Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-10-18
BRATTLEB ORO.


The ladies of the Congregational So
ciety will hold a meeting next Thursday
to sew for the missionary box.
Miss Petticoats." dramatized from one
of the most charming and successful
novels in recent years, will be the attrac-
ton at the Auditorium this evening.
The open season for deer hunting will
begin next Monday, oct. 81, and will
continue until Oct &c, the time speci-
fieo by law being six days Of the last
full week of October. Deer are APP
parently more numerous than ever be-
fore in Windham county.
George w. Pierce has sold his young
stallion, Cuyler Wilkes, by Administer,
winner of the blue ribbon at the Valley
Fair, to A. o. Northrup of Waupun, Wis.
Mr.. Northrup came East to visit the fairs
and he bought several handsome horses,
including two or three Vermont Morgans
Superintendent C. E Bishop of the
Kum Hattin homes visited Brattleboro
Sunday, speaking in the Centre Congre-
gational church in the morning and the
Baptist church in the evening. Both
churches are regular contributors to the
homes ard substantial collections were
taken in both places.
Alexander Law. president of the eight
hour league of America, was in town
Thursday in the interests of the league.
This organization was formed in New
York city last November and its object
is to make the demand for the universal
eight hour day the paramount issue in
the next presidential election.
The funeral of Mrs. Edward A. Sweet
of Merden, Conn, who died last week
Thursday afternoon, was held in the
home Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Eta F.
Howe of Brattleboro, her sister-in-law,
who went to Merden last week when
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returned Monday. Mrs. Alfred Thompson
remained a week In Meriden
In the annual meeting of the Brat
tleboro Mutual Aid association the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Chairman, Miss Mary X.
Cabot; vice chairman, Mrs G. +. Bar
Der; working secretary and treasurer
Mrs G. w. Tyler The members of the
lending supply committee are Mrs. AL
Ian d. Brown, Miss Mary F. Fits and
Miss Florence Mcdonald. The members
of the committee on food for the sick
are Miss Marguerite Tucker, Miss Mary
Croker and Mrs. George M. Thomas
The Brattleboro rest room opened in
the Emerson building Saturday for the
first time and a half dozen women from
out of town made use of it the
opening day. Several brought their lun-
cheons and spent their waiting time very
agreeably, This week a few have dropped
in each afternoon. The management is
well pleased at the start as the announce
ment of the opening of the rest room was
only made in the papers Friday. 1t is
expected that a much larger number will
avail themselves Of the opportunities to-
morrow. when mary of the people from
the surrounding towns will be here.
The Windham County Medical society
held its annual meeting in the Memorial
hospital Wednesday with a good number
IN nR To Of
read a paper on "Anaemia" and exam
ined several of the patients in the hos
pital in illustration. DR.. Ralph H
Seelye of Springfield, Mass, read paper
on Surgical Technique" and afterwards
performed several operations on patients
The olAcers elected were as follows
President. DR.. f. l.. Osgood of Towns
hend vice president, DIR. Thomas Rice
of Brattleboro; secretary DR.. II. l.. Wa
terman of Brattleboro; treasurer, Dr.
f. H. O'Connor of Brattleboro.
John Graves of Vernon street had his
left arm amputated just below the elbow
Saturday as the result of an accident in
the S. A. Smith company's factory, where
he was employed. He was running a big
power machine for truing the rims OF
baby carriage wheels and his left hand
was caught between the two heavy discs
in the machine. No one saw the acct
dent, but he fell to the floor a second
sistance His hand and wrist were Sc
badly crushed that he was sent to the
Memorial hospital in the ambulance as
soon as possible. DR.. f. II. O'ConneI
amputated the arm. Mr.. Graves is the
son of Stillman Graves and had been en-
ployed at the factory but a short time
Men in several of the Brattleboro stores
believe that they were buncoed the first
of the week by good looking boy who
visited them to solicit subscriptions fol
the purpose of financing a football team
The boys in none of the schools know OF
the proposed team nor can any trace OF
such team be found. Although a num-
Der of the men subscribed from rs cents
to 81 each none of them remembered
having seen the boy before They sup
posed that 1t was all right and that he
represented some school,. Nothing fur
ther has been heard or seen of him and
1t Is supposed that he is not now in
town. The suggestion was made that he
might have been working for a band OF
gypsies but his appearance and dress
did not indicate that he was a gypsy lad