Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-01

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, planning 20 serve strawberry supper
at an early date.
L. e. Hall announces that he will sell
the two-tenement house and lot at No
| Myrtle street at auction Saturday June
8, at p. m.
The ladies' of the Baptist society will
| hold their first food sale of the season at
the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms Saturday after
noon, June 2, from 230 to o'clock.
A picture of j. S. Hunt of Milers Falls
| in his automobile about to start on his
| 23-mile journey to Brattleboro with the
| Sunday papers appeared i'm the last issue
of the Boston Sunday Globe Mr.. Hunt
makes the trip in one hour and a quarter,
| covering Mortified and South Vernon.
| He has carried the papers for IA years
and never missed a trip
The Republican town committee, James
| +. Hooker, Warren l.. Walker and Charles
o. Robbins, issued Tuesday a call for
caucus of the Republican voters Of Brat
tleboro June 8 at O'Clock p. m, in Fes-
| tival hall Eleven dele gates will DE elected
to attend the Republican state convention
and eleven to attend the second district
convention. A town committee will be
| elected for two years.
Fred Stai1ey, H. of Newfane was ar
raigned before Justice r. c. Bacon Sat
| urday on complaint of States Attorney
II. d. Ryder of Bellows Falls charging
| him with criminal assault, the informant
being Clara Knapp, 10, of Newfane. r.
w. Gibson was counsel for the defendant
A plea Of not guilty was entered and a
| trial was begun, which was continued in
| the afternoon to tomorrow.
The Brattleboro Professional club will
| hold ladies night meeting in the Brooks
| House Monday evening. which will be the
last meeting for this season. A paper on
| Education for Service will be given
| by Principal Edgar Burr Smith and the
discussion will be led by Col. c. A. Miles
| The paper will be given at 100 o'clock
| and supper will be served at SIS. officers
for the coming year will be elected at this
meeting.
r. L. S. Patton, who bought the f. w
| Putnam cottage on Ames hill last fall,
| came from Hartford last Monday to pack
the family household goods for shipment
| to the hill, and was Joined there yester-
day by Mrs. Patton and by their son,
| Prof Patton of Hartford Theological
seminary and his young daughter A
| study will be built for Prof. Patton in the
| edge of the pine grove south of the pres
| ent cottage
william Hicks CT Rowe, Mass, was ar
rested at the railroad station by Con-
stable e. r. Thayer Monday noon. being
| intoxicated Soon afterward Night Watch
! man w liletIl w lltSltu JOull 4 Itu-
! cite on Elliot street, also drunk. They
pleaded guilty before Justice w. s.
| Newton Tuesday morning. Hicks was
fined s. and costs. but was unable to pay
and was taken to Newfnne Jail TO serve
| 10 days. Fredette was fined SIS and
| costs /, being his second offence under
the present law. His fine was paid.
Maid Of Honor" the driving mare
! owned by j. Edward Bailey of Montpelier
| n ihrOlynU yUb lnI
a floor in Boston Monday and had to be
| shot She had been taken to Boston for
exhibition purposes. Maid of Honor
was one of the most perfect show horses
| in Vermont She won blue ribbons at the
| st. Johnsbury.. Brattleboro and Rutland
fairs and Boston horse shows. She was
| clear bay color and was a rather large ami
NAL but was built In well nigh perfect pro-
| portions All horsemen admired her She
was valued at $500.
Crosby & Adams have recently com
| pleted handsome and convenient suite
of offices for DR.. Anderson on the second
floor of the Brooks House. The suite
comprises the office occupied by DIR. An
| derson ever since he has been in Brat
tleboro, with the addition of the large
room which was so long the home OF Col.
! Austine. AS now, arranged these offices
provide an attractive reception room,
consultation room, treatment room, and
a commodious living and sleeping room.
All these rooms have new hardwood
floors with new fittings and wall deco
rations throughout
The suit of Everett d. Prouty against
Melvin Dalrymple to recover a balance
| of 1914 on a lumber job was heard by
| Justice r. c. Bacon Monday, +. w. Glib
son appearing for Mr.. Prouty and, f. L.
Barber for Mr.. Dalrymple. The plaintiff
hauled lumber for the defendant from
t. 49,
ton, also from the Estey lot to the Estey
organ factories, in March and April, and
claimed that he had not been paid I'm full
The defendant claimed that by virtue of a
horse trade the account had been settled
| The defense put in no evidence and argued
that the plaintiff had not made out a
case. Justice Bacon decided in favor OF
the plaintiff and the defendant appealed
to the county court.
The flag pole on the town hall building
was blown down Tuesday morning and
barely missed lnfiicting serious injury
upon J. +. Haywood of Walnut street
Mr.. Haywood was driving past the build
ing toward home and was directly under
the pole, but his horse saw the pole. COM
ing and jumped to one side. The end OF
the STAFF grazed the front wheel and was
moved several feet In its descent II
| struck the porte -cochere with a thud that
| Jared the buiulng and alarmed the oc-
| cupants, II broke off about ten feet from
the roof and was broken again when II
struck the porte cochere. It had become
badly rotted from continued exposure to
the elements. The selectmen will re-
place 1t with a steel pole
The 221 annual meeting of the Woman S
Suffrage association will be held in the
| Baptist church Wednesday evening and
| Thursday, June 6 and 7. Those Wishing
entertainment should address Mrs Mary
| e. Tucker, Brattleboro, and members are
requested to wear the yellow ribbon
badge The convention will open Wednes-
day evening at 7S0, when Rev. George B.
Lawson will give the address of welcome,
to be followed by greetings by Rev. E T.
| Mathison Rev. F. L. Masseck and James
F. Hooker, chairman of the board of
selectmen; response, Mrs G. E. Davidson,
| address by Mrs. Julia A. Pierce, presi-
| dent; and closing words by Henry B.
| Blackwell of Boston. A business meeting
| will be held Thursday morning at 10
! o'clock, when annual reports will be read
and officers elected. The program Thurs
| day afternoon will consist of a paper,
| 'Woman's Rights Under the Law" by
| Eliza S. Eaton; address, Rev. E. NJ. H.
| ABBOTT; short speeches; memorial SER
vice for Miss Susan b. Anthony II. b.
Blackwell, Rev. F. E. Adams, Rev. Verdi
M. Mack and others. At the closing
meeting Thursday evening Hon. George
| w. Pierce and DR.. Henry d. Holton will
speak on Municipal Suffrage in Vermont
Legislatures" to be followed by an ad-