Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-03-31

street gave covered dish party to
six mothers and their babies Friday
afternoon in her home.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club will be held Tuesday even
ing, April T..
The women of the West Brattleboro
Congregational church will serve a
sugar supper next week Tuesday, April
A.
The Independent Partisan tick
ct routed the entire Socialist ticket in
the recent election in Scotia, N. Y.
Frank II. Field, formerly of Brattlc-
boro, is one of the trustees elected
The dates for the annual Valley fair
have been decided upon as Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 10, 20
and 81. These are in the week follow
ing the annual state fair at White
River Junction.
Peter Biagiotti, proprietor of the Bos-
ton Fruit market, expects to open IL
store in Putney next Saturday. He
shipped last week the soda fountain
that he used here before moving into
] the American building.
The Sunday school classes of the
Universalist church taught by Mrs.
Leon /. Leader and Mrs. A. j. Bracket
held a social in the church Friday
evening Games were played and cake
and cocoa were served.
George w. Bailey won Friday night
at Allentown, Pa, from Hans Hat1en
of Chicago in two straight falls, the
| first fall in - minutes and the second
in two minutes. The double Nelson hold
was used in the first fall and the scis-
sors hold in the second.
A meeting of the newly organized
Harmony Mandolin club was held Fri
day night in Harmony hall. Several new
members were added. Meetings will
be held Friday evenings and an invi-
tation is extended to all interested in
mandolin music to join the club.
Miss Audrey Grotto of Western ave-
nue. was given a surprise party in her
home March % by 30 of her young
friends. They presented her a leather
handbag and a dozen roses. Refresh
ments were served and the guests en-
joyed dancing until the fire alarm
broke up the party.
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prizes aggrcgating $50 for foals cX-
hibited at the Valley fair of 1916 sired
by his Morgan stallion Reynard. The
prizes are 500, $15, $40 and So. All foals
are to be halter broken and shown on
halter without their dams, in a manner
satisfactory to the judge and the com
mittee.
The d. c. club met with Mrs. C. w.
Putfer on Frost street Friday night
The party was q surprise to Mr.. Putfer
in honor of his birthday anniversary.
Five hundred was played and these
prizes were awarded First, Mrs. Mabel
Hall; second, Mrs. Lizzie Mack; con
ISOLATION, George Hall. The club met at
Mrs. Pufler S for supper at o'clock.
Alfred james Ryan of 8 Canal street,
switchman in the employ of the Cen
trail Vermont railroad, and Miss Mil
1 dred Lillian KnudseR OF Is Cherry
street. were married Monday after
noon in the office of the town clerk by
Carl S. Hopkins, Esq. They were at
tended by their parents. The bride
groom is 10 years of age and his bride
is Is.
The last issue of The American
Field, a national sportsmen S newspa-
per, contains the second and concluding
.installment of an article by Fred H..
Harris of Brattleboro, entitled The
Willy Ruled Grouse the King of Them
All. 1t is illustrated with a halftone
picture of c. A. Harris with his shot
gun leveled f. f. Perry with gun in
readiness and the dog Sam on point.
A committee of the New England
Insurance exchange, consisting of five
representatives, of companies, met
here Tuesday with Local insurance
men and considered rates and adjust
ments of other insurance problems in
the county. There was some discussion
of alleged rate cutting on the part of
agents in the county. The committee
took the entire matter under consider.
alton and will report to the exchange
later.
The maple sugar makers have begun
their busy season. Sap ran freely Sat
urday and each day since, and the
men who make the sweet are stepping
, lively. While the length of the season
is expected to be rather shorter than
usual it is not expected that the
amount OF sugar ana syrup Will DC
5 much reduced, for the sap is likely tC
run more freely than usual with the
depth of snow and other favorable con
2 ditions. The only drawback is that
there is too much snow in the orchards
Rev. Roy NJ. IIoughton of New Ha
ven, Conn, formerly pastor of the Cen
tire Congregational church, was greete,
by large congregation Sunday il
that church, where he supplied tn
pulpit. He made some very compli
Y mentary remarks about the Centr
| church, also about the new pastor VIII
f viii take charge next Sunday, be
/ speaking for him hearty co-operatio
e and loyalty. He preached stron
p sermon on The Call of Isaiah. Rev
n Mr.. Houghton returned to New IIo
9 ven Tuesday The Church of the Re
t deemer, of which he is pastor, havin
=, sold the lot where the church buildiu
o is now located, will erect a new build
/. ing i'll another part of the city, res
o Dental section. This will not be con
s ploted for a year or two, but cha2e
|, will be built soon, in which churc
services will be held.
= To Childe Hassam, the artist VIII