Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04

Two new members were voted into
the Vermont Wheel club at the regular
monthly meeting Tuesday night
o. p. Shepardson of Washington
street takes pride in three castor oil
bean plants eight, 10 and IA feet high
respectively.
The Sunday services at the Home for
the Aged will be resumed next Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Osgood will conduct the ser
vices during October,
The Baptist Christian Endeavor So
ciety held a sociable in their rooms
Monday evening with an interesting
program and a large attendance.
Fred c. has made one of the best
records of any horse on the circuit of
the half mile tracks of New England
this year, starting nine times and TAX
ing FIVE first and four second prizes.
George T. Patterson of Springfield,
Mass, who owns Mount Lake farm in
Londonderry. shipped to his home
Monday a stuffed black bear which
weighed 225 pounds when it was shot
in Andover, several miles from his
farm.
Mrs. Eliza p Cook of West Brat
tleboro who died Sept. as the result
Of injuries received by being run into
by an electric car, bequeathed to the
Woman's Home Missionary Union of
Vermont $500, to be used in the regu-
lar work of the organization.
The pastors of the Brattleboro
churches are making arrangements for
a series of union evangelistic meetings
to be held during the winter. 1t is
| -, d. nnx 1-Nr fNf
Newtonville present at some of the
meetings. Mr.. Davidson is a well
known evangelist.
Miss Izetta Stewart has been en-
gagged as organist at the Methodist
church, for the present. The new pipe
organ has been installed this week
and will be used next Sunday. 1t
stands upon raised platform, where
by the beautiful hand carving of the
case is exposed to view, and is a hand
some addition to the church.
: Mr.. Pearson of the firm of Good
now & Pearson is here experimenting
plans for opening the store in Granite
block. Large shipments of goods have
arrived, but the show cases and other
fixtures are on the way. and the car
penters have not completed their work.
Mr.. Pearson expects to have the store
in readiness for opening about Oct. Is.
Emerson and Brown, two profess
9 sional steeple climbers from Holyoke
have painted the smokestacks at the
electric light station and at the power
plant in Centreville during the week
The stack at the electric light station
is four feet in diameter, and runs So
. feet above the roof, the total height
from the top of the stack to the river
bottom being about 140 feet.
: The Boston papers had recently a
l. column story of the annual cane rush
the fiercest in years, between the
sophomores and freshmen of Tufts
c College. About 2 o'clock in the morn
o ing the sophomores captured two
/ freshmen, one being Floyd Smith OF
Brattleboro. The freshmen were com
: PEELED to sing in front of the ladies'
k dormitory and later to debate upon co
t education.
i Miss Anna Burke, 26, sister of Sta
= ton Agent Burke, of Brattleboro died
e Monday afternoon at the home of hel
l. mother, Mrs. Katherine Burke, Of
d Montpelier after an illness of sly
= years. Besides her mother she leaves
e a sister and four brothers. Station
e Agent Burke went to Montpelier Tues
l. day to attend the funeral, which was
s held at st. Augustine's church Wed
nesday morning. The body was takeI
| to Richmond for burial.
a Three former High school boys ar,
|, playing foot ball on college teams
e Thurber, '01, has made good as tn,
:. regular left tackle of the Collegiate Uni
l. versity team, and was complimentet
s for his good work against Cornell il
y the 40 game which the Tigers wol
Saturday. Lynde, 90, has his ole
# place at left guard in Mddlebury'
n rush line. Middlebury won the frs
p game of the season Saturday from tn
T. Rutland consolidated team - TO
@ Patch '99, who entered Amherst thi
n fall, is candidate for the team, an,
d is playing regularly on the secont
" eleven.
10 L. A. Sunderlin of Burlington, VIII
n had E. E. Knott The Governess an
e. other horses in his string, shippel
L them to Claremont to compete in tn
* races at the fair this week. Pag
Brothers Miss billiard and othe
n horses also went from here to Glare
n. mont. Burnham is now at the Vale
G Fair ground. He will probably star
70 in the races in Westfield, Mass, tn
20 latter part of the month. Driver Co
w took Fred c. with his other horses t.
i. Nashua, N. H., Immediately after tn
G fair. Fred c. started in Brocktor
o, Mass, yesterday and will make hi
6 next appearance at Saugus, Mass, mex
o. week.
. An auction sale of Japanese good
ID in the store of T. Mine, near the Amer
r can House. has been conducted ever
ID evening the past week, but not in az
coTdance with Mr.. Mines origina
g plans. Mine was notified by Chief-oI
n Police Hall Monday night that he mus
n not continue to act in the capacity O
TX an auctioneer as the law require
Is every auctioneer to have a license
ID When Mine first planned his sale h
&. engaged c. p. ellison to act as auction
lie eer. Later he told Mr.. ellison he woul
IS not require his services. When MI
ellison saw that Mine intended to cor
4 duct the sale himself he entered CON
w. plant with Town Grand Juror W. Il
a. Minor with the result as stated. TIL
n sale has continued every evening, bu
i, with George P. Miller as auctioneer.
IN Mrs Peter S. Chase 62, died at he
n home in Esteyville about l o'cloc
n Sunday morning after an illness of tw
Id years with cancer of the face. TIL