Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-09-15

The next band concert will be given on
the common next Wednesday evening
Pocahontas council will start their
series of dances in Red Mems hall tomor-
row night.
The work Of Strengthening Green street
In front Of the residence of w. E. Banks
is nearly completed.
ID. Frank Shea received 100 bushel bas-
kets full of peaches from Michigan We'd
nesday afternoon. He had sold about 70
bushels up to last night.
e. II. Miller and some of his pupils and
the Brattleboro male quartet will give
a concert in the town hall I'm Putney next
Tuesday evening under the auspices of
the Congregational church.
The secretary of the Valley Fair as
ISOLATION will be In his office in the
Grange building every evening from now
until the fair and during the day after
next Tuesday. His telephone call is 34-2.
Cratus Weatherhead has bought a
building lot on Canal street, next west
of the school building, through S. w.
Edgett & Cos agency. He will build a
house thereon, but probably not this
year.
Il. ]. Chadwick, who is employed by
the Brattleboro Cabinet company, had
two fingers on his right hand pnched on
saw bench Tuesday so that the ends of
the fingers split open, making a bad flesh
wound.
Prof. L. b. Patton will speak on "Vr-
lage life in Palestine" illustrating his
talk with 100 stereopticon views. at the
mid-week meeting in the Congregational
church next Friday evening at 7.3O
o'clock. Prof. Patton photographed the
views while making researches in Pal
estine.
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cester, and Miss Florence Edith Kent of
Dummerston were married at o'clock
| Wednesday by Rev. T. T. Mathison
They will live on the Knight farm I'm
| Dummerston. The bride Is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kent of Dunn
merston.
Mr.. Macomber gave the first general re-
hearsal for the Chimes of Normandy"
last evening This delightful opera will
be brought out the last week in October
under the auspices of the Murray club
General chorus rehearsals will be held
this, Friday, evening at 745 i'm the Vcstry
OF the Universalist church, also Tuesday
evening at the same time and place
Another steam shovel for use on the
! West River railroad arrived from ST.
! Adams yesterday The shovel and n gang
| OF 90 men viii be put at work on Sand
| hill. north Of Williamsville. This is the
| place where Engineer \. w. Shattuck
met with fatal accident recently The
| railroad company has bought about two
! acres Of ground at this point and its in
| tention is to cut or the bank so as to
| straighten the curve materially. Some Of
! the other curves in the road viii be reduc-
/ ed still further This will make two steam
shovels and about 1875 men at work re-
/ ballasting the road. The other shovel IS
| at work near jamaica. The track will
/ be given wide shoulders and will be put
| in first class condition.
William a. Squires a well known resi-
! dent of Vernon. was seriously injured
yesterday afternoon on the hill south OF
the Eddy farm. about three miles below
! Bratueboro. He was driving to the can
| ming factory with a load Of sweet corn
| estimated to weigh 5000 pounds and was
! sitting on the front end board. which
under his weight and that OF the corn,
| gave way on the grade and he was prob
| ably thrown forward. The indications
are that his leg was crushed by being
| caught between the wheel and the wagon
| The flesh of the calf OF the leg was torn
away and terribly mutilated. The horses
/ ran down the hill and went over the em-
bankment. but were not injured A man
and three ladies in a surrey, who were
directly in front of Mr. Squires's team,
| had difficulty in getting out OF the way
| They went to Mr.. Squiress assistance
| and other people soon arrived. including
| John Wright of Vernon, a neighbor, who
carried Mr. Squires home in a team used
| by the telephone linemen. Joseph Brock
ington. the telephone inspector, tapped the
! line and summoned physicians from Brat
! teboro. The wound was dressed as well
/ as possible. about so stitches being taken
| II Is thought amputation will not be
| necessary. The bones were not broken
! Mr.. Squires was brought to the Brattle-
boro Memorial hospital this forenoon.
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! Payne OF Shelburne Falls, Mass. and Miss
Lena Minnie Hubbard OF Brattlcboro
! was celebrated at o'clock Tuesday
| afternoon at the home OF the brides
mother Mt So High street Rev. George
| b. lawson officiating. Only relatives and
| intimate friends were present. The rooms
| were given n festive appearance with
festoons OF evergreen and laurel and dec
| orations OF golden-rod and ferns The
groom and bride entered unattended to
| the strains of the bridal march from
! Lohengrin, played by Miss Ruth Hubbard
| sister of the bride and took their places
in front of n bank of green, where the
vows were solemnized, the double ring
service being used. The brides gown was
OF white chiffon trimmed with lace and
she carried shower bouquet of white
carnations. After the ceremony refresh
ments were served. Mr.. and Mrs Payne
| left during the afternoon on their wedding
journey and on their return their home
will be at 40 Mechanic street Shelburne
Fails. Among the guests present were
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Payne, l.. f. Payne and
Eva NJ. Payne, relatives OF the groom.
all OF Shelburne Falls. Mrs. Payne for
merly lived in Wilmington. her mother,
Mrs. Minnie A. Hubbard, moving to
Brattleboro from that town. She at
tended the Randolph normal school
and later the state normal school in North
Adams, from which she graduated last
year. Since then she has been a teacher
in the grammar school In Shelburne Falls
Dr. Payne is a graduate OF Arms academy
In Shelburne Falls and OF the dental de-
partment of the University OF Pennsyl-