Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-25
VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBo O., FRIDAY,

A dividned of "A per cent was paid
Friday to the creditors of Miller &
Kinson, in bankruptcy.
T. Frank Turner has leased the
American House and will open it as a
hotel about May 10. New steps have
been built on the front of the hotel
this week.
The bridge committee practically
have decided on May 10 as the date for
the special town meeting to see what
action the town will take in regard to
buying a steel bridge to span the Con-
necticut river.
Jerome Amidon and s. o. Thayer of
Brattleboro and b. T. Phelps of West
Minister Station have been serving
this week on the jury at the trial of
John w. Ketchum in the Vergennes
bank case before the United States
circuit court in Rutland.
The trout fishing season will open
in Vermont next Thursday. The
streams in this county are lower than
usual at this season and it is expected
that large catches will be made
Fishermen who have been to brooks
in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
have had fairly good luck.
A salmagundi party was given In
the Congregational vestry Wednesday
evening by the Christian Endeavor So
ciety. which was attended by a large
number Various progressive games
were played. after which lemon sher-
bet and cake were served. This was
the society's last entertainment this
season.
The Hydro-Fountan club has elected
these officers for the ensuing year:
President. Henry f. Brown; vice pres
ident. l.. ID. Harris; secretary, G.. l..
Cobb: treasurer. Leon White: eXecu-
tive committee, c. F. Cook, f. ID. Weld
and John Henkel auditing committee.
c. W. Sargent Roy Cook and A. L.
Perham; trustees. Walter S. Stearns,
NJ ID. Grout and Roy Cook.
Andrew Boland, who was employed
in The Phoenix Job printing Office over
year, is Ill with varioloid in Great
Darlington. Mass. He left Brattleboro
two months ago, going first to Rutland.
He had been employed about a week
in the composing room of the Great
harrington Courier when he became
i'll. DR.. Beebe. whom he consulted.
was at once suspicious of small pox,
and two other physicians confirmed his
diagnosis. Boland was kept in a
closed room until an isolated house
could be fitted up as a pest-house.
An action of trespass and trover
has been brought by w. G. Doolittle
against A. G.. Barnes of Vernon. claim,
ing damages in the sum of 5000 Mr..
Doolittle claims that he bought of Mr..
Barnes standing timber in Vernon and
that Mr.. Barnes gave him a certain
length of time in which to clear off
the timber. He alleges that before
the time expired Mr.. Barnes went in
to the lot, cut off 500 trees and car
ried them away. The suit was
brought through Lawyer II. G. Bar
Der and will be~tried in the county
court,
DIR. H. H. Lewis, the veterinary and
George Deyo were arrested Friday af-
ternoon by Chiefof Police Hall for in.
toXicatiOn. They got into a fistic en-
counter in DR.. Lews's room on Main
street and a third person was sent for
to separate them. They refused to
be separated and turned their atten-
ton to the third person. who called in
Chief Hall who took them to the lock-
up. Both had forget-me-nots on
their faces and Deyo's clothes were
torn. They pleaded guilty before
Justice Newton Saturday morning
Lewis was fined $40 and costs. for
a second offense and Deyo was fined
So and costs. Both fines were paid
A suit for $500 has been brought
through Lawyer F. d. Stowe by f. D.
Blood of Fitchburg and L. f. Read of
Stratton against T ID. Potter of
Springfield, Mass, and Rufus L. Band
of Palmer. The plaintiffs claim that
they bought of the defendants the
white farm" of 1900 acres in Wards
boro and Dover, the defendants rep
resenting that it contained 5000 900
feet of spruce timber, standing. which
constituted the main value of the land
The plaintiffs gave in part payment
house and lot in Springfield Mass
valued at $1,000. and claim that their
expenses in the deal were $500. They
aver that there was less than 900
600 feet of spruce on the land in cues
ton, that when they learned the facts
they gave up the land but that the
defendants have neglected to deed
back the house and lot. The case
Will be tried in the county court.
The old familiar story of RIP Van
Wrinkle" was admirably portrayed in
the Auditorium Tuesday evening by an
excellent company, headed by Thomas
Jefferson, son of Joseph Jefferson. the
man whose fame as the original rip"
extends throughout the theatrical
world Thomas Jefferson is distinc-
lively son of his father. His concep-
ton OF the vagabond of the village Of
Falling Water is ideal, and especially
after his long sleep of 20 years does
the force of his acting appeal to his
hearers. The part might be overdone
easily and the valuable lesson of the
play thus be lost, but Thomas Jeffer-
son has too keen perception to al
low himself to err in this respect
The scenery, particularly that of the
mountains in which appear the dwarf
Hendrick Hudson and the other
strange persons and from which come
the reverberations of the game of ten
pins, was fine, and added materially
to the strength of the performance.
Gretchen was impersonated by Mar
garet Hayward, Derrick Won Beck
man by Walter Colligan, and mick"
Vedder by James Shaw, each of whom
acted with good judgment. Rarely is
such excellent child acting seen in
the Auditorium as that by Little
Meenie and Little Heindrick in Rips"
home in the second act. There was
an attendance of 400 people.