Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-14

anniversary OF the battle falls on sun
day.
Judge Start will be the presiding
Judge at the September term of the
Wndh8m county court. which will
convene at Newfane Sept ..
Rev. S. II. Lee. president of the
French Protestant College in Spring
field Mass. will preach in the Con
grcgatlonal church next Sunday.
Rev. George Foster Prentiss of New
Haven. Conn, will address the mems
meeting on the common at o'clock
Sunday. under the auspices of the
Y. NJ. c. y.
About 80 members of the Wantasti-
quet Golf club attended the first of the
series Of afternoon teas on the grounds
Friday. Golf and tennis matches
were played and all enjoyed the occa-
sion.
II. r. Brown has had a ferry boat
put in the river at the Simon Brooks
farm for public use. on payment of
ferrJag until the new steel bridge is
completed, The ferryman is Robert
Trendall.
A company of 90 young people were
entertained by Miss Annie b. Allen
and Miss Edna Lawton at Kamp Kom-
fort on the Retreat grounds Tuesday
evening. Supper was served, which
was followed by dancing.
A local company of amateur actors
under the direction of Strock and
Evans will present the play T'riss
in Grange hall tonight and tomorrow
night. The presentation tomorrow
night will be followed by a dance.
Music lovers are looking forward
with pleasure to the concert to be
given by Mrs. Pratt Thursday evening,
Aug. 90. There is great interest man
Tested and everything indicates a full
house. The advance sale of seats
opens Monday morning, Aug. II, at
o'clock.
The walls of the new building at the
Home for Aged and Disabled have
been plastered and will be finished as
soon as they are dry. The plumbing
is practically finished and the heating
apparatus has been delivered on the
premises. 1t is expected that all the
work will be completed before Oct. /.
DR.. II Nelson Jackson formerly as
sistant physician at the Brattleboro
lington Friday in his Winton automo-
bile, in which he covered the distance
across the continent from San Fran
cisco. This is the first time the feat
ever has been accomplished in a ma
chine Of this kind
For the sake Of historical eXactness,
it may be said that the date of the
coming of Ebeneezer Fisher to Brat
tleholo. as mentioned in the Fisher
golden wedding notice last week. was
1866 instead of 1862. Fourteen fami-
lies comprised the colony of original
Brattebcro settlers. Mr.. Fisher was
the first to JOIN them. his making the
18th family.
a book dance was given in Red
Mems hall last evening. which was at
tended by 20 couples. each persons
costume representing the title of a
book. Miss Lulu Greasy and Alison
Dugan furnished music. The dance
was given by Miss Pauline Jenne. Miss
Elizabeth Marshall, Miss Ethel Ran
dali. Miss Edna Lawton, Miss Ellen
Hunt. Miss Annie Allen Miss May
Williamson and Miss Mary Frost.
Work on the water basin in Wealth.
ersfeld which will supply the town of
Springfield with water for domestic
and manufacturing purposes, is being
rushed as fast as possible, under the
direction of L. G. Crosby and NJ. \.
Coolidge. One hundred and thirty
Italian laborers, 10 American foremen
and mechanics. and Is teams are EN-
ployed on the dam and water basin
The total amount of the pay roll for a
fortnight is $2,929.97.
In the suit of Cora NJ. p Banks of
Orange against her husband Charles
d. Banks of Mortified, which was
heard in Greenfield last week, the
court issued a decree of divorce nisi
for gross and confirmed habits of in
toXication, custody of the children to
the mother, and alimony in the sum
of $4,000 for the mother. who is charged
with the support of the children. H.
G.. Barber of Brattleboro was one of
the counsel for the husband. The
alimony is less than the sum offered
by the defendant in settlement.
Protective Grange, which has held
the position of honor at the top of the
list of Vermont Oranges with respect
to membership, now holds second
place, West Randolph Grange having
gone ahead at a meeting last Friday
night. At that meeting 40 candidates
were admitted to membership. CON
shutting the largest class ever mi
tiated. Their membership now is 4i0.
which is % larger than the member
ship of Protective Grange. There
may be something further to say in
the matter of membership later.
The guessing contests in Freeman
SCOTS and y. f. Roberts's grocery
stores, arranged by the Old Grist Mill
Food company, closed Saturday. At
each store quadruple plate silver
service was offered the one guessing
nearest the number of kernels of
wheat in a glass jar The jar at
SCOTS contained 1861 kernels. Mrs /
Harry Stone of Frost street guessed /.
l3,l2S and won the set. The set at
Roberts's store went to Mrs. Eliza /
beth H. Selleck. who guessed 1889. /
the exact number being Is, 4S7.
The program for Mrs. Pratt's con-
cert, to be given Thursday evening, |
Aug. 20, is arranged to suit the taste
of all. There will be three violin
solos by Mr. Kennedy Mr.. Day will
sing an aria from Faust" and a
group of songs in English, while Mrs.
Pratt herself win appear in three
singing ten selections in ALL