Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-06
LOCAL OVERFLOW.

The eighth annual conference Of the
Vermont Daughters of the American Rev
olution will be held in Bennington oct.
9 and 10.
The regular meeting of the Brattleboro
Mutual Aid association will be held at
the house of Miss Mary r. Cabot Mon
day at $3.50 p. m.
f. cyrus Miller proprietor of the Hill
side orchards of Haydenville, Mass, was
the guest of ]. G. Ullery the first of
the week. Mr. Miller is a well-known
apple grower and expert in apple Gull
ture and while here he visited several
orchards in this vicinity
Mr. and Mrs. j. c. Pellet went Monday
on a vacation trip to Montreal and Que
bee, visiting en- route the great annual
fair at Sherbrooke. At Quebec they saw
the ruins Of the great bridge which col
lapsed last Thursday. They returned
Yesterday, and Mrs. Pellet went home
to Worcester.
Miss Rena Hall left Tuesday for Muir
freesboro, Tenn, where she will teach
French in the recently organized Ten
nessee college. She has been teaching in
Liberty college in Kentucky and will be-
gin her new work under the leadership
Of Or. Burnett president of Liberty COL
lege, who has accepted the presidency Of
the new college
Arthur Rohde, John Tasker, Helen
Rohde and Mary Mccarthy started on
canoe trip down the river Sunday. They
paddled to Turner's Falls that day, but
on account of the rain were compelled to
abandon their trip the following day at
sunderland They shipped the canoe home
by express and returned by train.
Wantastiquet Golf club, at special
meeting held in the Brooks House
Tuesday evening, voted to curtail
certain expenses in order to keep
within the income for the year.
With the reduction proposed the
club will make a good financial show
ing this season and will have all bills
paid and a balance in the treasury. the
greens will be kept in good condition and
playing will continue at the links through
out the next two months. An adjourned
meeting of the club will be held Monday
evening, Sept. 16, in the Brooks House.
Mrs Annie Greene. Mrs. E. r. Pratt
and Miss Minnie Brasor arrived in New
York Tuesday on the steamer Potsdam
after a three months trip in Europe.
Harry P. Greene and Ray L. Greene
met their mother in New York and re-
turned with her Tuesday night, Miss
Brasor accompanying them. Mr.. Pratt,
who came from Chicago. met Mrs. Pratt
and they came to Brattleboro Wednesday.
They will remain at the Pratt farm sew
main through the winter.
Two freight cars loaded with lumber
were dumped down a 40-foot embank-
ment and another was derailed by the
spreading of the rails on the West River
branch a short distance above the West
River bridge Saturday afternoon. No
one was hurt but the crash of the wreck
was heard plainly all over the northern
part Of the town and many people hur-
ried to the scene. The mixed train down
was more than two hours late and was
coming down the straight stretch Of
track above the bridge at a fair speed
when the accident occurred. A new
Grand Trunk car first left the track, and
it pulled cars owned by the National
Despatch and the Boston & Maine COM
panies from the rails. The first two
broke away from the train and pitched
down the steep embankment toward the
river, bringing up against some trees at
the foot Of the slope. The third car left
the rails but did not go over the embank-
ment; it stood crossways of the track and
blocked it until nearly midnight. The
West River passenger train did not get
past until about 100 Sunday morn
ing The cars which went down the
bank were badly wrecked and the lumber
was scattered broadcast. 1t was reloaded
Sunday and Monday.