Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-24

The annual meeting of the Stockhold-
ers of the Brattleboro & Whitehall
railroad will be held in the Brooks
House at 10 o'clock tomorrow.
Columbian lodge, No. SO, F. & A. NJ,
worked the first degree on two candi-
dates Wednesday evening. Refresh
ments were served after the work.
The 4.35 train, southbound, was de-
layed by a broken journal between
Mortified and Mortified Farms,
Mass, Saturday until about 8 o'clock
at night.
The Agnes Wallace Villa company
stopped in Brattleboro a short time
Monday, leaving on the Central Yer
mont south bound train after taking
breakfast at the Brooks House.
Mrs. Charles Stevens, who formerly
lived on Western avenue, will cele
brate her Goth birthday anniversary
today at the home of her daughter
Mrs. E. A. Wood, in Springfield, Mass.
The Womans club met with Mrs.
Herbert Clark in West Brattleboro
Saturday, when a very interesting
Children's day program was rendered,
among those present being the kim
dergarten children and the children
of the club members. Mrs. James
P. Elmer was unanimously elected
president of the club to succeed Miss
S. e. Clark, resigned. Refreshments
of ice cream and cake were served.
The severe rain prevented holding
the meeting on the lawn as planned.
A lively but not serious runaway
took place on Green and Elliot streets
Friday evening. An agent of a
Springfield, Mass, tea company left
one of c. S. Stockwell's horses on
Green street unhitched, contrary to
specific instructions. The horse
started for the stable, and it's momen-
tum increased all the way. When the
horse reached the entrance to the
stable yard it was going so fast that
it could not turn the corner and ran
against the brick wall of the Richard
son meat market. One of the thills
went through the screen and a pane
of glass in the window and the other
struck the wall and was broken off
The horse was stunned for an instant
but was not badly hurt. The tea was
spilled out near DR.. Waterman's house
With 500 volts of electricity passing
through him Charles Leitsinger had
an experience Friday night which will
lOuS I6Ildlu NlNlu III MS memory. lie
and another employee at the street
railroad power station in Centreville
went into one of the boilers to work
taking with them a drop light. The
insulation had in some way been re
moved from a small part of the wire
and Nj. Leitsinger accidentally grasp
ed the wire at that point, his fore
finger and thumb coming in direcr
contact with the wire. The boiler
under his feet was connected
with the ground so that there was NJ
obstruction to the current, and he wa!
thrown from one side of the boiler tt
the other with such violence that hi
hold on the wire was broken, but no
until his thumb and finger had beef
badly burned. Mr.. Leitsinger con
tinued with his work with brief los
of time.
Arthur Burton, the professional gol
player who is connected with tn
Wright & DitsOn establishment in Bos
ton, is here experimenting the i'm
proVemCnts on the links of the Wan
tastiquet Golf club. Grass greens ar
being built, and Mr.. Burton may dc
eide to turf the tees. The green 0
the fourth hole will be placed on tn
south side of the road, and the dis
lance to the second hole will be e2
tended. Mr.. Burton is an Englishma
who has been playing the game /
years and he has spent the past tie
years in this country, in professions
playing and in experimenting tn
work on courses. He came here fror
New Jersey and only a short tim
ago directed the work on the me-
links in Newton, Mass. He will e.
anime the new links at Pine Grov
Springs, which were laid out by Alel
amer Findley, with whom he is asst
ciated, and will then fill an engag,
ment with the Rutland Country clul
Owing to a broken finger Mr.. Burto
does not play the game regularly, bT
few days ago playing with one hant
he made a round of nine holes in 4
strokes.