Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

A. V. May has sold the L. c. Parkess
house on Prospect street to Lawyer IL. G.,
Barber.
GLE. Gilman received carload of horses
Monday, which are for sale at his Elliot
street stables.
The schools in district No. ? will not be-
gin next Monday, but will open week
from that date, Sept. 10.
A special advertisement by Durham
Brothers in this paper will be of interest to
economic buyers of boots and shoes.
The Unitarian Sunday school of North
field held picnic in Brooksde park We'd
nesday, arriving about 10 o'clock aud re-
turning at 4.30.
The Woman's club will hold its first
meeting of the season Friday afternoon,
Sept, Z, Mrs. Sidney Miner will entertain
the club at the Brooks House.
The free kindergarten will open for the
fall term in the usual place Monday, Sept.
10. 1t will be under the care of Miss Sim
mons, as for the last two years.
The open season on partridges and wood
cock begins tomorrow, Sept l, and num-
Der of local sportsmen will try their luck in
the field. The game promises to be very
plentiful this fall.
The Brattleboro Bird club will hold its
regular monthly meeting next Monday
evening at 80 with Mrs. Geo. K. Crowell.
Among the topics to be discussed at this
meeting are "Fall Migration" "Fall Plum
age" and Longevity of Birds"
Myron p. Davis is arranging to give an
operetta entitled "Love and Whist" in
Brookside park Sept. II and 10. The
score will be played by Mrs. A. V. McLane,
and the parts will be taken by local talent.
John L. Stewart and Perley Holmes will
be seen in comedy roles.
The Swedish summer school closed We'd
nesday evening. A musical entertain
ment was given by the pupils and ice
cream was served. j. Hulteen, pastor of
the Swedish Lutheran church, who has
had the school in charge, was presented
with watch and chain.
The Estey Organ Company has just
completed 4 specially designed organ which
is being placed in the main hall of the
Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. 1t is
finished in mahogany to match the decora-
tions of the hall. Carl Hollender and Ed
ward Knudson went Monday to set up the
organ
The City of Lowell, the old hand en-
CINE formerly in the Brattleboro fire de-
partment, has won more money in prizes
at musters than any other hand engine.
| The Boston Globe gives the amount as
| 5000. The City of Lowell was fourth in
the competition at the recent Waltham
league muster.
A reunion of some of the residents and
| former residents of Charlemont, Mass.
was held beneath the old Charlemont oak
Wednesday. Addresses were made by
Kate Epson Clark and her son, John X.
Clark, student at Harvard college, who
is known in Brattleborot through his visits
at Gov. Holbrooks.
Edward, the nine-months-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. d. Frank Shea, died Tuesday
morning of cholera infantum after an i'll
ness of several days. The funeral was
held from the Roman Catholic church
| Wednesday afternoon Rev. Father Gun
bingham officiating, and the burial was in
the Catholic cemetery.
Howard Wellman and lady friend, while
out driving Sunday evening, met with an
accident from which both narrowly escap-
ed injury The horse was frightened at
some unknown object and started to run,
overturning the carriage and throwing out
both occupants. The horse was caught on
Main street and was put into Frank How
ards barn.
Schools in the town district will begin
Monday, Sept. TO- with teachers as follows :
No. l, Annie Thomas No. 1, Ellie Stark {:
No. (higher), Maude Stark; No. (pri-
nary, Sadie Winchester; No. (higher),
Margaret Hill; No. :, Mrs. Vera Jakway !;
| No. s, Florence Johnson; No. o, Mary
Grant; No. 10, Isaphne Stockwel; No.
II, Carrie Crosier; No. Is, Miss Colt.
Gustavus Smith has sold the well known
River View farm of 20 acres, about two
miles this side of Hinsdale, together with
the stock and crops to John Cook of Am
herst Mr.. Cook has also bought another
farm of 100 acres in North Hinsdale be-
| longing to Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Smith takes a
| dwelling house in Amherst in part pay
ment. The sale was made through the
agency of S. w. Edgett Il Co.
The Brattleboro chapter of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution, and their
| friends, will hold basket picnic at West
minister next Tuesday. The train leaves
the station at II :07 A. NJ. Those intend
ing to go will please report themselves,
with the number of guests, to II. p. Well
man, at his store, as soon as convenient.
If the day should be rainy the regular meet
| ing will be held at : 30 p. NJ. at the Brooks
| House.
The body of Mrs. Nellie Long Hogan,
| 40, who died at her home in Springfield,
this state, Saturday, was brought here for
burial Monday morning, the funeral being
held in the Roman Catholic church.
Mrs. Hogan, who was sister of Job and
Thomas Long and Mrs Mary Stewart of
this town, died from the effects of an
operation for appendicitis which she un.
derwent a week ago last Thursday. Her
sister, Mrs. Stewart, was with her at the
time of her death.
Charles w. Stewart finished, Monday,
SO years of work with the Estey Organ
company. For the first five or six years he
was employed in the shops, and since that
time he has been engaged as a selling agent,
his territory for long term of years hav-
| ing been southern Vermont and New
Hampshire and one county in Massachu-
sets. During all this time Mr. Stewart
has sustained pleasant relations with the
firm and with all his customers in this ter
ritory. His line of work in the future has
not been decided on.
George A. Billings of Hatfield, the agent
for Suffer Brothers, spent Tuesday and
| Wednesday in town taking samples of the
300 cases of tobacco which the firm sorted
and packed in their warehouse here last
winter The crop was found to be in
good condition for putting on the market.
Mr.. Billings says that this years crop in
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