Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-08-29

Walter Alexander has picked and
sold Sc bushels of cultivated red rasp
berries this season. He estimates
that he will have a yield of about 200
baskets of peaches from his peach
Rev. Laurance f. Bower of Trinity
parish, New \ ork city and Mrs. John
A. Bower of Pittsburg. Pa, are guests
at the Brooks House. Mr.. Bower
will preach in st. Michaels Episcopal
church next Sunday morning.
The junior branch of the Sunshine
society will have fair on the lawn at
the corner of Oak and High streets
next Thursday afternoon from to
$50 o'clock. Flowers, cake, home
made candy and jellies will be for
sale.
Miss Helen NJ. f. Byron of Water
town. Mass. graduate of Radcliffe
College, has been engaged as teach
err of sciences in the High school.
Miss May Douglass of Brattleboro,
a graduate of the Westfield normal
school. will be the teacher of the
High street primary school.
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers was called
to Brookline and Putney on Sunday
and Monday to investigate charges of
the abuse of horses which were being
used over the rough roads, although
badly CALLED. The owners promised
not to use the horses again until har-
ness had been repaired with pads to
relieve them from suffering.
The Waterman, the Baptist den
ominational paper, contains in it's cur
rent issue a full page article under
| the heading "Brattleboro, Vermont in
which some of the leading institutions
of the town are described. The ar
ticle is illustrated by two cuts, one
of the Estey Organ company's fac
| tories and one of the First Baptist
| church.
Seventy-two people went from Brat
! tleboro Saturday on the excursion to
Watch Hill and Block Island. They
| arrived at Block Island about on
scheduled time, but were over an hour
| late in arriving home. The water
was unusually calm. Fifty people
went on the excursion to Lake Suna
pee Sunday. The weather was fine
and there were no mishaps.
The Valley Fair premium list viii
finest horses in New England will be
seen at the Valley Fair, Sept. "a anC
%. a special effort is being made tC
bring this department to a STANDARD
beyond any other fair of the year il
New England. The managers have
plans under way for many attraction.
in the several departments, of which
announcement will be made at al
early date.
The freemen's meeting for the cleo
ton of state and county officers
town representative and justices o
the peace will be held in Festival hal
next Tuesday. The voting will be
gin at o'clock, under the Australian
ballot system. The town represen
tative box will be turned at 3 o'clock
and every member of the board o
civil authority is expected to be oil
hand at that time to count the bal
lots. The other boxes will be turne,
at o'clock.
Mrs. Helen G. Rice of Boston. stat
president of the w c. T. U. of Mas
sachusetts, and national president O
the Loyal Temperance Legion, vii
speak at union meeting in the Bar
fist church in West Brattleboro mex
Sunday morning at the usual hour
She will speak at a union service II
the First Baptist church Sunday al
ternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs Rice's sui
ject will be Prohibition VS.. Higl
License She is very well know
speaker, very forceful and earnest
No one should fail to hear her.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cordelia Goodel
| nf "A
of inflammation of the bowels Wednes
} day at her home in Montague. Mass
= Mrs. Goodell was native of BrattlC
, boro and spent her girlhood here
She was married in 1850 to Mr.. Coco
ell of Montague. They have lived tn
past 25 years on a farm in Montagu
Center. She was an estimable We
man, and had many friends. She /
survived by her husband, daughter
Mrs Edwin Marvel of Millers Fall.
a son, Waldo Goodell of Montague
and brother, George Cutler of Bra
tleboro.
, The closing services of the cam
meeting at Claremont Junction wer
/ held Sunday evening. and most c
those in attendance broke camp an
: departed Monday. Some RENAME
| for a few days. but the grounds wi
be pretty generally deserted by TIL
| close of this week. About 20 wer
in attendance from Brattleboro dul
ing some part of the time. The o.
, ficers of the association for the enst
, ing year are, President, Rev. w. N
Newton, Presiding Elder of Mon
pelier District; secretary, Rev. F. "
Lewis of Brattleboro: treasurer, c
w. Stevens of Claremont.
, Suit has been brought by John I
: Adkins, ct ais, against Charles A. Va
J Doom and John S. Brown for dan
: ages in the sum of 5000. alleging tina
/ on Aug. z the defendants entered tn
J plaintiffs land in the West Brattlt
, boro cemetery and cut down and cal
ried away so shade and ornamenta
J trees, valued at 5000. The plaintiff
claim that under the statute in sue
, cases they are entitled to recove
, treble the value of the trees. Their
, is some dispute as to the OWNERSHIP
of the trees, and the defendants clair
they had legal right to remove then
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers, agent of tn
Vermont Humane society, found re
Gently in Townshend a horse whic
had been turned out to pasture afte
, an operation for fistula and left wit
a great discharging cavity, throug
which the shoulder blade was visible
The animal had been left in this cor
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