Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-08
BRATTLE8oRo.

The band concert will be given on
the common next Thursday evening.
The Republican caucus for the nomi
nation of a candidate for town rep
resentative will be held in Festival
hall on Saturday of next week from
2 to s o'clock.
The Colonial Moving Picture com
pany will give an entertainment at
the Auditorium Friday, August 10, for
the benefit of the Odd Fellows. The
pictures portray great variety OF
scenes, including the eruption of Mont
Pelee.
Gilbert B. Harwood, the carpenter,
has filed a petition in bankruptcy.
His unsecured liabilities are $1,000
and his assets, all of which are
claimed to be exempt, are $780, The
creditors are principally Brattleboro
men. whose bills range from $40 to
$3.50.
The largest real estate transaction of
the year in Holyoke took place Satur'
day. when Thomas A. Judge bought
of Herbert W. Cooley three tenement
blocks for $4,000. Mr.. Judge is
station agent in Holyoke and son of
Thomas Judge, Brattleboros veteran
shoe dealer.
Interesting letters have been re-
ceived this week from Miss Della
Sherman and Miss Lillian Newton,
in which they describe their visit to
Larkin G. Meade, the sculptor, at his
studio in Florence. They saw there
the Snow Angel" the figure which
as a boy he modelled in snow in Brat
tleboro, and many other pieces, in
Guiding the mississippi" on which
he has been working IS years. The
marble for the Mississippi weighed
"A tons when Mr.. Meade started on
his work, but it now weighs only II
tons. Mr.. Meade still retains keen
interest in events in Brattleboro, al
though he has not been here since
1874. Misses Sherman and Newton
were in Venice recently and saw there
the ruins of the Campaneille.
Last Sunday was the 50th annivers-
airy of the first intercollegiate boat
race between Harvard and Yale. 1t
was rowed on Lake Winipiseogee in
New Hampshire, and Harvard won by
about four lengths. Harvard had one
crew entered in an eight-oared boat,
and Yale made three entries. The
Boston Sunday Globe and the New
York Sunday Sun devoted extended
articles to review of the first race
and a sketch of each of the parti-
cipants now living. One of the oars
men in the Harvard boat was Col
Charles A. Miles of Brattleboro. 1t
is expected that a reunion and ban
quet of the original Yale and Harvard
crews will take place at the Univer-
sity club in New York next October.
Justice George Shiras of the United
States supreme court, who was mem
Der of the Yale crew, has been asked
to preside at the proposed banquet.
Lightning came into an electric car
Sunday night, while it was just be-
yond the Carroll farm in Centreville.
A controller was knocked out. None
of the persons in the car felt the
shock severely. Fred Miner was
standing near the controller and one
of his shoe strings was burned off
Fire flew all over the car Frank
Blood was driving beside the car at
the time, and the flash frightened his
horse. The animal jumped away
from the car, and the carriage struck
a telephone pole. Mr. Blood and
Miss Ella Stafford, the occupants of
the carriage, were thrown against the
pole. Mr.. Blood managed to hold to
the horse and to prevent a runaway.
Miss Stafford was bruised about the
head. Mr.. Blood's nose was badly
cut and his lips bruised. On Mon.
day lightning went through the same
car on Canal street
The annual picnic and field day of
the Catholic Union will be held at
Central park, Vernon, Saturday, Au.
gust 16, Battle of Bennington day
A special train will run to the park
about 8 o'clock and will return in the
evening. The members of the Union
will march from the club room, head
ed by the First Regiment band. The
field events will include a base ball
game between Ashuelot, N H., team
and Catholic Union; tug of war, heavy
weights of Hinsdale and Brattleboro;
relay race Hinsdale and Ashue-
lot against Brattleboro; 100 and 220
yard dashes; IS yard dash for boys
under 16; running broad, standing
broad, running high, and running hop
step and Jump; putting 16-pound shot (;
pole vault. Valuable prizes will be Of
fered in each event. A variety of games
and amusements will be provided. Re-
freshments will be served throughout
the day and dancing will be an attrac-
ton in afternoon and evening Dele
cations are expected from Greenfield
Mortified, Hinsdale, Ashuelot and
other towns.