Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-28

| BarrOws coal office Will be closed
Tuesday and Thursday evenings during
July and August.
The post Office will be open July only
from . to 70 O'Clock in the morning The
carriers viii make no delivery
The Ladies' Enterprise society will meet
| with Mrs. G. l.. Stacey, p Chestnut
street next Wednesday afternoon at 4
| o'clock
| The children around the common who
held fair on Tuesday made $i2.6O for the
Seabreeze hospital for crippled children
out of New York.
The free Kindergarten will close ses-
siuns in the Emerson building today. Az
ter a weeks vacation the summer kinder
garten will be opened on the Fairgrounds.
Rev. Mr.. Osgood received on Tuesday a
| cablegram announcing the safe arrival in
| London of his daughter. Miss Ethel
Osgood, and Miss Elizabeth White who
sailed from New York on June IS in the
| Minnehaha of the Atlantic Transport line.
Henry Martin Wheelock, who is en-
ployed by Frank II. Howard and Laura
Frances Brizzee, employed in the Hooker,
| Corser e Mitchell factory, were married
June 10 in Greenfield. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wheelock, who have returned to Brattle-
boro, have rooms in the Harvey house
| on Elliot street
Inc RAIN wednesday evening lnleTIeTeu
! with the plans of the women OF the
| Baptist church for their strawberry sup
| per to be served on the lawn in the rear
of the church but a hurried change of
base to the dining rooms made 1t posi-
| bic to serve the 100 guests who came in
| spite Of the weather
Plans are being made for the formal
opening of the golf links July c. The en-
| tertainment committee will have charge
ut hn oil W Fnfr hmm to
| will be served and various attractions
| provided The tennis players will en-
| gage in matches with cup for the main
prize and the golf players will have an
| lS-hole handicap sweepstakes match,
medal play.
Mrs. Thomas c. Platt, wife of United
! States Senator Plat OF New York, re-
Gently bought the Asa Goodenough farm
Of DR.. Caroline NJ. Smith of West Brat
tleboro and will use ii for a summer home.
| Word was received Saturday that Mrs.
! Platt and party OF friends would leave
New York July with a four-in- hand and
drive to West Brattleboro, arriving here
about July IS
The new stack for the Arch street
| power house of the Twin state Gas and
| Electric company will be completed early
! next week 1t will be about 80 feet high
! in order to clear the roof Of the Amer
| lean building just north Of IT, This will
] "a
! carrying of the smoke above the top
| story Of the building The old stack
! was about 65 feet high.
| The New England Order Of Protection
| will have a basket picnic at Harvey No
! ble's July 4, which will be made very
| enjoyable time, as the committees have
! arranged for different contests such as
! potatoe races and pie eating, etc. for
| which prizes will be awarded. Speeches
and recitations will have a place on the
program and ice cream will be served.
! In the evening there will be a large dis
play OF fireworks. Teams have been en-
gagged to accommodate all that wish TO
go.
Miss Florence A. Amidon. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l.. Amdon of Cen
trail street, and Paul Cobb, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles L. Cobb Of Pearl street,
were married June - in Springfield,
Mass The ceremony was performed in
the parsonage of the Carew Street Bap
fist church by Rev. George V. Daniels,
in the presence of a few friends and mem
bers of the family They returned from
their wedding trip this week and are liv-
ing on Pearl street. Mrs. Cobb Is en-
ployed by +. l.. HNdreth & Co. and Mr..
cobb IS a painter. Mrs. AmIdon attended
the wedding.
Michael NJ. Hodgins and Miss Mary
McConnOn, two young people who are
well-known in Brattleboro were married
June IS in the Carmeite church, 2Sth
street ana First avenue New York city.
They have begun housekeeping at 1880
Simpson street the Bronx, New York
city. Mr. Hodgns Is brother OF Mrs.
| w a. Seims Of this town ana lac was
employed in the Roformer Office about 10
years ago. He is an expert linotype
operator and is now foreman in the
| composing room Of the New York Jour
nal. Mrs. Hodgins has lived in Brattle
boro during the summer seasons several
years, being employed in the home OF
Mrs. Angelica Shea.
In the special meeting Of the board Of
bailiffs Tuesday night it was voted to re-
quest George + Crowell to lay six
teen-inch water main from Samuel
Sargents house to the Davis bridge
in West Brattleboro The large
main was laid down to the Sargent place
last year but The operations were held
up pending decision as to the village buy
ing the water system. From the Sargent
place down there is only siX-inch water
pipe. The bailiffs voted to request Mr..
Crowell to lay the siX-inch pipe to be re-
placed by the 16-inch main. on Oak Grove
avenue to connect 1t with South Main
street This will make the water main
continuous through Oak Grove avenue in
stead of having two blind ends in that
section. 1t was also voted to install a
fire alarm box at the Souto factory
Company c, Second Vermont regiment,
held its annual reunion in Bratteboro
Friday with a fair number present. The
veterans met in Grand Army hall for q
business session and after a dinner at
Halls restaurant gathered again in the
hall TO live over in memory the days OF
6l-'65. In the business meeting William
b. Thomas of Keene was elected pres
ident and Charles j, Stockwell of West
| Brattleboro was elected vice president,
secretary and treasurer President Phi
landus \. Streeter of Holyoke presided
It was voted to hold the next reunion in
Brattleboro on the Friday nearest June
20, 1908. The roll call was answered by
n. S Cole of Suhled, Conn, Albert A.
Mason of Gardner, Mass George p.
| Prouty OF West Brattleboro. II. A. Rich
| of Hinsdale, Charles ]. Stockwen of West
Brattleboro, Philandus A. Streeter of
Holyoke, William b. Thomas OF Keene,
Charles c. Miller of Brattleboro, S. w
| Hudson of Hnsdale John York and F.
! b. Holman Of Spofford, n. H., were
| present as honorary members. Mrs
Mason, Mrs. York, Mrs Holman, Mrs
| Hudson. Mrs. Stockwell and Mrs. Tracey
Park were present as guests.
Dinners at Halls Restaurant.
Halls restaurant makes tba fnIlouyinp