Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-08-09

The season for fishing i'm trout brooks
In Vermont win close Aug. 15
G. w. Fisher, breeder Of shorthorn cat
tie, recently shipped two calves to peo-
pie in Richford Springs, n Y.
Owing to the illness Of Rev. Father Ca
hin Of Hinsdale Rev. Father O'Donoghue
said mass in that town on Sunday
Tickets will go on sale Monday at the
box office for The Toymakers." in which
The Jollities will appear Wednesday
evening August IA.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Brattleboro Mutual Aid association will
be held Monday at $3.50 p. M, at the
house of Mrs. G. w. Tyler.
Arthur B. Clapp shipped a thorough
bred Holstein bull, Sir Netherand Bontie
tuesday to James Nelson of Brunswick,
N j. The animal is a little more than
year old and weighs about 1900 pounds.
a consignment Of 5000 trout flngerllnes
from the government hatchery at Arling-
ton came Tuesday to Roswell p. Frost.
George w. Pierce and Frank E. Barber
IheN were placed in brooks i'm Brattle-
boro, Guilford and Vernon.
The Keene high school alumni baseball
team defeated Pine Grove Springs at
Spofford lake Wednesday SO Blandy of
Pine Grove Springs was knocked out of
the box and Smith, the Wesleyan pitcher.
took his place. David twlrled for Keene
and was supported behind the bat by Sc
bastian, who has been playing with the
Bridgeport, Conn, club
Frank Cushing. who has been confined
in the Rutland county Jail some time. was
brought to Brattleboro early this week to
be treated for the morphine habit While
travelling for Mains circus he acquired
some $1,000 and married an actress with
The same organization. His wife died
about five years ago He acquired the
morphine habit through the admlnistra-
ton of the drug at the time Of a surgical
operation.
Six panes of glass were broken in tho
windows Of the old machine shop on Arch
street, occupied by L. II. Stellman Il Son
and by w. c. Mitchell. by "a blast yes
terday morning. Workmen are LAYING n
gas main through Arcn street and sew
eral blasts We're used to blow out the
STATE ledge encountered a few feet be-
low the surface. The flying fragments Of
slate peppered the side of the building
ana a few struck the windows
DIR. ]. c. Perry and c. d. Spencer. rep
resentlng the business mems club of Shell
burne Falls, We're in town yesterday in
conference with the officials of the
Hooker Corser & Mitchell company in
regard to the possibility of establishing
a branch factory in Shelburne Falls. The
Shelburne Falls men say there are about
go girls in that place ready to work in
an overall shop. Berlin, n. H., and Tur-
ners Fails. Mass, are also trying to get
the overall company TO locate in their
towns.
The case Of Richard Cory against AdeI-
bert Boynton was heard In Londonderry.
before a jury which found for Mr.. Cory
TO recover Sl31. The suit was brought to
recover 5000 on the ground that the de-
PENDANT represented note which he
turned in at horse trade to be good
while the giver Of the note, Daniel Tn
win OF Grafton, was unable to pay 1t
was alleged that Mr. Boynton said that
the note was as good as cash. l.. r.
Pierce OF South Londonderry and A. f.
Schwenk of Brattleboro. who represented
the defendant appealed to the county
court. o. r. Clayton of South London
derry and L. ". Gibson of Brattleboro
were counsel for Mr. Cory
Harry Schofield. 25, fireman on the
Boston n Maine railroad, was brought to
the Memorial hospital Wednesday with a
compound fracture of the skull a frac-
ture of the right arm and n bad scalp
wound resulting from a singular acct
dent in Putney. He was on an engine
running light from White River June
ton to Brattleboro and had run the
engine on to a siding at Putncy to al
low an express train to pass. As there
was some time to walt Schofeld fixed
himself comfortably in the cab and went
TO sleep. When the express came thun-
dering by he awoke with such start
that he fell from the cab window against
the passing train The engineer found
him unconscious beside the track For
"a hours after the accident his recovery
was in doubt, but last night he was re-
ported to be much better.
one of the boys in Principal +. Burr
Smiths camp at Spofford lake seems bent
on n surgical career one day last week
he was brought to the Memorial hospital
to have his hand dressed. Some DAYS
before he had injured his thumb in play
ing ball and attempted to doctor it with
his own jacknife. The result was a mild
case Of blood poisoning which was
promptly relieved al the hospital by prop
er dressing. 4 few days later, when the
physician went over to dress the hand.
he found that the boy had again played
the surgeon by removing the bandages
and redressing the hand to his own sat
lsfaction. He had done better that time
and the hand was making rapid progress
toward its normal state of usefulness.
The boy explained that he could have
done as well as doctor in the first place
II his knife had been sterilized and that
the hand felt uncomfortable so he put on
some fresh cotton and "stuff from the
bottle" himself without waiting for the
doctors second visit