Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-10-28
WILMINGTON.

Daniel L. May has been housed two
weeks from a badly sprained ankle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Stickney of Brat
tleboro were i'm town over Sunday visit
ing.
Rolln f. Harris had a very violent at
tack of illness last week, but is now re-
covering rapidly.
Joseph Courtmanche has his new boil
er house nearly completed and will have
it in operation soon.
Mrs. Rhoda j. johnson has moved to
Bennington and WILL as we understand,
go to California for her permanent resi-
dence.
Warren Brigham of Elm Grove was in
town over Sunday. He will go to New
York this wiHter to take musical in
struction.
Freeman Hager has the contract to
erect the new engine house to take the
place of the structure destroyed by fire
August is.
b. V. Butterfeld has been suffering
from the second attack of appendicitis,
but is now much better and hopes to re-
sumo his usual duties soon.
Among those who went on the excur-
sion to New York last Saturday were Mr..
and Mrs. Frank G. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Jacobs and Willie Martin
Daniel Il. Palmeter and family will
move to Nottingham where he will have
charge of Laurel Beach farm. This is
another removal that we regret, occas-
toned by the fire.
Myron ]. Pike, who moved to this place
from Readsboro to assume the position of
foreman of the chair factory, burned Aug.
81, has returned to Readsboro. We re-
gret his departure exceedingly and sim
cerely trust that circumstances may
eventually be such that he will return to
Wilmington.
William NJ Vogel is still determined
to make the old pasture lot a fine piece
of meadow and has men at work grad
ing and smoothing the land. When
completed it will be one of the most
marked improvements that has come un-
der our notice for a long time. Mr..
Nogel has an eye for fine things all along
the line.
The people who bought the old iron on
the mill site did a little blasting on We'd
nesday to break up the driving wheel and
scattered pieces of iron about the village
quite promiscuously. one piece weighing
| two pounds or so crashed through o. Il.
| Butterhed's bay window some 30 or 40
| rods distant. Fortunately no one was
| injured but it was lucky thing No
| tce was served on the men promptly to
stop the blasting.
Mr. and Mrs Martin A. Brown re-
| turned from their visit to st. Louis and
| other Western points the first of the
week. They report a very enjoyable trip.
| but they are glad to get back to Will
mington after all. Mr.. Brown has been
making very extensive improvements
| about his place this summer and fall
moving and repairing the barn and erect
| ing a new carriage house, besides grad
! ing and leveling the grounds about the
! buildings. He has now one Of the best
residences in this part of the county.
Every one had been prepared for first
class entertainment on Wednesday even
! ing, the second of the course and they
were not disappointed. The Whitney
| brothers. quartet and reader, are all that
was advertised and without a single eX-
! ception. everyone was delighted. Every
! number was encored and the responses
were also met with encores time after
/ time. Each member is an artist and
there was not d single line not up to the
highest standard The third number of
| the course will occur on Nov Z, with
! Lecturer Ora Samuel Gray. He comes
| with the highest recommendations and
| will have a large audience without doubt.
Elbie s. Pike and Walter a. Hall have
/ the satisfaction of capturing the first
deer of the season and the largest ami
| NAL that was ever shot in this section.
The deer weighed 277 pounds with horns
fully two feet broad The fatal bullet
fired by Mr.. Pike entered one ear and
! passed out of the opposite ear, hardly
leaving mark The deer dropped in his
tracks and died instantly. The dressed
carcass showed that he had enjoyed the
luXuriant feeding this season and the
meat must be appetizing to the epicure
Numerous hunters are in the woods on
the mountain. but we do not hear Of any
others who were successful.
Work is progressing very favorably
upon the water works and if the wealth
er remains favorable during the month
the pipes will be laid so that water will
come into the village as far as the bridge
up West Main street. Valentine DARN
of Readsboro with force Of helpers is
laying the iron pipe. The Times reminds
us that the statement made in these col
umns two weeks ago to the effect that
the bonds had been disposed of at pal
was erroneous. In one respect it was so
At the time of the writing of the state
ment, the chairman of the committee
elected to place the bonds informed us OF
the offer by a Boston party to take tho
entire issue at par and he stated that II
all probability the offer would be ac-
cepted. Subsequently it appears the com.
mittee decided to receive bids and the
matter will remain open up until abou
Nov. Is We certainly hope that fail
premium will be realized over par value
but whether such proves to be the fac
remains to be seen.