Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-22
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

The barber shops of W. d. Lehman
and Il. r. Flood will be closed all day
Thanksgiving, but will be open until
IL o'clock wednesday night.
Glass No. ~ of the Baptist Bible
school will meet to tie quilts in the
home of Mrs. c. F. Sargent, Cherry
street, Saturday afternoon and evening.
1t is hoped that all who can will be
present.
A Montpelier despatch states that +.
C. Williams of Newport has announced
his intention to resign the craftsmanship
of the Republican state committee and
that either II. G.. Barber of Bratteboro
or Earle s. Kingsley of Rutland will
succeed him.
John Honeycut, an employe at the
Fort Dummer mills, was arrested yes
terday by Deputy Sheriff C. 1. Knapp
for assaulting Tony Folgie, who worked
in the same mill. He was arraigned be-
fore Judge w. r. Daley and fined $40
and costs, amounting to $15.H.
Mrs. F. C. Buzzell was badly burned
yesterday afternoon when a kettle of
hot lard was upset in the Buzzell lunch
room and candy store on Elliot street
Mrs Buzzells hands and arms and the
right side of her face were badly
burned. She was frying doughnuts when
t'e dtCiutut HuppeHeu
Three baskets packed with good
things to eat will be given away at the
Princess theatre Tuesday evening They
will be Thanksgiving baskets and each
will contain a turkey, cranberries, cell
cry and all the "fiXins' for a dinner for
six. Mrs. Harrington, the proprietor of
the theatre, has given away baskets
every year since she went into the
theatrical business.
John Allen, a bridgeman who is en-
ployed on the new railroad bridge, was
fined S. and costs, a total of 1874, this
morning for drunkenness by Judge w.
r. Daley. He was arrested last evening
by Chief Of Police Wilson and put in
the lookup, but fellow workmen came
to his assistance and told the chief that
he recently had been discharged from a
hospital. Judge Daley was called and
arrangements were made whereby he
was released for the night He paid the
fine this morning.
Someone has said that it is easier to
bring an audience to tears than to
laughter, but MY Cinderella Cir"
which comes to the Auditorium Satur-
day. Nov. 80, for matinee and evening
performances, runs the gamut and ac-
complishes both results In other words,
you laugh until you cry 1t is no unus-
ual sight to see the audience leaving the
theatre with tears streaming down their
cheeks after an evening or matinee of
two and a half hours of continuous
laughter. The music, too, is tuneful and
catchy, the kind you will hear whistled
the morning after.
Mrs. Charles Akeley and Mrs. William
Cushman We're hostesses at a sewing
party of Brattleboro chapter, D. A. R.,
yesterday afternoon in Mrs. Akeley's
Gtr arta int ocr
report of the recent state conference
was given by Mrs. C. B. Lamson and
delicious refreshments were served.
The rooms We're decorated handsomely
with chrysanthemums and large num-
Der of small flags. The December meet
ing will be held in the Brooks House
with Mrs. G.. b. White and Mrs. E. A.
Slack as hostesses. The state conference
next year will be held in Brattleboro.
Miss Jane Pratt of Deerfeld enter
tanned the members of the Brattleboro
Woman's club and guests at regular
meeting Wednesday afternoon, when
she read several of the Ezekiel
Stories" written by her sister, Miss
Lucy Pratt who formerly was a teach
er in the Whittier school at HAMPTON
Institute. Mrs. f. II. Sanford sang
three songs with Miss lett Stewart as
accompanist. Mrs. Sanford has a So
PAM Nolce Vi ueHSntlul quanty and
the musical people or BrattIeboro are
glad to welcome her to their ranks She
mas sung in concert and formerly filled
a church position in BROOKLYN Her
selections Wednesday We're greatly en-
Joyed. The president reported the net
receipts from the recent production of
The Pied Piper of Hamelin," in charge
OF the ways and means committee as
about S4OO, and Miss Fits told the club
or the great pleasure given the free
kindergarten children by having seats
reserved for them at the matinee per-
romance. Announcement was made of
the gift of a wall clock to the kinder
sarten by Vaughan e Burnett