Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-10-18

Through the courtesy of Captain
Cooley the use of the Armory has been
given for all rehearsals of THE Pied
Piper
A social gathering of class No. IL of
the First Baptist Bible school, j. e. Hall
teacher will be held tomorrow, Satur-
day, evening in the home of Miss Ayers
and Miss Horton at 3 Wiliston street.
The Mutual Aid association is in need
of old cotton or linen Contributions will
be gratefully received More high chairs
are needed in the day nursery and
baby carriage or go-cart would be very
useful.
An autumn festival will be held by
the young people of the Universallst
church in Grange hall, Friday evening,
Nov l. Various articles will be for sale
There will be a musical entertainment.
followed by dancing.
The pied Piper" will be produced I'M
der the patronage of the following Wom-
ans club members: Mrs. George Aver
i'll, Mrs. L. X. Fuller Mrs. John Bar
rows, Mrs. George Dowley, Mrs. G. w.
Hooker. Miss Susan Clark, Mrs j. =.
Elmer, Miss Mary Schumacher, Mrs. f. b.
Smith, Mrs. j. l.. Martin, Mrs. j. NJ. Ty-
Ter, Mrs. II. f. Bond, Mrs. o. J. Pratt,
Mrs. c. l.. Stickney, Mrs. George Crow
ell, Mrs E. Q. S. Osgood, Mrs. George T..
Warner
The n. l.. o. p. fair will be held in
Red Mems hall Wednesday evening, oct.
30. a chicken pie supper will be served
from to under the direction of Mrs.
Annie Bracket. Booths will be in charge
of the following ladies: Fancy. Mrs.
Fred Davis: apron, Mrs. John Nourse:
candy, Mrs. Ella Miller; grabs, in form
of an orange tree, Mrs. NJ. j. Larrab bee.
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to under the direction of Mrs. f. d.
Wilson. Mrs. Don Miller will have
charge of the decorations.
y claim for damages of $50. 900, brought
by the estate of the late Robert A. Law
renee of Rutland against the Rutland
Railway, Light & Power company was
begun in the Rutland county court Mon
day, but an agreement was reached
Tuesday and the case was settled.
Clarke c. Fits of this town was one OF
the attorneys for the defense. Mr. Law
renee, when found dead by his wife
was standing upright in a bath tub, his
hands clasping an electric fixture. Negli-
gence on the part of the company was
alleged
Twelve intimate acquaintance of Hen
ry G. Clark We're entertained in his home
on Clark road Sunday afternoon and
evening in honor of his birthday ami
versary. Mr.. Clarks anniversary came
on Monday but as the venerable cattle
dealer always goes to Boston Monday af-
ternoon it was thought advisable tc
observe the day Sunday These observ-
ances have been held regularly several
years and this year his friends presented
him with a handsome cane in remem-
brance of the occasion. A chicken sup
per was served and the evening was
spent in social way
THE Gamblers" will come to the Au-
ditorium Thursday evening, Oct. "a. This
most recent great play by Charles Klein
has to do with present-day problems.
technical point in the banking law seems
likely to send a technically innocent man
to Jail, and his son cheats at cards to
save his father and open the way for
wife of the federal investigator who has
at one time loved the man her husban
is investigating. When the man the au-
thorities are after robs the home of the
investigator, and incidentally that of the
woman he formerly cared for, and is dis
covered by the husband the play reaches
a climax that is not Strengthened out un
til the last act. THE Gamblers" is a
gripping Wall street drama with punch.
Workers on the railroad job contrib
uted another bit of excitement to local
ito, an Italian laborer was cut and
beaten. The affair happened on the Is
land Mantle was returning to his room
in the Brattleboro House shortly after
10 O'Clock when he was accosted by a
negro, who ordered him to hand over
his cash. Mantle eXpostulated and in
formed the highwayman that he was
without money. The negro drew a knife
and slashed at the Italian, cutting him
ha iet III, l..
kicked him. Mantle ran across the
bridge to the Brattleboro House, where
he was attended by DR.. G. r. Anderson.
The negro has not been caught. The
cut was not serious and the victim has
been on the street this week
Work on +. Crosby e Co.'S grain ware
house and 'evator on Vernon street is
progressing rapidly under force of skill
ed carpenters and other workmen. The
elevator has been built up to about two
thirds of its total height and the wings
of the building have been rooted oven
and are being boarded in The large
bins in the elevator, of which there are
As, Will be 80 feet high from the bottom
OF the bins, and they have now reached
nearly that height An inspection of the
plant VIII convince anyone that ii is be-
ing pullt with an eye to permanence and
durability The cement foundation rest =
ing on piles, the solid cement piers sup
porting the elevator and the massive tim
bers and braces throughout the building
impress one with the thoroughness and
completeness with which the work is be
Ing carried on. The upright hard pine
timbers under the grain bins are II
inches square and are used double max
ing supports IA inches one way and 2S
inches the other way.
Edward Narney, the 14-year-old boy
who had been in Newfane Jail awaiting
trial on the charge of assault with in
tent to Kill Floyd Nicholas TO- was re-
leased on $500 bail Monday morning by
Judge f. Nj. Butler. States Attorney
F. +. Barber filed an information against
Narney last week i'm order to save the
expense of a trial in the municipal court
mere. The matter was brought before
the county court Monday morning and
Judge Butler appointed Attorney Harrie
Is. chase of this town to defend the boy
Narney had been in the county Jail
since the day of the shooting four weeku
ago, and Attorney Chase immedia tely
asked that he he released on bail. The
amount was fixed at $500 and Arthur
l.. Tripp, superintendent of the Brattle-
boro Street railway, by whom Varney's
father Is employed, was recognized as
bondsman and the boy returned to his
home. The case will be tried in the
April term of the county court.
Frederick Asher Spencer of Lowell, a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Porter C. Spen-
Ger of this town, and Miss Edith Flor
ence Gould, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
A. Wendell Gould of Worcester, Mass,
We're married in the home of the brides