Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-06-21

S. w Edgett q CO. have sold the
Swanson house on West street to people
in town who bought for an Investment
The next regular meeting of the VIC
r. L. will be held next Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock i'm their rooms in the Elmer
son building on Elliot street
\. V. Mays agency has sold for W. A.
Burroughs two houses and five building
lots on South Main street to- George II.
Thomas, who makes the purchase for an
investment
The high school class of 1902 had a re
union excursion Tuesday evening going
to Spoford lake. OF the nine members
of the class in town seven were able to
go. \ picnic supper was taken and the
evening was spent pleasantly on the
water
John J. Clune. coachman for Col. J. G.
Estey, and Miss Anna Golden of Glens
Falls, n. Y, formerly employed at the
Brooks House, were married I'm Glens
Falls. n. y Monday They are expected
to arrive in Bratteboro at the end of
this week.
William Currier. the we-known barber,
has leased the billiard room and barber
shop formerly occupied by John Harrow
I'm the Emerson building ~ Elliot street.
William Tiff of Northampton is his reg
uar assistant and on Saturdays three
The annual meeting Of the National So
ciety. United States Daughters of 1872.
state of Vermont. will be held at the home
of the registrar Miss Della NJ. sherman,
Spruce street on Thursday. June -. at
3 o'clock The cabinet council is re-
quested to meet at $50.
The Pine Grove Springs hotel at Spot
ford lake was opened yesterday. There
are about 40 guests and more will ar
|
side several days ago. Mrs. Seaman of
Yonkers n. Y, came to her cottage on
the east shore this week
group Of children living near the
common are planning a fair to be held
| Tuesday afternoon from 8 to O'Clock on
the lawn of l.. w. Hawley. If rainy the
fair will be postponed 1t is to be given
for the benefit of the Jacob Ris home for
poor children at Sea Breeze.
James W shipman's "Uncle Toms
Cabin show is in Winchester. y. H..
today The troupe which had winter
quarters in Homer y y. contains so
people and 30 horses The company will
be on the road until next November.
when Mr.. Shipman expects to return to
Winchester to establish permanent winter
quarters there.
The street department completed the
work of laying Pinch tile through Elm
]
hole on the south side of the street The
| tile gave out and the drain could not be
! laid across the street to carry off the
| surface water which comes down Green
street but as soon as the tile now or
| dered arrives the work will be completed.
An employe of the state fish hatchery
| in RoXbury came here with $1,000 lake
/ trout fry Tuesday and with another ST.
~o Thursday. the entire consignment go-
ing to NJ. J. Howard of South London
| derry. The day was so hot that 1t was
| necessary to keep the 10 big cans i'm
| which the fry were stored we'll iced and
| even then large number of the tiny
! fish died. The FISH We're placed in Lowell
| lake, Londonderry.
A session of the United states court
! was held in the rooms in the American
! building Saturday In the case Of Jerome
| Marble VS. the St Adams street Railway
! Co. the receivers presented "A petition to
| have the priority of all claims against the
! railroad company established and the
| court appointed Roger w. Hurlburd Of
! Hyde Park special master to take tes-
| ttmony to that end j. f., Cushman Of
| Burlington represented the receivers and
! Henry p. Harris of Worcester represented
! the Jerome MSrble estate. the largest
| creditor. Richard A. Hoar Of Barre was ap-
! pointed temporary receiver of the es-
! tate of Thomas Brady of Barre against
| whom there is an Involuntary petition in
| bankruptcy PENDING conditional upon Mr.
! Hoar filing a bond for $4,000.
In a special session of the probate court
| Friday. Thomas Cunningham of Somerset
was adjudged insane and destitute and
| ordered removed to the Brattleboro Re-
treat and supported at the expense Of the
state. The selectmen of Somerset petit
| toned for a court Of inquiry and for the
| order of removal and support. Jessie NJ
| Lamson was appointed administrator of
| the estate of Cullen Lamson of Newfane.
! The inventory of the estate of I.ucius II.
! Plumb of Nottingham was filed by the
administrator a w. J. Wilkins was APP
pointed administrator of the estate of
! William +. May of Wardshoro in place of
! Henry Kidder, resigned. on Saturday the
| will of Camden NJ. Smith was allowed and
Charles d. Smith appointed administrator
| on Monday the will of CYRUS +. Reed was
| presented by Ralph II. Reed and a hear
! ing set for June p.
The executive committee of the Brat
| tlebOro baseball association decided I'm a
| meeting yesterday afternoon to give up
any further effort to get a good team
| here this season After spending much
| time and some money, out of their own
| pockets, the committee decided that It
was hopeless. The difficulty i'm securing
| nearby opponents in the class of ball
/ Which lllt committee ltlt sure was what
| was wanted by the public. made IT inn
| possible to make any definite arrange
| ments for the entire season. The clubs
| in Keene, Millers Falls. Athol Clare
! mont, Newport ana Lebanon are in
leagues ana therefore not available as
opponents. Baseball is proving a losing
| game financially generally this sen son on
| account of the wet weather, and. taking
| everything into consideration. the de-
! cison of the committee to abandon plans
Will he acceptable; evn to tho enthusiastic
/ baseball men in town
Children's day was appropriately OBJ
| served In the Baptist church with special
! exercises Sunday morning i'm place Of the
| regular service. The church was prettily
| decorated with green and white flowers
| ana foliage which made a good setting
for the light dresses and glad faces Of
the children who occupied the centre of
the church, The children took "A large
part in the service with Il minutes set
apart for the primary department of the
Sunday school for songs and recitations
The choir of The church was assisted hv
a girls chorus and Mr.. and Mrs Arthur
l." Maynard sang a duet. The pastor
Rev George b. Lawson, gave a short
talk to the children. One of the most
pleasing features of the exercises was the
cornet solo, THE Lost Chord. 10y Carl
Leitsinger, who led the singing witch the
cornet, Several cages of canaries were