Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-06-24
THE VERMONT PHOENIX, BRATTIEBORO, FRIDAY, JUNE 2

A large number of young people will
attend Landlord Turner's opening dance
at Silverdale this evening.
Beginning next Sunday the drug stores
in town will be open from Has a. m. to
l. 80 D. m. instead of from II to 230 p
m, as formerly
H. |. Dykes restaurant on Elliot street,
known as the Vienna cafe, has been sold
through A. V. Mays agency to Mrs.
Chloe l. Stafford.
Robert Colt, "a, who had been president
of the New London Northern railroad
since 1872 died from heart disease sun
day night at his home i'm New London.
Brattleboro chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, are invited by Mrs
w H. BgClow of West BrattlebOrO to be
her guests July 4, instead of making the
meeting a basket picnic, as the year
book announces.
In front of c. u. Noyes's farm house
i'm Colrain Mass, is am elm tree meas
urng 80 feet i'm circumference. 1t is said
to bc the largest tree I'm Massachusetts
and many people come from 81 distance
each year to see it,
II. G. Rice and Charles Dundee were
called on i'm their official capacity as
fence viewers Tuesday to decide the cost
of building and maintaining "a fence be-
tween the properties of Joseph +. iii
drcth and w. :. French on the Putuey
road.
The committee appointed to- make ar
engagements for the Choral Union socia-
BILE have decided that the sucabic shall
he held on Thursday evening of next
week. in the Baptist vcstrN. All NOM
bers of the organization are invited to
attend
The Springfield Electric Railway com
panY is making preparations for a water
carnival on the Connecticut river at
Cheshire bridge July under the dircc-
ton of \. j. Crosby. There will be a dis
play of marine fireworks and a parade of
illuminated boats and canoes.
Congressman Kittredgc Hasliins and
Lawyer Il. w. Gibson, trustees of Nor
witch university, attended meeting OF
the trustees in Mortified Wednesday,
when Charles H. Spooner of St Louis
was elected president of the institution
to succeed the late Allan D. Brown
Fred c. Brown is making extensive add
ditions to the Swedish Congregational
church. including a tower 90 feet high.
with a wing on the north side 20 10y u
| feet, and one on the south side by IL
feet. An addition is also being made to
the kitchen. The seating in the church is
| being reversed, and the larger wing will
| contain room separate from the audi
ence room, but which can be used to en-
! large the audience room when necessary
a discharge from bankruptcy was
| granted to G.. b. IIarwood by Judge
! Wheeler Saturday. acting on facts con-
| tanned in the report of Referee +. ID. T.
| Stowe Objection had been made by
John b. Manley. through his counsel, II
| G.. Barber, who alleged fraudulent con
ceament of some of the assets Judg,
! Wheeler also disallowed William Wallace's
claim of $500 against the w. NJ. Ware
estate, affirming the decision of the ref
| cree.
Miss Grace r. NJ. Ilahi Baksh, "A ma
| tive of Bombay, India, who has been at
| tending school at Mortified seminary
| will speak in the Baptist vestry next
| Tuesday evening under the auspices OF
| the Christian Endeavor society. gen
| eral invitation to everyone is extended
| and no admission fee will be charged
| Miss Baksh will speak on the manner.
| and customs, religion and home life OF
| the Hindus and Mohammcdans, and sew
| eral young ladies will be dressed in ma
! tive costume. Miss Baksh spoke recently
in the Congregational vestry, and all who
heard her were very much interested
Extensive improvements are being mad,
on the highway on Vernon street. begin
| ing at IL. J. Aliens house and runnine
several hundred feet north. The road
has been widened by cutting into the banl
on the west side about a rod, the dir
| being put into the road, thereby raising i
and giving a better opportunity to dis
| pose of surface water retaining wal
of granite from the West Dummerstor
| quarries is being put in, which will be
about 2i0 feet long and ten feet high IL
rods wide. petition to have this worl
done was circulated recently, but thu
| ground had already been looked over bt
the selectmen and the road commissions,
who had decided to make the improve.
| ments as soon as they could conveniently
At the annual meeting of the Spring.
| field Electric Railway company these di
rectors were elected: Edward c. Crosby
of Brattleboro NJ. a. Coolidge and f. S
! Coolidge of Fitchburg. w. w. Brown anC
Allyn j. Crosby of Springfield. The direc
tors elected these officers: President anc
general manager, Edward c. Crosby; vic,
president and treasurer, NJ. A. Coolidge
! superintendent, Allyn j. Crosby Durin,
last year about SO, 300 was spent in new
work, permanent improvements an,
equipment. The company has i'm view
| other permanent Improvements, made
necessary by increased business, which
will require the expenditure of severa
thousands dollars the coming year.
A wedding took place at the home o
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cushman on Gull
| IOru street at CLOCK tuesday evening
when Mr.. Cushmans sister, Miss Mar,
Frances Cushman, was married to Thorn
as II. Pinkham of Milton, n. II. Rev. !.
| NJ. Keneston, of the Congregations
church of West Brattleboro, OBLIGATED
and the couple We're married in front of
bank of laurel The rooms were trimmed
with laurel and cut flowers. The brid,
wore grey travelling suit and carried
pink roses The guests included rela
| tiVes and intimate friends. After an in
formal reception Mr.. and Mrs. Pinkhan
left for a short wedding trip. They will
live in Milton. Mrs. Pinkham has beer
employed by the Brattleboro Overall com
pany.
The positions in the Brattleboro higl
school left vacant by the designations o
| Miss Gordon and Miss Mandel have beer
| filled by the appointment of Miss Anna
| X. Perkins and Miss Ethel l.. Osgood O.
Brattleboro. who will enter upon theil
new duties in the coming autumn. Mis-.
Perkins, the assistant in English, is
! graduate of Smith college class of 1897
| Since her graduation she has had mucl
| experience in school work for the pas
two years having been an instructor il
English, Latin and mathematics in Brat,
! tleboro academy, West Brattleboro
| Miss Osgood, the assistant in modern
| languages, is also a graduate of Smitl
| college, class of 1902. Her courses in col.
| lege have fitted her especially for work
in this department For the past yeai
she has taught French and German in
| the Lebanon, n, H., high school She
gave up an appointment in the same
school for the coming year in order that
she might accept the position here
! Melvin Thurber returned Saturda\