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


Tickets will go on sale Saturday morn
ing at the box Office for the Beasco
comedy, Sweet Kitty Belairs," which
will be given in the Auditorium Tuesday
evening, oct. 1.
Buyers are picking up apples in Brat
tleboro and surrounding towns at 50 a
barrel The supply is small but on ac-
count of warm weather. which is not
favorable for keeping apples, the price
is not high.
The ladies of the Baptist church will
hold a second hand clothing sale in the
vacant store in Retting building next
Thursday Friday and Saturday, oct. g.
and 8. Besides clothing other useful
second hand articles will be on sale.
J. w Thurbers pair Of horses took a
quick trip without their driver through
Main street Monday afternoon but no
damage was done. Mr.. Thurber stopped
at store near the Elliot street corner
and the horses started to run as he came
out. They went through Main street at
a record breaking pace but soon slowed
up and stopped Of their own accord.
The ownership of the Retting building
on High street has been transferred by
Henry r. Brown to Sidney w. Edgett
An agreement was made last fall for the
sale of the property by Mr. Retting to
Mr.. Brown but the deeds were not drawn
until few weeks ago. Mr.. Edgett has
also bought John 3. Maneys house on
Green street so that he controls the two
properties and the court case between
Mr.. Retting and Mr.. Maney over right
of way to the Manley house is thus dis
solved.
The Jacksonville stage horses took
dangerous trip by themselves Mon
day forenoon but escaped injury to
themselves or their outfit. The dri-
yer was in the freight mouse at
the depot, when the animals took
fright at something and bolted UP
the track. They ran at a Embarrassing
pace over the ties and tracks up past the
station and turned into Bridge street
where they were stopped. Luckily there
were no trains in the way, and as far as
the driver could see no repairs were
necessary
The Snowflake corn canning factory on
the Vernon road closed its canning opera
tons Sunday morning after a rather I'M
satisfactory season. The drought of the
late summer ana the wet weather through
September made the corn crop consider
ably smaller than usual and only about
two-thirds of the normal output of the
factory va, canned o'iHough tt, rerion
| has been swept practically bare of sweet
corn. About 100000 cans were put up
The main force at the factory have gone
but the work Of labelling and shipping
will occupy a small force until Thanks
giving.
A despatch from New London con-
firms the report that Edwin d. Nash has
resigned his position as assistant super
| intendent of the Central Vermont rail-
way in order to take the general man.
agership of a railroad line recently built
In Costa Rica, South America. Mr. Nash's
resignation will take effect at an early
date. He has been in Brattleboro this
week attending to his official duties The
railroad with which he will be connected
has engaged several former Central Yer
mont employees for important positions.
including Charles Rennie. who went to
| Costa Rica from Brattleboro last spring
Wesley Cook and John Moore OF South
| Newfane were before Judge Ernest w.
| Gibson of the municipal court Saturday
! as result of a fracus they had early in
the week. Mr.. Moore pleaded guilty to
charge of intoxication and was fined IS
and costs amounting to $l6.Oi. He ex-
| hibited two black eyes the like of which
the court had not seen in some time. as
proof of the assault charged against
Mr.. Cook. Mr.. Cook pleaded not guilty
| to charge of intOXication and not guilty
| to a charge of assault. He will be tried
on the intoxication charge Oct 5, but the
| other charge was continued from day to
| day.
1t has been discovered that unintention-
ally statute providing that the county
! clerk OF each county shall keep on file in
| his office, and have bound, not to exceed
| three OF the newspapers published regu-
| larly IN that county. has been overlooked
in Windham county. The statute was en-
| acted many years ago, and is still in
| force. The attention of County Clerk F.
| ID. II. stowe, who was appointed to this
| Office last winter has been called to the
statute, and Mr.. Stowe has the matter
| under consideration. The statute pro-
vides that If less than three papers are
| published in a county a clerk may select
from the papers of some other county.
! giving preference tC those which publish
the most historical matter.
A valuable livery mare. owned by How
ard & Yearly, was killed Saturday night
by collision with another team on Elliot
street near Daniel Brosnahans house.
! The mare was driven by. A. E. Grover
and as he turned her into Elliot street
from the small street leading to the
| house in the rear of Mr.. Brosnahan's.
a team driven by C. p. Spencer, also
| from Howard & Yearly's, ran into his
team. The electric lights were out az
the time and the street was so dark that
! neither driver saw the others team until
TOO, late to avoid a collision. One of the
thills on Mr.. Spencer's carriage STRUCK,
the mare and pierced her side q little
back OF the heart. She was driven tow
ard the stable but on the way fell to the
ground Passersby assisted in getting
| her to her feet again. but she dropped
| dead just as the stable was reached
She was known as the Blood mare and
was one of the best livery horses I'm the
stable. No blame is attached TO either
| driver.
The mysterious disease which has at
| tackled the white pine trees is now being
| investigated, not only by the federal
| forestry service, but by the forestry com
missions of New Hampshire and Maine.
| The trouble is most apparent in southern
Maine and southeastern New Hampshire,
| but trees which are affected are seen
! frequently in Brattleboro and adjoining
towns The beautiful Bowdoin pines in
the college town of Brunswick Me. will
soon be a thing of the past unless some
means Is found to arrest the progress of
the disease and the pine growth at
| Eliot, Me-, the home of the Greenacre
| conferences Is threatened with destruc-
ton. Specimens of affected pine needles
from various sections of. the country have
been very carefully examined by the
bureau OF plant industry at Washington.
| and In every case traces of the parasitic
fungus septoris have been found. But
whether this is the primary cause of the
disease, or only a secondary enemy, is
still an unsolved problem.
Mrs. George Shea and Miss Mary Ritter
Shea entertained the Vermont society, Uni
| ted States nDn1btarc of IL,