Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-18

BfanCn one OF tne BfatJleDO1O sunshine
society will meet with Mrs. II. e. Bond
on Linden street Friday, August %, at
$50 p. m
Ethel Carl, the 2O-year- daughter
of Herbert Carl of Kingston, n. Y, was
drowned Monday while bathing in ESQ
phus creek at Leggs Mill, five miles from
Kingston. She was a student at North
field seminary and was well known in
Brattleboro.
The rain Saturday morning made IL
necessary for President G.. w. Pierce of
the Valley Fair association to postpone
the automobile ride which he offered to !
| the local newspaper men in appreciation |
of their services to the association, No
| date has been decided upon for the post
| poned ride.
The post Office at West Marlboro will be |
| discontinued Sept. IA. Notice to that |
| effect was received by Congressman |
! Haskins Saturday. Congressman Haskns |
had recommended that the office be dis |
| continued, being unable to find any person |
to take the office in place of Clarence |
! Adams, resigned
The amount of horse stealing which |
| has taken place within a few miles of
! Brattleboro the past few weeks is con-
| sidered remarkable by the local officers
| The officers get postal card notices every
day or two, and they say that they do not |
recall time when instances of horse
stealing were so numerous. 1t is notice.
able also at this time that very few of
| the thieves are caught.
The Minister'S association of the Wor-
| cester district New York conference of
Swedish Lutheran churches, met i'm the
| local church, of which Rev. A r. Shelan-
der is pastor, Wednesday evening and yes
terday. The visiting ministers were Rev.
| F. A. Engstrand of Worcester Rev. G.
Gullans, of the Swedish Finish church,
Worcester, Rev. n. ]. Lundahl of Card
ner, Rev. Peter Froeberg of Orange, Mass,
| and Rev. f. A. Peterson of Proctor on
| Wednesday evening there was preaching
| by Rev. Mr. Engstrand, president of the
association. a business meeting was held
| yesterday morning, when the missionary
| affairs of the district were discussed.
| Dinner was served to the ministers and
| church council and in the evening a
communion service was held, followed by
preaching by Rev. Mr.. Lundahl and
reception of members
Four Brattleboro young men paid a
rather high price for a livery team this
week. They hired the team to drive to a
point beyond West Brattleboro, but in
stead they went to Spohord lake While
two of the young men were riding on the
lake the other two took the team and
drove nearly to Westmoreland. On their
return to the lake they met c. \. Harris
and family in Mr.. Harris's automobile
Mr. Harris stopped beside the road for
the team to pass. but the carriage collded
with the automobile though without doing
any damage. One of the occupants of the
carriage was heard to remark that if the
automobile was smashed he was glad.
The liverymen who owned the team learn
ed of the whereabouts of the rig, and when
the young men returned the original
charge for the team was increased very
materially and they were given a certain
number of hours in which to walk up and
settle.
- oei1 tl,o %
the jury in the case of Angelo Balduzzl
of Readsboro against the Ramage Paper
company of Monroe Bridge, Mass.
requested by the defendant, Judge
Wheeler, before whom the case was tried
in the United States district court, has
reduced the verdict from $4,000 to $1,000.
The attorneys in the case received notice
from Judge Wheeler to that effect Mon
day The case was tried in Festival hall
in May. The plaintiff brought suit to
recover damages for the loss of the sight
Of both eyes, which was destroyed by
blast of dynamite. The jury held that
the defendant was responsible for the
accident and rendered verdict for the
plaintiff to recover damages in the sum
of $4,000. On the day the verdict was
given Balduzzi committed suicide at his
home in Readsboro. The defendant after
wards asked to have the verdict set aside
on the ground that it was excessive and
against the weight of evidence.
r. c. Bacon, superintendent of the
, Valley Fair Kennel club, has received this
week a letter from j. +. Crangle, super
intendent of the Valley Farm Kennels of
r Simsbury, Conn, relative to entries for
the coming kennel show at the Valley
, Fair. Mr. Crankle says: I'VE this morn
ing decided to show the same dogs with
you that we show at Newport. Champion
Bistri of Perchina and Champion Nenag
: ladni of Perchina will be with the team
that we shall show. In fact will show
the best team ever benched in America"
These two dogs are Russian Wolfhounds
: from the kennels of Grand Duke Nicholas
and were brought to this country year
and half ago by ]. b. Thomas. jr., of
a the Valley Farm Kennels. Mr. Crangle
also says: Il have written the secretary
of the Windy Valley kennel, and l think
l we will show the great Dalmatian dog
I just arrived called Windy Valley Sand
storm This dog is liver and white and
is no doubt the best in America" Last
weeks issue of Field and Fancy" con-
l tained photographs and a column article
about two Dalmatian dogs, one of which
was Windy Valley Sandstone, which 1t
l describes as the best specimens of the
variety ever seen in this country"
William ]. Dempsey, 81, one of the
three Greenfield boys who shot Joseph
, M. Houghton of Brattleboro in the head
while he was driving in Guilford on the
! afternoon of March s, 1900, died in the
! tubercular meningitis. The body was
taken to Greenfield Monday by Dempsey's
father and the funeral was held Wednes-
! day. The other two members OF the trio,
James Welch and Charles Blake, were
pardoned some time ago. After a fusil-
lade between the young bighwaymen and
their pursuers two of them were caught
, in South Vernon and one in North Ber-
nardston. 1t was shown at the hearing
that Dempsey did the shooting. At the
county court in September, 1900 Judge
Watson gave Wech the heaviest sentence,
from IS to 20 years, because he was the
81 organizer of the assault. Dempsey was
given a lighter sentence, from 16 to IS
years, because of his apparent truthful
ness at the trial, and Blake, who was
weaker mentally than the others, was
sentenced to from 70 to Is years. Demp-
sey made a good record while in prison
and wrote several letters, which were
pub-----ed, expressing regret for the crime
7 and warning other boys. Mr.. Houghton
! died June 20, 1903, having been in failing
health from the time of the shooting.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Wellman of
Guilford came to Brattleboro Saturday
night with a prisoner who was kept in
the lookup until Monday morning, when
he was taken to the house of correction
at Rutland. The man appeared at the
house of Fred H. Taft in Guilford Centre
1 toward night Saturday and was somewhat