Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-06-09

s. w. Edgett & Co have sold for the
John Pellet estate the house and lot on
Central street to John Curry. who will
occupy f as home.
Mrs A. d. Fessenden and family have
been I'm Keene to attend the wedding of
Mr.. Fessendens niece. Miss Bessie Reed,
to William ID. Grant of Schenectady. n.
Y.
The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. A. l. Williams on Chestnut
street Wednesday afternoon, June IA, at 9
o'clock. 1t is hoped that all will be
present.
The members of the W. c T. t. will
meet with Mrs. Mary Chamberlain on
Elliot street Saturday at ? o'clock. This
will be the annual flower mission day.
Those who will furnish flowers are re-
quested to leave them with Mrs. Cham
berlain.
Edward A. Kimball. member of the
Christian Science board of lectureship
of the First Church of Christ. Scientist,
Boston, will give a lecture on Christian
Science at the Auditorium Monday even
ing, June -. at o'clock under the
auspices of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, of Brattleboro. Admission win
be free.
Mr.. and Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Lansingh
started Sunday to return in their auto
Il
accompanied by Mrs w. II. Minor and
Miss Elizabeth Frost, Murray Frost being
a member of the party as far as Meriden.
| Conn. The trip to that city was covered
in eight hours, with an actual running
time Of six hours.
| The entertainment committee of Wan
! tastiquet Golf club have arranged for a
moonlight dance and supper to be given
to club members and their guests on
/ Tn, ,r.fNl
ment band, from Z to IL. at the club
I house. The dancing will take place on
| the tennis courts, which will be covered
| with canvas carpets
| Invitations have been issued by Miss
! Ida #. Waite to the marriage of her sis
| ter, Miss Ella Tanner Waite to Henry
! Gray Pearson. The wedding will take
place in the Congregational church next
Thursday evening at 7.30 O'clock and
twill be followed by a reception in the
church parlors from 7.45 to o'clock
| Mr.. Pearson is member of the Good
now-Pearson syndicate of clothiers. He
| formerly had charge of the store in Brat
! tleboro but is now manager of the Fitch
4 burg store.
Arthur L. Maynard received news Sat
urday of the death of his uncle. Orrin
Maynard, SO. of North Leverett, who took
a dose of aconite Saturday morning by
mistake for medicine. Mr.. Maynard was
a well-known lumberman and farmer. As
soon as the mistake was discovered a
| physician was summoned, but Mr. May
| nard died within an hour On the fol-
lowing day Miss Lora Maynard OF North
1 LeVerett, own cousin of Arthur l.. May
nard, died at the Farren hospital in Mon
| tague, where she was operated upon for
| appendicitis.
The Episcopal churches of Vermont
| a ~.
to pay the expenses of the diocese, in
Guiding the bishops salary. The
| amount paid by st. Michaels church of
Brattleboro is $25. Within a few days
the church has paid to the treasurer at
! Burlington $500 toward a permanent fund
for this purpose. which covers the quota
of the Brattleboro church. The money
was raised by subscription, largely
through the efforts of Col. Kittredge
HaslIins and Rev. Edward r. Mathison.
Warren Fessenden's 18th birthday an
niversary was observed pleasantly Thurs
day, June l, at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. r. II. Briggs, at the Briggs farm.
Guilford street. Mr.. Fessenden was one
of eight children, of whom four survive.
They are Warren Fessenden, IS, Mrs.
Charlotte Morse. SO, Mrs. Alsina Clsbee,
19, and Mrs. Fannie Jones. 70, all of
Brattleboro, These were present, also
five grandchildren of Mr.. Fessenden. The
anniversary also was the SD anniversary
of Mr.. Fessenden's marriage The day
was pleasant and the occasion was very
enjoyable.
A representative of the Tabard Inn
Library was in Brattleboro Tuesday try
ing to make a contract with some person
to have charge of the local branch for
the coming year. For the past two years
the local library has been in c. Z. Graf
fans drug store. Mr.. GRAHAM refused
to make a contract for the coming year
the income being considerably less thar
the amount demanded by the agent Ar
effort was made to locate the Brattleborc
branch in some other store but without
success, and the man finally had the
bookcase and books removed to the rail-
road station to be shipped away.
Six Springfield, Mass, women, Mrs
John Pettigrew, Mrs. A. p. Langtry, Mrs
j. o. Sawtell, Mrs. George d. Lang, Mrs
Cora Washburn and Mrs. c. d. Barrett
were delightfully."- entertained Friday by
Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Brooks. In tn,
Z afternoon Governor Brooks, as he Is
! known in Springfield, gave the party 6
tally-ho ride about town with a fourth.
hand, and although they were held VI
half an hour in the West river bridge OF
5 account of rain they were more thar
recompensed by the dustless roads anC
the pure atmosphere. The party ha(
Canal street and tea at the Brooks House
[ and in the evening Mrs. Brooks gave
} five-table whist party to her guests from
Springfield and a number of BrattleborC
, ladies, serving a buffet luncheon TIL,
| prizes were won by Mrs. c. A. Harris
: Mrs c. W. Durham, Mrs. ]. f. Hooker
and Mrs. Langtry. The Springfield peo
pie returned to their homes Saturday
morning.
John Larrow's suit against Bertran
Bailey to recover damages in the sun
1 of $40 for the loss of a bull dog which
! was run over by Mr.. Bailey's Cadilla,
automobile on Elliot street May II wa.
heard before Justice F. D. h. stow,
Tuesday afternoon. Lawyers Franz
Laughton and A. F.. Schwenk appeared
for Mr.. Larrow and Lawyer James F
Hooker appeared for Mr.. Bailey TIL,
defendant is employed by A. A. Geisel o.
{ Springfield, Mass and at the time h,
2 ran over the dog was demonstrating
an automobile. The plaintiff claimed
; that the accident was due to rockies!
driving of the machine. The defendant
[ testified that the machine was runninl
2 on the low speed gear. The witnesse.
{ were Mr.. Bailey, Mr.. Larrow, DR.. e. r
, Lynch and David Clough, the latter beins
l put on as a judge of the dogs value
? which he said was $780, The court de-
I cided that the evidence was not sufficient
! to warrant filming the defendant and Mr.
r Bailey were discharged. Mr.. Bailey /.
I under 81 years old, and for the purpos,
of the trial Charles r. Crosby was ap.
pointed his guardian. The plaintiff APP
pealed the case to the county court.