Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-08-12

gational church next Sunday.
David b. whitcomb and Sarah X. War
rem, who were married in Brattleboro
August 2, 1854, by Rev. Il. A. Pierce,
celebrated their golden wedding in North
amptcn last week.
Goodnow, Pearson & Hunts branch
clothing store in South Londonderry was
entered through n rear window Thursday
evening of last week and several articles
of wearing apparel taken
f. o. Day and G. +. Amidon caught two
pike, one Az and the other pounds, in
Spofford lake last week Lee Higgins,
with n string of black bass weighing 80
pounds, was another successful fisherman.
The annual freemen's meeting will be
held in Festival hall Tuesday Sept. G.
The check list of voters which will be
used at that time has been posted in the
town hall corridor. The board of civil
authority will meet in the selectmens
room Aug. 20, at o'clock, to revise the
list.
Hail fell in Brattleboro during the Sc
we're thunder shower of Monday morn
ing, but so far as known it did no dam
age to crops. The tobacco fields i'm West
field, Mass. and vicinity were destroyed
by the hail, causing a loss estimated at
$150000. More than $50 acres were rid
died in Westheld, 60 in Southwick and
about Is in Agawam.
Dr. L. A. Smith of Brandon will conduct
two excursions from Millers Falls to Queen
City Park, near Burlington. The first
will be run Tuesday, Aug 10, at 10 a. m,
and the second on the 30th at the same
hour. Tickets for the round trip will be
good going only on that day and train,
but will be good to return on any day on
any train for two weeks.
The following scores. out of a possible
score of %, were made by Company
marksmen at 500 yards at the range last
Saturday: Capt. f. w. Gibson, 3-44-45--
20; Lieut.. C. II, Davis, 4-4-4-5-4-21; Ser
geant C. A. Tenney. 5-5-5-3-5-23; Ser
geant George Metcalf. 4-5-5-4-4-22; Pri-
vate A. Il. Wilson, 45-43-4-20; Private
c. S. Stockwell. 5-9-34-2-17.
The war department has announced
| six institutions of learning whose stu
dents have exhibited the greatest inter
est application and proficiency in military
| training and knowledge" and are there
| fore entitled to the appointment of an
honor graduate as a second lieutenant in
the army, provided there shall be sufIi-
| cient available vacancies. One OF these
| is Norwich university Dana Gilman and
| Hugh Betterly of Brattleboro, who have
finished their second year at the univer-
sity, stand at the head of their class.
The Boston papers Of Tuesday contain
ed pictures of H. c. Baxter and his family
| of Brunswick, Me-, in his new powerful
automobile which is an innovation in
some respects. 1t is a 35 horse power We
hicle of Peerless manufacture, with body
in the style of a Pullman car. 1t has ac-
commodations for the driver and another
person in front and three or four people
| in the enclosed seat Mr.. Baxter is MAX
ing trip from his home to New York
and on his return will pass through Brat
tleboro, Westminster and Windsor. where
he is interested in the corn canning es-
Establishments.
Fireman Ferris of New London, who
| runs on the 1910 a. m. passenger train
out of Brattleboro for New London, haC
his suit of street clothes, a pair of di-
almond cuff buttons and n wallet contain
ing between IS and SO stolen Saturday
morning about 10 o'clock. The article:
were taken from the baggage car of hi!
train, which stood near the BrattleborC
station. Mr.. Ferris went into the car ex.
changed his street clothes for his rail
road suit and locked his street clothes IL
a closet When he returned. half an houl
later, he found that the lock had beer
smashed and that his clothes were miss
ing. Officers were on the scene within
half an hour, but no clew was obtained
o. C. Coolidge, who lives in Judge New
toms house on South Main street. col
lided with a locomotive while riding hi
bicycle Sunday morning and narrowly es
capped serious consequences. He was rid
ing down Depot street toward the rail
road crossing, and, being deaf. he did no
hear the Boston & Maine freight locomo
tive which was just pulling out. north
bound, but which was out of sight be
hind the ledge near the track. The engi
neer and Mr.. Coolidge saw each other n
about the same time. The engineer re
versed the engine and set the air brakes
| n
ran into the engine just behind the pilot
He landed with one leg across the rail
in front of the forward trucks, which stop
ped just in time to prevent crushing tn
leg. He received two scalp wounds, on
about four inches long and the othe
about half as long, besides a cash acros
the bridge of his nose. He was bad
bruised and shaken up.
The Ashuelot Paper company has bee
Incorporated under the laws of Vernon
and it's charter recorded in Putney. TIL
subscribers are w. S. Adams and vii
liam A. Cole of Putney, II. II. Russell O
} Bellows Falls, A. F. Schwenk of Brattle
boro and j. II. Kimball of Marlboro,
II. The capital stock is $50, 900 divide
into 500 shares of 800 each The com
pany is organized for the purpose Q
manufacturing paper and for furnishin
light and power, and has recently &C
quired title to the property between Hins
dale and Ashuelot, n. H., where Fame
81 Towne OF Keene had a grist mill whic
was burned. At this point on the Ash
uelot river several hundred horse powe
can be developed. The company will be
gin at an early date the erection of
paper mill close to the tracks of the Ash
uelot branch of the Boston & Maine rail
road The mill will be of one machin
capacity at first, but it is expected tina
another machine will be installed later.
, About 400 people attended the open al
, meeting on the common Sunday evening
This was more than twice the numbe
present at any previous Sunday evenin
meeting. The great drawing card wa
the sacred concert by the First Regimen
band, but 1t was noticeable that very fey
people. probably less than SO, left befor
the address. The concert was of unusua
excellence as sacred concerts CO. ever
number being of a high order and strict
, sacred in sentiment, and it was give
Sewall Morse, "Cujus Amman" fror
with deep feeling. The cornet solo b
Rossini's "Stabat Mater" the trombon
solo by A. D. Wyatt Beyond the Gate
of Paradise" by King, and the band Sc
lection Jerusalem the Golden" with it
beautiful tone qualities, We're perhaps tn
( most pleasing numbers. The address b
Rev. Frank b. Penney of Burlington, VIII
preached in the Baptist church in tn
morning, was on the theme, 1.-THE powe
of an endless life," and was uplifting an
forceful L. F. Adams presided over tn
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