Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-09-20

Leopold j. Retting will lead the Y. M.
c. A. meeting Sunday afternoon. His
subject will be formulation Stones"
A regular meeting of Protective Grange
was held Wednesday evening. Past Mas
ters night was not observed, being post
poned two weeks Worthy State Master
Bell will be present at that time.
Dr. Louis d. Pettee has decided not to
return to Boston. He will begin the prac-
tice of his profession in Brattleboro oct l.
having an Office with his father in Crosby
block
The Brattleboro Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, met in the
Brooks House yesterday afternoon to
draft resolutions to be forwarded to Mrs.
Mckinley, also to go in body to the
memorial service in the Auditorium.
Burnham won first place in three
straight heats at Sandy Hill, N. Y, last
week. The race was not finished We'd
nesday and the final heat was not contest
ed until Saturday. Burnham and Fred c.
are entered in races in Westfeld, Mass.
this week.
The next event scheduled in the series
of tournaments at the golf links is the
women's match play, u holes. handicap,
for the fall cup presented by James Fisk
Hooker, the contest to take place TO-
I
be a nine hole one club match. medal
play, for men.
A tally-ho party of young ladies' went
10 the Greenfield fair today. The party
| included Miss Florence Brown. Miss
/ Florence Pratt, Miss Maud Stoddard, Miss
Amy Jones, Miss Maud Essex, Miss Hor-
tense Han, Miss Ruth Hunt Miss Eliza
| beth White, the Misses Kirkland and
| Mrs. Louise Hackley.
Mrs. Seymour Scott arrived in Brattle-
! boro yesterday in her handsome brake
drawn by a pair of thoroughbred Ken
! lucky horses driven by her coachman
Mrs. Scott made the journey of 300 miles
! across country from her home in Lyons
| n. Y, accompanied by Miss Minnie Fox
who had been her guest Their route was
| through the Mohawk valley, Troy. Ben
/ nington and Wilmington. Mrs. SCOTS
object in making the journey was to join
in the coaching parade at the Valley Fair.
Many of the store windows and business
! places have been fittingly decorated this
/ week in recognition of the death OF Presl-
| dent Mckinley, the decorations consisting
! principally of large pictures of the dead
| President, draped In black. Extra effort
was made in the stores of ]. +. Haynes
and Fenton & Co.. with good effect In
Mr.. Haynes's store streamers of black
and white were drawn from the window
to the edges of picture of the President,
! which stood several feet back from the
window. In Fenton & Co.'S window was
a large crayon drawing. representing a
bust of the President, on "A black back
ground. while large pillars surrounded It.
a more pathetic happening than the
| novelist ever pictured with animals took
/ place recently in a pasture in the neigh
borhood in which Rudyard Kiplng laid
| the scene OF his story OF horse life en-
| titled The Walking Delegate. A horse
| which had a sore on one leg had partially
| recovered from the aiment and was con-
| sidereds I'm fit condition for turning out to
| pasture. Two or three weeks later when
, the pasture was searched no trace OF the
horse was found at first. but after a time
| one foot was discovered. and later the
/ body of the horse was seen I'm n brook.
| The horse had apparently eaten off its
I leg above the sore, and the appearances
| indicated that the poor beast had then
committed suicide by plunging down the
bank into the brook in which it ended its
sufferings by drowning.
Miss Christiana Bau. Il. daughter of c.
Bau, photographer in Greenfield. formerly
| of Brattleboro. attempted to commit sui
eide several months ago. She recently
spent two weeks visiting in the family OF
I Oscar Kroeger in Bridgeport. Conn. She
returned home apparently happy and in
good health. She disappeared Saturday
and was next heard from in Bridgeport.
She took lodgings at the Windsor hotel
there, and within an hour after going 10
her room attempted suicide by inhaling
gas. The smell OF gas was noticed In
time to save her life The girl was placed
in charge Of the police matron. and after
ward Mrs. Kroeger. hearing that Chris
tiana had returned to Bridgeport. offered
to care for her Her father arrived IN
Bridgeport Monday and was going to the
Kroeger home when he was surprised
to see his daughter running toward the
Yellow mill pond. the scene of the famous
Emma gin tragedy. Mr.. Bau ran after
his daughter. calling her to stop. He
caught her just as she was about 10
jump from the bridge. Mr.. Bau took his
daughter back to Greenfield. A careful
examination showed that she was insane
and she has been taken to the asylum at
Hartford this week.