Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-10-17
LOCAL OVERFLOW

A party of invited relatives and
friends spent Thursday with Mr.. and
Mrs. George II. Thomas. The occa-
sion was their 25th wedding anniver-
sary.
The joint legislative committee on
the insane will visit the Brattleboro
Retreat today. w. f. Jones of Dover
is the only Windham county member
of the committee.
A total eclipse of the moon oc-
Cured last night, beginning about H.
Is o'clock. An hour later the entire
surface of the moon was enveloped in
the shadow. The eclipse was very
pretty, but it was seen by few people
on account of the lateness of the hour.
The temporary injunction on the is
land brewery was dissolved in the
superior court at Keene a few days
ago. 1t is understood that court ex-
penses incurred by people in Brattle-
boTo interested in having the injunc-
ton placed had not been paid, and that
when this fact came to the atten-
ton of the presiding judge he summar-
lily dismissed the case.
About 25 employees of the Brooks
House had a delightful outing We'd
nesday evening, when they went to
the Miller farm in West Brattleboro
for a corn huskng.. Refreshments
were served and music and dancing
were among the diversions. Solos
were rendered by Miss Katherine
O'Neil and Nellie Mack of the Brooks
House and speeches were delivered
by Edward Healey.
The docket for the coming term of
the Vermont Supreme court which
opens in Montpelier Oct. 2S, contains
the following Windham county cases:
Daniel kellogg ct ais VS.. the Boston
& Maine railroad company and the
Vermont Valley Railroad company of
1871, petition for the relocation of a
railroad station; Edward B. Bissell Of
Brattleboro VS.. Horace S. Walker of
Putney, assumpsit; George H. Davis
of Londonderry VS.. William j. Mayles
of Londonderry, trespass; state VS.. Ed
ward Gonyer, state VS.. Peter " circuit,
state VS.. Leon Canedy, perjury.
At the meeting held at the Y. M. c.
A. room Tuesday evening to arrange
for the control of local athletics the
following were appointed a committee
to draw up a constitution and effect
a permanent organization: G. H..
Thompson, M. Austin, jr., H. G. Rice,
M. j. Moran, H. X. Whitaker, G. l..
Durham, c. L.. Stickney. The foot
ball games will be in charge of the
general athletic commlLtee this fall,
and during the winter it is probable
that local basket ball league will be
formed. The scope of the plan under
consideration contemplates a local
base ball league next season, the pro-
motion of interest in field and track
athletics, with ground for athletics and
eventually gymnasium.
Never in the history of the town
has the yield of apples been as large as
it is this year. Every fall there is a
good demand for barrels at the local
grocery stores, but this year it is
much greater than the supply and
farmers are experiencing much diff
ficulty in caring for the crop Thous
ands of bushels will rot on the ground
Over 10 car loads of new barrels have
been shipped to Brattleboro from Bos
ton the past two weeks and have sold
at from 35 to 40 cents each by the car
load; and the price is going up. In
Jacksonville yesterday the barrel shop
was getting 40 cents each. Theil
orders now on hand will keep them
busy until February. Several apple
buyers are in town and are paying on
the average $3.50 barrel delivered al
the cars, which nets the growers not
far from 81 barrel. Hundreds OF
barrels are being shipped daily, and il
is estimated that the total shipments
from Brattleboro this season will be
10000 barrels. Over 1000 barrels
were placed on board the cars at the
local station Monday A large pro
portion of them will be shipped to Eu
rope. A fair idea of the yield may BIZ
gained from the statement of one Brat
tleboro man, who said he gathered
this week II barrels of apples from
one tree, and from another who sale
he gathered Is barrels from three
trees.