Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-14

One of the pleasing signs of spring
was the removal Tuesday of the storm
entrance to the lobby of the town hall
building
The next meeting of Protective Grange
will be held April 10. After the business
meeting a social hour will be enjoyed.
A special meeting will be held April 90.
when the Guiford Grange will furnish
the program
The funeral of e. l.. Cook was held in |
the home Saturday afternoon, Rev ID. Il. |
Trout officiating. The body was taken to |
Surry. n. H., his former home, Sunday |
morning, where committa services were |
held
The flowers on the stage and the cut
flowers on the speakers table each even
ing during the Better Brattleboro meet
ngs last week We're from the hot-houses
of C. S. Hopkins. They were taken each
morning after the meetings to the Me-
mortal hospital.
During the month of March there were
| 10 deaths i'm Brattleboro, eight of males
and four of females There were two
deaths at the hospital, one at the Retreat
and one at the town farm Nine births,
| eight boys and one girl, were recorded in
| town in the month.
| The young women of the Baptist and
| Congregational churches deserve to be
congra tulated on the financial success of
| the course of entertainments which were
| presented under their auspices the pas,
| winter. About $40 was netted and will
be divided equally between the two So
| cietes.
Rev. DR.. ]. r. Cow, president of the
| trustees of Vermont academy, received
this week from New York friend of
| Principal Lawson a pledge 'of $4,000, to
apply on the fund being raised to paw the
mortgage loan of $4,000 held by the Yer
! mont Baptist state convention. This
leaves S5S56 to be raised for this purpose.
Sunday. April %, has been selected by
! the American Bible society as the day in
| which all the Protestant churches of the
country will celebrate the tercentenary
of the King James version of the English
| Bible The day will be so observed in
the Baptist church at both the preaching
services, and probably in the Bible
| school.
Photographs of those who will partici-
pate in the First Regiment band play,
| "Charley's Aunt" next Wednesday and
| Thursday evenings and Saturday after
noon have been placed in the windows at
| Graffam's and Thomass drug stores, and
| are attracting much attention. They
were made by A. d. Wyatt and are fine
specimens of the photographers art
Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton has prepared
for three magazines, the Congregational
list, Western New England and the Con-
| tinent. at their request, articles upon the
| recent Better Brattleboro meetings. He
also has received many letters from
different parts of the country in regard
to the meetings, asking with what sue
cess they met. The magazine articles
will appear in early numbers.
The first contribution toward the new
community building was made Sunday
evening, when the young women's asso-
| citation of the Congregational church
voted $25 for that purpose. 1t was also
voted to hold regular meetings the second
and fourth Sunday evenings in each
month. At the next meeting Mrs.
Charles II. Thompson will give a paper
on "Ccngregatlonalism."
Glass No. 10 of the Baptist Bible school
| held its annual meeting Friday with Mrs.
C. II. Colt. Twenty-Five enjoyed the
social hour and supper 1t was voted to
pay $75 on the church repair fund.- s51
of which sum was realized from the win
ters sale of newspapers. Officers were
also elected as follows: President. Mrs.
Anna A. Woodbury.; vice president, Mrs.
| Emma e. Boynton; treasurer Mrs. Sarah
Wilson; secretary, Mrs Ida NJ Thayer.
The trout fishing season in brooks opens
tomorrow throughout Vermont Fishing
is prohibited for trout in ponds and lakes
| until May l. The season is very back
ward, with snow in the woods and shaded
| places and large catches are not antici-
| pated. Many of the larger streams are
| so high that fishing will be very difficult.
| No change was made by the legislators
in the six inch law. The first trout
brought into the village this season were
caught Wednesday by DR.. C. r. Aldrich
and II. c. Rice, who made a brief trip
to North Hinsdale and brought back II
handsome fish.
Since last week the maple sap has been
running fast and with like conditions a
short time longer the syrup makers and
sugar makers will equal their annual
output despite the unfaVorabe beginning
of the season. The grocers are not stock
ing up with the syrup at the present
prices and several makers who have
driven into town expecting to get high
prices for their product have been dis
appointed as the majority of the grocers
| have a quantity on hand and are waiting
for lower prices before buying more. The
price has dropped a little. but with warm
days and cold nights the next week it
| Will go down still more.
Handicaps for the Workmanship tour
nament between the boys of Company l.
the winner Of which will be presented
with a silver loving cup by the officers OF
the company have been arranged as fol-
lows: AZ class-1st Sergt. C. w. Trendell,
Sergt. r. f. Walker, Sergt. c. c. Jones,
Corp. Fred Whidden, Quartermaster w.
r. Spauldng, Musician c. W. Ellis, Mu-
stefan n. r. Crosby; 40 class-Corp R.
NJ. Miner. Privates Busby, Spear and
Doyle; 81 class-Quartermaster Sergt. A.
f.. Wilson, Sergt. w. c. Schorling, Pri-
Yates Anderson, LiIIis and Perry; "a class
~Corporals Magnuson and Dunlevy.
Privates Brown. Lee, Douglas. Rate,
Sargent, Robinson. Lynde, Harrington.
Allen. Rollin and Smith. Each man will
shoot three strings, the winners of each
class to meet the winners of the other
classes. The range is 200 yards on a re-
duced gallery target at distance OF SO
: feet Five contestants shot full strings
last evening with the following scores: AZ
class-Trendel AZ. AZ. 46. total 1856;
t Spaulding Al. 43. AZ. total 1876; Ellis A.
49, Al, total 1876. 81 ciass-Perry 81. &c.
3S, total III: "a class-Harrington 3S, 81
49, total ia.
! 1.-The Rosary" Edward f. Roses great
! play of human interest. made a very
| favorable and lasting impression on two
!, | large audiences in the Auditorium Sat
,, | urday 1t was one of the best of the
: | seasons offerings, play distinctly worth
, | while The sentiment OF the song OF the
l same title was expressed in the four acts
and while II was OF a serious character
. with the exception of n little by-play, II
was not of the sombre kind that causes q
feeling of depression to take possession
= Brian Kelly. who personiied that purity
of which the rosary is the emblem, Har'
| rington Reynolds acted with grea
l al