Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-12

The public improvements committee of
| the board of trade held a meeting last
! night and the transportation committee
| will meet tonight
A special meeting of the woman's aux
| Hilary of the Y. NJ. G. A. will be held at
| the association rooms Tuesday afternoon
! at 800 A good attendance is desired, as
| matters of Importance are to be con-
| sidered,
In the quarterly business meeting Of
| the Baptist church Friday night, reports
| were read which indicated that the con-
| diton of the church was fully as salts
factory as at the time of the annual
| meeting.
The ladies' Enterprise society will hold
| a lawn party and ice cream sale next
! Wednesday evening on Fuller Park in
Esteyville during the band concert The
society will meet with Mrs. H. II. Bur
| nett next Thursday afternoon, instead Of
! Wednesday, at o'clock.
Mrs. Ellen NJ Moore of Newfane
| brought a new suit against her former
! husband, J. H. Moore, Monday to recover
| S125 alleged to be due her for caring for
| him while he was sick recently. The
suit brought last week was discontinued
| Mr.. Moore claims that the amount due
! Is not SO large.
Recruiting officer F. b. Pitts enlisted
! three men this week, all from Brattle-
| boru. Fred j. Bennett and Edward Eager
enlisted for service in the coast artillery
| and William Spaulding for service in the
! Philippine cavalry. Private Pitts is
| making systematic canvass of the near
by towns. especially those away from the
| railroad.
Glass No. 10 of the Baptist church
held a pleasant and profitable lawn party
and sale Wednesday afternoon and even
| ing at the home Of Mrs. +. l.. Hunt on
| Tyler street The tables with their at
tractiVe decorations were set on the lawn
and the sales were brisk all the afternoon
and evening About So was cleared. In
the evening the grounds were made bright
with a large number of japanese Ian
terms
The opening at the golf grounds was
not largely attended Saturday. Refresh
ments were served on the clubhouse
veranda Several sets of tennis were
played. but the matches between players
of the Wantastiquet club and the North
street club did not take place owing to
the inability of expected contestants to
be present. The Keene Country club has
asked this week for a match at an early
date between six tennis and six golf
players from Wantastiquet club against
a similar number Of the Keenc club, to be
played on the grounds at Keene
Good progress is being made at the
dam each week along tie lines laid down
for the preliminary work. The lumber
ing operations are the most important
now some 100000 feet having been
bought As fast as possible the logs are
being cut and drawn to the saw mill near
the dam site. A. little preliminary work
for the construction of the Golfer dam
was started this week. apart from this
the activities at the dam site are merely
a continuation Of the last two weeks
more tools arriving and being unloaded
each day and the preliminary work go
ing on steadily.
\ horse owned by John Council Of Ches-
terrified and driven by Mrs Cornell. per-
formed an acrobatic feat Wednesday
morning that would have won it place
in any circus. 1t was stanulng in Elliot
street opposite the Y. NJ. G. \. rooms
headed up the street For some un-
know reason it decided to turn around
and without warning went through
contortion, landing on its back facing the
carriage. Passersby held the horse down
until the harness could be removed and
then the animal arose serenely. none the
worse for the performance. The harness
was somewhat damaged.
The Toymakers" called "A Musical
AbSurdity" because brmful of pleasing
melody and clean farce ana roaring fun
will come to the Auditorium at an early
date. 1t is by Charles Pelton Pidgin, the
author of Quincy Adams Sawyer which
has been universally proclaimed "the
greatest New England play ever written"
and will be presented here by The Jolli-
ties under the management of Messrs.
Charles f. Atkinson and James Thatcher.
The locale of THE Toymakers" is an old
English toyshop and abundant opportunity
is given for picturesque setting and cos
tuning. the introduction Of quaint char
acters and speech and action appropriate
to such locality and the theme of the
play.
The case of A V. Kerr against his
stepson, Fred Bradley. was heard in the
municipal court Friday afternoon and
Saturday morning before Judge L. W.
Gibson, who reserved his decision. Mr..
Kerr brought suit to recover about S9j,
alleged to be due him from his stepson
for board and necessities furnished him.
For some time previous to the marriage
of Mrs Bradley TO Mr. Kerr, Fred, the
defendant, had boarded in Mr.. Kerrs
home and has boarded there part of the
time since. He is a minor being about
10 years old. The defense was that
money for board had been paid TO Mrs.
Kerr II. G. and +. r. Barber appeared
for the plaintiff and A. F. Schwenk for
the defendant
The jury in the case of Mrs. Annie
NJ Hopkins against the Boston & Maine
railroad, tried in the United States cir
cult court in Windsor this week. returned
verdict for the plaintiff to recover dam
ages of 1850 yesterday afternoon. The
suit was brought by Mrs, Hopkins to re-
cover damages for an illness of acute
rheuma tism and asthma alleged to have
been contracted on the rear platform of a
Boston & Maine train between Gardner
and Athol, in 1904 The day coaches were
full and she was unable to get inside.
The parlOr cars attached to the train were
not full but the doors We're locked so that
many were forced to stand on the plat
forms. She was represented by c. c.
Fits ana the railroad was represented
by f. w. Gibson of Brattleboro and c.
y. Weston of Bellows Falls. Mrs. Hop
kius formerly lived here and has recently
returned to town from West Dummerston.
Charles b. Sprague, when he appeared
in municipal court Saturday, pleaded
guilty Of having had ~ short trout In his
possession June %, He was fined $40 and
costs. amounting to S524O. which he paid
Sprague was arrested June 90 by officer j.
II. Evans at his home on High street on
complaint Of Fish and Game Warden
Roswell p. Frost, who discovered him
that afternoon on the West River train
with the AZ trout in a tin pail in his pos
session. Sprague was brought before
Judge Z. w. Gibson in the municipal
court, pleaded not guilty and was held
in 800 bonds for his appearance in court
the next week. He was inclined to fight
the case and secured the services of A.