Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-05-13
C. M. Park, Tutor.
Principal BRATTLEBORO PRIVATE
SCHOOL. Shorthand taught.
BRATTLEBORO.

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The Knights and Ladies' of Honor will
hold a regular meeting Monday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Putnam on
Green street
A large class of children will be con-
frmed in St. Mchael's Roman Catholic
church June 26 The class will also re-
ceve their first communion.
A pleasant musical and sociabe was
given by the Congregational Christian
Endeavor society last evening. the pro-
gram consisting Of "A piano duet by Miss
Ellen Hunt and Miss Florence Hildreth
violin solo by Miss Page readings by
Miss Florence Clark, solo by Fred c.
Adams, and selections by the High school
glee club. The latter part of the evening
was spent in playing games.
At the annual meeting of the ladies'
circle of the Universaist church held
yesterday these officers were elected:
President Mrs. Charles j. Reach: vice
presidents, Mrs. j. A. Amidon. Mrs w
G. Rockwell. secretary, Mrs. F. c. Sar-
gent; treasurer, Mrs. n. Cheney; direc-
tors. Mrs. w. c. Stone Mrs John Lind
sey Mrs Abbott Stone, Mrs. w. d. Gill
son.
Casper n. Moran and Mrs Jennie d.
Peach were married at the Baptist par
sonage yesterday by Rev George Is
.Ii"So" lney went 10 Springfield,
Orange and To return IN pr,ttIotoro
Sunday night. They will live at II Chest
nut street. Mr.. Moran is a member of
the office force of the Estey Organ COM
many bv whom, no hos haa, o,,aIo,.al
the mast oo vaors IIa no., 49,, 70 49,.
agencies Of tho co,rra,t. "a q
their most valued ernnlo,,as NJ.
ran. who has lived on Estey street. is
one of the highly esteemed residents of
one OF the United States collection box
es on rural route No. 3, located near
'Weatherhead Hollow bridge. was broken
from Its tastenings a few weeks ago, a
wagon being backed against it, and on
the post office department being notified
OF the fact. and asked if another box
would be sent to replace it, the supern-
tendent OF the rural delivery system wrote
the Brattleboro postmaster that having
referred to the count of pieces collected
by the rural carriers from each box on
their routes during two weeks, as ordered
copSi6 Seu py uliein IN november last he
notroni1od 70 Y.o,,,i+ suiilcleh'IS
in so,,.ic, 80. N men coitiiuahce
CriIford Cantr, az 'uiiioIu anu
inetrnctad 70 to,,, ~, ~, oS'iii'iSlel Is
hovas ~, ro,,+o. oP 'iiV zen reahalhlhs
were located On ro,,,as 80 az IVA o none e
,,.or1 it. 81, : ,tlu o. anu lot
nos frRNF4 81
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The situation in West DummcTstOn with
respect to the granting of a license to
+. q. Rogers is both interesting and COM
phcated The old board of commissioners
the board who were Ousted by the select
men, but who refuse to vacate their Of
ice, held a public hearing on Mr. Rogers's
application and granted him a licnese
The town clerk refused to countersign
or TO record the license, and had not done
n lie
that he does not know which board of
commissioners is the proper one to rec
ognize. Nevertheless Mr. Rogers was
given his license, which is not counter
signed by the clerk, and is doing business
under it. He has placed $500 the amount
of the license fee, on deposit in the Yer
mont National bank of Brattleboro sub
)ect to the call of the Dummerston town
cnritad 'u' Al nus Us Lar mas not been ac-
p d,rorr ~, IN t'Ie PIIueS interested, MT
co,7n,iSsi (,ru '"n ., anu the incense
lions Of co,,n.oi ''o''''e "i'uer lhS'iu c-
Holden & Martin have bought the
Fletcher mill and water power on Birge
street, owned by c. c. Fits, also the
David Leahy property nearby including
buildings and a tract of about ten acres
of land. They intend to put a saw mill
into the mill this summer and may erect
other buildings in that neighborhood
while a part of the land in the Leahy
plot will be used for n mill yard Hol-
den Il Martin have also bought of George
%. Crowell all of the land on Frost street
formerly known as Frost's meadow. on
which are now their own buildings and
lumber piles. the stone crusher plant and
the lumber yards of the Carpenter Organ
company This purchase takes all Of
the land close to the buildings on Elm
street and runs to within five feet OF
Leslie Smiths factory. There is a pros
pect of the erection this season on this
land OF a brick block for manufacturing
purposes. If this new industry is estab-
lished it will be an important addition to
Brattleboro Holden & Martin have sold
their farm of 500 acres in Townshend
known as the Norman Wood farm, to,
D. c. Fairbank of Westminster, who will
occupy it, the sellers reserviug the right
Wilson Barrett'S The Sign of the