Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-07

Fish and Game club Will be held at
Silverdale next Wednesday,.
The ladies of Wantastiquet Golf
club will serve today at the club
house the first of a series of lunches.
The 72-foot addition to the Hooker
| Corser & Mitchell company's overall
factory is being built up one story
during the vacation of the employees
The Silverdale property at Spofford
lake has been sold by G. G. Abbey of
ChicOpee, Mass, to a. A. Moore. an
experienced hotel man in Massachu-
sets, who has already taken posses
sion
The selectmen give notice that the
people having refuse to dump in the
region of the coal sheds must take it
as near the river as possible and not
dump it near the sheds. If the notice
is not complied with permission to
dump in that locality will be withheld
LarlIin G. Mead's recumbent statue
of a river god, which for many years
has been the chief decoration of his
studio in Florence. will probably be
erected in Minneapolis. A fund is be.
ing collected for the purpose. 1t is of
marble and weighs Is tons. Wheat
and corn are introduced into the deco
ration around the gods head.
Leon Canedy, who was one of three
Brattleboro boys sentenced in Septem-
Der to three and half years in the
state prison at Windsor for perjury
was pardoned Wednesday by Gov. Nc
Cullough. He returned to his home
yesterday. The other boys were par
doned some time ago Canedy's par
don was the result of special appeals
to the governor by Bacon & Hooker.
The ferry which w b. Allen ran at
West Chesterfield has been brought
here and tomorrow it will begin trans
porting teams and passengers across
the river at the Simon Brooks farm
where the ferry formerly ran under a
charter from the state of New Hamp-
shire. This will be very convenient
location. much better than the first one
| proposed from Root island to the
Thomas farm.
Fred Harris. son of Herbert Harris
broke the record at the golf links this
week, making the round of six holes
| in % strokes. Three or four players
| have previously been around in 26
| Harris had % on his second round
and stood a good opportunity to beat
the record for Is holes, 80, held by G
F. Bingham. Harris is one OF the
youngest members of the club and
picked up his knowledge of the game
while acting as cadde.
Thirty members of the Woman's Re
| lief corps attended the lawn party at
the home of Mrs. n. H. Hadley on Pine
| street yesterday afternoon and even
| ing. On account of the dampness it
was thought best not to spread the
tables on the lawn, so the supper was
served in the house A photograph
entertainment was given in the even
! ing by Luther Kaye. Mrs. Thomas
/ HannCn of Bennington and Mrs. Sarah
| Goodnow of Orange were among those
! present. The occasion was very en-.
/ joyabe.
The Baptist picnic will be held on
/ the Doolittle farm, adjoining the Yer.
non station, tomorrow, Saturday. A
/ cordial invitation is extended to every.
body who would enjoy a days outing
whether a member of that particular
congregation or not. Tickets may be
!
for the round trip, and are good on the
9 o'clock and 10 O'Clock trains going
and on the l o'clock and $50 trains
returning. If it rains the picnic will
/ be postponed; if cloudy listen for the
Baptist church bell; if silent there will
/ be no picnic. Coffee and ice water
| Will be provided, but people will carry
| their own cups. Swings, games. etc.
/ W lan f,tp fsl, ,,1
chairs for the more elderly people.
The west span of the old covered
/ bridge across the Connecticut river
was blown off it's foundation by dyna.
mite this morning and is now lying in
| the river. Percussion caps. for which
| the contractors waited two days. came
last night and this morning were put
under the arches which were the main
support of the bridge. They were con.
nected with wires by Electricians
| Leon White, Charles Bracket and
| Henry Brown, and at 9.45 o'clock the
| current was turned on. Only the car.
| tridges in the west span exploded
| They tore holes through the arches
but the bridge stood firm. Another
! charge was touched off at 11.20 and
the west span sank into the river
| The east span was tipped or its
! foundation by means of ropes and a
portable engine.
The ninth annual reunion of the Mil
Ter family was held yesterday after
| noon and last evening at the ID. T.
| Perry farm in West Brattleboro.
| There was an attendance of about so
| including DR.. Kimberly, Mrs. Eta
| Farnum and daughter of Hartford,
| Conn, Mrs. Robert Willard, son and
daughter, of Chelsea, Mass. Mrs.
Charles Fawcett and son of New York.
Mrs. Charles Clancy and son of New.
ton, Mass Dinner was the first thing
on the program and was on the bas-
ket' picnic plan. Then followed the
election of these officers: President
George +. Miller; vice president. Mrs.
Eta Farnum; secretary and treasurer
II. w. Sargent: entertainment COM
mittee. ID. T. Perry. A musical and
literary program was given after
which social time was enjoyed until
8 O'Clock, when supper was served
In the evening two pleasing farces and
number of songs were given in Mr.
Perry's hall, the reunion closing with
dance.
Mrs. Charles Clancy and son of New.
ton Upper Falls are visiting Mrs