Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-06-06

Rev. e. r. Perkins of Putney
preached in the Baptist church last
Sunday.
The Y. M. c. A. base ball team will
play the Winchester team in Win
chester tomorrow.
The annual convention of the Wind
ham and Bennington Association of
Universalists will be held in the Uni.
versalist church, Brattleboro, next
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The W. c. r. U. held their last meet
ing with Mrs Stearns. After refresh
ments were served there was a short
program of recitations and music by
members of the Union and by num-
Der of children. The next meeting
will be held in the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms
next Thursday.
One hundred of the leading sing
ers and dancers of Gardner, Mass,
gave a successful production of King
Jollity" in that city Thursday night
in aid of the fund for Old Home
Week celebration. The performance
was under the direction of Il. Wales
and son. Harry.
The reimbursement of the salary list
of New England postmasters makes
the following changes in this locality:
Putney, increased from $1,000 to $1,000;
Wilmington, increased from $1400 to
$500; Bellows Falls, increased from
$4,000 to $4,000: Chester, increased
from $1100 to $1,000.
At the meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club Tuesday evening the mat
ter of holding a field day was brought
up and discussed at some length. 1t
was finally voted to have field day
on Labor day. in September. but to
dispense with the usual clam bake.
Just what will be substituted for the
bake has not been determined.
w. S. Carson of Greenfield, the
Brattleboro correspondent of the Bos-
ton Globe. has bought Richard
O'Hara's news and stationery bust
ness in Greenfield and will be as
ISOLATED with d. L. Crandall of Or
ange in carrying it on Mr.. Gran
dali will be the active manager They
will have exclusive control of the
sale in that town of the more i'm
portant newspapers.
A musicale will be given in the Con
gregational vestrv next Thursday even
Ing. tOHSlSllHb Ol instrumental Stltt-
lions by II. F. Jordan. Helen Weather
head, Ernest Waterman. the mandolin
club and others. readings by Mrs. c.
II. Thompson and vocal solos by
George Adams and Alfred Thompson
and violin solo by Miss Grace Eels
1t will be under the direction of the
Christian Endeayor society and will
begin at 7.30 o'clock.
Lawyer C. c. Fits has brought a
bill in chancery for Derby & Ball of
Bellows Falls. scythe snath manu-
facturers, against L. T. Lowell and c.
f. Whitman, alleging that the de-
PENDANT Whitman is storing gasolene
in the building of the defendant Low
ell. which is near the plant of Derby
& Ball. that the plant is thereby en-
dangered and asking that the de
PENDANTS be enjoined from continu
ing to use the building for that pur
pose.
d. f. Tasker of Brattleboro was
elected president of the Vermont
branch of the National Association OF
Letter Carriers at the annual meeting
of the branch in Rutland, T. A. Aus
, tin was elected secretary and a mem
Der of the executive board. II was
,
ing in Brattleboro May 80 1908.
vote of thanks was extended to Con
gressmen Haskins and Foster and
others who have performed favors fol
, the association.
Oscar J. Willard of Washington
: street, machinist for the Central Yer
mont Railway company. was hurt. a
, West Dummerston Monday afternoon
having his collar bone broken anC
receiving a scalp wound. AS a broad
/ gauge train load of granite was being
pushed past a switch a wheel under
one car struck against the frog ant
, the truck was displaced. Mr. Willard
went to West Dummerston to assist
= in replacing the truck. He found II
, necessary to unload the granite, ant
, he was on the car prying with an iror
bar when the bar slipped off, letting
him over backward on to the track
striking on his head and shoulders
He was brought to the station on {
hand car and carried home in a coupe
, Seventy-five logmen have been a
work since last Friday to remove the
: log jam which formed last week agains
the pier of the covered bridge acros:
the Connecticut river, and their opera
/ Iipho nave bttu a ttlllIt VI
. every day for a large crowd of peo
pie. They began at the southeast corn
er and at noon yesterday had cut chan
= mel the entire length of the jam. Sew
I eral days more will be required t
: clear the river. The logmen stat,
: that there were from 100000 to 10
100000 feet of logs in the lam anC
" that there are about twice that mum
, Der of feet yet to come. George Val
j Dyke of Boston. of the Connection
5 River Manufacturing company. wht
j owns the logs. was in BrattleborC
: Saturday and Sunday. He stated
l. that the jam was one of the larges
e the company ever had to content
with. The logmen have four meal
day and work from early mornin,
until dark. They have had II horse
at work the past week.
:. Automobile a Juggernaut
}, A racing automobile in charge o
K w. c. Baker of Cleveland, Ohio.
S cousin of Henry R. Brown of Brattle