Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-10-26
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATr1EBoRO FRIDAY, oCTOB

About 20 persons have qualified for the
Y. M. G. A. bowling tournament VIII ich
begins next week.
About % couples attended the first in
the series of Masonic soclables, held We'd
nesday evening in Masonic hall.
The travelling photographers who have
been over Thomas Judges store the past
month left Monday for Newport, N. II.
W. b. Mettey and Dr. e. r. Lynch
have reconsldered the trade they made
last week, by which Mr. Mettey was to
have DR.. Lynch's hospital building on FL
hot street, aud they will make no change,
at least for the present.
John o. Neill, who works In A. V. Cox
d Co.'s store, had glimpse of bear
Sunday In Marlboro, while he and j. o.
johnson were in a lot at the latters farm
Several people Of Marlboro have reported
seeing an old bear and two cubs recently,
but Mr.. O'Nelll did not get sight of the
cubs.
Ryan Brothers report a busy season for
their roof business. They are just finish
ing large job of stating on a school-house
at Palmer and have a large contract for a
slate roof at Keene, They are doing a
large job of gravel roofing at Hinsdale, on
the wooden mill of the Halle & Frost
company.
Several Brattleboro horsemen have been
at Westfeld this week TO cheer on the
Brattleboro favorites. In the 2 q pace
Monday Lorna Doone failed to win a part
of the money. Tuesday, Kittle Wilkes,
the favorite, won two heats In the Fl
pace, lowering her record to 2.1S Ia The
race was finished Wednesday, but Kittie
had IN ha n.raNa v..ttH
repeated breaks lost her the race.
Chauncey Knapp and Fred Cressy are
hunting deer this week In Windsor county.
They telephoned Wednesday that they had
secured one handsome buck. 1t is under
stood that they have been in Plymouth.
Two.thirds of all the deer killed In Yer
mont in the open seasons Of the past three
years have been shot in Plymouth and con-
tiguous towns. twenty-five buck were
slain in Plymouth alone the first open sea-
son.
Optician II. F. Jordan has recently added
new devices TO his optical department
which makes 1t one of the best equipped
departments of Its kind in the state One
OF the latest additions Is a Prentice retin-
oscope for measuring the total refraction
of the eye. He has completed a dark
closet and tunnel for his card tests, which
Is lighted by electricity, thus giving an
even quantity OF. light day and night.
His grinding and polishing room has been
fitted with an electric motor.
Frederick B. Pierce, the brush handle
manufacturer of Spofford, n. H., Is desir-
GUS of moving his business to more adj
vantageous location, and l.. +. Adams and
G. II. Thompson, representing the bust
ness men of Brattleboro, were at Spofford
| rnaodaxt 70 Il -, II
selecting a site In Brattleboro. Mr.. Pierce
expressed himself as inclined favorably
toward Brattleboro, and said he would soon
make a definite proposition, with state
ment as TO the plant needed. II he came
here he would carry on business that
would give employment to 40 to go hands.
Protective Oranges annual fair will be
given at Grange hall next Tuesday even
ing, Oct. 80. Vegetables, fruit, fancy and
useful articles will be for sale, and fun is
promised for the children. One of the
largest pumpkins ever raised in Brattle-
boro will be on exhibition, and three cash
prizes will be paid TO the persons guessing
the nearest to the number Of seeds II con-
tains The supper will be served under
the direction Of Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs.
Fisher. A stage entertainment will be
given, consisting OF tableAux, interspersed
with music prepared especially for the oc.
casion.
There was a hearing before Judge
Wheeler in the Office of Waterman & Mar
tin wednesday on the appeal of Little,
Brown 81 Co., of Boston, law book deal
eIs, from q decision of the board of APP
praisers in not allowing a certain invoice
of law books imported and furnished TO the
Aroostook county law library of Maine
under section 500 of the tariff act of 1897
which allows books for public Libraries 10
be imported free. There was no evidence
before the board as to whether the library
was owned by law association or was a
public library. The evidence before the
court here was TO the effect that the library
was absolutely public, open to all people.
The case is with the court. United States
District Attorney Martin appeared for the
government and Lawyer Burnap of Bur
lington for Little, Brown IL Co.
Wantastiquet mountain was again ablaze
Sunday. The fire was started during the
forenoon and in the evening the flames had
spread over large area, doing damage to
the extent of several hundred dollars. On
account Of the dampness of the leaves the
fire died out during the night. That the
fire was started maliciously is evident from
the fact that it was seen in three localities
at nearly the same time Indeed these
mountain fires occur with such regularity
every year that there is little doubt that
nearly all have been of incendiary origin.
1t is time that concerted action be taken to
ferret out the guilty persons, not only for
the protection of the Brattleboro Retreat,
which owns the territory, but in order to
preserve the most picturesque autumnal
landscape which the village possesses. The
law prescribes severe penalty for such an
offence, which is just as truly incendia-
rism as the malicious burning of persons
buildings. At the last term of the county
court Harry Lord of Bellows Falls was
convicted Of setting fire to a mans woods
and was sentenced to serve three years in
states prison. The same fate awaits the
person who is found guilty of similar dep
relations on the mountain.
The Christian in Greenfield, Mass.
The Christian was nrasentad Of fba