Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-11-10
PHGNIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, N%OvEMBER 10, 1911

The Ladies' Enterprise society will
meet next Wednesday afternoon at 9
o'clock with Mrs. George Fuller on Es-
tey street.
The body of Mrs. Susan A. Goodrich,
20, was brought here Wednesday after
noon from New Haven, Conn, and taken
to West Chesterfield for burial.
Brattleboro lodge, No. 1902, +. & A. NJ,
will observe its 3Oth anniversary next
Thursday evening, Nov. 10. The regular
lodge officers will confer the third degree.
Past Master f. r.. Vaughan will give an
historical address. Several visitors from
Keene will be present.
The second of the series of stereopti-
con lectures in the Universalist church
was held Sunday evening. The subject
was Scotland of romance and history
and an audience larger tina nthat of the
first lecture was present. The slides
were particularly good and the lecture
was interesting.
William II. Vinton was given a sur
prise Tuesday evening, the occasion be-
ing his 18th birthday anniversary. The
women of the household prepared a
bountiful supper for Mr.. Vinton and IS
intimate friends who came to Join him
in celebrating the anniversary. After
the repast card games were enjoyed. Mr..
Vinton was presented with several de-
sirable gifts.
In the state horticultural show held
in Montpelier last week prizes were won
on apples by exhibitors from Windham
county as follows: Yellow beethoven, l..
A. Halliday & Son of Bellows Falls LIST,
w. +. Ranney of Westminster ID; Falla-
water, f.. w. Aiken of Putney list; Hub
bardton, w. F. Ranney LIST, A. A. Halla-
day & Son ID; Greening, w. +. Ranney
LIST; Spitzenburg, w. F. Ranney list; best
box of apples from Windham county. A.
A.. Halliday Il Son LIST. f.. w. Aiken of
Putney won first on cabbages and Will
liam Braley and w. G.. Kent of Putney,
first and second respectively on carrots.
The funeral of Patrick II. brisbane,
whose death in Springfield, Mass, on
Thursday of last week was reported in
the last issue of The Phoenix, were held
Saturday in the home of one of his sis
tiers. John j. Austin, Harry b.. Haus,
Thomas a. Austin and John Blake of
this town attended and acted as bear
ers, representing st. Michaels court,
Catholic order of Foresters, of which
Mr.. brisbane was a member. Mr.. Dris-
lane was SO years old. He formerly was
%coachman for the late Franci Goodhue
of Brattleboro and later for Thomas w.
) Lawson. Some years ago he went to
= Springfield and since then had conduct
ed a grocery store on Carew street. Be
t sides his wife and mother he leaves four
brothers and three sisters.
The brick work on the Austine Insti-
tuition has reached a point above the
second story and will proceed faster
= henceforth. Work on the lower part of
the building was difficult because of the
| numerous heavy stones that had to be
put i'm place according to the plans OF
2 the architect, but above the second story
: there are not so many of these and the
5 work will be easier. y few men were
engaged Sunday in putting several heavy
2 stones i'm place and were watched by a
large number of persons who went tC
the site to see what progress had beer
made While the men were taking dowr
! the derrick after the stones had beer
put in place one of the guy wires broke
and the sudden release caused it to fly
, back. 1t wound around a woman's skirts
and threw her to the ground, but she
apparently was not hurt.
a Another wrestling match will be helc
n in the Auditorium between now an(
t Thanksgiving according to the presen
V plans of the managers of the Islan'
e Amusement company. Fritz Hanson
'the terrible Swede," who appeared her,
e last Thursday against Sandy Macleod
and George Washington Bailey. was IL
town Wednesday and arrangements wer
made for a match between Young Cote
n and Hanson. Young Gotch weighs 10
u pounds and has been seen in eXhibitiQ
II matches here with his partner at tn
y Empire theatre. on paper both mel
appear about evenly matched and shoul,
make an interesting combination on tn
mat. Hanson has not yet recoVere'
from his disappointment in not throw
ing George Washington Bailey. the loca
strong man, last Thursday night in /
II minutes and wants another try at tn
local Samson. Bailey is willing and $
informed the 'Terrible Swede' Wednes
e day and it was agreed that Hanson wa
l. to try to throw Bailey twice within {
minutes, the winner to take % per cen
is of the gate receipts and the loser
1t per cent. The contest probably will tax
place in the Auditorium Thanksgivin
id night. Bailey began training immedi
De ately after the match last week and h
IF has dropped five pounds of surplus fles
and expects that by Nov. 80 he wi
a have dropped about 20 pounds. maxim
his weight about POS pounds against Han
is sons 145 pounds. The Swede is anXiou
to get back that $50 he dropped las
+ week. Both men will be in the pink c
re condition Thanksgiving evening, The Is
r. land Amusement company informed tn
men this week that at the first intima
$. ton of anything crooked in the de;
~ they would call off the match and al
IS nounce to the public their reasons fC
Of doing so, but there is no probability
~ such Il thing occurring.
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