Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-24

ton last week, is doing well. DR.. Rob
erts expects to save the leg.
f. f. Perry, foreman of Holden &
Martins shop on Frost street, had the
end of his left thumb pared down to
the bone Monday, getting it caught in
a double planer.
The ladies aid society of the Meth.
odist church will hold their regular
business meeting Wednesday after
noon in the church parlor at 4 o'clock
A large attendance is desired.
A. V. May, real estate agent, has
sold valuable tract of poplar and
birch timber in Newfane owned by
John e. Day of Worcester, to two
Newfane lumbermen. The tract con
tains 100 acres.
Two troops of cavalry, consisting of
l12 men and 1870 horses. will march
from Fort Ethan Allen to Brattleboro
in September to be an attraction at
the Valley Fair. The officers have
made inquiry of the towns along the
route regarding facilities for securing
wood water and hay. and as to the
condition of the road.
After next Sunday the Unitarian
church will be closed for the usual
summer vacation. reopening for SER
vice the last Sunday in August. Rev.
Mr.. Osgood will remain in Brattleboro
during August, and so may be called
upon for any pastoral service. Mr..
OsgoOd's theme next Sunday will be:
"A Change at the Vatican"
H. j. Richmond of Guilford Centre
has sold his thoroughbred Jersey bull
Briarcliff Beau, to Gerald Howatt. of
the Briarcliff farm. White Plains. n. Y.
The bull was shipped to White Plains
Monday from Brattleboro. together
with a thoroughbred Jersey COW and
calf. Mr.. Richmond bought the bull
of Mr.. Howatt at the Valley Fair in
1900 1t was then less than a year
old.
Justice Merrifield rendered his de-
cision Monday in the suit of John T.
kaine against j. Frank Thomas, which
was brought to recover a grocery bill
of S13. The defendant went through
bankruptcy in St Adams. but Mr..
kaine's bill was not included in the
list of debts. The decision is against
the plaintiff on the ground that he had
knowledge that Thomas was in bank
ruptcy.
Old soldiers and others who desire
to attend the reunion of the Windham
County Veterans Association at
! Townshend Saturday. August / may
obtain round trip tickets on line of
Boston & Maine railroad between Bel.
lows Falls. and intermediate stations.
and Brattleboro Rates will be one
and one-third of price of regular tick.
cts one way. On Brattleboro & White
hall railroad, Brattleboro to Towns.
bend and return, 20 cents; West Dunn.
merston, 40 cents; Williamsville. 80
/ cents; Newfane, 20 cents.
Alvin Brewers service in behalf of
the government saved him five days
Imprisonment Saturday Brewer was
arrested Friday night by Chief-of
| Police Hall. On Saturday morning he
was arraigned before Justice Newton.
said his home was in Mortified. Mass.
that he was an old soldier, and pleaded
| guilty to the charge of intoxication.
Judge Newton fined him So and costs.
Being unable to pay the fine he was
sentenced to Is days in the Woodstock
Jail, which was five days less than his
sentence would have been had he not
been an old soldier.
F. S. Morrison of Burlington, state
secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A.. gave two
able addresses in Brattleboro Sunday
speaking on Affections in the morn.
ing, in the Methodist church, and on
The Three-fold Result of Sin " in the
afternoon, the afternoon meeting be
ing held in the Congregational vestry
as the rain made il necessary to give
up the regular meeting on the com
mon Mr.. Morrison has been state
secretary only three weeks and is
making his first tour of the state. He
made a very favorable impression in
Brattleboro. He went from here tC
Bennington.
The Brattleboro contingent al
Woodstock Jail was increased Mon
day by the addition of Dan Roach. who
said he lived in Pittsfeld. Mass
Roach was arrested by Chief-of- Police
Hall Sunday morning. He was in
toXicated when arrested and was lying
near the railroad track at the Bridge
street crossing. He stayed in the
lookup over night and on Monday
morning pleaded guilty before Justice
W. S. Newton. He was fined So and
costs, but was unable to pay. His
alternative sentence was 20 days in
Woodstock jail, but the sentence was
reduced to Is days out of considera
ton for his family. which consists OF
a wife and three children.
The Philadelphia hosiery man who
came to Brattleboro Friday to lool
over the ground with view to estab
fishing new hosiery industry here
was favorably impressed with the 10
cation, but could give no positive an
nouncement as to whether he would
locate in town. He will make an
other visit later. His establishment
in Philadelphia makes a very fine
grade Of fancy hosiery, but the bust
ness is handicapped by strikes among
the textile workers. The rent also is
twice as high as he would have to pay
in Brattleboro. He found a building
which he probably could rent. The
next important question to be con
sidered is that of securing help.
David Booth, a well known negro
died Saturday as the result of a stroke
of paralysis which he sustained 6
week previous. His death took place
in one of Alexander Aliens houses OF
Vernon street. where he lived alone
two years. Funeral services were
held in Bond & Sons undertaking
rooms at 10 o'clock Monday, Rev. H
R.. Miles officiating. The burial wa:
in Morningside cemetery. Mr.. Bootf