Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-03-22
BRATTLEBOR0 LOCAL

The invitation is general to the supper
which the Womans Relief corps will
serve in Grand Army hail this evening
County Examiner II. d. Ryder of Bel
lows Falls will conduct teachers exam
nations in Brattleboro March 293O, Bel
lows Falls April 1-2 Newfane April 17-1S.
The last social under the auspices Of
the Eastern star has been postponed from
March p, and will be given ON Wednes-
day evening April 3. The orchestra will
be augmented for the occasion and light
refreshments win be served
Three new mounted birds have recently
been added to the library collection. They
are pine grosbeak, barred owl and
broad winged hawk They were mounted
and presented to the library by Guy
Thayer of West Bratteboro.
Joseph r. Biddle filed a petition in
bankruptcy in the United States district
court Monday ana on Tuesday was ad-
Judged a bankrupt. The liabilities. con-
ssting chiefly of doctors and nurses
bills, amount to about 500, with assets
Of $3.50. all but $50 Of which is claimed to
be exempt
Fishing through the ice and rabbit
hunting are now prohibited i'm New
Hampshire under "A recent act Of the leg
islature which took effect on its passage
and hereafter under the act the time limit
for such hunting and fishing will expire
in January. The county game warden
has stopped the ice fishing, in Spofford
lake.
Charles r. Wheeler who has spent the
winter with his daughter, Mrs. Daniel
Staples. in Cliftondac Mass has sus-
tanned two shocks Of paralysis the sec
ond occurring last Saturday. and he Is
now in a serious condition. Mrs. George
IIerrick. his other daughter, was called to
Cliftondale to see him Saturday She re-
turned Monday
\ blaze which started in the woodwork
about a chimney in the home of Flevien
Paquette. i'm the rear of 100 Elliot street.
gave the firomen a chance to do some eff
fective work Sunday morning about 10
o'clock. IAN alarm was rung in from box
"a and the fremen had the blaze out in
short order after their arrival on the
scene. The rooms were badly smoked
ana the woodwork about the chimney will
have to be largely replaced The damage
was not more than 5000
John J. Noonan pleaded guilty to in
toXication in the municipal court Monday
morning and was fined S. and costs
amounting to $l175. He was arrested
Sunday 10y Policeman James Evans after
he had made himself SO obnoxious at the
home Of Truman Barnes that Barnes had
kicked him out bodily. At the time Of
his arrest Noonan was minus n hat and
! showed other signs Of an advanced stage
| Of drunkenness He wanted to have
| Barnes arrested for assauting him but
| could not convince States Attorney r. G.
| Bacon that the kicking was uujustihable
! Monday morning he was in more re-
! pentant state Of mind and admitted his
! intoxicated condition.
The Springfield Sunday Republican con-
| tanned a special story from Sufiield. Conn.
| I'm which Nelson :. Cole OF that town re-
| lated his experiences in being fired upon
| by a large body Of Confederate soldiers
| while he was removing wounded com
| rade at Bull Run. and his escape to the
| woods only to become prisoner of rebel
| cavalry. While confined in "A church he
| stole away unobscrVed and made his way
| to Washington. although he was stopped
| by southern soldiers who declared that he
was a Yankee and that they would hang
| him. He claimed that he was a nome
| Blatant with Southerp sympathies who had
| witnessed the battle and was finally al
lowed to depart. Mr. cole was member
Of Company c, Second Vermont regiment
J. Smith. receiver Of the Consolidated
| tbero company, stated at Boston Satur-
| day that the valid claims against the COM
| pany might not exceed $25, 900, and that
| the creditors would probably receive 81
cents on a dollar. The company was
| placed in the hands OF a receiver about a
| year ago, following the arrest of Ferdi-
nand +. Borges, its president, who was
| subsequently, sent to prision on the charge
| Of swndling. Former Congressman owen
| Of Indiana, who was indicted in connec-
| ton with the case, was never apprehend-
| ed. The investors Of the company were
| scattered all over New England and num-
! bered well-known residents of Brattle-
| boTo, 81. JOhnsbury and other towns In
| Vermont.
About 20 young women employed In
the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell company
| factory paid a surprise visit to the home
| Of Mr., and Mrs. w. II. Smith of Elm
street Tuesday evening, March -, as a
| celebration of the wedding of Mr. and
| Mrs. j. Leonard Ryan. which occurred the
Saturday previous. Mrs. Ryan was Miss
| Ola Smith, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs
| Smith, and had been employed two years
in the Hooker. Corser & Mitchell fac
| tory, where she had many friends. Mr.
Ryan came here from Gardner. Mass
| three years ago. The young people
brought many gifts of china. cut glass
and silver. The evening was spent So
ciany and refreshments of cake, coffee
fruit and bon bons We're served.
a horse driven by L. O. Morse of Will
| Evansville took a long run Saturday after
noon after leaving driver and sleigh in
| Brattleboro. Mr. Morse turned from Main
into Grove street about $50 and the sleigh
was overturned, throwing him out He
| chung to the reins and was dragged a
| short distance and then the horse got
| away. The horse turned a short corner
| in front Of j. II. Pratts house and broke
| the shafts, leaving the sleigh i'm the gut
| ter. The pace had been fast enough be
| fore that but the shafts banging against
the horses heels brought out all the speed
that there was i'm the animal. The horse
went through Chaplin street on the jump
and started up the West river road for
home. He was stopped at Lucius Ad-
amss house near the power station. Mr..
| Morse secured a team and drove after the
runaway The animal was badly cut by
the broken shafts.
\ musical delectation was provided Fri
day evening for the largest and most en-
| thusiastic company which ever gathered
at a Wheel club ladies' night through the
! special feature, a song recital by VIII
| Schuster, the BTattebOro boy who for
| more than dozen years has held a high
place in leading grand and comic opera
companies. Mr.. Schuster's singing was
a revelation to many, and the company
| which filled Grange hall sat entranced for
an hour while he rendered a variety of
selections admirably adapted to show the
scope and richness of his voice and the
varied expression of feeling and senti-
| ment which he, an artistic, is able to in
| terpret with an intelligence which appeals
| 10 musical and intelligent listeners The
rolllcklng songs were greatly enjoyed by