Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-24

the Memorial day celebration in East
Putney
Fenton & Company show an attractive
interior view Of their new store in the
American building in their advertisement
this week.
The clerk and carrier civil service exam
ination which was to be held in the post
office Wednesday was indefinitely post
poned.
A regular meeting of the w. c. 7. U.
will be held Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock in their room in the Emerson
building.
Memorial day, May 30. the post Office
will be open from till i. Carriers Will
make early morning delivery only. Rural
carriers will make no delivery.
The reopening of the county court in
Newfane Tuesday brought about another
exodus of lawyers from town, only one
or two being left to take care of what
legal business came up during the week.
William Morrison pleaded guilty TO a
charge of drunkenness in municipal court
Monday afternoon and was fined So and
costs amounting to $1,000 He was ar
rested by Policeman J. II. Evans Satur-
day night and released on bail.
The executive committee of the Valley
Fair association will meet in the Brooks
plans for the premium list, which will be
placed in the printers hands next week
Other important matters will come up
for consideration.
Charles Cassidy foreman at the Cen
trail Vermont freight house, resigned his
position and severed his connection with
the railroad Tuesday He will probably
take a position as shipping clerk with the
Dewitt Grocery company. His place as
foreman will be taken by Richard Heaphy.
Frederick f. Lee of this town was call
ed to Erving, Mass, Sunday by the Sc
rious illness of his mother, Mrs. Edwin
p. Lee. She died Tuesday morning She
had been ill several years. The husband
and six children survive her. The burial
was in Stamford.
The appearance of the Retreat grounds
has been much improved by the regarding
which has been recently completed in
front of the hospital. The old hedge
was taken away and the street graded.
A row of % Carolina poplars has been
planted along the road from the Re
treat to Linden lodge.
The funeral of Matthias Sullivan was
held in St. Michael's Roman Catholic
church Wednesday morning at s o'clock.
Rev. Father NJ. j. Carmody officiated and
the burial was in the Catholic cemetery
| The floral tributes were many and beau
| tiful. The bearers were Patrick Brosna-
han, John Devine, Luke Ferriter, Will
liam Martin, Job Long and Patrick Fem
| ton.
Twenty four members of Bingham
chapter, o. E s., attended the convocation
| of Naomi chapter of Hinsdale Wednesday
evening. They were received with cordial
| hospitality and were royalty entertained.
The occasion was the annual visitation of
| grand officers, and five neighboring chap
| ters accepted the invitation of Naomi chap
| ter to be present. The visitors enjoyed
the beautiful work done and had a de-
| lightful time socially.
The final arrangements for the Sun
day afternoon open air meetings are about
completed and everything will be ready
for the first meeting to be held Sunday
| afternoon, June 2, at O'Clock on the com
mon. The. quartet of the Congrega tional
church will sing assisted by a chorus
of three of the Sunday school classes in
the church. The Methodist church will
have charge of the ushering for the first
Inree Sundays.
In special session OF the probate court
Saturday Bradford j. Cutler was appoint
ed admins TRAITOR Of the estate of Kate d
| Cutler. d. NJ. Thompson of Guilford was
appointed administrator of the estate OF
Earl w Thompson. In a special session
Monday Charles A. Boyden was appointed
guardian of Waldo Howard, a minor liv.
ing in Savoy, n. Y. NJ. Maria Hunt wa!
appointed administrator of the estate o.
Henry p. Harrington.
Game Warden Lewis Lynde caugh
James O'Hearn of West Brattleboro will
trout less than six inches in length in hi,
possession Saturday. OHearn was fish
ing on the brook near Mr.. Lynde's house
Mr.. Lynde took one of the fish as evi
dence. Officers were sent for O'HearI
Monday, but he could not be found II,
appeared in the municipal court of hi
own accord Tuesday, pleaded guilty anC
was fined So and costs, amounting to 81
which he paid
Rev. Father ]. j. Griffin of Washing
ton, d. c.. who has had a summer hom
on the northeastern shore of Spoffor,
lake several years, will establish Their
this summer Camp Mamaschaug. open t
boys of good character between the age
of 10 and 10. The camp will be ORGANIZED
toward the end of June and will con
, tine during a period of nine weeks. Som
very handsome booklets, illustrating tn
camp and its surroundings and descrip
tive of its objects have been issued re
Gently.
S. A. Smith started an electrical saw
mill in his lumber yard on Frost stree
| TUESDAY IN order to expedite the Sawinl
of large quantity of logs which wer
cut on the east side Of Wantastique
mountain last winter The saw and plane
are of the usual type and are driven b,
an electric motor connected with tn
main wires of the Twin State Gas anl
Electric company in the street AS IA
as known this is the first electrical saw
mill in town. 1t was considered cheaper
than a gasoline engine of the same horse
power.
COW in a show window in the Amer
lean building Monday was a novel sight
George Webb of West Chesterfield wa!
driving a herd of cattle to the railroad
station, when one of the bovines boltet
and ran through the open door into tn,
store, stopping to pose in the big from
window. When the drivers had forced
the COW out Of the store she started uI
the street at record breaking clip Hei
course was across Mrs. Hooker's lawn
and then up North Main street and alonl
the Putney road. Many people along this
line OF flight tried to head of the COW
but she was not stopped until abe haC
covered about two miles.
Otis futile pleaded guilty to taking twc
trout less than the legal six inches IT
the municipal court Monday He was ar.
rested Monday forenoon by Deputy
Sheriff Myron p. Davis on complaint Of
County Game Warden Roswell Frost. II,
was fined $40 and costs amounting t
| $3.50 Mr.. Frost found him fishing Sun.