Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-27
BRATTLEBORO,

october 30.
Bingham chapter, Order of Eastern
STAR will confer the degrees Tuesday
evening, Oct 1.
The annual business meeting of the
ladies circle of the Universalist church
will be held Thursday afternoon, oct.
3, at o'clock. supper will be served at
els.
In the tennis matches Friday it was
agreed to score two points for each con-
test Brattleboro won from Mortified
CO. c. II. Thompson and Harry Greene
winning and Fred II. Harris losing to
Gray in a three-set struggle.
Charles Stone, workman employed at
the Retreat, pleaded guilty to a charge
of intoXication in the municipal court
Monday morning and paid the customary
fine of IS and costs. He was arrested
Saturday night by Chief of Police ]. II.
Evans.
The first of the regular monthly meet
ings of the woman'S auxiliary of the
Y. M. C. A. will be held in the associa-
ton rooms Tuesday oct. l, at $3.50 p. m.
1t is earnestly requested that every mem
Der be present with the amount earned
for the auxiliary during the summer.
The meeting of the executive board will
be held at 2.45 Immediately preceding the
general meeting.
Charles E. Hutchins of Brookline ap-
peared before Judge Ernest w Gibson
of the municipal court in Newfane Satur-
day and pleaded guilty to a charge of
intoXicatOn. He was unable to pay the
fine and was taken to the county Jail to
serve Is days as an alternative sentence
He was arrested by Sheriff A. f. Thomp-
son of Bellows Falls and appeared in
Newfane as Judge Gibson was then there
attending county court.
Miss Maria Stedman will entertain
Brattleboro chapter. Daughters of Ameri
can Revolution, at her home in West
Brattleboro on the chapters anniversary
day. Friday, Oct. 1, at 3 p. IN. All mem
bers unable to attend are requested to
send to the secretary a few words of
greeting to be read in response to the
roll call, as announced in the year book.
Mrs. L. X. Fuller will repeat her STORY
told by an old tree by request
8. w. Edgett &c Co. report the following
real estate sales: House and barn and
nine acres of land in Northield Mass. be-
longing to Hannah p. Nation OF New
port, to Rev. E. w. Brown of Glen
Ridge, N. j.; 22-acre farm in South
Coventry. Conn. to Estella NJ. Badger of
Mansfield Depot. Conn; also the house
and lot at 81 Elliot street, belonging to
Miss N. C. Keane of San Francisco, Cal,
to N. c. Baker of Brattleboro.
The regular October term of the United
States district and circuit courts will
open in the federal building in Rutland
oct. /. Judge. James l.. Martin OF Brat
tleboro will preside. F. S. Plat, the
newly appointed clerk, will make his
first appearance in court The circuit
court docket contains Is cases, the chan
Gerry docket SO cases and the district
court docket II cases. This will be a
grand jury term and a long session is
expected.
The West River valley people who de-
pended Oh the train to bring them to the
Valley Fair Tuesday were sadly disap-
pointed as well as shaken up by the
trains leaving the rails at Rand's cross
ing above Williamsville station. Not I'M
til afternoon were the cars restored to
working condition and the train did not
arrive in Brattleboro until about 1870
o'clock. Three cars left the rails but
no one was injured. A more detailed
account OF the accident Will be found in
the Newfane correspondence
Lucius Laid. 80, for many years a
prominent citizen of Springfield, Mass,
died Saturday morning in the Brattle-
boro Retreat. Mr.. Ladd was engaged in
the wholesale flour and produce business
a large part of his life. He was clerk of
the Springfield common council IA years,
from 1859 to 1873, had been trustee of
the Trinity Episcopal church since 1851.
and for the past IL years auditor of the
Springfield street railway. He is sur
vived by two grandchildren, Lucius E.
Ladd, jr., assistant manager of the Asso-
ciated Press in New York and Randolph
E. BLY, of Wilkes barre, Pa.
Caroline Fuller Sherman died on Sat
urday Sept. 81. at the residence of her
son-in-law, Oscar M. Lawton on Linden
street. Mrs. Sherman was born in Put
the late Reuben s. Sherman of Dover.
Since his death. some 25 years ago, ner
home had been with Mr.. and Mrs. Law
ton, the latter her stepdaughter, where
she has been most tenderly cared for.
She is survived by no relatives. On Sun
day evening Rev H. r. Miles conducted
a simple service with a few family friends
gathered in Mr.. Lawtons home. The in
terment was in Dover, the burial place
of her husband and his ancestors. Mrs.
Sherman lived a retired home life, her
character commanding both the respect
and affection of her family and friends
The members of the editorial STAFF of
the High School Dial were announced Fri
day by Principal =. Burr SMITH. This
year they were chosen in a new way,
each class submitting a list of candi-
dates from which the editors were picked
by the faculty, the selection being made
according to the standing of the candi-
dates in English. The editors selected
from the different classes were as fol-
lows: Senior, Margaret Barber, Howard
Brown, Sylvia M. Derry, Ralph w. Howe,
Paul p. Jones. Robert p Kenney Ellen
II. Sherman, Hyland d. Tasker junior,
Helen A. Martin, Irene A. Plimpton,
Russell Kuech, Alice E. Jones, Emma p.
Barrows; sophomore, Arthur B. Dewitt,
Miriam A. Howard, Dorothy M. Morris,
Harold e. Staples freshman, Onslow
Thompson, Evelyn Emerson. Howard A.
Brown was elected editor in chief, Hy-
land D. Tasker was elected business
manager and Robert Kenney assistant
bushes manager.