Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-03-23

| planned by the Methodist church for
March 20.
The quadrennial weighing of the
| United States mails will begin March
% at 1901 a. nj. and continue 80 days
to and including April 30 at midnight.
All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are in
vited to attend the masquerade dance
this evening, March 80. Tickets may
be procured of the ianitor or any Canton
member.
few friends Tuesday night in her home
in honor of Mrs. George Fitzsimmons
of Passaic, N. ]. Refreshments were
served.
Prompt on the first day of spring a
bluebird was seen and heard near the
Memorial hospital Wednesday. The
first pussy willows of the season were
brought to town that morning.
Christopher II. Babb injured three
fingers of his right hand in the White
River Chair Co. plant Tuesday. He
was taken to the Memorial hospital,
where DR.. Harry P. Greene dressed
the injury.
The pole on a big wagon heavily
loaded with cotton in bales broke as
the vehicle was crossing the trolley
tracks at South Main and Canal streets
Monday afternoon, effectually block
ing the Jonah ear, No. 6, for some
time.
Paul Sottak and family have moved
to Palmer, Mass. Mrs. Sottak s moth
err, Mrs. Ada Niles, will 90 there Sat
urday to remain indefinitely. She has
packed her goods and is staying with
her daughter, Mrs. Merrill Stark of
Laurel street.
William II. Pagdin, noted tenor,
who was heard here two years ago
when Rev. DR.. A. G. McCrea conducted
meetings here, will give a recital in
the Methodist church Wednesday even
ing, April %. Mr.. Pagdin will give a
concert the preceding evening in Wind
sor, and Rev. T. w. Owens was able to
arrange for the local concert as a re-
suit of Mr.. Pagdin s being in this To-
cality. ''f"
Simon Richards, 30, Of Rutland, a pa
tient at the Brattleboro Retreat, escaped
Wednesday while out walking with
Other patients in charge of an attendant.
He is described at 5 feet 10 inches i'll
height; weight, los; dark compleXion
wore dark blue shirt, grey trousers dark
coat, grey cap, black shoes, well worn
| He walks with chest thrown out and a
swagger and has prominent gold Filings
in his upper front teeth. He is smooth
should. No trace of him had been
found up to last night.
The Vermont automobile number
plates for the present year, which
were held up the first of the year, are
arriving in Brattleboro, and automo-
bile owners are supposed to substitute
them at once for those under which
they have been running their ears.
The new plates are the handsomest
thus far put out by this state, in the
minds of many. The background is q
cream white, with narrow blue border,
and the numbers are blue, in raised
figures.
Frank NJ Cram, supervisor of mu-
sic i'll the public schools. has -arranged
for production of tire eantata, The
Rose Maiden, by Frederick H.
Cowen, in the Auditorium either the
last week in April or the first week
in May. The exact date depends upon
the soloistS, who will be from out of
town. The high school will furnish
the chorus. Any receipts above ex-
pCllSSS VIII NC tul lieu OVeI 10 Ile
treasury of the high school athletic
association.
Fort Dummer colony of Pilgrim
Fathers held . sugar supper and social
Monday night with Mrs. w. F.. Mixer,
Western avenue, which was largely at
tended by members and a few invited
guests. In the evening Mrs. Cortes +.
Farnum rendered musical program,
which was much enjoyed. Among
those from out of town present were
Supreme Governor George f. Brad
street of Boston, Miss Clara Reynolds
of Saxtons River, Mrs. Bertha Parker
of Worcester and Mrs. Burpee of
Keene.
The j. B. G.. club and few invited
guests were very pleasantly entertained
Monday night by one of their mem
bers, Miss Moreno Richmond of 40 High
land street, it being the anniversary of
, the club, also the birthday anniversary
of Miss Richmond. A fine course supper
was served at $50 by the hostess. THE
room was decorated in yellow and white
with large bouquet of yellow tulips in
the center of the table. Later in the
evening the club held meeting at which
they elected officers and transacted other
business, after which social time was
enjoyed until late hour.
A sugar-making scene representing in
| miniature sugar house and maple
, orchard with men and oxen gathering
sap is a window decoration in Freeman
SCOTS grocery store of special appro
; priateness at this time of the year. In
the foreground is the grove made OF
t maple tips, with buckets in position
and behind the trees stands the sugar
2 house. AT one side is an OK team with
men gathering the maple fluid. The
scene was constructed by Alfred r
Stebbins, a clerk in the store, who
4 whitfield the oxen, men and other
things out of wood.
A large number of young people en-
s ioyed Tuesday night silver sociablC
,. given by the Young Peoples Christian
S union in the Universaist church vestry
t A pleasing program was rendered, fol
n lowed by interesting games and excel
lent refreshments. The program wa
: as follows Piano solo, Dorothy Ed
n wards; dcmonstrative songs, Shirle!
. Trout; violin duos, Albert Dugan AM