Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-26


ing.
The Freme Circle connected with
the Unitarian church. have decided
to hold their annual fair Sept 10.
There will be no services at the
Christian Science rooms next Sunday
morning or On Wednesday evening CT
next week
4 tally-ho party of Is young peo-
pie spent the evening at the Greene
cottage at Spofford lake Friday. Mrs
II. II. Crosby was chaperone
The free kindergarten closes this
afternoon with a party for the chill
dren. The summer school will open
July 6. and will be in charge of Miss
Florence Foster
r. e. Gordon has been appointed ad-
ministrator and f. w. Mcclure and
II. b. Chamberlain appraisers ard com
missioners of the estates of Michael
Brosnahan and Julia Brosnahan.
Children's day will be observed in
the Unitarian and Universalist
churches next Sunday. Programs
were arranged for last Sunday. but
they were postponed on account Of
the storm.
F. B. Holman Of Spofford has begun
running this week a single team every
day from Chesterfield lake to Brattle-
boro and return. and he will carry the
New York and Boston daily papers and
will carry parcels and do errands. He
plans to continue this work through
the summer.
Hugh j. Betterley Of Dummerston
Hill won the Austin gold medal in
the rifle competition at Norwich Uni
versitv. Mortified. Monday. The sill
yer medal went to Ralph Gilman Of
Chelsea and the bronze medal to Guy
Russell of Hartford. The highest
score was rs. There was a strong
wind.
Leitsinger's orchestra of 10 pieces
played at the Keene High school re-
ception and ball Tuesday evening
/ City hall was packed to the doors and
there were over POO couples on the
floor. The function was the leading
society event of the season and the
orchestra was warmly commended for
its work
One of Mrs. f. f. Stockwells teams
driven by +. Boutot was pulled down
J lne IdlllOdu Dduh Ill llt rear vi the
Herrick place Wednesday, the cart
TO which the horses We're attached
having been backed over the edge of
the bank. The horses were unable
to draw the cart back mp. so they
were driven down the railroad track
to Depot street. No harm was done
The heavy down-pour of rain Sun
day was not favorable for a large at
tendance at the childrens day service
in the Baptist church. nevertheless a
good number were present. the chill
dren occupying front pews. Rev Mr.
Lawson preached a special sermon to
the children on the subject "Shep-
herds" His text was John y. 9-l1
In the Sunday school room Children :
day music was sung. The rooms We're
decorated with laurel. daisies and
ferns.
y hearing was held before f. d. +
Stowe, referee in bankruptcy. Tues
day morning on the petition of credi
tors of Meany & Titus of Bellows
Falls asking that the bills of the cred
itors be paid in full out of the amount
collected by the trustee of the bank
rupt estate of ". NJ. Meany. The
firm of Meany & Titus was dissolved
about a week before Meany filed a
petition in bankruptcy. Meany assum
ing the debts. The creditors OF
Meany individually object to the
granting of the petition.
The New England Farmer. with
which Our Grange Homes has beer
consolidated, was published this week
in Brattleboro for the first time from
the office of its new owner. j. G. u
lery. publisher of the RefCrmer. The
New England Farmer is the Oldest
agricultural paper in America. hay
ing been published in Boston contiu
uOusly since 1922. II has circula
ton Of $1,000, extending to all part,
of New England. Ullery q Co. pro
pose to make radical improvements
in the paper, including a special page
devoted to the Grange and a page en-
tirely for dairy interests \ depart
ment for women will be in charge OF
Mrs. Adelaide Davis Reynolds
George A. Martin. a widely-knowr
writer and authority on agriculture
subjects. will be editor of the liv,
stock. dairy and agricultural depart
ments George NJ Whitaker. editor
OF the paper many years, will furnish
the market reports and act as specla
contributor. The associate editor;
will include y. W. Cheever of Ded
ham, Mass, F. l.. Houghton of Put
ney, George w. Pierce of BrattleborC
and John +. Gale of Guilford. Mr.
Ullery and Mrs. Reynolds will have
the general editorial direction of the
paper. The New England Farmer i,
a handsome paper geographically
and its departments are well ar
ranged. We trust that Ullery & Co
may achieve their ambition in placing
the Farmer at the head Of the agri
cultural press in its field.