Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-08-21


Theatre parties are already form
ing for the "Our New Minister" at the
Auditorium on SATURDAY, Aug. 30.
Gale q Wulamson's Burnham is
entered in a race in Mt. Carmel, y. v.
next week and in auother i'm John
town. y. Y, few days later.
The factory of the Brattleboro
Hosiery company win he closed at
noon Saturday, the odd to give the
employees a vacation until Monday
morning, the 3lst
The Methodist camp meeting now
i'm session at Claremont Junction open
ed very auspiciously. All the cottages
are occupied. Rev. +. w. Lewis and
about % from the Brattleboro church
are in attendance.
The workmen on the Connecticut
river bridge have removed a large
part of the old pier on this side of the
river and have made an excavation to
solid rock on which to start the
foundation for the new pier
The general job and picture franz
ing business on Flat street. formerly
the A. F. Wilder shop, has been sold
to G. f. Willis of Brookline, through
S. w. Edgett & Co.'S agency. Mr.. Will
lis has opened it for business.
The Spofford Fish and Game league.
at its meeting last week authorized
the executive committee to take nee
essary steps to have the law amended
so that no fishing will be permitted
in the lake after July 1 of each year.
The ladies of the Baptist society
will serve a lawn tea at Mrs. l.. II.
Dearborn's on Western avenue on
Wednesday. Aug. 26. from to :
o'clock. If the weather is rainy the
supper will be Thursday. All are in
yited
The Old Home Day exercises set for
yesterday in Dummerston were post
poned a week, to Aug. y, on account
of the rain. District Attorney Martin
will be the principal speaker next
Thursday and the First Regiment
band will furnish music.
The Hooker. Corser & Mitchell
Overall company Will use the addition
to the factory on Frost street for
storage purposes. and the space gained
in the main building will be utilized
within a few weeks for the install
lation of so more machines.
The machinery of B. Souto & Co.
will be moved from Randolph to the
big new plant in Brattleboro about
Sept. ! and the operations will begin
here soon after that date The boiler
and engines in the factory are in run
ming order and several machines are
set up ready for use. The prinklne.
system in the building is almost cupn-
pleted. An iron tower. sUrmountc} by
a tank holding 10000 gallons Cr wa
ter will be built outside the buildings
for second supply Of water.
Most special delivery L.t,o,.. ro.
miro rem rnnts nos.aoo r. ..,,,r,. +bli.
Immediate arrival huf Lool.o.,, ,'itb
only two cents unon ~ n,,f, r.cori
limo through tho IoSa1 u d, fo,,
days ago. a ceIt2in resident was
called up on the Vlcphone early one
morning recently fand told that there
was letter TOT his daughter, requir-
ing immediate delivery. lie hustled
down to the 0iliCe and took the mis-
sINe when was found to contain a
small ilsh N the last stages of decay.
me post,1fice clerks had thought ii
pest to nave the remains removed
before calling in 4 coroner.
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Mr.. and Mrs A p Childs wera so
riouslv injured in runaway acci
dent Tuesday They drove durino the
dav from Hillcrest whore they had
been Shaving about week IN tho doe,
mark in Halifax They were return
ing and were near the summit of Ak
ley hill near Marlboro line when theil
horse began to kick and run. Going
down the steep hill the horse soon
became unmanageable, and Mr. and
Mrs. Childs were thrown violently
upon pile of stones. Mr.. Childs was
unconscious, but Mrs. Childs. although
| bruised and bleeding, made her way