Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-10-06

at 3 O'Clock.
The ladies' association Of the Congre-
gational church will hold a rummage
sale oct. 26 and q.
About IS persons went from this tow
Tuesday morning on the $50 train to
attend the street fair and carnival at
Bellows Falls.
Persons wishing to go to Springfield
should remember that the 1915 a. m.
train does not connect with the Spring.
field train at South Vernon as that train
has been discontinued on the Ashuelot
branch.
A New York lawyer has been in town
this week securing evidence for the New
York Tribune to use in its defense in
the suit brought by Beatty s.. Balestier
to recover $780, 900 for alleged libel. He
has interviewed several persons here and
in surrounding towns.
The Star-Clement memorial fountain
in the Prospect Hill cemetery will be
dedicated on Wednesday, Oct. II, at
p. m. Friends of the family and all
Others who may be interested, are cor
daily invited to be present. Should
Wednesday prove stormy the next fair
day will be observed.
In order to care for the increase in
business the Greenfield district has re-
Gently run two No. 10 iron circuits from
Orange to Greenfield, one circuit from
Athol to Gardner, two circuits from East
Putney to Putney, two circuits from
Brattleboro to Mortified, one circuit from
Brattleboro to Hinsdale, N. II. There
are also two new circuits from North
ampton to South Deerfeld.-tNew Eng
land Telephone Topics.
The board of selectmen last week en-
gagged James Aliens motor boat,
"Kidoo,' and it cruised about the river
looking for the body of Clifford Bellows
who disappeared from Walpole the week
of Sept. IS. 1t was supposed that he
had met death in the river and the body
would reach here, but it was found Sat
urday a short distance from Walpole. 1t
is thought that Bellows, who was a
paralytic, fell into the water accidentally
as his crutch was found on the bank.
THE Witching Hour" Augustus
Thomas's most famous play, which will
be presented in the Auditorium next
Tuesday evening under the direction of
George w. McGregor e. Co., teaches how
the power of will may conquer even the
most deep-rooted fear. \ young nan
is cursed with a terrible inherited aver
sion for a cats-eye jewel and has barely
escaped paying the penalty of death for
an unintentional murder which this
strange dread has caused him to COM
init. Jack Brookfield," the hero of the
drama, forces the young man to see the
absurdity of his terror by pretending to
hold the cats-eye concealed in his hand
when he is really grasping only his
night-key. He then compels the boy to
take the stone, which has been the
cause of such direful misery, into his
own hand, eXhorting him in the follow
ing words: SHOW US that you are not
a homeopathic idiot. You are a child of
the Everlasting God and nothing on the
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slightest degree"
The stateliest pageant of ancient or
modern times may be reviewed at the
Auditorium Saturday, Oct. IA, matinee
and night, when Lyman II. Howe will
present his remarkable scenes of the
Coronation of George V. 1t is a sump-
tuous pageant that Mr.. Howe promises to
reproduce and one which. for sheer mag
nificence, is incompatible to any similar
event recorded in ancient or modern times.
A ride on an aeroplane with Lincoln
Beachey; another on a diligence through
the mountain passes of New Zealand, and
a ride on the Rio Grande railroad
through the Royal Gorge of Colorado also
will be reproduced. The birth of lowers
reveals the mysteries of nature. Surf
riding in Hawaii shows the deXterity and
skill of the natives in utilizing the forces
of nature. The training of the children
of the Samurai will be witnessed. A re-
HldThdDle COIOlldLlOn III ny liz Ittu-
ham Orphans, London, and the latest
winter sports in Switzerland are features
of a program, which is heralded every
where as the most elaborate Mr., Howe
ever presented.
a very attractive year book has beer
issued by the Brattleboro WOman's club
this week from the press of f. l.. Hill
dreth q Co. 1t includes a list of the
officers and committees, the member
ship roll, financial statement and the
program for the coming year, which /:
as follows: Oct. 4, informal reception, re
ports, tea; oct. IS, The Bluebird," Mrs
Walter Stokes Irons, Providence, r. l.
Nov. l, Travelogue, Mrs. George L. Dun
ham, Miss Florence e. Clark, Miss Fits
Miss Rallion, Miss Stakeholder; Nov. 10
Kitchen tests for the purity of fooC
products, Prof. Lewis b. Allyn. West
field normal school; Dec. 6, Education
day, THE education of the deaf" Mis-
Caroline Yale, principal of Clarke school
Northampton, all teachers invited a
as guests of the club; Dec. 13, Chill
dren's day, "Old Mother West Wine
stories" Thornton w. Burgess, Spring
field, Mass. children of club member
will be guests; Jan. 3, New Years meet
ing; Jan. II, Democracy Rabb
Charles Fleischer, Boston, at s p. m.
open to the public; Feb. 7. Gentlemen
night, "A Cheerful Yankee Irvini
Bachelor; Feb, 81, "Woman's suffrage,
Miss Mabel Foster, New York; Marc
Wing. Springfield, Mass; March &c
Solomon versus the modern woman,
Mrs. Kate Upson Clark. Brooklyn; Apr
3, Musical; April II. state institutions.
Mrs, p. F. Hazen, st. Johnsbury; Ma,
l, annual meeting.