations several
months Several times recently on West
ern avenue and on Green street noises !
nave been heard of a man walking on |
the snow near houses. Only fleeing
glimpses of him have been obtained, but
he has been seen by persons long enough
Tor them to make sure that he is about
the average height, between IS and 20
years of age and wears a long, light
oVercoat and golf cap. A few nights
ago noise was heard outside of the
house of 4. b. Goodale on Western
catch the intruder, but he got away.
The next morning footprints in the snow
were easily dlscernlble and it could be
seen that he had walked about the yard
ana close to the house. Not long ago
noise was heard outside the house of
T. w. Bruce on Green street and nves-
tigaton showed footprints in the snow
other persons on W estern avenue and
Green street have been bothered by
some visitors in the yard, and they are
anxious that the stranger be captured.
BEAUTIFUL 3RATTLE8oRo WOMEN.