Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-25
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The grocery stores Will be closed all
day and evening Memorial day May 30.
F. E. Samson has opened fish market
in the Vinton building, under Wells s
shoe repair shop.
The listers met Monday to hear ag-
grieved taxpayers, but no appeal from
their estimates of the valuation Of prop
erJy was taken.
About 100 Plymouth Rock chicks were
Matched Monday in an incubator In the
basement of Oakes's barber shop. They
have been on exhibition in the shop win
dow.
Henderson's comedians, who were
scheduled to play in the Auditorium to-
night and tomorrow night, will not APP
pear, having closed the season suddenly
this week.
A great sun council Daughters of Poca-
hontas, was held in Lynn Tuesday. Mrs.
L. w. Lord and Mrs. Flora Ellis were
delegates from Pocahontas council OF
Brattleboro.
A preliminary meeting will be held in
White River Junction tomorrow after
noon to make arrangements for organic
ing a great council Of Red Men in YER
mont The delegates from Quonektacat
tribe are j. Edgar Mellen and Charles
A. Miles.
Carl F. Cain and James lizard. tallors
dissolved partnership Wednesday. Mr..
Cain buying Mr.. Yards interest in the
business. The firm of Cain & lizard has
been in business nearly four years, Mr..
Cain conducting the business three years
before the partnership was formed.
About IS members of Quonekacat tribe
of Red Men went to Keene Saturday
some by team and others by train, to see
the chiefs degree exemplihed by the de-
gree team of Winnepurket tribe of Lynn
which has the reputation Of being the
best team in the United States for work
ing that degree.
A young buck having horns about two
inches long stood for several minutes at
the top of the band in the rear Of Jacobs's
bakery Monday evening, within 20 feet OF
the building. II was seen by several
people. Charles Cakes started toward
the deer through a rear door and APP
preached within a few feet before the
animal decided to move on. 1t went
north, following the railroad bank.
The work in the Office OF the Brattle-
boro Gas Light company is being done
under the supervision Of Dr. H. D. Holton
the details being taken care Of by
Richard c. Averill and Miss Florence
Thurber, stenographer. Nothing will be
done about placing a successor to the late
Deacon c. F. Thompson In charge until
the business is taken over about July
by the New York syndicate who recently
bought it.
The editorial board of the High School
Dial for 1907-0S has been chosen. as fol-
lows: Halsey w. Bardwell, John
Eckels, jr., Arthur Kenney, ]. Gordon
Peach. Pauline Miller, Marion Simonds
and Florence Strong of the present junior
class; Leon Duquette, Paul Jones, Mar
garet Barber and Ellen Sherman of this
present sophomore class; Samuel Merri-
freshman, class. Glenham Jones, OF, will
be business manager and Hyland d. Tas-
ker, '08, assistant business manager.
The sale of a parcel of land with two
houses thereon by Sheriff Frank w. Nc
Clure Saturday closed a chapter whicf
has been of more or less public interest
The property was owned by Daniel p
Prescott, conveyed to him by the admin.
istrator of Emily Gould, and was situated
on Clark street. 1t was under attachment
by Clarke c. Fits by virtue OF an exc.
cution issued upon a judgment rendered
at the September term of the county court
for $125 damages and Split costs. The
judgment was rendered in the case o.
Fits VS.. Prescott, brought to recover
fees for legal services in the Bartlett.
Prescott suit which was the basis of thu
principal charge in the disbarment pro-
ceedings against Attorney General Fits
After the disbarment proceedings were
disposed OF, Prescott having failed Il
settle the judgment, Mr.. Fits attached
the property. 1t was sold Saturday by
public auction to John E. Gale, who pait
1864, which was the amount for which
the property was mortgaged. plus the face
of the execution and the costs.
Brattleboro people showed their inter
est in Rev. Sumner H. Vinton by at
tending in large numbers his address II
the First Baptist church Sunday evening
On account of the address there was NJ
evening service in the Congregations
church. Mr.. Vinton, who formerly liveC
in Brattleboro and attended the higl
school, is a missionary in Rangoon, Bur
nah, for the American Baptist Mission
airy union, continuing the work laid dowI
by his father and grandfather His ad
dress Sunday evening was illustrated by
a large number of stereopticon view'
made from photographs made by him
They were of unusual excellence and
showed different phases of the work, alsC
many of the buildings in Burmah, in.
GLIDING the old Vinton homestead built by
Sumner Vintons grandfather and nov
occupied by Mrs. Vinton, Sumner.
mother, her daughter and the latter'i
husband. The Vinton memorial, erected
in memory of the speakers father, alsC
was shown, which is a church, school anC
auditorium combined erected with money
raised by the native Christians, as were
the other buildings. In the morning Rev
Mr. Vinton confined himself principally
to the work of Ko San Ye, an illiterat,
native Christian, who has been the means
of converting thousands. Both addresses
were clean cut and deeply interesting.