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

The schools of the town school dis
trict will begin Monday, Aug. 81
Temperance day will be observed
Aug p at the grove meetings at Sun
set lake.
O. H. Ellis sold his fast PAGER To
nita F., 2:11H, last week to James
Golden, the well-known trainer of Bos-
ton, for $1,000.
A canary bird owned by Mrs. Mary
Crosier Of Elliot street, which many
people knew to be of remarkable age,
died yesterday. 1t was 10 years old.
Auctioueer George p. Miller will
sell for Fred Wall at the Eddy farm
in Vernon Tuesday the 25th, at l
o'clock, COWS, farming tools and per-
sonal property.
The International Sunshine society
Brattlehoro branch /, will hold its reg
ular monthly meeting with Mrs. C. f..
r. Jenne. the secretary, Tuesday af
terneon. August 2S. at o'clock
The directors of the Brattleboro
street railway have elected these Of
ficers: President, Charles o. Robbins:
vice-president, Frank L. Hunt; treas
urer. Dennison Cowles superintend-
ent. Carlos IS. Jones.
The Y. NJ c. \. basket bali team
will lose two of the six cracks who
won the state championship. John
Tufts, now in the Albany business col
lege, does not expect. to return, and
Hal March is planning to enter Nor
witch University in the fall.
will begin August 20 and close on the
Goth. The speakers are l.. S. Chafer
of Mortified. John A. Hubbard of
Princeton. \. j., and Mrs. Sharp. Mr..
and Mrs. Chafer and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hubbard will sing. All are invited.
Capt. Ernest J. Waterman has been
appointed assistant clerk on the com
mittee of agriculture and forestry in
the United States Senate. Senator
Proctor is chairman of this committee.
Capt. Waterman will go to Washing
ton when the session OF Congress be-
gins.
The work of digging the cellar and
grading has been completed at the
site of the Thompson hospital, and
within a day or two at least a large
force of men will he at work on the
foundation. under the direction of Cut
ting d CO.'S superintendent of stone
work.
X. l.. Haskns. who went from Brat
tleboro to Greenfield several years
ago and who owned the Greenfield
Lumber company's plant burned sew
eral weeks ago, has bought the S. d.
Monroe cCmpauy's establishment in
Orange. Mass. l.. G.. Bassett of Orange
being associated with him. The new
owners will add saw mill and make
other Improvements
The plans for the Vermont Wheel
clubs field day contemplate a special
train to run to Vernon soon after the
arrival of the HOS train here. John
Wright's meadow will be the rendeZ-
vous, and a. continuous lunch will be
served there, but no attempt will be
made to run a clam bake. The reg
ular Wheel club base ball team will
be pitted against a picked nine of club
members, including old timers. NJ,
Austin, jr., NJ. J. Moran and (ohr
Tasker have been chosen cGmmittet
TO arrange a list of sporting events
The First Regiment b?fid will give two
concerts during the day and the triE
home will be made early in the even
ing by speci9'l car.
About 20 theatrical people, member:
OF The New Minister" company ar
rived IN Brattleboro and at once begar
daily rehearsals in the Auditorium
TIE play will have its first production
this season on the local stage, and {
little later will be taken with the same
cast and scenery to the American thea
ire in New York city. This company
has been changed but little since las
season, when the play was one of th'
greatest successes of the year and th'
tour extended to the large cities of thu
Pacific coast. THE New Minister
. was written by Denman Thompson
and since it was seen here it has beel
rewritten and greatly improved.
John Fredette, with an eXtenuatet
record in the police court, had hi
name written there again on Monday
and his offspring, Raleigh Fredette
was his fathers companion in disgrace
The flow of liquor was followed b.
boisterousness and an alteration Sun
day morning at the Fredette home of
Washington street. and c. b. Lam
son, who went there to quiet the trouh
la, was struck and thrown out of door
Chief Of Police Hall and his assistant
were. summoned, but when they al
rived at the scene Fredette and sol
had fed. The young man made a de
tour from the fair ground, and wa
soon back at the house, where he wa
arrested. The elder Fredette wa
found on the fair ground in a drunken
stupOr. Both were lodged in the lock
up. They were arraigned before JUS
tice William S, Newton Monday morn
ing and after pleading guilty Raleigl
was fined So and costs. or a total o
Sl3.40 for intoXlcation, and S. ant
costs of $40 for disturbing the peace
His fines were paved by his employer
John Fredette, for a second offense o
intONCatiOn, was fined $15 and costs o
$3.50. Being unable to pay he wa
taken to the house of correction il
Rutland to work out his fine.
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