Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20
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company on the island remains closed.
Tickets for all Of the attractions of
Valley Fair week will go on sale this
Friday, evening at the box office.
G. b. Harwood has moved Mrs. G. H.
Smiths house on Clark street to it's new
foundation on Estabrook street, and has
started work on the foundation for the
new apartment house.
1t is reported among railroad men that
Supt. C. p, Nash of the New London di-
vision of the Central Vermont railroad,
will go soon to Central America to take
an important managerial position with a
railroad company.
The post Office will be closed Wednes-
day and Thursday from noon until
O'Clock. The carriers will make the
morning delivery only but the rural car
riers will make their regular trips. The
post Office is allowed to close on these
days by special permission from the post
office department in Washington.
At the annual meeting of Fort Dunn
mer chapter, Pilgrim Fathers, Tuesday
evening officers were elected as follows:
Governor, Mrs. Georgia Stone; lieutenant
governor. A. ]. Currier; collector, Nellie
M. Morris; treasurer, d. w. Tenney; Sec
rotary. F. p. Thompson; chaplain. e. L.
Parker sergeant at arms II. A. Rey-
nolds deputy sergeant at arms Lizzie NJ
sentinel inner gate. w. C. Morris; trustee
for three years. p. l.. Parker.
Fred H Coombs, substitute mail car
rier was thrown from his motor cycle
Saturday morning near the Memorial hos
pital grounds while coming from his home
an Guilford. He struck on his head and
was unconscious when he was picked up
by Charles A. Smith and c. A. Borden.
Mr.. Smith took him in his automobile to
a physician. He was revived and his
injuries dressed. Besides the bad bruise
on his head he was not much injured and
was able to be out again before night and
worked Monday. He cannot explain his
fall but supposes that he struck a stone
while looking to one side.
The September meeting of the Yer
mont state society United States Daugh-
Sers of 1912, will be held at the home of
Miss Mary r. Shea of No. Oak street
this afternoon. The guest of honor will
be Mrs. William Gerry Slade of New
York, president of the national society
and first vice president of the society of
New England Women. The society will
be entertained by Miss Shea and her
mother, Mrs. Shea, who is a real daugh-
ter Of 1912. There will be addresses by
Mrs. Shea and Miss Shea and a recital Of
the poem of the flag. composed by Miss
Theodore Peck of Burlington, by Mrs
Charles Demo of Lowell Mass.
r. wares viii return MONDAY from
Westfield, Mass. where he has brought
out king Joliity' with great success this
week. Harry Wales has accompanied
MIN. acting as musical director of the
performance. Mr.. Wales will open his
dancing school Saturday afternoon, Sept
49, at $50. when reunion will be held
OF all children who have attended any
dancing school and whose who wish to
Join this year will be greeted. Mr.
Wales's class for adults will meet Thurs
day evening. Oct. 3, at o'clock, when
former pupils as well as new ones are
Invited to be present. The classes will
meet this season in Odd Fellows hall.
Judge Ernest w. Gibson has been ap-
pointed by Judge Seneca Haselton, now
presiding at the session of the Windham
county court in Newfane. as attorney to
defend William c. Fairbanks of Grafton
against the charge of murder of his niece
Mrs. Mary Page Grout, in Saxtons River
last May. The grand jury found a true
bill against Fairbanks last week and at
his own request his trial will be held as
speedily as possible. He was brought
from the state prison in Windsor to the
county jail at Newfane Saturday. He has
almost completely recovered from his I'M
successful attempt to end his life after
the shooting of his niece, although his
life was despaired of at first and for
some weeks he was in the Memorial hos
pital here. While there Is no doubt that
he shot the woman the question of
whether 1t was a premeditated murder
will be fought out in court. A. p. Car
penter will assist Mr.. Gibson In working
up the defense.
The open season of small game such
as partridges woodcock. gray squirrels
and rabbits began Monday and a num-
Der of local hunters were out to try their
luck. Most of them reported that birds
were scarce. especially cartridges. Dr.
C. F. Barber said that never in the II
years he had hunted in this section had
there been so few cartridges. Woodcock
were little more plentiful but their
number was not up to- last year or the
year before Gray squirrels appeared to
be numerous. Among the others who
went out and told the same story OF
scarcity OF partridges were Hal March,
Bert Ware. Ernest E. Perry and
Charles Clark. The Wetness of the early
summer is thought to have killed the
young partridges in large numbers but
this does not fully account for the great
scarcity of old birds. 1t Is possible that
they are back i'm the big woods and that
later in the season they will be more
plentiful in the accessible covers. The
woodcock are all native birds but their
ranks will be greatly reduced if the entire
attention of the gunners is turned to
them. Several of those who went out
reported killing the limit allowed each
man per day during the open season.
Some misapprehension seems to have
arisen over the amendment to the game
law regarding the killing of deer. The
amendment passed at the last session Of
the legislature provided that the head Of
every deer shot should be taken to the
nearest game warden or deputy by the
person killing it, The amendment said
nothing about the sex of the deer and
some have construed the amendment to
grant permission to shoot does as well
as bucks on that account. The amend
ment is simply an addition to the older
law providing that deer with horns more
than three inches long may be killed and
does not change 1t in any way. The law
was wisely worded as 1t Is a we'll known
fact that in rare cases does bear horns
and 1t would be manifestly unjust to a
hunter to subject him to a fine for
killing doe through a mistake In think
ing 1t buck on account of the horns
The law is in brief that deer with horns
more than three inches long may be
killed during the last week in October,
having six Shooting days. The pro-
vision that the heads shall be taken to
the nearest game warden or deputy is
said by lawyers to be non-effective as
there Is no penalty attached. 1t entails a
considerable burden upon the hunter and
Is not accepted with general favor.