Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-08-30

The N E. o. p. ladies' auxiliary will
meet this, Friday, evening a 1880 with
Mrs Ida Butler of Canal street.
The Vermont Wheel club will not hold
a clam bake this season Only half OF
the members expressed any wish what
ever In postal card vote, and they
were divided between celebration at
the fair ground and trip up the river
Martin Cunningham entertained sever
al young friends Monday afternoon
from to at the home of his aunt
at Organ street. the occasion being
in honor of his 18th birthday anniver-
sary Games were played and refresh
ments were served
large crowd is expected from Green
field tomorrow to attend the ball game
between the Wiley & Russell and Wells
Brothers teams at Island park. These
two teams are tied for first place in the
Shop league In their home town and the
game tomorrow will decide the winner
1t was expected that a special train
would come from Greenfield, but this
plan has been given up and the teams
and their followers will come on the
o'clock train and return late in the
evening.
The Windham County Veterans as
ISOLATION will hold it's annual reunion on
the Valley fair grounds next Thursday.
The old soldiers will begin to gather
about 10 o'clock and the morning will
be spent in "reminiscences and in a So
clad way. At IL o. clock dinner will be
served and Immediately afterward the
annual election of officers will be held.
The public Is invited to the afternoon
exercises. which will begin at o'clock.
Cars will be run to the grounds all day.
The speakers during the afternoon will
be Edwin d. Mead of Boston, a sum-
mer resident of Chesterfield, Capt. Buff
fun, who is fine speaker and prob
ably Allen NJ. Fletcher the Republican
| candidate for governor.
Two memorial meetings in remem-
brance of General william Booth, found
| er of the Salvation army, who died Aug.
| 20, will be held in their hall by the
members of the local corps Sunday af-
| ternoon and evening The hall will be
| decorated with white flowers and white
streamers as a token of mourning for
| the death of the leader The same pro-
! gram will be given at both meetings,
| but it is expected that larger crowd
will attend the afternoon meeting. There
| will be special music and singing, and
| speakers from out of town will take
part in both meetings. Capt. Mark Ar
| mold of the local corps will read THE
| life of william Booth from conversion
| to the commencement of the Salvation
| Booth, daughter of General Booth. The
afternoon meeting will begin at o'clock
and the evening meeting a o'clock.
Miss Mildred Richardson Scott, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Scott of SIP
West 1856 street, New York city. who
made her home up to about 10 years ago
with the late Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Rich
ardson on Oak street. and Walter
| Grouse Black of Bagota, N. j. were
| mo ri ad in hn of hn hrih a ma
rents Saturday evening by Rev. Mr..
Koppel, pastor of the Methodist Epis
copal church of Trenton, n. j., who
used the Episcopal service, with one
ring. The bride was attended by Mrs.
Charles Parsons, a sister of the BRIDE
groom, as bridesmaid and William
Sturznegger was best man. The bride
wore gown of white charmouse and
her veil was held by lilies valley.
The ushers were brothers of the bride
groom. Paul Black, Harry Black and
Herbert Black and Ralph H. Reed of
New York city The music was furnish
ed by Church & company of New York
city, by whom Mr.. Black is employed.
and the rooms of the home were taste
fully decorated in distinctive way with
mountain laurel, smilax and palms. Fol-
lowing the ceremony a buffet luncheon
was served in the dining room. Mrs
George f. Warner and Miss Minnie A
Scott or this town attended the wedding
A day of sport Is promised at Island
park Labor day. From 10 o'clock in the
morning to late at night there will be
something of interest to all At 10 o'clock
here will be an athletic carnival, con-
sisting of a 100-yard dash, quarter mile
run, half-mile run, mile run, shot-put
running broad jump, running high jump,
and tug ofwar contest between a team
from the Estey shops captained by
William Belden, and a team from the
White River Chair company, captained
by Thomas Lynch. Immediately after
ward Leo Columbus, who was thrown
by Fritz Hanson a few weeks ago, and
Young Olson, holder of the Lord
Lonsdale middleweight championship
belt, will wrestle for the belt Both are
good wrestlers and should make a good
match. At $50 O'Clock the Larks and
the Islanders will meet for the last time
this season. The evening show will be-
gin at 7.30 and there will be dancing.
Following the movies Fritz Hanson
will wrestle the winner of the morning
match for the middleweight belt and
championship. The match will start at
o'clock. The Central Vermont railroad
Will give special rates on the West River
railroad for the day.
Howe's circus gave two performances
at Island park yesterday afternoon and
evening 10 CTOWuS lidl pdCheu tHe DlS
top" Three circuses have played here
this season, but yesterdays was the big
gest and best of them all. From the
opening of the show, when the grand
cavalcade marched around the hippo
drome, until the last act was given the
program was filled with interesting fea-'
lures. The animal acts, the men and
women gymnasts and the riding acts
were excellent. A troupe of Japanese
acrobats won the paudits of the audi
ence. and the clowns, of whom there
were about score, kept the youngsters
and older folks amused by their clean
antics. The street parade at 1890 was
watched by a larger crowd than any that
had been here since Valley fair week
last September. The parade was in
teresting and many complimentary COM
ments were made about the appearance
of the circus horses. The sideshow on
the island did a good business all day
and evening and one Dover man Is $40. 80
richer for having bought a 10-cent ticket.
inside the tent was a little game on
which the public was invited to place
IS against the $40 of the man who was
running It, Several local men with the
ltching desire to take a chance lost va
rlous amounts. The man from Dover
played until he was $50 ahead and then
quit. ..
The interior of the H. H. Thompson
Jewelry store has undergone a material
change within the past week New ma
hogany show cases and wall cases have
been installed and the store has been