Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-31

Wyatt.
Robert c. Gregg of the Albany bust
ness college will lead the 4 o'clockser-
vice at the Y. M. c. A. Sunday after
noon.
The Y. M. c. A. and the board of
directors will hold a business meet
ing in their rooms next Monday even
ing at 7,30 o'clock.
Rev. c. o. Day brought the welcome
news to his Brattleboro friends that
his son, who suffered a severe attack
of typhoid fever in the early spring,
has fully recovered and is now back
at his college work.
Rev. c, o. Day addresses the Con
gregational churches in st. Johns
bury next Sunday on the work of the
Congregational Education society.
Company ID has been invited to at
tend the evening service.
Miss Emma Heath will move next
week from Central street to rooms
down stairs in the house at il Wash
ington street. The household goods
of the late Mrs G.. w. Heath will be
sold by auction at IS Central street
Saturday of next week.
} lt NOOutHOuSH uuuSt vi NtSitl II
avenue. owned by the Laura j. Has
kins estate, has been sold by NJ. J.
Moran, administrator, to l.. II. Bal
lou of West Halifax, who will take
| possession at once. Mr.. Ballou is
| engaged in the manufacture of sheep.
skin moccasins for Durham Brothers.
1t was to Linn d. Taylor's active
interest and management that much
| of the success of last Saturday nights
! presentation was due. On Sunday
| Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor entertained the
| members of the club at their cottage
! at Spofford lake Fortunately it was
a day of bright sunshine and clear,
! bracing air, sandwiched between days
of almost continuous rain.
THE propositions to Henry o.
| Carpenter by the owners of the
| Brooks House at Brattleboro was
| very flattering one, yet there is much
regret on the part of local people
! that it was flattering enough so that
! he accepted. Mr.. Carpenter is one
! of those men whom Rutland cannot
afford to lose, even temporarily. -
| Rutland News.
There will be a base ball game on
the island Saturday afternoon at
| o'clock between the Y. NJ. c. A. and
| High school teams. In former con-
! test between these two teams the
| Y. NJ. c. A. won by a score of 10 to IS,
| but this was due, according to the
! High school boys report to Monroe's
| injuring hand. They feel confident
! that they can win. An interesting,
close, clean game is expected
The Vermont Humane society held
! it's annual meeting in Springfield
! Thursday and elected these officers:
President, George H. Waldron of
Springfield; vice presidents, II. d.
| Holton and Abbie A. White of Brat
| tleboro, II. b. Williams of Bristol,
Mrs James Hardness of Springfield,
Mrs. F. B. Powell of Woodstock and
William w. Tower of Rutland; treas
urer F. w. Pierce of Chester; secre-
tary, Miss Lena Britton of Spring
field; directors William A. Patrick,
Miss Eta l.. Franklin and Newman
Weeks of Rutland George l.. Fletcher
of Chester anu Mrs. Jennie B. Powers
! of Brattieboro. w. II. Minor of Brat
! tleboro was elected a member of the
society.
Inspector Pickett of the Portland,
| Me, police department, gave out a
piece of information Saturday night
| concerning George II. Brainard, who,
on April "a, shot and killed Chief
Electrician l. H. Farnham and Earl
! NJ Buxton and seriously wounded
James II. Wadsworth and Elmer Z.
Lane. all employees in the New Eng
| land Telegraph and Telephone com
| pany's Office in Portland, Brainard
| nc Of
| crew. Brainard. Farnham, Wads-
worth and Lane were all known in
| Brattleboro. Inspector Pickett said
| the young woman who lived with
! Brainard told him directly after the
| shooting that she had frequently
! heard Brainard say he would fix"
! Farnham and that she had never no
! ticed in him any indication of insani-
| ty. The statements she has given to
| the newspapers since the question of
| his sanity was formally raised the in
spector says are entirely contrary to
what she told him She also said
she was not Brainards wife.
The y. NJ. c. A. base ball team and
the Shamrocks played on the island
yesterday forenoon, the Y. NJ. c. a,
team winning by score of 20 to 5.
IL was INC OndlllO NhS llSl SdulGi
however, and they will probably do
beIer next time. NJ. Guiheen pitched
for the new team and Dan Aher sup
ported him. The Y. NJ. c. A. team
won the game in the first inning, max
ing II runs, mostly on account of
| Guiheens wildness. Clune and w.
Tufts were the battery for the Y. NJ.
C. A. team, and their work was the
feature of the game, although Bor-
den did good work for the Shamrocks.
In the forenoon the Brattleboro Hois-
cry team defeated the Brattleboro
Academy team 8 to 0 in a five-inning
game in West Brattleboro. The
hosiery team beat the Dummerston
team in Dummerston IS to in the
afternoon. The Y. NJ. c. A. and
High school teams will play on the
island tomorrow. The Y. M. C. A..
team will play the Hinsdales at Hins
dale a week from tomorrow.
Sudden Death of Mrs. Charles G..
| EndIich