Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-07-19

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The womans auxiliary Of the Y. NJ c.
a. will hold food sale Saturday after
noon from 3 to 8 O'Clock in the associa-
ton rooms.
David S. Carey completed 10 years of
service as baggage master at the local
station on the 18th day Of July. If it had
been Friday instead of Saturday the un-
lucky combination might have been too
much for him but as 1t was he came up
smiling and happy as usual
The funeral of James b. Frost was held
in the home Saturday afternoon at ?
O'Clock. In the absence of Rev II. II.
Miles Of the Congregational church. Rev
L. NJ. Keneston of West Brattleboro
otiiciated. T.. IL. Miller sang. The bear
ers were George II. Thomas Fred
Thomas, George II. Clapp and Arthur
Clapp.
The woman's auxiliary Of the Y NJ. c.
y. held a special meeting In the association
rooms Tuesday afternoon to elect a new
president to succeed Mrs j. II. Blather-
wick who has left town. Miss Addie
Fay was unanimously elected president
She was the first choice of the members
as she had served the auxiliary with de-
cided success last year but declined re-
election.
Judge j. L. Martin of the United States
district court is in Hartford, Conn. pre-
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States court there in the absence Of Judge
James p. Plat who is i'll. As Judge Plat
intends to take a vacation Of some weeks
after his recovery Judge Martin will
probably be in Hartford most of the sum
mer. He is disqualified from presiding
at the sessions of the court in Windsor
as he was district attorney when some
of the cases to be heard were instituted.
The first good Sunday this summer
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union service on the common Sunday af-
ternoon much larger than usual though
not up to the records of other years.
About 400 chairs were arranged and fully
100 people stood or sat beneath the trees
Rev. DR.. w. w Walker OF Philadelphia,
who is filling the Baptist pulpit in the alb
sence of Rev. G. Il. lawson, preached an
eloquent and scholarly sermon The
special music on the program was by AL
fred Thompson.
Arthur Rohde went to Spofford lake
Sunday and took an Involuntary plunge
into the water with his clothes on much
to the delight of his companions. lie
was taking a trip around the lake in the
steamboat and was sitting on the stern
outside the awning when he forgot where
his centre of gravity was located and
fell on backward. \ rope was thrown
to him but as he failed t. eaten 1t the
steamboat was forced to put about and
rescue him. He was pulled ON board
cool but by no means comfortable
Two we'll known local fishermen are
receiving Inquiries about trip they made
to Marlboro South pond the first of the
week, but are disposed to be rather secrc-
tive as to what happened 1t has lust
leaked out that the boat I'm which they
started to fish was so l'aky that I'm spite
OF their bailinE IL sank we'll ont i'm the
middle of the pond and they had to swim
ashore. To cap the climax when they
went to get their ample luncheon which
they left on shore they found that some
one had appropriated 1t without so much
as expressing thanks.
William J. Fairbanks. the Saxtons River
murderer and would be suicide, was taken
from the Memorial hospital to the state
prison in Windsor Wednesday morning
Deputy Sheriff George T. Alexander OF
Bellows Falls who has been guarding him
since he was brought to the hospital went
with him and turned him over to the
prison authorities. For a time after his
arrival at the hospital he was thought to
be doing well but afterwards his life
was despaired of for week or more. He
has now recovered sufficiently so that he
can be well cared for in prison.
The case of Mrs. Eva Bell of Brattle-
| boro against Daniel Gallup Of Whiting
ham began in the municipal court late
postponed. The suit was brought TO re-
cover damages for the alleged unlawful
conversion Of 20 bushels of potatoes and
half ton of hay. Chase and Daley ap-
| peared for the defendant and moved for
dismissal of the case on the ground
that the municipal court had no juris-
dtcti0n, but Judge +. w. Gibson over
ruled the motion. f. L. Barber appeared
for the plaintiff The case will be taken
up after county court is over
The work of laying n gas main through
Chestnut street in Esteyville was COM
pleted this week up to the watering
trough at the corner OF Locust street
which Is as far as the main will be
laid at present. The nearest gas main
before was at the corner of Estey and
Organ streets. The call for gas ranges
became so great after the lowering of the
| pric" of gas that the extension OF the
| system was almost a necessity \ large
proportion Of the householders on the
| line of the new gas main .had the pipes
laid to their houses in preparation for
| having the house piped for cooking pur-
poses if not for lighting.
The New London division Of the
Central Vermont railway was disinfected
| Monday by the passage OF a carload OF
carbolic acid which leaked all along the
| road and left an unpleasant and unmis-
| taxable odor. The car Of acid was on its
way from New York to Canada and
and could not be opened in order to
| remedy the trouble as 1t bore a govern
ment seal. The acid is carried in small
receptacles and it is probable that one
of them was broken. The car remained
! in the local yards some time and the
| odor was there traced to its source.
! The freight men We're well pleased when
1t passed on its northward journey that
| nigh,.
The recent complaints against the reck-
! less driving of automobiles on Western
avenue bore fruit yesterday when the
selectmen caused a large sign to be placed
little below the Centreville school
house warning all automobiles to keep
their speed within a 10-mile village limit.
The sign Is big enough and explicit
enough to be read by all and the select
men intend to see that II is obeyed. The
straightaway course from there down by
d. S. Pratt's farm offers a temptation
to drive a machine faster than is safe
considering the width of the avenue.
Conductors on the electric road say that
judging by the ease with which automo-
biles pass their cars moving at from 10
to 10 miles an hour, they frequently cover
the straightaway at a speed of 80 to 40
miles an hour. The 10 miles an hour limit
Is not an unreasonable one and automo-
bilists who have any respect for the law
will heed it. The complaints which have
been made are particularly vigorous on
the subject of automobile racing over
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