Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-03-27

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The annual meeting of the Brattle
boro Creamery association will be
held Monday, April 6.
Kennedy's cookies, waters, etc. are
being demonstrated" by Miss Reed
in Freeman SCOTS grocery store.
Cards and dancing will be the at
fractions at the ladies' night at the
Vermont Wheel club rooms this even
ing.
The room in the town hall building
formerly used as the town liquor agen-
cy is being fitted up for the use of the
listers.
Ernest Clark. who will go to Tur
key as a medical missionary. will con-
duct the mems meeting in the Y. NJ
c. A. rooms Sunday afternoon.
Dispositions will be taken in Hins-
dale today in the suits of Mrs. Steph
EN- G. Ellis and daughters against f.
c. Gale. o. H. Ellis and J. A. Taylor
An examination for the positions of
clerk and carrier will be held at the
post office May g. Particulars may
be obtained upon application to Miss
F. E. Guild. secretary of the post
board. at the post office.
The withdrawal of certain funds
which were available for Mrs Jennie
B. Powerss use in her humane work
will not cause a suspension of her eff
forts, and work will be resumed with
her accustomed energy within short
time
Arthur l.. Maynard has been APP
pointed administrator of the Corabel
L. Maynard estate. Adm F. Miller
has been appointed administrator of
the Elihu NJ. Wilson estate of Dunn
merston. Sumner b. Worden has
been appointed administrator of the
Eva NJ Worden estate of Halifax.
The annual meeting of the Wantas-
tiquet Golf club will be held at the
Brooks House Wednesday evening.
April |. at 7.30. The club has 155
members. The financial report
shows that the club has assets of
1880 and liabilities of s657. The
clubs debt was reduced over $500 dur.
ing the past year.
A treasure" sale will be held in the
Brooks House parlor next Thursday
afternoon and evening, beginning at
/ o'clock. by the Daughters of the
American Revolution. Each "daugh-
ter" will contribute articles which she
prizes herself. so that the sale will
not be in the nature of a rummage
sale Candy and potted plants also
will be on sale.
Lawyer c. C. Fits has brought
suit in the Suffolk county superior
court, in Boston, for $4,000 against
the Central Vermont Railway COM
pany and in favor of Tuffield Barraby
of Brattleboro. Mr.. Barraby was a
passenger on a train which met with
an accident at Millers Falls last
Thanksgiving day. He was thrown
down and his spine was injured so
badly that he has suffered ever since.
Congressman Kittredge Haskns
has received notice from the post of
fee department this week that the
following rural free delivery routes
will be put in operation July /, 1903:
Ludlow. routes and 3; Newport Cen.
tire. routes l and >: Westminster,
route |: Wilmington, route /; Spring
field. route /; Woodstock. route u
Bradford. routes and >; Putney
route /.
\ convention of the Young Mems
Christian Associations of Vermont
will be held in Burlington April II, is
and 49, with the association of which
George Fitzsimmons is general secre-
tary. Mr.. Morrison of Concord. n.
H., secretary of the railroad Y. NJ. C.
A. of that city, was in Brattleboro
this week in the interests of the con-
vention. Railroad rates of a fare and
a third for the round trip have been
obtained. Many prominent speakers
have been engaged
The success of Frank f. Welcome,
son of w. H. Welcome, as a dog fan
cier, is indicated by the following
item in the New Haven Palladium of
March "a IF. E. Welcome, salesman
at j. Johnson & Sons, and who has a
somewhat noted kennel for breeding
Blenheim spaniels, has sold to Thorn
as w. Lawson, the Boston copper
king, one of these valuable dogs The
animal was shipped by Adams express
yesterday. The price paid for the
dog was $3.50. This breed of span
iels is now becoming very popular
Suit has been brought against the
Readsboro Chair company by Law
yers c. S. Chase of Nottingham and
c. c. Fits of Brattleboro in behalf of
Giovanni Milese to recover damages
in the amount of $4,000 Milese is
1O-year old Italian boy. He was
hired by the Readsboro Chair com
pany to work in their factory when a
lad of nine years. On October 81 of
last year the boy slipped and fell and
his right arm was cut off by coming
in contact with a planning machine
The statutes prohibit corporations
from hiring boys of Milese's age. The
suit is in the United States circuit
court.
Isabel Irving will make her first ap-
pearance in this town as a star next
Tuesday evening under most au-
spicious circumstances. Miss Irving
is touring in an elaborate new pro-
duction of The Crisis" under James
X. Hacketts management. The play
will be seen here as it is presented
by Miss Irving and an unusually
strong supporting company in the big
cities Wilfrid North. formerly lead
ing man for Mrs. Fisk, is now at the
head of Miss Irving's support Be
sides bringing the complete scenic and
costume effects here with her, Miss
Irving will bring her own proscenum
arch curtain, which is made of silk |
plush in the tableau style and has her |
signature embroidered in gold with
in an ornamental wreath. None of |
the local theatre effects will be seen
on this occasion.
The Connecticut river rose rapidly |