Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-09-21

The Elliot street skating rink will be
opened for the season Monday after
noon by Leon Parsons. Mr.. Parsons
has bought new skates.
There was a good attendance at the
dance given in Red Mems hall Saturday
night. Another will be given Saturday
night, Sept. %, to which all are invited.
Miss Merlene Titus recently gave an
afternoon social to a few of her friends
at her home on Forest street. Refresh
ments were served and the occasion was
enjoyed by all.
The w. c. T. u will have their regular
meeting next Saturday afternoon, instead
of Tuesday The union will serve lunch
at their rooms in Emerson block, Elliot
street, the days of the Valley Fair.
District No. o. woman's Relief corps,
viii hold a meeting with Sedgwick Re
lief corps in Brattleboro Tuesday after
noon, Oct. 2. The next regular meeting of
the local corps will be held Sept q.
Mrs. ]. C. johnson entertained several
of her West Brattleboro friends at very
enjoyable lawn party at her home on
Forest street last Saturday afternoon.
Refreshments were served and a delight
full social time enjoyed.
The high school football squad Is prac-
ticing every day on the island, James e.
Harding acting as coach. Mr.. Harding
formerly played right end on the academy
team in Norwich, Conn. Twenty-six men
are practicing for positions.
w. G. Doolittle has finished his four
years numbering job in Vernon. He will
begin numbering soon in Marlboro, where he
has bought several timber lots, comprising
5,000,000 feet Of maple, birch, Eastwood
and valuable ash and oak.
The summer season at Spofford lake
80 al.
closing of the Pine Grove Springs hotel
The season has been the best in the his
tory of the resort and at its height
that hotel had nearly 200 guests.
Crosby & Co. are having a new hy-
draulic elevator placed in their store
house by the Springfield Elevator and
Pump company. 1t is direct running
machine and replaces an elevator of the
same capacity which was of the telescope
pattern.
Bingham chapter, o. E. s.. at the reg
ular convocation Tuesday night, was Wis
tied by Mr. Davis, past grand patron Of
Pennsylvania, and Mr.. and Mrs. Scott,
past patron and past matron, respectively.
of Blue Hill chapter, Hyde Park, Mass,
all of whom made remarks.
Walter Mooney was struck in the back
of the head by a brick while doing some
plumbing in the new Adams & Crosby
building Saturday A wound was made
which required medical attention. The
brick fell through a six-inch square hole
cut through the floors of several stories.
A temporary dressing of macadam has
been placed on Main street this week be-
tween the Brooks House and the Elliot
street corner. Early in the week Road
Commissioner Games finished macadam-
iZing the street from milestone bridge
to the top of the hill by the Canal street
blacksmith shop.
The famous Russell Brothers. who will
appear at the Auditorium the first two
nights of the fair will come to Brattle-
boro from Albany and go from here to
Worcester and then to New York city for
a six weeks run. Brattleboro is the
only place in Vermont that these we'll
known comedians will visit.
An important meeting Of the water
board was held Tuesday in the Office of
the chairman, James F. Hooker. The
nature of the business transacted is not
made public, except that the resignat ton
Of D. p. Dewitt, secretary was presented
and accepted Mr.. Dewitt intends to go
South with his mother soon to spend the
winter.
Sedgwick Womans Relief corps will
serve dinner in Grand Army nall next
Monday, when the reunions of Company
B, 10th Vermont Volunteers, and Com
pany K 9th Vermont Volunteers, will
hold their reunions Mrs. Anna Arms
Beach win come Saturday to be the guest
of Mrs. Herbert /. Bangs during the re-
union OF Company B.
Mrs. A. C. Cobb, Mrs. J. ]. Estey and
Mrs. c. F. r. Jenne and perhaps other
members of Brattleboro chapter, d. A.
r., expect to attend the state conference
at Burlington, Sept &c and "a Every
/ in he nj &c
entitled to vote on any business and
is to consider herself delegate 1t is
hoped that a large number will attend
Adams & Crosby intended to have the
staging in front of their new building
removed before Valley Fair time, but
they will be unable to do so on account
of a shortage in the supply of pressed
brick for the front wall of the building.
They received word by telephone from
Boston Wednesday that an additional
supply of brick probably would arrive in
Brattleboro by the end of this week.
The advance sale of reserved seat
tickets for the grandstand on Valley
Fair days will begin in the box Office in
the town hall building at o'clock to-
night The office will be open tomorrow
and Monday from $50 to II in the fore
noon, and from 2.to and from to
p. m. Tickets will be on sale at the
grounds during each day of the fair.
Tickets not paid for will not be held after
IL o'clock on fair days.
The village is receiving it's annual reno
walton this week. Main street has been
given new coating of crushed stone
MILESTONE brook has been cleaned as
ordered by the bailiffs and the rubbish
has been removed from all the principal
streets. The work of decorating the main
thoroughfare was begun Monday, the
men working all day and part of the
night during the entire week and the
work is more elaborate than ever
The funeral of I. N. Spencer was held
in Keene Monday. Rev. Mr. Mitchell, of
the Unitarian church, officiating. The
body was brought to Brattleboro Mon
day afternoon, accompanied by Mrs.
George Abbott, in whose family Mr..
Spencer lived, and by G. A. Litchfield.
II. A. Woodward, w. O. Hutchins, Carl
Reed Myron A. Minis and r. w. Schil-
meyer of Keene, who acted as bearers.
The burial was in Prospect FILL cemetery.
President Roosevelt has offered Charles
III. Robb of Bellows Falls assistant attor-
ney general Of the United States, the APP
pointment Of the judgeship in the court
of appeals in the district OF Columbia,
made vacant by the recent resignation
Of Charles II. DUEL of New York. The
judgeship is for life and the salary is
$1,000 a year. Washington dispatches
state that Mr. Robb is not inclined to ac-
cept the offer. II was reported from
Washington recently that Judge Wendell
p. Stafford of ST. Johnsbury, who resigned
from fla