Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-08-24
RRATTLEBORO.


John L, Cummings has bought four
cylinder Winton touring car. 1t arrived
Tuesday.
The ladies of the Baptist society will
hold their usual food sale tomorrow af-
ternoon at the Y. M. c. A. rooms at 2.3O
o'clock.
DR.. and Mrs. c. W. wilkins enter
tanned a small company OF friends at
corn roast on the Retreat farm meadow
last Saturday evening.
The heavy pressure of business in the
telephone exchange has made it neces-
sary to employ an additional operator,
making a force of nine operators.
Horton D. Walker who has bought the
entire equipment OF the Hinsdale Local
Line Telephone company, advertises for
sale the long distance instruments.
The OK with OK cart seen on our streets
during the week, and which is used in
Carolina" is the genuine southern prod
uct and was bought in Windsor, North
Carolina.
The Snowflake canning factory was
started on the seasons work yesterday.
AS stated in The Phoenix Aug. 10, 500
acres OF corn have been raised for this
factory the past season, in canning which
about $50 hands will be employed.
The new Adams & Crosby block begins
to loom up" The third story frame
work is partially completed, and the
stills and sleepers which are being laid
for the fourth floor already overtop the
roof of the Ullery building The front
window castings of the second story are
in place, and masons are laying the face
wall, which is of pressed brick manufac-
tured in Ohio.
Patrons of the Western aqueduct are
notified that the water supply will be
shut off next Tuesday, when the reser-
voir will be repaired and they are ad-
vised to save a surplus supply for the day.
The reservoir near Western avenue has
been covered with railroad iron, slate and
cement and when the cleaning is COM
pleted 1t will be in more satisfactory
condition than ever before.
The Odd Fellows of wantastiquet lodge
expect to give a good account of them
selves in the ball game against Bellows
Falls brethren at the Labor day celebra-
ton at Bellows Falls. The team from here
will include Earl Woodland p, Eric Landry
c, Clifford Fox 1b, John Howe 2b, E. w.
Gibson 3b, Will Warren SIS, Frank Bar
Der CT. Frank Allen If, Arthur Roberts
RI.
The large amount of political mail
matter received at the Brattleboro post
office has made 1t necessary for POST
master H. E. Taylor to put on an ad-
ditional carrier. Fred H. Coombs handled
what the regular carriers could not take
care of the first of the week, and Charles
Wilder has been doing the extra work
since yesterday morning. The political
mail received amounts to not far from
200 pounds a day.
Victor Stanley Reed of Gladstone, Va,
and Miss Lillian Maria Cummings OF
TQo1d vyfn ma l.
day evening at the brides home. Mr..
and Mrs Reed came to Brattleboro and
went Wednesday to Montpelier to visit
at Mr.. Reeds home. They will return
to Baldwinsville before going to Gland
stone, where Mr. Reed is assistant sec
rotary Of the Y. M. c. A. Mr.. Reed was
secretary of the Brattleboro association
at one time and Mrs. Reed was stem
ogTapher in the office of the Holstein-
Friesian association. Mr.. and Mrs Reed
will be at home after September Is.
A list of the Republican rallies for
Windham county next week is given in
another column. The date of Fletcher
d. Proctor's visit to Brattleboro, which
had been scheduled for next Tuesday, has
The rally will be held on the common
at $50 o'clock in order that Mr.. Proctor
may speak in Bellows Falls in the evening.
The other speakers will be United States
Senator William P. Dillingham; and
United States District Attorney ]. L.
Martin. Mr.. Martin will speak on 1.-THE
Ring" A. ]. Markham, the we'll known
campaign singer, and the First Regiment
band will furnish music. In case of
rain the rally will be held In the Au-
ditorium.
The Carolina" company is unusually
strong in its female contingent. including
Helaine Hadley, the original blind girl
in Quincy Adams Sawyer" Edith Bel
lows late with 1.-THE Man on the Box"
Phila May, for the past four seasons with
Denman Thompson's "Our New Minis
teri" Alice Washburn, for the past two
seasons with Denman Thompsons "Our
New Minister" and Helen Quincy, from
the Empire Theatre Stock Co. Both
Miss WashbUrn and Miss Quincy are
clever character actresses. Phila May
is well known locally.
A hearing in foreclosure proceedings in
the case of Charles G. Abbey of Chic
opee, Mass, against Mrs. Nellie A. Tur-
ner of Brattleboro is in progress before
u. H, Allbee of Bellows Falls, master. in
the county clerks office. The case was
begun Wednesday afternoon. but on ac-
count of the absence of an important wit
ness 1t was continued to yesterday and
was resumed this morning, Mr. Abbey
holds a mortgage on the Brayman farm
In Marlboro, given by Mrs. Turner to Sc
cure the rent on the Silverdale hotel at
Spofford lake, which Mrs Turner leased
of Mr. Abbey. Mrs. Turner refuses to
pay all Of the rent, alleging that Mr..
Abbey promised to repair the hotel, but
failed to do so. Mr.. Abbey claims a bal
ance of $500. II. G. Barber is counsel
for Mr. Abbey and Judge e. L. Water
man and 70. w. Gibson are counsel for
Mrs. Turner.