Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-14

The services of Mrs. F. II. Morse. who
has given up her own millinery business,
have been engaged by Donnell a Davis
for the coming season.
The national banks will be open from
s to IL o'clock on each day of the VAL
ley Fair. The savings banks will be
open from to IL o'clock
The ladies' association of the Centre
Congregational church will hold its annual
business meeting for the election Of off,
GERS for the coming year Sept. 20, at $3.50
o'clock in the church parlors. full at
tendance Of the members is desired.
The boring machine which has been
used in making soundngs to determine
the condition of the bed of the Connecti-
cut river with view to the construction
of dam across the river has been idle
this week, but It is probable that further
boring will be done.
]. A. Taylor. general superintendent of
the Valley Fair, requests owners to re-
move at once carts, wagons or other be-
longings which have been left on the
fair grounds or in any Of the associ-
atoms buildings, and especially that ar
ticles be taken from beneath floral hall.
The brothers and sisters of ]. Foster
Stearns held a pleasant reunion at his
home on Pearl street Saturday. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs J. II. Stearns
of Brooklyn; Mrs. Ellen Hawks Of Deer
field; Miss Julia Stearns, Miss Margaret
Stearns, George Stearns, Mrs Esther
Gale and Mrs. Julia Fay of Hlnsdale.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Dustin on
Rrattleboro.
A. II. Hunt, for the past three years
manager of the Goodnow, Pearson &
Hunt store, went yesterday to Nashua,
N. H.. where he will take charge of the
store recently opened in that city by the
70
in the Brattleboro store by mis- brother,
w. l., Hunt, who comes here after sew
eral years successful experience gained
In the companys store at Gardner. Mass.
A brownstone block has been put in
position between the middle windows In
the fourth story Of the building now being
erected on the American House site.
The following inscription will be chiseled
into it: American Building. Erected by
L. f. Adams and c. r. Crosby. 1906"
Work on the building is progressing rap
idly, but 1t will be several months be-
fore 1t will be ready for occupancy.
The United States hospital in Brattle-
boro was closed Wednesday, August %.
1865. according to statement published
in the Vermont Record Saturday, Aug rs,
1865. When the hospital was closed the in
mates, some so in number, were taken to
Sloan hospital in Montpelier The Yer
mont Record of Sept ?. 1865. recorded the
mastering out of service of Brevet Major
Generals George ]. Stannard and Lewis
A. Grant and Brigadier General Stephen
Thomas.
The survivors Of the 18th regiment,
Vermont Volunteers. will hold reunion
in Grand Army hail. Brattleboro. next
Friday, Sept 81 at IL a. m. The COM
mittee of arrangements includes Hugh
Henry of Chester, NJ. H. Bush of New
Dorchester, Mass. and Gen. G. H. Bond
of Brattleboro. The question of moving
the regimental monument on the battle
field at Gettysburg will be considered at
this meeting
In view of the fact that game is fairly
plentiful this year and the temptation to
evade the law is hard to resist, 1t may be
well to call attention to the statutes OF
the state. The posters. containing a
synopsis of the Vermont fish and game
laws state explicitly that II Is unlawful
to kill more than Is partridge in one
open season. There is no limit for other
birds. 1t is also unlawful for anyone to
kill more than five game birds In any one
day. This applies to all game birds with
the exception of wild duck for which the
limit is 90 in one day.
| Supt c. X. Jones is having the street
railroad track from the Main street
| bridge to the fair grounds put in readi-
ness for the coming fair. The roadbed
was somewhat neglected from the time
of its purchase by the National Light,
| Heat x Power company until 1t was fin
ally taken over by the new owners, the
earnings being applied to n reduction OF
the Indebtedness, but now 1t will be put
in good condition. After the fair the
| track from Main street to West Brattle-
boro will be given attention.
George w. Pierce, president Of the
| Nindham County Good Roads association.
says that an effort will be made to ar
range with the National Good Roads as
| ISOLATION for practical demonstration
of scientific road building to be made
some where in this section early next
| spring. The association will bring ma
chinery and tools and will build a short
length of object lesson road under the
direction OF expert engineers who are
ready to explain their methods to any
one interested in the operations.
The pumping station on West river was
in operation several days, beginning the
last of last week, pumping water into the
Chestnut Hill reservoir. The water was
not dangerously low, but on account of
the small amount running in 1t was
| thought advisable to use the pump to
avoid danger in case of an emergency
Water from Stlckney brook is running
into the reservoir, but 1t is low at this
time of year and through the action of
the water board in stopping work on the
Sunset Lake system there is no storage
reservoir in Pleasant valley.
DR.. F. s. Newell, D. D. s., OF Chester
has rented two front middle rooms on the
first floor Of American building. He will
come here to practice his profession as
soon as the building is ready for occu-
pancy. Putnam & Childs have rented the
front Office on the northwest corner Of
the third floor. The southwest corner
office over the big store which win be
used by e. ]. Fenton & Co., has been
rented to a local manufacturing concern
and in this room Miss Edna Lawton, stem
ographer and w. A. Shumway, tax coll
lector, will have desks. The telephone
| exchanges new quarters will also be on
this floor, and all the rooms there are
now taken except two rear Offices.
Ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of
the law and a brief mention of some
easily violated laws may prevent trouble.
The Vermont Legislature Of 1894 gave to
the village Of Brattleboro. in the revIs-
ion OF its charter, the power to regulate
the use Of fire s within the village linn
its. The boar bailiffs soon after pass
ed an ordiL zee prohibiting shooting
within those limits. There is also a
statute prohibiting any person other than
parent or guardian from selling or fur
nishing firearms to minors under is. A
law Of a different sort is that which
makes 1t unlawful to post private ad-
vertising matter on any fence, post,