Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-07-03

a. V. MAYS agency has sold for w.
/. Moody his trucking and express
business to Mrs. Ada b. Upham.
Referee f. d. E. Stowe has declared
a dividend Of 81 per cent. in the J. E.
Haynes estate, payable July 10.
The boys who will spend the next
ten weeks at Spofford lake in charge
of T.. Burr Smith of Plainfeld. n. j.,
arrived Tuesday. Crosby Adams will
join the party for the season
The work cf blasting for the Crow
ell water main on Vernon street hill
probably will continue through next
week. A steam drill is being used.
operated by Robert Coombs of West
Dummerston.
Elmer f.. Welch. Al, formerly en-
ployed in the Brattleboro Custom laun-
day. died suddenly in Hopedale, Mass.
Thursday, June %. He leaves wild
ow and two children. The burial was
in Hoosick Falls. ~ Y.
G. L. Gilman will receive at his
stable on Elliot street tomorrow a
large number of fine horses including
large workers. team, job and family
horses. saddle horses and single Griv-
ers. and horses for farm work.
The annual meeting of the Woman 5
Auxiliary of the Episcopal diocese of
Vermont will be held in St. Michael's
church early in October. Bishop Hall
will be present This will be on the
10th anniversary of the conservation
OF st. Michael's church.
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as well as in name for the local letter
carriers. both village and rural. They
will make no delivery tomorrow. but
the post-omce will be open from to
II o'clock. The hour of Sunday open
ing is from $3.50 to 1920.
Orders issued from the Office of Adj
jutant General Gilmore announce that
the annual encampment of the First
Regiment. Vermont National Guard,
will be held at the state camp ground
near Fort Ethan Allen from Thursday.
Aug. 6, to Friday, Aug. IA, inclusive.
Col. j. Gray Estey is assigned to duty
as post commander.
Tramps are very numerous this
season There are several shacks on
the bank of the river east Of the can
ming factory where the hobos congre-
gate, and from there come into the
village to beg for food. The shacks
were raided Sunday night by the pO-
! lice, but the hobos who were there
Saturday had disappeared.
Rev. William Ross. for many years
a missionary in Central Africa, who is
attending the Mortified conferences
will speak Sunday afternoon on the
/ common. beginning at 4 o'clock. This
will be the first of series of outdoor
/ services held under the auspices of
the Y. NJ. c. a. Those who can do so
conveniently are invited to carry
/ chairs.
The annual meeting of the Spring
/ field Electric Railway company was
/ held last week. These directors were
/ elected; f. c. Crosby and c. W wy
man of Brattleboro. F. 5. Coolidge
and NJ. A. Coolidge of Fitchburg and
w. w. Brown Of Springfield The
| directors elected f. c. Crosby presi.
/ dent and general manager NJ A.
/ Coolidge vice president and treasurer
and Allyn ]. Crosby superintendent.
The rains of the past few weeks
/ have left most of the roads in excel
/ lent condition. hard and smooth The
/ effects of using gravel on the roads in
| the early spring are strlkingly appar-
ent on the Putney road. where the
/ gravel was drawn on runners and
used as early as possible this year by
/ Road Commissioner Eames There
are two or three stretches which
were formerly deep sand in the sum
mer time, but which now are almost
equal to macadam.
A petition. signed by a number of
/ citizens. was presented to the select.
/ men Tuesday stating that the public
good and convenience demanded a
/ highway 10 be laid cut in the south
/ part Of the village. beginning a; some
. point between II. O. CoClidgc's and
. 1uMeld Barraby's houses and extend.
ing across land owned by the Morn
ing.ide Cemetery association TO Yer
non street. The object in wishing a
highway at that point is TO accommo
date the employees Of the Brattlehor0
Cabinet company formerly b. SoutC
x Co. Several of those Interested
looked the ground owe" Friday after
noon
The National Magazine said in a
recent number that Governor Ramsay
Of Minnesota was the only living civil
war governor. Having been notified
that Governor Holbrook is still living
, the National publishes in It's July
number cut of Governor Holbrook
together with a letter from him and
the following comment on slips OF
. paper which Governor Holbrock
sent to the editor of the magazine
These slips cuttings from Vermont
newspapers-sage and kindly com.
mcnt upon current events. penned by
this veteran in the calm retirement
of his library, are sound and fine: not
lacking. either, something of the spirit
of youth grown wise without growing
sad that characteriZes the souls OF
those who grow old gracefully. Yer.
mont is proud of her grand old man,
as well she may be"
Fitts-Emerson.
The marriage of Clarke Gushing
Fits and Miss Maud Lenore Emerson
took place at noon Tuesday at / ) Oak
street. in the house which Mr.. Fits
/ recent bOUght and which will ha thf l.