Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-04

Charles Spring bought a coupe horse
of A. T. Cobb Wednesday.
The Boston American League base
ball team will play against Greenfield
at Greenfield this afternoon.
The members of the Woman's ALI
ance will hold their annual sale and
supper at Wells hall next Saturday
Oct. 5. Doors open at four o'clock,
supper at $50.
David Downer will sell his house
and barn at the corner of Canal and
Birge streets and a quantity of per
sonal property at auction tomorrow,
Saturday, at ! p. m.
Mrs. Charles w. Fairbanks. wife of
Senator Fairbanks, and President Gen
eral of the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
will be a guest at Mrs julius j. Estey's
on October TO-
What more need be said than the
mere announcement of the coming of
Denman Thompson and his celebrated
play THE Old Homestead" on Oct 8.
From Maine to California it has spread
it's rural fragrance and not to have
seen it is to have missed one of the
purest delights of our stage
The winter schedule on the Boston &
Maine and Central Vermont railroads
will go into effect a week from next
Sunday. The schedule has not yet
been received so that what the
changes will be is not known in Brat
tleboro. The principal changes will
be in the running of freight trains.
A dynamite percussion cap exploded
in the work room of the Vaughan d
Sargent Electric company Monday
afternoon while being handled by en-
ployes, and a piece of the metal enter
ed the right leg of Manager Leon c.
White. above the ankle. A physician
removed the metal, locating it by prob
ing.
There will be a social dance in
Grange hall next Thursday evening
to which all are sinviteh Music will
be furnished by Leitsinger's orchestra
A. II. Hines prompter. A chorus OF
eight carefully trained boys will sing
the latest songs on some of the dances
This has been a popular feature In
other places.
Ten linemen are at work rebuilding
and trimming the telephone line be
, tween Brattleboro and Putney. A new
pole line has been completed on Canal
street. The Green River line will be
repaired at an early date. Arrange
, ments have been made for placing
about 80 telephones in the village fol
use free until Feb. l. A similar ex
pertinent last winter was highly sue
, cessful and resulted in a large add
2 ton to the permanent list of subscrib
ers of the exchange.
d, The probate court held its regular
I session for September last Saturday
+ Judge Waterman presiding. The vii
= of Nellie f. Bailey, late of Brattleboro
presented by NJ. A. Bailey. was allow
ed. The will of c. b. Merrill, late o
a Vernon, presented by Lorraine c. Mer
, rill, was allowed. The will of II. X
2 Chamberlain. late OF Brattleboro, pre-
$ scented by Jenner II. Chamberlain, wa:
T. allowed and Jenner II. Chamberlain
D and Mrs. Maverette A. Fisher were
appointed executors. Luke o. MORSE
i. was appointed guardian of Lydia L
Morse of Newfane, who was adjudgeC
incapable.
Some apprehension was felt in Brat
!, tleboro Monday when the Statement
I John II. Drown, an agent for thu
Metropolitan Life Insurance company
had been missing since Sept. 10.
$ was thought that John w. Drown a
one time secretary of the Vernon
= Wheel club, and whose mother. siste
5 and brother live here. might he re
+ ferred to, as he was engaged in tn
insurance business in Boston severa
years. 1t appears, however. that MI
e Drown has been in Hartford, Conn
5. year or more.
: The Criterion club has again beei
! called upon to give up two of its mem
u bers to the professional stage. Hel
u bert Kelsey and EfTie Shannon hav
u engaged William NJ. Elliot and Eugen
" Cation for their company for the CON
. ing season, which opened in Detroi
- last month. Mr.. Elliot played here Il
g May with the club in "A Night OF.
p. and Mr. Cation has been with the clu
, ten years. There are now Is member
" of the club on the professional stage
The membership, however. is so larg
that its strength is never weakened b
o the loss of old members. The clu
d will open their Boston season with tn
d Tyranny of Tears" played so success.
~ AuiiS ~ IOhh DltW bNO SGdSOHS d6t
- w. G. Doolittle who bought tn
- armory property on Elliot street, wi
=, begin soon the work of tearing dow
= the armory and digging a cellar for
~ new building which he will erect /
y, it's place. The new building will b
20 three stories high and will contain 81
10 flats for living purposes. 1t will be d,
n signed by Mr.. Doolittle's son-in-lav
iS Francis w. Crosby. and will contai
n the most modern improvements. TIL
erection of the building probably wi
not be begun until next spring. Near
is while Mr.. Doolittle will convert tn
/ adjacent building at present used as
y paint shop into two-tenement hous,
C. This building NAV be used later as a
Al ell to another three-story tenemen
T. building which Mr.. Doolittle ma
81 erect on the site of the pain
d shop Mr. Doolittle has this wee
"a bought for Field Brothers of VIII
e. chester and Mortified, for $3.50
e the wood lot, owned by A. G. Barnes
n, on the T. L. Johnson place in Vernon
ID The lot contains about 80 acres {
T. chestnut and old-growth pine. Fiel
Il Brothers will move their steam mi
n there at once to begin cutting off tn
l. timber
1t 1.-THE Old Homestead"