Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18

The funeral of A. V. May will be held
in the home this afternoon at o'clock
Rev. A. IL Webb Of the Methodist church
will officiate and the burial will be in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
The selectmen have ordered an iron
bridge from the United Construction COM
pany of Albany, N. Y, to replace the
one which fell near Lewis Johnson's
during the summer
new section of sewer pipe was laid
in front of the milestone building this
week to replace the pipe in the main
sewer which was broken in the severe
shower about two weeks ago.
Two flags which were loaned to the
Daughters of the American Revolution
| for use in decorating on February % last
| were not marked and are still at the
| home of Mrs G. +. Barber. The owners
may have them by making themselves
known.
About 30 of the employees of Durham
| Brothers went to "A corn husking at r. d.
| HawlIins's last night. making the trip
! in three large carriages. A large num-
| Der of West Brattleboro people were also
| there and the occasion was a most merry
| one. ine downtown huskers did not
reach home until a late hour
Story William Donaldson of Greenfield
and Miss Cora Marrotte of Springfield,
| MASS, were married ny rev f. NJ D
| Osgood, pastor of the Unitarian church,
! Tuesday afternoon in the parsonage.
| The bridegroom is connected with the
Majestic Moving Picture company which
| is giving entertainments in the Emerson
building.
An inmate Of the Retreat who has been
| allowed considerable liberty was arrested
! by Chief of Police James II. Evans Fri
| day night after he had chased and fright
nj vfr1s ha a
He spent the night in the village lookup
and in the morning was taken to the
| Retreat, where his actions Will be more
| restricted in the future.
The Lowell scale works began the act
ual manufacture of scales Wednesday in
the new factory on Williams street. The
machinery had been in place and ready
for work about week but it was not
| possible to begin earlier. There is still
much to be done in getting the factory
in good shape for operation in it's fullest
capacity and all the alterations will not
be completed for another week at least.
At present II men are employed but 1t is
expected that more will be taken on In
the near future.
All suspicion that the laudanum taken
by Thomas O'Connor at the town farm
last week was given him with the inten-
ton Of causing his sickness or death was
removed when he fully recovered mis-
senses. He said that he bought the drug
from Frank Brayton another Inmate at
the farm. because he had the toothache
and Brayton told him that laudanum
would cure it. Mr.. O'Connor did not
know of the deadly character of the drug
and took an overdose. which made him
violently i'll several days.
Owing to a misunderstanding in regard
to securing music the Estey Guard social
| pt fG
planned for last evening until Tuesday
evening. The club is planning to hold
a series of dances from now until April
the dates already arranged for being
oct %, Nov 6 and 10. Dec. a. II and
81. Jan. II and IS, Feb. II and %. The
series will continue with a dance every
other week until warm weather comes
The boys are planning to make the mos
of their new drill hail. which has one OF
the finest floors for dancing in town.
The 18th annual convocation of the
second district, order of Eastern Star
will be held in Masonic hall, Brattleboro
Nov. /. The district includes the chapter.
in Putney. Springfield. Ludlow, Brattie
boro Chester Jacksonville, Bellows
Falls and Townshend Alpha chapter o
Bellows Falls, Mrs. Lucia \. Sawyer
worthy matron, will present The Voca
Star" in the afternoon. Grand PatroI
G.. H. Gorham of Bellows Falls and othei
grand officers will be present Ramona
chapter. MOI. of Springfield. Mrs JOIN
n. Hammond, worthy matron, will con
fer the degrees.
The chapel of the Congregations
church was gay in harvest decoration
: Wednesday night when Farmer Jone
, and his wife" entertained the Sunda,
school at a husking bee. Farmer Jone
! was w. r. Haigh and his wife was Mis-
! Alice Holden, both of whom were dressed
( in old-fashioned country costumes whicl
were very amusing to the young people
Their guests were so numerous that the!
filled every available corner of tn
! chapel and when the time for playini
games arrived it was an eXceedngl.
! lively place. After the usual round o
games the young people were givel
their fill of pumpkin pie, doughnuts
cheese and coffee before the party brok
l up. The affair was a decided success
from every standpoint and the socia
committee, of which Mrs. Haigh is chair
; man. deserves all praise for the name
, in which 1t was planned and carried out
= Twenty members of the knights O
1 Columbus council in Turner's Falls win
attended the meeting in Brattleboro Sun
day were returning home in an auto
! | mobile truck when they met with al
> accident on a hill near Mortified. Ia
, machine became stalled, ana some o
|
others remained in tire car until It be
gan to go backwards rapidly. The emer
, | gency brakes failed to work and the ca
! | went through fence rail and finall
stopped, poised on the edge of a 20-foo
. embankment. James Bynane, In at
tempting to get out of the car, fell unde
, the wheels and both legs We're run over
His left leg was broken near the ankle
The other members OF the party hire
teams with which they reached thei
homes about 5 o'clock Monday morning
5 Mr., Bynane after being given surgca
Y attention, was able to be taken to Tur
4 ners Falls
: Charles P. Cotton, 70, who wa
Z engaged in the hotel business nearl
j so years, who "1new every travelling
) man in New England and thei
: fathers before them" died Monday a
I the home of his daughter, Mrs
: | Charles o. Eaton, in Brunswick
, Maine. The body was brought to Win
) | chester, N. H, for burial in the famil,
! lot in the cemetery in the south par
of the town. Mr.. Cotton was well know
a from his connection with the American
Housed and the Melrose in the West vii
lage He was manager of the American
House from 1897 to 1900, and the follow
) ing summer opened the Melrose and raj
I it one season. He then bought the hote
D in Mortified which was burned fv
+ months later. He returned to Brattlcbor
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