Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-06-30
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The s. A. Smith Co. factory will be
closed from tonight until next Wednes-
day.
The annual muster of the First regi-
ment, Vermont National Guard, will be
held on the camp ground near Fort Ethan
Allen August 11-19.
The directors of the Peoples National
bank, at a special meeting Wednesday,
declared a semi-annual dividend of per
cent, payable July l.
Road Commissioner Eames and his
men finished paving the Main street hill
this week. The job is well and per-
manently done, making a satisfactory
and serviceable road.
Gladys Holden gave a Mother Goose
party to 20 of her young friends yes
terday afternoon from 8 to. $50 o'clock
at her home on Common street. The oc-
casion celebrated her sixth birthday an
niversary.
The meeting of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, which was to have
been held with Mrs. Reed and Miss John
son in Vernon July 4th, has been post
poned because so many Of the members
cannot attend.
The claim of James S. Henry Of Water
town, Mass, to recover $11,0 900 from the
ney, will be heard by Commissioners
Moses ingalls,, Eugene Akley and A. w.
Kidder in H. G. Barber's law Office to-
day.
E. Ii. Smith, engineer for the Brattle-
boro Gas Light company, was overcome
by escaping gas Saturday afternoon
while laying a new pipe in the trench on
Elliot street. Mr.. Smith was laid out
on the sidewalk and a physician was
Gttrn 10 oil rierl,f IN, fam
minutes.
Carol F. White of Northampton and
Miss Myrtle Ingraham of Florence,
Mass. were married in Greenfield June
% by Rev. C. w. Merriam pastor of the
Second Congregational church. They are
keeping house at Elm street. Mr.. White
has a position in ]. Edgar Mellen's hard
ware store.
Quonektacat tribe of Red Men at the
six-moon election Friday evening chose
the following officers: Prophet, H. E.
Harris; sachem, Charles Brockington
senior sycamore, Fred Miner; junior saga
more, John Hall; first representative to
the supreme council, E. L. Parker; second
representative to supreme council, r. H.
Baker; first alternate, Charles p. Spencer
second alternate, H. E. Harris.
Plans have been completed for the
athletic meet on the fair grounds July
II the management OF Ine L. NJ. u.
A. The events, which are open to all
members, will be as follows: 100-yard
dash, 220-yard dash, half mile run, run
ming high jump, potato race, putting the
shot throwing discus, pole vault, 50-yard
backward run and tug of war. There
will be an outdoor game of basket ball.
The logmen, with their equipment Of
RATS, horses and trappings, arrived in
Brattleboro Wednesday afternoon and
ha leila nd farht
horses and many of the men proceeded
down the river yesterday morning, leav-
ing a few men to clean up the struggling
logs. The removal of the pier which
was under the middle of the old covered
bridge has made a great difference in
the amount of work required to float the
logs past Brattleboro, it being almost i'm
possible for the logs to collect in a Jam
at the bridge.
A hearing before Judge Waterman as
probate judge was held Wednesday on
the petition of the heirs and administra-
tor of the estate of Charlotte Lucy Barney
late of Guilford to determine the validi-
ty of a collateral inheritance tax paid in
Vermont by the administrator on bank
deposits and bank stock in Massachu-
sets, In view of a recent decision of the
Vermont supreme court. An agreed
statement Of fact was submitted to the
court, which decided that the tax was
liGBdl anu ludl lne state treasurer OF
Vermont should pay. back to the ad-
ministrator $4S2. The estate was rep
resented by Lawyer F. d. e. Stowe and
the state tax commissioner by Lawyer
C. C. Fits.
AS a result of a difference of opinion
between Road Commissioner Eames and
the village bailiffs the village horses are
not working, but are kept in the engine
house. How long this condition will pre-
vail cannot be told now, but it is the
general opinion that 1t should be made
permanent. When a fire alarm was given
recently the village horses were in Estey-
ville arriving on Main street just as the
recall was given. The bailiffs discussed
the matter and suggested to Mr.. Eames
that the limit of territory covered by the
horses on highway work be the Wells
fountain on the North, the Universalist
church on the south and Gilman's stable
on the West. Mr. Games decided to en-
ploy another team, which he did, and the
village horses were put in the engine
house, This matter and the reports
on the subjects Of electric lighting and
village ownership of the water supply
will be brought up at a special village
meeting which will be called in due time.