Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-10-02
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The Valley Fair dances in Grange
hall were attended by large and or
derby crowds. The Philharmonic or
chestra furnished music.
The new secretary of the Y. NJ. c.
A., Victor S Reed of Woodsville, n.
H., will take up his duties in Brattle-
boro Saturday, oct. 10.
The ladies' circle of the Universalist
church will meet in the church par
lors next Thursday afternoon. A har-
vest supper will be served at els
o'clock.
The Snowflake canning factory will
not be opened this year. The season
already nearing the end, and there
is barely enough corn to supply the
Westminster factory, including what
is being shipped from BrattlebOro and
Vernon.
There were three jags in the jug
this morning, John Bellows of Will
mington, Will Rising of Stratton and
George Miller Of North Hinsdale. All
pleaded guilty before Justice Newton
and were fined s. and costs, which
they paid.
The London Graphic said of re-
cent appearance of Suzanne Adams in
that city; Madame Suzanne Adams
has a quiet possession. and pure
voice, that has something of the
charm of ripping stream of water:
cool, clear, delicious
Suzanne Adams's arrival was a fit
ting climax in the list of festival
events, and her performance this even
ing was the gem for which glorious
setting had already been shaped
From a report of the Worcester Fes-
tival in the Boston Herald.
picked-up team of local ball play
ers was defeated Thursday morning
on the island grounds by a Hinsdale
aggregation, the score being 6-3. Carl
Ellis did most of the twirling for the
Brattleboro team although Guiheen.
the New England Lacquer, was in the
box fir three innings.
The Catholic Union voted Sunday
to suspend dues and regular meetings
for the present and store their furni-
ture until they can find suitable
rooms. They will vacate rooms in
Ullery building this week. Mr..
Ullery and F. l.. Houghton will occupy
the rooms as editorial Offices.
One of the visitors at the Valley
Fair was G. Frank Hall of New York
city, who was engineer on passenger
engine between Brattleboro and
Springfield 50 years ago. r. A.
Brown of Brattleboro was brakeman
on the same train. 1t was a great
pleasure for the two men to meet
after being separated 80 years. Mr.
Hall came to Brattleboro in his auto
mobile.
The lookup had three occupants
over Tuesday night, Michael Hennes-
sey of Brattleboro, William Thayer
of Bellows Falls and Henry Tibbetts
of Putney. They were arraigned be-
fore Justice Newton Wednesday morn
ing, when all pleaded guilty and were
fined s. and costs, amounting in each
case to s11.45.
The Worcester Salt company, for
the best window display among local
grocers, awarded as follows: First,
IS, Grange store; I'd, SO, J. f. Glea-
son; Sd, 80, c. W. Puffer. A. F. Rob-
erts & Co.'S window was filled with a
representation of fire place arranged
by one of the expert decorators of the
Worcester company.
D. NJ. Estey of Owosso, Mich, died
in New Haven, Conn. last Sunday,
from an attack of rheumatic fever.
Mr.. Estey was born in Dummerston
and was the son of the late ]. B. Es-
tey He went to Michigan in early
manhood and engaged in manufactur-
ing enterprises. For several years
in later life he was the head of the
Estey Manufacturing company of
Tho funnro1 burial
in Owosso.
Edwin G. Austin, 8, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John j. Austin, died of membra-
nous crop about / o'clock Wednesday
morning, at his home at 119 Elliot
street. The funeral was held at 9
O'clock this morning in the Roman
Catholic church, Rev Father Cunning
ham officiating. The burial was in the
Roman Catholic cemetery. He was an
unusually bright lad and a favorite
with his companions. His father is
foreman in the Reformer printing
Office.
Neil Burgess County Fair" and
the Real Widow Brown furnished
plenty of entertainment at the Audi
forum Wednesday and Thursday
evenings. On both nights the house
was filled to its capacity. and applause
was frequent. Neither of the enter
tainments were as good as some that
have been here but Valley Fair audi
ences are not oYer-particular and are
satisfied with anything that has merit.
A pleasing feature were the harvest
balls which were held in Festival hall
after both performances, the First
Regiment band furnishing music.
Crowds of dancers took advantage of
the opportunity to exercise themselves
after an afternoon and evening of sit
ting down, and the program on each
night was continued until l o'clock.
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