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


liquor.
Charles Cushman. charged with
stealing hens, was fined $40 and costs
in the superior court at Keene last
Friday.
The second entertainment in the
Y. M. G. A. Star course will be given
in the Auditorium next Wednesday
evening by the Sibyl Sammis Grand
Concert company.
]. G. Stafford shot full grown red
fox in his hen yard Saturday morning.
He heard a connection in the yard
about $50 o'clock, and on Investigate
ing saw the fox devouring a hen.
|. p. Patch, president of Redheld
/ College, missionary college in Red
field, s. D., spoke on the work of the
/ college at the opening session of the
/ Congregational Sunday school last
| Sunday.
/ j. G. Ullery has sold the Hunter
property in Hinsdale to Thomas J..
/ Heaphy. Mr.. Heaphy has also bought
/ Mr.. UlleTy's half interest in the club
| house and land at Marlboro south
pond. which the two owned jointly.
Walter II. Jacobs, formerly of the
/ firm of Roberts & Jacobs. blacksmiths,
reopened the Canal-street blacksmith
shop Monday Mr.. Jacobs moved to
Athol some time ago, and later Mr..
/ Roberts moved to West Brattleboro.
The shop has been closed several
months.
The funeral of Romance G. Cressy
was held at his late home on High
street at 2 o'clock Saturday. Rev. r.
X Marvin, Of the Universalist church,
officiating. The burial was in Locust
Ridge cemetery. The bearers were
Henry w. Simonds, Arthur p. Simonds,
Robert H. Sargent and Frank Ware.
The annual convention of the Yer
mont State Teachers association will
be held in Bellows Falls next Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. The pro
gram contains the names of some of
the most prominent educators in New
Hampshire and Massachusetts,, as well
as Vermont All railroads will sell
round trip tickets at convention rates,
the round trip rate from Brattleboro
being 81. The opening session will
be held in the Congregational church
Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
A hearing in the suit of T. j. Heaphy
against II. n. Gum was held Satur.
day before Judge Wheeler in the
United States court in the Brooks
House. Mr.. Gum formerly conducted
a real estate office in Brattleboro
After going into bankruptcy Mr.
Heaphy brought suit against him to re-
cover for the use of mileage books
The hearing Saturday was to deter
mine as to whether the suit could be
maintained in view of the bankruptcy
proceedings r. G. Bacon appeared
for the plaintiff and Judge Waterman
for the defendant. Decision was
reserved.
: The Ladies' cup was won at the
Wantastiquet golf links Tuesday by
Mrs. c.. S. Pratt go who defeated
: Miss Florence Clark (D up and
| to play. The competition for the
Wantastiquet cup has reached the
/ semi-final round c. f. Bingham (3)
! and John Tasker (5) had a hot con
. test Monday which was not settled
: until the last hole, Bingham winning
up. w. f. Hubbard 60 won from
2 c. Fl. Thompson go up and 4 tC
play. Bingham drew the bye in thC
2 semi-fnal round and will go into the
: finals without another game. The
sem-fnals will be played between
t Hubbard and Harold Whitney (9).
; The foot bail game scheduled to TAX,
place on the island Saturday between
! the Brattleboro and Bellows Falli
: teams did not take place owing to thu
: failure of the Bellows Falls team t.
, appear. The Brattleboro player!
= donned their suits and met the traiI
on which the visitors were to come
but when they found that the Bellows
Falls players had broken their con
4 tract they were not very amiable
l especially as the other team had no
even taken the trouble to notify then
; by telephone that they were not com
ing. A placard was posted near tn
= bridge, notifying the public that Their,
: would be no game, and the local play
i ers spent the rest of the afternoon il
practice.
: The 30th annual reunion of the sur
k vivors of the LIST regiment Vernon
Y cavalry will be held in Rutland Oct
20. A business session in the morn
ing will be followed by a banquet il
the evening Gen. w. l.. Greenlea
, of Burlington will speak on the figh
r at Hagerstown, which took place Jul
= 13. 1868. A roster of the regimen
Il has just been printed, which give
). over 600 names, including the las
:. known postoiiice address of each CON
:, rade named, list of engagements i
. which the regiment participated. wit
!. date, brief historical sketch Of tn
: regiment. a summary of the proceed
= ings of the reunion society since it
;, organization, interesting statistics O
;. losses of each company and so forth.
It The Brattleboro Dramatic club pre-
& scented the five-act drama "In tn
d Tolls" before a good sized audience Il
e West Chesterfield Tuesday night. TIL
r cast included Arthur Hyde. leadin
s man, Miss Louise Davenport leadin
II lady, Ebert Hail. Carl Cain Will Cory
e Leon. Barnes, John Kennedy, Perle
k Rabbit, Miss Helen Reyes, and Mis-
e Daisy Wells. Some really good ac
II ing was done and the audience was ell
thusiastic. Between the acts solo
were sung by Miss Aline OLeary, Mis-
g Helen Keyes. Arthur Hyde and job
Kennedy The play was followed by
u dance, music being furnished by Lei
= singer, Dugan and Hines, the proceed
IL of which went to the club. During tn
n dance the West Chesterfield ladies ful
O. nished supper. The actors went b
.. tally-ho. returning about o'cloc
s. Wednesday morning.