Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-08-16

All members of the Grange are re-
quested to wear their badges at the field
DAY next Friday.
There will pe no services in the Bap-
fist church Sunday except the Bible
school at IL o'clock.
A. " Mays agency has sold for Frank
c. Field his house at No 80 Western
avenue to ID. =, Dewitt, who will take
possession oct. 1.
The strike of the tecgraphers has af-
fected the service from Brattleboro, par
ticularly to New York. All messages are
received at the local office subject to de-
lays.
The annual reunion of the Wlndham
county Veterans association will be held
AZ Newfane on Thursday, the 9th inst
The usual courtesles will be extended
by the railroads The Grafton Cornet
band will furnish music.
The mission circles in Vermont Will
hold a handkerchief and candy sale at the
convention beginning Aug. 20 at Barre
anyone wishing to aid the work may
leave articles for the sale at H. NJ
Woods store during the coming week
Timothy Aher had two fingers of the
right hand amputatcd at the Memorial
hospital Tuesday as the result of an acct
dent at the Brattleboro Retreat. He
caught his hand between two gear wheels,
and tine tips of the fingers were badly
manged.
Fletcher *. Barrows had luck with him
in Amherst Wednesday when he lost n
pocketbook, containing about $40 and
some mileage books, and had it returned
to him before he left town. The pocket
book was found by c. q. Thompson and
delivered promptly to Mr. Barrows.
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Triton Tor divorce from Cora / Lee on
statutory grounds in the county clerk 5
office yesterday. Mrs. Lee is now a resi-
dent of BTattlcborO and recently presented
a petition for divorce on the ground of in
tolcrable severity. She has not MED the
petition with the county clerk yet There
are tire children. of within Mr. Lee seeks
the custody Their whereabouts are now
unknown to him.
The Atlanta quartet, from Atlanta uni
versity which has been heard with such
pleasure in Bratteboro in other years.
will sing at the opcn-air meeting on the
common Sunday afternoon and I'm the
Congregational church in the morning.
w. b. Matthews graduate of Atlanta
university who is now principal Of the
Gate city Public school in Atlanta. will
preach and present the cause of the uni
versity. He is superintendent Of the
school and president of the colored Y NJ.
c. y. in Atlanta.
Rev. T. W. Sharp Of Mortified. u we'll
known minister OF the Vermont Method
list conference, who formerly preached in
Windham county towns and is "A son-i in
law Of Mrs. EmOgeuc White OF Brattle-
Doro, was seriously injured Friuay at
MalIctts Bay on Lake Champlain. where
he had gone with his family for yuca-
fall I.t
three ribs, and injuring the sciatic nerve.
He suffers such great pain that it is
necessary to use opiates regularly. lie
VIII be moved to his home in Northnrld
as soon as possible.
The milkmeu have experienced much
difficulty IN getting milk enough to
supply the local demand the last two
weeks and unless the weather conditions
change there Will be a decided shortage
in the supply in another week The
pastures have dried up unusually quickly
considering the wctncss OF the early
summer and nearly all the milk produ-
GERS are feeding at the barns to help out.
Tie grocery stores and markets report
a decided shortage In dairy butter and
are only able to supply their regular
customers the first of the week practi-
cally no butter is being sent out of town.
The mikmen are borrowing and buving
VI each other and nearly all OF them are
trying to buy from the outside Heavy
rains and cooler weather viii remedy the
trouble.
The body of John Glynn. who died I'm
Memorial hospital Thursday afternoon.
August \, as the result OF injuries re-
ceived in Bellows Falls August 6. was
buried IN Prospect Hin cemetery Monday
me man was wholly unknown IN Bellows
rams but gave his residence as 500 Harri-
son avenue. Boston \ Boston paper
| stated that his widowed mother was found
| al that address ana that she said he had
Ieit home a few days before to Join a cir
Gus. This corresponded with the suppo-
sltion that he was one OF the employees OF
| IN" Walter Main circus which was in Bel
lows Falls the Tuesday when he was
/ found beside the railroad track I'm the
| Fellows Falls yard with a fractured
skull The burial was by direction Of
sheriff A =. Thompson. who ordered his
removal to the hospital
Judge Ernest w. Gibson rendered a de-
I cision in the case of \. V. Kerr against
his son-in-law. Fred Bradley heard in the
municipal court July s. the last OF the
week. The plaintiff sought to recover
about $50 for board and necessities fur
nished the defendant while he lived at the
paintins house. \. +, Schwenk. counsel
| Tor the defendant moved that the case
De dismissed for want of jurisdiction on
the ground that the defendant was mi
nor with a guardian and no suit could be
| brought against him. Judge Gibson ruled
that as the guardian resided in Connect
cut and had never taken out guardianship
| papers in this district the young man was
in effect without a guardian here and
therefore dismissed the motion on the
merits of the question he gave a verdict
for the plaintin to recover the fun amount
of his bill. f. +. Barber appeared for the
plaintiff.
y tiny bark-louse has made its appear
ance in countless numbers on the rock
naples about town and is causing much
speculation among those who have no.
ticed them. Each specimen is less than
an eighth of an inch long. They travel
in hocks along the bark Of naples each
flock giving a darker shade to a portion
OF the limb. The area of the fiocks vary
from few square inches to two square
feet. The number in larger groups may
be estimated from count made on a
single square inch in the centre of a flock
whore nearly 100 were found The lice
move over the surface of the bark crawl
ing slowly and have something the APP
pearance of a flock of sheep feeding over
a distant pasture They get their food
from the bark Of the tree and are proba-
bly, not very damaging. Their appearance
brought out some interesting samples Of
the popular conception concerning the
more dangerous insect pests, some men
deciding on sight that they We're brown
tailed moths