Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-04-05

commissioners with the state commits
sioner will be held in Brattleboro next
Friday.
The street watering cart made its first
appearance Tuesday and was hailed with
delight by the pedestrians suffering from
too much dust.
The establishment Of a vulcanizlng
plant at Brattleboro will be a good thing
Tor the town but hard on the rubber
OF, Adams Messenger.
The listers have been busy all the week
in taking the inventories of property.
Monday morning about so came into the
listers room and since then the work
has been largely outside.
The Professional club will meet in the
Brooks House Monday evening. Prof
l.. a. Butterhcd will read a paper on
Some Theories of Aether Vibra ton. q"
Rev. G. b. Lawson will lead the discus
sion.
Work began Wednesday on relaying the
sidewalk on the east side of Main street
just above the American building The
curbing was Strengthened by dropping
and trimming one big curbstone The re-
suit will be more even grade instead
of sudden dip.
Arthur Adams of Highland street. en-
ployed i'm the Estey Organ company's
and struck on his head and shoulders
He was taken to his home I'm "A carrl1g
His injuries were at first supposed to be
serious, but he is recovering.
Class No. 4 of the Methodist Sunday
school consisting of 10 boys were enter
tanned at the home of their teacher
George Wilbur, Canal street, Wednesday
evening. After playing various games.
the company enjoyed sugar on snow ana
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The Walsh CrystalpleX company has
entertained large audiences every night
in Grange hail this week with exhibitions
of glass blowing feats. The first of the
evening is given to vaudeville perform
ance. with dancing afterward. Enter
tainments will be given tonight and to-
morrow night.
The selectmen have received a petition
that a street be laid out and constructed
between South Main street and Oak
Grove avenue. The petition has numer-
Gus signers and hearing will probably
be set at an early date. \ petition has
also been received for the acceptance of
Estey place and Horton place as public
streets. Similar petitions have been re-
ceived before and dismissed
The T. r. Clark Automobile company
of Vermont filed association papers in the
Office OF the secretary of state in Mont
pelier yesterday. The capital stock is
$1,000 with headquarters in Brattleboro
The incorporators are Mortimer Stoddard
of Springfield. Mass, and \. f. SChwenk
Kittredge Haskins, A. b. Clapp and II. +.
Eddy of Brattleboro. The plans of the
company are fully set forth elsewhere in
this paper.
rhe arrangements for the military ball
to be given by Company J. V y. c.,
April 10, are completed There will be
concert by the First Regiment band, %
pieces, from S to 9 O'Clock and the dane
ing will ye from Q to l o'clock. +. c.
Leitsinger will lead and \. II. Hines Will
be the prompter Capt. l. H. Henkel will
be floor director and the aids will be
Lieut. r. Walker, Corp. c. y. Stockwel
Serg. r. c. Wardner, Corp. A. NJ Hough-
ton Serg. f. w. Mickey, Corp. William
Schorlng. Musician c. w. Ellis, and
Privates G. w. Vivier and J. ]. Clune.
The ball given by Bratteboro aerie
Fraternal order Of Eagles Monday night
in Festival hall was not largely attended
but was decided success from a social
standpoint The han was effectively
draped with streamers Of colored crepe
paper with American and English flags
draped here and there Music was fur
nished by Leitsinger's orchestra of seven
pieces with A II. Hines as prompter
The floor directors We're II. 4. Johnson
IL VI W llllt anu ttaTlle BTatt. VISITORS
were present from Putney, Bellows Falls.
Hinsdale and other places. About 40
couples attended.
Deputy Sheriff Myron p. Davis attach
ed and took possession of a Boston &
Maine locomotive on a siding in the rail-
road yard Wednesday afternoon Suit
has been brought by +. c. Gale against
the road to recover $25, the value of mer-
chandise alleged to have been lost by the
road Mr.. Gale claims that he has sought
vainly to secure payment and had been
refused or his claims ignored. Sheriff
Davis did not remain in possession Of the
engine long as E. w. Gibson. attorney for
the Boston & Maine company, signed q
receipt for the engine and it was allowed
to be returned to service
In the annual meeting of the Vermont
Wheel club held Tuesday night officers
were elected as follows: President. c. O.
Robbins, vice president. w. A. Shumway:
secretary, l.. Guy Tasker: treasurer, John
X. Ryder; governors, Frank b. Putnam
II. r. Randall d. J. Stolte; auditors. H.
r. Lawrence. \. II. Pettee. The two au-
ditors were chosen after the club voted
TO amend the bylaws to provide for the
election of auditors. The treasurer, Sec
rotary and governors made their annual
reports showing the club to be in excel
lent condition. The financial con-
dition of the club is more satisfactory
than it has been for some years as a sub
stantial payment has been made on the
dept entailed by the repairs last year
and SI5 has been set aside for a repair
fund which will obviate the necessity of
going into debt in future when ren,irs
are made. a like amount will be laid
aside each year for a permanent repair
lund, About IS We're present at the meet
ing.
Ansel j. Pierce cut down the two elm
trees in front of the Centre Congrega-
uonal church Tuesday morning and II |
took seven hours to repair the damage
one of the trees fell partially across the |
street breaking an arm of the pole sun |
porting an arc light, smashing several |
electric light and telephone wires and the |
nre alarm wire which caused one blast TO |
sound shortly before o'clock I'm the |
Linemen spent several hours |
IN putting the wires and light hack and Il |
was O'Clock in the afternoon before all |
were restored to a working condition The |
Dig trees have been dying from gas pois |
Dning at the roots for several wears and |
mad been gradually depleted of foliage |
ana bark until they were unsightlv The |
freshly cut stumps showed an Interesting
record of the seasons favorable and mn
favorable to growth, Each years growth
N diameter was plainly >marxed off from,
ne preceding year. In some years during
me carry life of the trees they had in |
'reased more than an inch in diameter
III single season. III other years the
growth was much less and for the mast
I'VE or SIX years was hardly perceptible
ne Dig trunks We're cut into four-foot |