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


next concert in Esteyvllle Wednesday
evening.
The New England Order of Protection
will have corn roast on Friday evening
Aug. 81. Each and every member is
privileged 10 bring a friend.
over so people from Brattleboro went
on the excursion to Lake Sunapee last
Sunday in spite of the high temperature.
This was probably the last excursion of
the season.
The open air meeting on the common
last Sunday evening was not well at
tended owing to a threatening sprinkle
of rain, but those who went heard
good address by Rev. e. T. Mathison of
the Episcopal church.
Adams & Crosby have placed with the
KinneaF & eager company Of Columbus,
Ohio, contract for metallic ceilings in
the new Main street building. The con-
tract for plumbing has been awarded to
w. ]. Pentland and for steam fitting to
=. Fleming.
Edwin d. Mead, editor of the New Eng
land Magazine, widely known as lee
turer and author. has bought the Halves
property in Chesterfield and will make
his summer home there. Mr.. Mead has
been a regular visitor to Chesterfield each
summer for many years.
A petition TO the bailiffs which has been
largely signed by business men asks that
q hydrant be placed on Green street at
some suitable point between the premises
of John Manley and Mrs. d. Davis. Sucn
a hydrant would be available in fighting
fire on Green street and in the rear of
Main and Elliot streets, where there are
large property interests.
The Valley Fair Kennel club has en-
gagged Dwight Moore of Boston and
James Watson Of Hackensack, N. j.. to
Judge the dogs at the coming exhibition
which will be held in connection with
the Valley Fair. Mr.. Moore will judge
Boston terriers and Mr. Watson win
judge all other breeds. An effort will
be made to make the coming show sur
pass last years exhibition The prize
list will be issued about Sept. 1.
Walter s. Stearns was elected a mem
Der of the board of bailiffs at the special
village meeting Friday, receiving 81 votes
Twenty-eight were cast for Capt. H. c.
Streeter. William A. Shumway was
| elected collector of taxes unanimously
receiving 1903 votes. Mr.. Shumway Is
now collector for town. village and school
district. The Australian ballot system
was used, as required by law. The num-
| Der of ballot clerks and other officials
present was larger usually than the num-
Der of citizens who were intent upon
voting.
George B. Crowell's lawn was the scene
| of a gleefu baby party last Friday after
noon when about 80 little people attended
| by their mothers were entertained by
! George Alexander Crowell. IS months old.
and his mother Mrs. Christie b. Crowell.
| The beautiful display Of dahlias and the
| evergreen arch at the entrance OF the
| lawn were the striking features OF the
| decorations. The youngest guest was the
three-weeks old daughter of Mrs ]. f.
I ~ 4
/ and refreshments were served. Mr.,
Wyatt secured a picture OF the merry
group. Each boy and girl received n ball
or doll as a souvenir of the occasion.
The funeral OF Mrs. ]. C. Ullery was
held at the Ullery residence on Linden
street at o'clock Saturday. II was at
| tended by a large number of the neigh
| bors and by members OF the different So
| cieties of which Mrs. Ullery was n mem
| Der. Rev. +. T. Mathison officiated and
| Mrs. Mary Howe Burton Of South Lam
caster Mass, sang two selections, Thy
| Will Be Done" and Come Unto Him."
Miss Izetta Stewart playing the accom-
| paniments. There was a profusion Of
beautiful flowers, largely roses and car
nations, from friends and neighbors and
| from the organizations with which Mrs.
! the Brooks family lot in Prospect Hill
| cemetery.
Lewis Morrison, who had starred in
this country and Canada the past 90
| years as Mephisto in Faust, died sudden
| ly Saturday from a shock in a hospital
in Yonkers N. Y, after undergoing an
! operation for stomach trouble. Mr.. Nor
| rison appeared at the Auditorium in
! Brattleboro last season. He was born OF
English parentage in Kingston, Jamaica,
! but came to this country at an early age
! and enlisted in the Union army in the
civil war. He won the personal friend
! ship and praise of Gen. Grant during the
siege of Vicksburg, when he swan the
| Mississippi under fire OF batteries with
dispatches for the federal army Before
he became a star in Faust he was associ-
ated with Booth, Barrett, Forest, Salvini,
| Charlotte Cushman and other notable
people of the American stage.
The New York Tribune Of Saturday
contained a Washington despatch nearly
n column in length about an opinion CIV
en- by Charles H. Robb. acting attorney
general Of the United States, relative to
| the importation of labor from Mexico in
to the United States for work on rail-
road construction in Texas. The ques-
ton involved the construction of the term
skilled labor in section OF the immi-
grafton act Of March 3, 1908. 1t was con-
tended by certain railroad companies
| that laborers ordinarily employed in the
1
tracks of railroads were skilled laborers
within the meaning OF the term used in
the act. Mr.. Robb's opinion was to the
contrary, and Immediately upon its re-
ceipt laborers who had been imported by
the railroad companies involved were or
dered deported.
The Rhyolte, New, announces that the
| Dores- Montgomery mine. on the Vermont
Rose group across the Amargosa desert
In the Funeral range is a real bonanza
| The shaft has been sunk to the depth of
| IS feet, and a tunnel will be run to catch
| 1t. Rich ore has been taken out and the
indications are that the whole ledge is
similarly mineralized and that the Yer
mont Rose group will rank with the very
best mines in Nevada. This is the min
ing property in which F. w. Putnam Of
Brattleboro and Col. w. II. II. Slack OF
| Springfield are interested, and they have
visited the scene within the past two
weeks. The Herald says: Here is
another instance where a wonderfully
fine piece of ground has been passed over
year after year by hundreds of prospec-
tors, who selected claims much less
available and more difficult of access.
The Dores- Montgomery people have evil
IDENTIFY stumbled on a real bonanza and
are to be congratulated"
Some Valley Fair Entries.
There is a prospect that the Valley Fair