Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-25

a member of the Ekwanok club and a for
mer Vermont state champion, won the
consolation cup.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Commandery, Military order of Foreign
Wars, was held at the Headquarters of
the First Infantry, Vermont National
Guard near Fort Ethan Allen Friday.
Capt. c. NJ. Brownell of Burlington was
chosen commander. Lieut.. George II.
Anderson of Brattleboro is secretary,
and Lieut. Merton c. Robbins now of
Chicago, is chaplain. Lieut.. Anderson is
member of the committee on COM
partnership. Lieut.. j. Harry Estey of
Brattleboro is a member of the committee
on nominations and is a delegate to the
national commandery.
Nincenzo Marsalo, 30, stabbed Francisco
Marsalo, 16, on the Clarendon road near
Rutland Wednesday morning and fled.
leaving the boy in n serious condition.
after he had robbed him Of $3.50. Both
had been employed as section hands on
the Rutland railroad. They started to
walk to New York, but stopped by the
wayside to rest and while the boy was
asleep Vincenzo plunged a knife three
inches into the back of his neck and
rifed his pockets. Francisco was found.
weak from the loss of blood, by a man
who took him to Rutland, where his
wound was sewed up. The assailant has
not been captured.
Delbert Fox and his nephew, Earl Fox,
of Coventry, 40 and %, were arraigned
at Newport Saturday charged with sta
tutory rape on Cora Priest, 10, a niece Of
Delbert. She assisted her grandmother
in keeping house for her uncle and on
complaint of neighbors the men and girl
were arrested Wednesday by Deputy
Sheriff E. +. Miles. Delbert was unable
to furnish the $500 bond required for his
appearance before the September term Of
Orleans county court and will be confined
In jail. Earl Fox was held in $500 bonds
which were furnished by a. c. Sleeper Of
Newport. The girl was charged with
open and gross lewdness and sent to the
state industrial school at Vergennes for
safe keeping until the meeting of the
grand jury here Sept. G.
In the first heat of the 217 race at the
fair in Bradford Wednesday w. NJ. Ut
tons of Morrisville was thrown out of his
sulky and his horse, Wilkes Wood dash
ed into st. Patrick's Belle, driven by Geo
Haslelof of Hartford, and Honesty driven
by w. w. Bowser of White River June
ton. throwing their drivers to the ground
The three horses made a frantic rush
down the home streach. Honesty. after
making a complete somersault landed in
front of the granstand on his back de-
molishing the sulky Wilkes Wood DASH
ed into the crowd on the bank. Utton es-
capped with broken finger Haslelof sus-
tained a broken leg, fractured arms and
other serious injuries. Bowser is in a
critical condition. with doubts as to his
recovery. The horses were uninjured
and with the exception Of Bowser's. which
was withdrawn, they continued in the
race.
The midsummer meeting OF the New
England Fat Mems club was held at Hale's
tavern in Wells River on Friday, over
100 heavyweights responding to the in
Vitation Frank Gignac OF Franklin Falls.
n H., again scored the highest. He now
weighs 800 pounds. This is an increase
Of 16 pounds over n year ago. and, as he
Is only % years old, he soon expects to
pass the 400 mark. Arthur Moulton of
Portland, the only member Weighing over
400 pounds, was unable to be present. At
the base ball game in the afternoon Mr..
Gignac pitched for one side. He made n
home run. The game was callea at
O'Clock "on account Of darkness" Land
lard Hale had erected big tent Just
back of his hotel. where a Recourse din
ner was served at S o'clock. After the
members had eaten everything in sight,
there was speech making, after which a
big fire balloon was sent skyward The
club added 1913 to its membership at the
meeting. All the members weighed over
200 pounds except newspapermen and
clergymen, who are admitted regardless
of weight.