Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-05-10


last of its informal socials and dances
in its assembly hall this evening. Lett
singers orchestra will furnish music.
In the meeting of the ballffs and
| board of civil authority in II. Il. Taylor
| & Sons office Saturday night one name
was added to the check list for use in
the village meeting Tuesday night.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
| who wish to be present at the meetings
| of the Connecticut Valley conference to
| be held in the Unitarian chuch Tuesday
| evening, May IA, and during the follow
| ing day.
Fritz Hanson and Eddie Bolin are
scheduled to give q wrestling exhibition
| in the Hinsdale town hall this evening
| Hanson will attempt to throw the local
grainslinger three times within 60 min
| utes and other local boys will take part
in the prelminaries. Boin is out for
the middleweight championship of Ver-
| mont and challenges anyone within the
| weight limit.
Tree Warden George Bishop has been
| called upon to remove the giant rock
| maple In front of the home of the late
| ID. Stuart Pratt on Western avenue
This was one of the largest naples in
| town, measuring four feet in diameter.
In the very centre was found an iron
| staple to which was attached a ring
| which forester declared had been i'm
bedded there more than so years.
Daniel Manning, who was arrested
| last week for lascivous conduct was
| arraigned in the municipal court Monday.
| but his case was continued to May Is
| and he was taken to the Retreat to re-
| main until then. While in the court
| room he recounted some more or less
| ina inary troubles. Manning was
| arrested in Greenfield Saturday and was
fined Monday morning for intoxication
1 He was taken into the municipal court
| soon after his arrival in town.
The 18th annual spring festival of the
Keene Chorus club will take place
! Thursday and Friday May 90 and "a
On Thursday evening the program will
| include Mendessohns Hymn of
Praise" Max Bruch's Fair Ellen" the
final trio from Gounod's Faust and
several solo selections An orchestra
matinee will be given Friday and on
Friday night a program from grand
| operas will be rendered. An exception
| ally strong list of soloists has been en-
| gagged, including artists from the Met
| ropolitan Grand Opera company the
Boston Opera company and the Handel
and Haydn society.
The committee elected in the March
| town meeting to look into the question
| of widening and strengthening Flat
|
posite the Ray and Judge buildings are
having Flat street surveyed by Gilman
| d Helyar. The surveyors found Tuesday
| that Holden & Martins lumber shed
stands in the highway, also Leslie
Smiths shop. They found the stone
posts which We're put in when the street
| was laid out. When Holden e Martin
| built their lumber shed they had a sur
| vey made so that the shed might be
located on the line, but it appears that
the survey was not correct
Darkness caused the game between
| the E. l.. Hildreth & Co. team and the
| Vermont Printing company team to be
| called at the end of the sixth inning
Saturday afternoon, when the score
stood 2-2. Jim Clune pitched three
| innings for the Hildreth team and was
followed by Henry Chandler. Both men
pitched we'll Dwight Wilson was the
receiving end of the battery and caught
| consistently. BILLY" Blake toed the
mark for the Vermont Printing Co. men
and Lester Howe officiated in the re-
ceiving department. and both men show
ed speed Spike" Davis played with
the Hildreth team and displayed all his
old-time form. Pomfrey and Wilson
made the runs for the Hldreth team
and Lee and Howe for the Printing
company. John Graves was umpire. The
game was called at $50 o'clock on the
| creamery mats
Vaughan e. Burnett this week insti-
| tuted weather report service and
| Thermometer on the frame which sup
| ports the large clock in front of their
| jewelry store. About seven feet from
the sidewalk is brass box, with OPEN
| ings on the north, south and east sides.
In the north and south sides strips of
| porcelain are fitted, and on these are
painted the name of the day following
the day on which 1t is displayed, to-
gether with the weather prophecy from
| the weather bureau at Washington.
| Thus last Wednesday the signs read
Thursday Showers" On the east side
the daily weather report from Washing
ton Is shown. Placed so that it may be
| easily read from the sidewalk is a Tay-
lor Instrument companys standard
thermometer. 1t is registered to the
smallest fraction of a degree and gives
perfect readings. The weather report is
received each morning at 10 o'clock from
| Washington and is made up from re-
| ports gathered from all over the country
| which are telegraphej to Washington
at O'Clock every day
Denman Thompson's 1.-THE Old Home
stead" is proof against change of cast
Joshua Whitcomb is a character, not a
part. The audience sees the same I'm
Gle Johsua that the temporary stage has
| ".
lasting appeal of THE Old Homestead
lies in the whole play. all the characters
and the general atmosphere. Keep that
atmosphere in the Swanzey fields at the
beginning and in the Swanzey kitchen
at the end; let Cy Prime, the Ganzey
boy, Aunt Matilda and all the rest go
to and fro in the old way; tell the tale
| In talk and action as 1t has been told
these many years; and the result is sure.
| NO child that is a child wishes any
changes in the stories it loves no more
do the audience who witness "The Old
| Homestead" This season, we are as
sured by the management, the singing
OF the famous quartet of farm hands and
the rendition of the Psalms in the cele-
brated Grace church scene, are better
than ever. Frank Thompson, son of
Denman Thompson, personally directs
and manages the company which will
/ appear In the Auditorium tomorrow, Sat-
urday matinee and night with Will
liam Lawrence in the character of
| Joshua Whtcomb."
"our Church Fair" Presented by Re.