Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-15
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The ladies' of the Baptist society will
hold food sale at the Y. M. c. A. rooms
Saturday afternoon. June IL, at 2SO
o'clock
Borden & Co. are painting the exterior
of the town hall building and a part Of
the interior. Their contract price with
the town is SEAS.
There will be no band concert next
week as the band stand is being painted.
The concert scheduled for this week was
given up on account of the circus.
An employee Of Robbinss circus was
found In a car late Wednesday night by
other members Of the show with his
head badly cut and damned. His wounds
were bathed with hot water and he was
fixed up" so that he left with the
troupe. 1t is thought that he was kick
ed by a horse.
A very pleasant afternoon was spent
Hast Wednesday by the ladies' Enterprise
society in the form of reception given
for Mrs N. A. Cheney, who will move
soon to Portland, Me. During the after
noon the ladies presented Mrs. Cheney
with a ten dollar gold piece as a token
of their friendship. Luncheon was served
on the lawn. A photograph was taken of
those present.
A special meeting of the stockholders
of the Brattleboro Gas Light company
was held in the company's office last even
ing Wnen Ut. II. II. ttOlIOn was appointed
the company's agent to convey its real
estate to the persons or syndicate to whom
the sale of the property has been bar
gained. Dr. Holton was also authorized
to execute for the company all neces-
sary leases and other legal instruments
connected with the sale.
News has been received of the death in
st. Paul, Mimi, on Monday, after a brief
Illness, of Mrs John c. Wells, for so
many years a resident at the well-knOwn
homestead on High street. Mrs Wells
was 80 years old, and it is only six years
ago that she, at the age of 81, went West,
first to Seattle Wash, And then to st.
Paul, to live with her sons. Her only re-
manning son and child, Eben c. Wells, is
expected to arrive with the body at 42S
this afternoon. The funeral will be held
at the Unitarian church tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock.
The marriage of Frank A. Flagg of
Brattleboro and Miss Mae b. Ash OF
Springfield Mass, took place Monday al
the parsonage of the church of the
Unity, in Springfield, Rev. A. p. Record
officiating. Mr.. and Mrs Flagg will be
at home at IA Prospect street, Brattleboro
after July l. Mr.. Flagg is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. e. e. Flagg of Brattleboro, is a
graduate of the Brattleboro high school
class of 1898, and is travelling salesman fol
the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell company
Mrs. Flagg is a daughter of Mr.. ant
Mrs. s. A. Ash of Wallula, Wash.
An automobile party consisting of How
ard Merrill, chauffeur. Ray Green, Harry
Bingham, Raymond Frost and William
Richardson, had an interesting expert
ence Saturday afternoon They started
for Northampton in a Rambler touring
car and had proceeded as far as thu
slate rock in Guilford when they wert
overtaken by heavy thunder storm. Th,
rain feel in torrents and interfered will
the running apparatus so that the younl
men abandoned the machine and tool
to the woods. They had one umbrella
The lightning played uncomfortably nea
and struck a COW a short distance away
After the storm the machine appeared t
be none the worse for the soaking, an,
the young men ran II to Greenfield an,
return, arriving home about a. m
The Woodstock Standard this weel
says: Fred B. Dutton has sold the fin
stallion Brown Bird to Messrs. Under
wood & Ellis of Brattleboro and he wa
taken down there last week Brown Bir
is one of the best-known stock horses O
this locality, and one of the most success
full producers. One of his four-year-ol
colts was sold at Montpelier last April 70
500; another captured a blue ribbon a
the recent Boston horse show, and as
class his progeny is decidedly superior
1t Is said the price paid for Brown Biz
was $780," Brown Bird is an extremel
handsome brown stallion standing Is
without SHOES, and weighing HOO pound:
He is IL years old and was bred by tn
late ]. W. Parker of Quechee, and is
horse of pure trotting gait, with a mar
of 2.26 taken in 1904 Brown Birds sir
was Eagle Bird an sire Of three In tn
2.10 list and of the dams of three in Oh
and sire of AZ with standard records
Eagle Bird was a son of Jay Bird sir
of 101 with standard records, anon
which were four in the 2,1O list and tn
dams of three in 2.1O or better, includin
Allerton 200 10, etc Brown Birds daI
was Mary Kent 2.2S 1-2 by Kent $500, tn
sire of Kendall 2.17 liz, and many othe
fast ones. Brown Bird is now quartere
at the Valley Fair ground stables.