Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-11
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BRATTLEBoRo.
The Garment Workers union held their
regular monthly meeting in Grand Army
hall Monday evening. Nine were ini-
tiated.
The annual meeting of the Fessenden
Helping Hand society will be held next
Friday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in the
parlors of the Congregational church.
A big buck was seen in the vacant lot
south of the S. A. Smith company's fac
tory shortly before o'clock Wednesday
morning. The animal trotted leisurely up
Elm street and disappeared on Prospect
hill.
The Prospect Hill Aqueduct company
held its annual meeting Thursday even
ing Oct 10, and elected these officers
President, w II. Adams; directors, w. H.
Adams, f. A. Cook. Il. ]. Knowlton;
secretary and treasurer, f. A. Bagg.
Farmer Jones and wife invite all mem
bers of the senior department of the
Sunday school and friends to n "husking
bee and supper at the Centre Congrega-
tional chapel Wednesday evening, Oct. 16
at 7.3O o'clock All come and have a
good time.
Traffic on the Boston & Maine railroad
was delayed several hours Monday by the
wreck of n freight train near Hatfield
station The accident was caused by the
breaking of a wheel. Two cars were de-
rallied and several others damaged. One
of the derailed cars contained live stock
and 16 cattle, several sheep and a num-
Der of fowls in it were killed.
What promises to be a rare treat to To-
cal music lovers has been arranged by
the music committee of the Woman's
club for Nov. 7, when the Adamowski
trio of Boston will appear in concert
The trio is composed of Mime. Antonette
Szumoroska. one of the greatest living
pianlsts. Timothee Adamowskl, who for
% years was solo violnist and second
concert master of the Boston Symphony
orchestra, and Josef Adamowski a cellist
of international repute, also a member
for many years of the Boston Symphony
orchestra.
Harper's Weekly contains this week a
half-page illustration showing the
"Ifehe," John f. Andersonis- motor boat
winning the 30 mile international worlds
championship in l hour, 10 minutes and
Sc seconds in the recent championship
meet of the Motor Boat club of America
held recently on the Hudson. Mr.. Ander-
son is also owner of the steam yacht
Tonopah, named after the Nevada mine
of which he is one of the principal own
ers. The Irene" is named after his lit
tie granddaughter. When Mr. Anderson
was in Brattleboro during the summer he
expressed the belief that the Irene" was
the fastest boat in the world.
Thomas O'COnnor, an elderly man liv-
ing at the town farm took a dose of
laudanum night before last and was in a
serious condition yesterday. He was re-
ported to be on the road to recovery this
morning and little the worse for his eX-
perience. Just how he got possession
of the drug is not surely known, but it is
thought that it may have been furnished
him by another inmate who has been
there only a few weeks. The two men
have not been on very good terms the
past week and 1t is possible that the
later arrival mixed the laudanum with
the food of Mr.. O'Connor, or that he
simply gave it to him and Mr.. O'Connor
took it of his own free will. The results
were the same in either case and If Mr.
O'Connor had not been a rugged old man
the dose would have killed him. No laud-
anum is ever kept at the farm where any
of the men and women there could get
hold of 1t and 1t was learned that the new
arrival had q small quantity of the drug
with him when he came to the farm He
stoutly denies all knowledge of the rea-
son for Mr.. O'ConnOr's sickness and I'M
til the invalid RECEIVERS more fully no at
tempt will be made to fix the RESPONSE
bility. 1t is not probable that any Grim
inal charges will be made, owing to the
fortunate outcome of the affair and the
situation of the two men.
In the superior court in Keene Friday
Charles Crone pleaded guilty to a charge
of attempted rape and was sentenced
TO five to eight years in state prison.
Crone's crime was committed in North
Hinsdale and his counsel, Charles H.
Hersey of Keene, stated that the man
was intoxicated at the time the assault
took place Crone was formerly a resi-
dent of Brattleboro.' being employed at
the railroad station as helper to the bag
gage master. The assault was committed
July rs last. Crone, who was not decently
clothed, rushed upon two girls who were
driving cows in pasture near the Adam
Rhode farm He seized one of the girls,
but was frightened by the cries of the
children or the approach Of a team on
the main highway. and desisted In his
purpose and ran away James Airing of
West Chesterfield, who formerly lived
off Washington street in Brattleboro, was
convicted of the charge of assault with
intent to kill his step-son, Ernest Bryant,
10 years old, and was sentenced to
state prison for a term of not less than
two nor more tnan three years. Airing
fired upon the boy with a shotgun. The
lad, who was wounded In the arm, re-
ceived surgical treatment in the Brattle-
boro Memorial hospital. Charles f.
Leonard, proprietor of the Hotel Ellis
in Keene, on the charge of illegal liquor
selling, was sentenced to two months in
jail and to pay a fine of 500. There
were three indictments against Leonard.
One indictment was quashed and one
continued.