Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-23


r. e. Gordon, administrator, will
sell the Doyle house and lot on Elliot
street Sept. Z, by auction.
Leightsinger's orchestra will fur
nish music for a dance at Brookside
park tonight.
The Rebekahs will hold a lawn
party Saturday afternoon at the home
of c. /. Spear on Washington street.
Supper will be served at $50.
Mrs. Freeman Ayers household eff
fects, including several pieces of an
tique furniture, will be sold at auction
tomorrow at the house, II Grove
street, by c. p. ellison, at p. m.
The descendants of Capt. Jonathan
Carver will hold a reunion in Maumee,
Ohio, August 2S. Those living in
Windham county are cordially invited
to be present by Capt. o. N. Gum,
president Of the association.
A meeting of the creditors of Belle
II. Emerson is being held in the office
of A. f. Schwenk today to consider
the question of granting a discharge
to the bankrupt. The first meeting
of the creditors of W. r. Strong Of
Landgrove will also be held in Mr..
Schwenk's Office today.
Ten of the finest Holstein mixers in
America arrived at the Pan-American
exposition the other day to enter the
cattle show, which will begin on Sep
TENDER 9. The COWS were collected by
f. L. Houghton of Putney, secretary
of the Holstein-Friesian association of
ho Of hn
Holstein herds in the United States
and Canada. The Holstein-Friesian
| association has class known
as the advanced registry" and
only the cows which have at
| tanned certain very high aver
| age as mixers are allowed to enter
The Holstein-Friesian association, it is
said, is the only one of the breeders
associations that has this class, and
| the 10 COWS at Buffalo illustrate the
meaning and value of this division.
The 10 Woman's Relief corps in this
| district held a summer school of in
| struction with the corps in Putney
| Wednesday afternoon from 100 tC
| 1870, with about 100 women present
! Before the meeting a fine dinner wa:
served by Col. w. II. Greenwood corps
! of Putney. maintaining their reputa
| ton in this respect. Sedgwick corp!
of Brattleboro exemplified the ritual
doing the work well. The largest Wis
iting delegation was from Brattleboro
there being % in the party. The Wis
ting officer was Mrs. Hattie Thwinl
of Bellows Falls. who was assisted b,
Mrs. Nellie Brown of the same town
Mrs. Calista Bangs of Brattleboro wa
to have been the visiting officer, bu
she was kept at home by illness.
One of the busiest places in Brattle
borO for the next five or six week
will be the Snowflake corn cannini
factory south of the railroad station
where operations were begun We'd
| nesday. over 100 hands will be EN-
ployed. Frank Briggs is the mana
ger. but frequent trips are made her
by Mr.. Moulton. the inspector for Ban
ter Bros, and by II. c. Baxter, VIII
makes the runs frequently in his loco
mobile between the factories in Wind
sor, Westminster and Brattleborc
The farmers are receiving S12 a tol
from their corn this year. Last yea
COO. 900 to 5000 cans We're put up II
Brattleboro. about 100000 in West
minister and about 100000 in Wind
sor. 1t is thought that the output Il
Brattleboro will be about the same n
last year. although a slightly smalle
amount may be canned in the othe
two towns.