Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-11-08

last of the family of IL children Of
Benajah and Polly Carpenter Of Marl-
boro.
Rev. e. NJ Mills, D. D., of New York
city, secretary of the Twentieth Cen
fury thank offering fund, will speak in
the Methodist church Thursday even
ing, Nov Ia, at 7.30 o'clock
The Vernon correspondence in this
paper tells of the explosion of a gas
oline stereopticon in the Union church
in that town and of the injury to the
operator. The operator was Charles
Clark of Birge street, Brattleboro
He was taken to the Elliot street hos
pital, where his left leg was cut open
above the knee and two pieces of the
lantern, which were imbedded close to
the bone, were removed. There was
also a bad laceration between the knee
and ankle.
A hearing was held Saturday before
Judge Wheeler on the petition of
O'Brien & Sheehan asking to have the
sale of a roadbed and constructing APP
paratus, which was to have taken
place by auction Wednesday, deferred
in order that an effort might be made
to sell the property at private sale.
The property is that recently seized
from O'Brien & Sheehan by the Rut-
land railroad. Judge Wheeler ordered
the matter left to Receiver Whalen of
Burlington. Mr.. Whalen has adjourn
ed the sale to Dec. 5.
Volney B. Cushing, who is to give
temperance address here on the 18th
inst, is one of the most scholarly and
oil If try 10
was employed last year by the Red
path Lyceum Bureau giving, in his
engagement for that bureau, a bril-
liant historical lecture, The Lost
Atlantis" based on Plato's story of
the submerged island of Atlantis. Mr..
| Cushing received very cordial endorse
ment from the press wherever he APP
peared. Besides his address in Brat
tleboro Mr.. Cushing will speak in New
| fame Nov. ~, and in Jamaica Nov. 10.
+ As c. w. Bemis was driving the
| Standard oil tank wagon to Williams
| vile on a regular trip early last Fri
| day morning he had reached a point
near the Roadway farm and was walk
| ing beside the team to stretch his legs
and get warm, when suddenly the
! staid leader SHE'D clean out of the
| road. At the same instant, a pair of
deer, buck and a doe, leaped out of
| the bushes, across the road, down the
bank, and went through the river and
up the side hill beyond. Mr. Bemis
| thought the deer must have been
asleep in the underground, and were
suddenly awakened by the sound of the
wagon. He also thinks they must have
known the law went of" at midnight
that morning.
Wednesday was harvest day, when
the annual donations were received
at the Home for the Aged and Dis
abled, and 70 visitors who registered
their names brought a large variety of
desirable gifts, and articles were sent
| by several others who were unable to
| be present. The donations were
largely canned goods, jellies, house
hold articles and vegetables. but there
were some small contributions in
cash, aggregating $50. The day was
one of great pleasure to the five ladies
and three men who make their home
in the institution as they were able to
meet the guests in an informal. social
manner. Mrs. G. H. Ryder and Mrs.
c. H. Davenport received the visitors.
Cake and coffee were served.
Judgment was given and an appeal
taken by the defendant Monday in
the suit Of David Shaw, Carl Ellis
and Charles Miller against Manley
Brothers. The suit was brought to
recover $50, which the plaintiffs
claim is due them as winners of a
bicycle race at the Valley Fair
ground July 4. Prizes were offered
on the race. Shaw, Ellis and Miller
claim that while the value of the
prizes was not stated in writing Man
| ley Brothers represented to them
that the value would be $45. After
the race Manley Brothers offered the
winners some silver souvenir badges,
which were refused. The case
came before Justice Merrifeld Mon
! day morning, Bacon & Hooker ap-
! pearing for the plaintiffs and @. c.
Fits for Manley Brothers. A jury
was summoned, consisting of ]. L.
Knowlton, ]. E. Mann, w. B. Vinton,
| C. F. r. Jenne, o. e. Randall and
H. B. Haus, and on the converting of
court in the afternoon Lawyer Fits
gave judgement.
The awards were made this week
| in the contest between the Brattle-
boro grocery clerks in the sale of
Standard oil during the month of
September. Previous to September
! the Standard Oil company, through
the branch house in Burlington, offer
ed 800 in prizes to the four clerks
who should sell the most oil during
that month. e. ]. Eddy, of the
Grange store won the first prize of
| $50, w. E. Chase, also of the Grange
store, the second prize of $25, R. H.
Amidon of F. c. Clarks store the
third prize of SIS, and E. L. Allen of
! A. F. Roberts's store the fourth prize
of $40. The total amount sold by
these four and the clerks in other
stores is estimated at about $4,000
| gallons. Mr. Eddy sold 1899 gallons,
which is nearly the equivalent of 80
| barrels. Out of the 25 working days
in the month the store was closed
two days, and Mr.. Eddy spent eight
| days at the Pan-American exposition.
A mistake appears to have been made
in awarding the second and third
prizes, Mr.. Chase's sales being less
than Mr.. Amidon's, according to his
own figures.
William H. Witt, II, died late Mon
day night at his home on Elliot street
after a long illness with a cancerous
! tumor. He had been in i'll health
| oil l.