Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-11-01

owned by Holden & Martin Miss Joanna
Baker and Alfred Bushnell.
The 18th annual convocation of the
second district. order Of the Eastern Star,
is being held in Masonic hall today with
sessions both afternoon and evening
Holden & Martin broke ground We'd
nesday for a new lumber shed 100 feet
long I'm their lumber yard on Flat street
1t will be built on a cement foundation
Today is the feast of All Saints. Mass
was celebrated at . o'clock in St Mi
chaers Roman Catholic church. Tomor-
row will be the feast Of All Souls. Mass
will be celebrated at o'clock.
\ conference between the high school
teachers and the parents of pupils will
be held i'm high school hall Wednesday
evening at s o'clock. All parents and
others Interested are invited to be pres
ent for the frank and free discussion Of
,-ings pertaining to the school.
J. H. Evans's house i'm Esteyvile was
burglarized yesterday morning while the
chief of police was visiting in Bennington.
The intruders secured about 50 IN cash
and some silverware before they were
frightened away by the watch dog. The
break occurred about o'clock and Mrs.
Evans promptly notified the police.
High school basketball took boom this
week and already much enthusiasm is
being manifested In the team. The first
practice was held in Academy hail. West
Brattleboro, Wednesday afternoon under
the eye of Coach Stolte. Another prac-
tice game will be played tomorrow after
noon in the same place and there will be
two practices there each week hereafter.
a game is scheduled with Putney Tues
day evening.
Traffic on the West River division Of
the Central Vermont railroad was de-
layed by washout Tuesday afternoon
just below Williamsville station. The
heavy rains caused a landslide into the
highway. cutting off telegraph and tele-
phone communication with the West
River valley as we'll as blocking both
railroad and highway The railroad was
repaired so that the evening train went
up about 10 o'clock but the town has had
a harder task in restoring the highway
to normal condition.
Andrew Svenson, &c. died Wednesday
morning He was n native of Sweden
and came to this country in 1850. He
worked for George +. Crowell when the
reservoir was being built and also worked
at Estey's. Besides his wife he leaves
five daughters, one of Brattleboro. two
Of Boston, one I'm Tonawanda, y. Y, and
one who lives In Indiana. The funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the Swedish Lutheran
church. of which he was "A member The
| burial will be I'm Meeting House Hill Gem
etery.
The fan tennis tournament for the
championship OF Dartmouth college will
probably he played this week between
S. b, Smith. 10. the present title hold
er, and +. II. Harris. II. Of Brattleboro.
There We're So contestants when the
tournament started. Harris had to win
five matches to get through to the final
round. Among those whom he defeated
In the preliminary games were Eaton
| II, eX-champion Of Newton high school.
! Hutchins 10, from Nolkman high school;
Noyes H. Blanpcid 'OS and IL. a. Wolf
eN-champion Of Exeter and Andover.
| Harris had a hard match against Woln
winning in three sets Ga, 81, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs \. r. Cobb and Mr. and
Mrs. w. 7. Haigh have gone to Spring
| field. Mass. today TO attend the funeral
/ of Alfred y. Cobb, 81. who died Wednes-
! day at the home of his daughter. Mrs.
! Jennie r. Schcrmerhorn 81 Oak street
| He had been suffering from yalvular dis
! ease of the heart and the end came very
| suddenly. His daughter heard him fall
! from his chair to the floor and when she
| reached him he was breathing heavily and
| lived only a few moments. Mr.. Cobb was
| native of Putney and a brother OF the
! late Norman Cobb. sr. lie had lived in
| Springfield 80 years. Some years ago a
| piece of flying steel struck him in the eve
| incapacitating him for work. He was a
! cousin Of a. r. Cobb and u. p, Cobb OF
| Brattleboro.
Misses Mary and jennie Hanscom
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs 9 Il. Hanscom
Of Portsmouth, y. H.. completed their triI
afoot of 800 miles on their arrival in
| Brattleboros Saturday night. They walked
| here that day from Wilmington After
| crossing the state OF New Hampshire
they entered Vermont at White River
Junction and their path then took them
! to RoyaltOn, across the mountains to Rut-
land. down the west side through Dandy
Sunderland and Bennington. and Their
| east over the mountains via Wilmington
! This is the third long journey OF the kind
| that the young women have made. Two
| years ago they walked to the White
Mounton region and back. 275 miles. and
last year their trip was 10 the Berkshire
hills in Western Massachusetts and re-
turn, distance OF 300 miles
The experiment of keeping the Ere,
| Library open n part of each Sunday
tried for the first time last Sunday, die
not meet with much response from the
! Brattleboro people. Col c. \. Miles was
| in charge of the rooms but only four OF
five people dropped in to read The
| trustees of the library did not contem-
! plate opening tne library Tor taking Out
books but knew that the experiment OF
opening the reading room had proved
| acceptable in other places and wanted c
give II a trial here. The lack of response
on the first day may have been from
lack of a general knowledge of the open.
ing OF tbP reading room but unless more
avail Il, Jmselves OF the opportunity the
practice will not be kept up It will
be tried a month or two and II enough
people make use of the reading room 4
make it worth while the experiment will
he continued indefinitely. One OF thu
trustees will be in charge each Sunda!
afternoon.
The Halloween spirit was abroad a
the Memorial hospital last night wner
the graduating nurses OF the class of 1870
gave a party to the other nurses anC
their friends. Under the skillful hands
the administration building, where tn,
main festivities We're neld. and thu
grounds blossomed out in true Halow
cen style with grinning pumpkin face
at every turn. The entire color schem,
was yellow and the decorations were de
cidedly artistic as well as being expressly,
of the occasion. The evening was takel
up with the usual Halloween games will
some innovations introduced by tn
nurses in charge. One of the feature
was the fortune telling by two weirdl.
dressed witches who dealt out good an,
bad futures with an impartial hand. Fo
pop corn. marshmallows and ice cream
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