Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-10

c. II. Grant has been appointed SUI
perintendent of Morningside cemetery.
Three new members were voted
into the Vermont Wheel club at the
regular monthly meeting Tuesday
night.
The S. A. Smith company began last
week on the summer schedule giving
the employees a half holiday on Sat
urday.
An interesting base ball game is ex-
pected tomorrow on the home grounds,
between Brattleboro and Greenfield
High school teams. The game will
probably be called at 3 o'clock.
Rev F. NJ. Chaplin, who was in Pc
king during the siege, will tell the
story of the siege in the Congrega-
tional vestry next Friday evening,
May II. Everybody is invited to hear
him.
Bernard, 20-months-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. John 7. kaine, died Tuesday
after an illness of several months
with spinal meningitis. The burial
was in the Roman Catholic cemetery
at O'Clock Wednesday.
c. p. Cotton of Brunswick, Me, for
merly proprietor of the American
House, has been in town this week and
mas leased the Mehose House in West
Brattleboro of Jones Il Sargent. He
will take possession May Is.
Frank Stowe, as justice, and \. f.
Schwenk, as attorney for the plaintiff,
were in Marlboro Monday to attend a
hearing in the suit of George Girls
void against e. c. Belden to recover
a bill of qz3 for drawing 14,00U feet
of logs. The defendant conducted
his own case. Judgment was for the
plaintiff to recover S1z.37. The de
PENDANT appealed.
Andrew Aiken of Ashland. n. H.,
was arrested by Policeman Worden
on Main street Sunday night for in
tOXicatlOn. He was arraigned before
Justice Newton Monday, pleaded gull
ty and was fined So and costs,
amounting to $11.54, which was paid.
Aiken came to Brattleboro to work
for Charles Miner in West Brattleboro.
He disclosed that he obtained liquor
at the brewery.
Mr.. and MrsO Albert J. Hildreth
were met at the railroad station Sat
urday night, on their return from their
wedding journey, by several friends
who gave them AN enthusiastic wei
come. On Monday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Hildreth were surprised at their
home by a visit from their immediate
relatives. A choice supper was serY-
ed, the evening spent in a pleasant
social manner, and several tokens of
remembrance were left with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hildreth.
Postmaster Webster has this week
caused the erection of three more col
lection boxes, on the new steel letter
DoX posts now furnished by the post
office department-one near Judge
Waterman's on Western avenue, one
at the corner of Western avenue and
Orchard street, near II. d. Carrolls,
and one near l.. f. Bonds house in
West Brattleboro. The box hereto
fore opposite ID. J. Yields at Centre
vile has been removed to the south
end of the bridge near the creamery,
in response to a petition of residents
of Guilford street beyond that point
for such collection service.
The despatch of registered mail
matter from the Brattleboro post Office
for any point beyond Springfield,
Mass, has for several years been lin
tied to once daily, by inner registered
sack exchange with the Springfield
office by PIP p. m. train, returning at
lilo a. m. On suggestion of Postmas-
tiers Webster and Hyde the post Office
department has just ordered a second
exchange, which will be despatched
from the local office by the $40 a. m.
train, and received from the Spring
field office at 5.45 p. m.
Miss Lydia Hartig, representative
of the Woman's Home Missionary
Union of Vermont, spoke in the Con-
gregational vestry Sunday evening
to an audience that filled the vestry
and part of the ladies' parlOr. The
address was upon phases of her work
in the West and South, principally in
South Dakota, Tennessee and Missis-
sippi, and was illustrated with stere-
opticOn views, taken by Miss Hartig,
of some of the churches, schools and
people assisted by the women of Yer
mont who are interested in the work.
The lecture was full of interest, the
more so because of Miss Hartigs
pleasing faculty of presentation.
The members of the young ladies'
basket ball teams, their instructors
and substitutes, had a supper at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry r. Hor-
ton Wednesday evening. There were
16 people present and they made the
occasion memorable The supper
was excellent, consisting of cold tur-
key, chicken salad, olives, frozen pud-
ding, pine apple sherbert, cakes, chloe
olate, confectionery, etc. The table
was handsomely garnished with car
nations. Supper over, the company
concluded the evening by playing pro
gressive hearts, Miss Lena Ees win
ming the first prize and Miss Florence
Brown the BOBBY prize. Mrs. Horton
was presented a handsome vase in re-
turn for her hospitality.
J. II. Lamb, the well-known music
dealer of Greenfield, Mass, was the
plaintiff and c. n. Rice of Brattleboro
the defendant in lawsuit before JUS
tice T. j. b. Cudworth in Lawyer
Stoves office Wednesday. The suit
was brought to recover $65 for an Or
gan which the plaintiff sold the de-
PENDANT last October on a contract
whereby the defendant was to pay S.
a month. The defendant claimed he
was unable to pay and notified Mr..
Lamb to take the instrument away
and receive s., the amount of the first
payment and 81 for the box, which
had been destroyed. The court held
that there was no evidence of an
agreement to that effect and rendered
judgment for the plaintiff to recover
the amount of the bill with costs.
The organ was sold Mr. Rice by the
plaintiffs agent, G. w. Knowlton of
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