Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-06-12


The authorities should prohibit
teams from driving on to the grass on
the common practice which is par
ticularly noticeable on band concert
nights
Harry =. Freeman. administrator Of
the II. Y. Freeman estate. has sold the
Freeman house on Cedar street to W.
~ Batchelder. who will take possession
about July L. The sale was made by
S. W. Edgett & Co.
The pulpit of the Baptist church
will be occupied next Sunday by Rev.
\. f. Foote of SaXtons River. Rev,
Mr.. Lawson will preach the bacca.
laureate sermon before the graduating
class of Vermont Academy.
The North Street Tennis associa-
/ ton met Friday evening and voted to
/ cover the court with a thick layer of
/ clay. which is being done this week
/ The association expects to entertain
/ the state tennis tournament next
year.
/ The five-act war drama d" At the
! Picket Line " is a tale of the sixties
and abounds in strong situations and
funny sayings. 1t will be presented in
Grange hall next Thursday and Friday
evenings under the direction of Strock
4 Evans.
At the last meeting of the Knights
and Ladies of Honor the following Of
ficers were elected Past protector. H.
w. Sargent: protector. c. p. Nash;
vice protector. A. Louise Putnam; sec.
rotary. Isabelle S. Lawrence; financial
secretary, T. H. Putnam; treasurer,
Lucy W. Sargent chaplain, Nellie J.
Pettee; guide. J. +. Lawrence: guar.
dian, w y. Cunningham; sentinel
Harry Rowe.
The goose party was very pleasant
ly entertained by Gen. and Mrs. Geo.
H. Bond Saturday afternoon. This
party numbering seven members. has
met from time to time for 20 years.
No new members can ever be received
1t was organized before the days of
fashionable clubs. hence its name.
Only one member has moved from
town. and she comes to Brattleboro
every year to meet with the others.
The executive committee of the Val.
ley Fair met Saturday night to dis
cuss matters pertaining to the coming
exhibition. The situation with respect
TO cattle is causing the committee
some anxiety, as the foot and mouth
quarantine is liable to make it difficult
to secure the desired quality in cattle
exhibits. If such proves to be the
case extra attention will be given TO
other departments. so that the show
will not fall behind the standard.
The executive committee of the Ru-
raj Improvement association met in
the Brooks House Monday evening
1t was voted to set out geraniums in
II of the IA flower beds about the vii
lage maintained by the association
and to set out shrubbery in the other
two beds. the money necessary for
this purpose to be raised by a can
vass. 1t was voted also to request
the bailifs to have the refuse matter
removed from the banks of Milestone
brook and to request merchants to re-
move signboards which have been put
up on the drives for advertising pur-
poses.
Diplomas will be awarded tonight
TO the following pupils. constituting
the graduating class of the Brattlebo
70 High school: Classical course
Florence Grace Putnam. Edna Mill
dred Marcy, Alberta Eva Drummond
Nellie Flora Lord. Ellen Sylvia Marcy
and John Daniel KANE; Latin course
Edith Maude Stearns. Edith Blanche
Douglas. George Henry Ingraham
Horace Leslie Scott. Harold Edward
Whitney. Wayne Howe Rice. Percy
We're Crowell and Marshall Joseph
Noyes: English course-Edwina Au-
gusta Whitney. Ella Fannie Ranney
Anna Margaret O'Neill. Zetta Maud
Weld, Arthur French Thomas Stuart
Eugene Frost, Raymond Newton
White. Ernest Shaw Arnold, Harry
Paul Greene and Richard Carpenter
Averill.
The following is the record of pro
bate court business since the regular
session: Harry c. Freeman has been
appointed administrator of the II. p.
Freeman estate; the petition of A. b.
Clapp for discharge as administrator
of the Jane ID. Sheldon estate has
been granted; L. NJ. Keneston has
been appointed administrator with
will annexed, of the l.. l.. Davis es-
tate, Maria Davis. wife of the de-
ceased, having declined the trust: II.
P. Wellman has been appointed eX-
ecutor of the will of Alonzo Starkey;
the will of Anna Halliday has been
allowed; the account Of J. l.. Stock
well, guardian of Asa p. GoodenOugh,
deceased. has been allowed and the
account transferred TO the administra-
tor of the estate; Norman c. Johnson
has been appointed administrator of
the Arrosette \. Sage estate of
/ Wardsboro
Judge Wheeler heard the argument
Monday on the motion of Waterman
Il Martin to have the verdict Of the
jury set aside in the case Of r. C.
Bacon. administrator of the Winfred
Randall estate, against the New Eng
! land Order of Protection; also the mo-
+ ton Cor a judgment notwithstanding
the verdict. which motion was based
on the fact that the suit was brought
by the administrator Of the estate
rather than the beneficiaries specified
in the certificate OF insurance issued
by the defendant company on the life
of the deceased. The argument was
made by Judge Waterman, who con
tended that the deceased, in answer
ing no" to the question Have you
ever been intoMcated?" in the appli-
cation for insurance, answered false
ly; that the testimony of witnesses at
thp trial DrOvad thaf tho daoaocad