Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-10-12

excursion IueSoay.
The W. c. t. u. will continue its food
sales on Saturdays at its rooms in the
Emerson block on Elliot street
The officials of the Central Vermont and
Grand Trunk railroads passed through
Brattleboro in a special train wednesday
on a tour of inspection.
Watch Brattleboro grow. The govern
ment census showed 6640 people In 1900,
the board of trade enumeration shows
1928 now, gain of nearly 1900 In six
years
The Centreville roller skating rink will
be open only on wednesday and Saturday
afternoons and evenings during the month
of october but after Nov. / 1t will be
open every evening and on Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons as previously
advertised.
The annual dinner of the Exchequer
was served at the wentworth hotel in
walpole, N. H., Sunday afternoon. The
hotel provided delicious spread and the
occasion was very enjoyable. OF the 20
members 16 attended the dinner. going
and returning In automobiles.
An automobile party Of ten, including
the Brattleboro male quartet, attended the
fair and chicken pie supper at the Con-
gregational church in Marlboro last Fri
day evening. The Marlboro people were
agreeably surprised by the impromtu Sc
lections rendered by the quartet
stillman Holbrook, infant son of George
M and Daisy Gilbert (Stillman) Hol-
brook of Springfield. Mass, died at the
Holbrook cottage on Ames hill early
Monday morning, Of commissions. The
body was taken to Springfield Monday
afternoon. The child was born on Ames
hill Sept 5.
The special village meeting tonight at
o 20 Nolr
subject Of village ownership of the water
supply seems likely to develop some elo-
uuent bits of oratory. Several persons
interested in the subject are understood
to be cooked and primed for the occasion.
The meeting will be held In Festival hall.
A few people who saw Night Watch
man William Warren at the CentreVine
fire Tuesday morning are disposed to crit
iicize Mr.. Warren's action in leaving his
beat Apparently they do not know that
ARRANGEMENT was made some time ago
whereby Mr.. Warren attends fires and
some other officer comes to his beat 10
serve during .hIs absence. The need OF
a police officer at fires has been demon
strated several times.
Three boys, Albert Johnson, John Her
bert and Anthony Clarity, were sum-
moned Saturday to appear at the office OF
Attorney James F. Hooker to answer to
uhe charge Of taking fruit from agricul-
tural hall on the fair grounds during the
second day of the fair They were given
choice of either settling or being for
mally arrested; they chose to settle and
paid to the association 50 each and prom
ised good behavior for the future
The two-year old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Darlington of Thomas street fell from a
second story window on Thursday OF last
week. but was not injured and was about
at play in a short time. Neighbors who
saw the child fall rushed to him as soon
as they recovered from the shock. ex-
pecting to find him dead. They carryed
him upstairs to his mother. who
had left him but a moment before and
who knew nothing Of what had hap
pehed.
''Under Southern Skies is now in Its
sixth successful season and has as yet
only been seen in a comparatively small
portion of the country outside OF the
larger cities. The increased enthusiasm
with which the play is received on It's
third and fourth visits, indicate that MRS
Parkers play will be one of the standard
attractions for many years to come. II
will be given its first presentation In
Brattleboro at the Auditorium Wednesday
evening, Oct. II.
The series of mothers meetings held
in the Congregational church will open
on Wednesday afternoon at $50 with an
address by DR.. Alfred Worcester or
Waltham Mass, on THE Crusade Against
Consumption" The address will be es-
pecially interesting to mothers and house
keepers as 1t will deal with the problem
of healthful everyday life as the best
means of stamping out consumption IN
our village. Men as well as women are
invited to hear DIR. Worcester
Through a misinterpretation of an or
der the shippers doing business at the
Williamsville station were much disturbed
a few days ago, being notified by the sta
ton agent that they must load their cars
in two days or pay a demurrage charge
of 81 a day for each day they held car
exceeding that time. Previously they had
four days exemption from the demurrage
charges, and in many cases II was all they
could do to load the cars In four days
The new order therefore appealed TO
them as a hardship, and kicks were go
ing up on all sides, when 1t was found
that the order was not TO apply wnere 10
cal conditions did not warrant 1t. This
was the first time an order OF this kind
had been issued on the West River rail-
road, and the wording was easy to be
misconstrued.
The census taken under the auspices
of the board Of trade shows that there are
1928 people who live I'm Brattleboro. The
enumeration was made under the direc-
tlOn OI I1dIIy ~ A%tWISHSSs VIM hhN Va
pable assistants, and the work was care
fully done. The figures are highly graf
flying. They show an increase of 1898
In six years, as the figures from the gov
eminent census in 1900 indicated a pop
ulation of only 6640. F. w. Newcomb,
agent for the Vermont Bible society who
canvassed the town three years ago, COM
pleted his work on Jan. 9, 1904, and ne
found at that time 1854 residents in the
town Brattleboro was never so pros
porous and the steady growth which she
is now making is OF permanent kind which
may be relied upon. II the ratio OF the
last three years is maintained the town
will have upwards of 5000 inhabitants
when the next federal census is taken.
There are other towns than Brattleboro
where the water supply is a subject Of
public discussion. The drouth this year
seems to be exceptional. extending over
a large territory in this section Of New
England. The new $50. 900 reservoir in
Leyden glen, (which was built to supply
Greenfield with water, is so low that 1t
has been necessary to start the pumps
on Green river this week, and in North
ampton the situation is distressing, 1t
being impossible to supply all parts Of the
city. A Greenfield despatch in the
Springfield Republican of Monday said;
ut is a matter of common knowledge
that the waste of water has been suffi-
Client to carry the fire district through
a longer drouth than that of the present
season. This waste will continue till the
water is metered. By rare good fortune