Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-04-19
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the kindergarten rooms in the Emerson
building on Tuesday evening at 7.30. II
will take the form of a social. a short
entertainment will be given, after which
refreshments will be served.
o. G. Covey and II. j. Clark will be
cream gatherers for the Brattleboro
creamery the coming year. Mr.. Covey
will have the same route as last year.
Bratteboro and Hinsdale, while Mr.
Clark will succeed f. f. Johnson on the
Dummerston and Chesterfield route.
Two cases of diphtheria We're reported
TO Health officer Henry Tucker this week
Cyrus +. Reed of Central street, who was
taken i'll Friday, is reported to be doing
well. The young daughter of Michael
baker, 1876 Elliot street, who has been i'll
a week or more, is considered out of
danger.
The local freight yard is still badly con-
gested and there is no immediate pros
pect of a change in the conditions. a sec
ond switch engine was put on Sunday
and it has been used since then whenever
it could be spared There are between
200 and 300 freight cars in the yard at the
present time. The extra freight trains
outnumber the regular trains
The water board held a meeting Tues
day evening and arranged to issue a
statement covering the expenses of the
work to date. This will be published for
general circulation among voters in con-
nection with the annual village report.
The fact developed in the meeting that
the board is strongly in favor of buying
the Crowell system at $500, 900.
John Martin, sawyer for Holden & Mar
tin at the Fletcher mill at the foot Of
Birge street the past three years. had his
left arm broken twice between the wrist
and elbow shortly before noon yesterday
In attempting to put on a feed belt his
hand was caught in the pulley and his
arm drawn over the shafting. He was
taken to his home near the mill and at
tended by DR.. Lynch
Fireman William Price of New London
was injured in an unusual manner Tues
day night while working on an engine
running to Bratteboro light. The engine,
No. 81, when near Millers Falls, in charge
of Engineer Klinefelter, overlook extra
freight No. 1896 and ran into the caboose
before the collision could be prevented.
The rear of the caboose was wrecked, also
the pilot of the engine. Price was shovel
ing coal and the shock of the collision
threw him against the shovel handle and
inflicted internal injuries so severe it was
necessary to take him to the Brattleboro
Memorial hospital.
w. II. Bingham head salesman for
Baxter Bros, proprietorS of the Snowflake
canning factory has been visiting the
farmers in several towns, accompanied by
e. H. Akley of Vernon, arranging for the
acreage the coming season. Arrange
ments have been made for planting $50
acres of corn the largest amount in YER
non, with smaller acreage in Brattle-
boro, Mortified, Chesterfield Guilford and
Bernardston. The work of delivering the
seed to the farmers will begin next week
Mr.. Bingham has been on a pleasure trip
to Mexico and other southern countries
since his last visit in Brattleboro
Festival hall is bedecked with flags,
bunting, military accoutrements and other
martial trappings in readiness for Com
pany rs concert and ball this evening
The First Regiment band arrayed in new
uniforms, will give a concert at 8 o'clock.
The grand march will be formed at 8
and dancing will continue until one. Over
100 tickets for the dancing floor have
already been sold and there has been a
good sale of the gallery seats. All mill
tary men are expected to appear in uni
form. Visitors from militia organizations
in several towns will be present Re-
freshments will be served by Caterer Mil
Ter during the evening.
Harold Irish, IA, and Frank Conner, 10,
left their homes in Springfield, Mass Sat
urday in quest of adventure. They had
money with which to buy tickets to Brat
teboro, but on arriving here their youth
full minds were not impressed with the at
fractions of the town. They became so
nomesick that they wanted to go home
Sunday, and being without funds they
started to walk back. They reached Tur-
ners Falls toward night and were given
supper by a kindly woman Chief of
Police Ripley took the boys in charge and
sent notification of their whereabouts
TO Springfield. Mrs. Irish, mother of Har-
old, came to Turner's Falls Monday and
the boys returned with her. Both were
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opportunity to return home
The 18th annual session of the grand
lodge of Vermont New England Order OF
Protection, will be held in Brattleboro
next Monday and Tuesday Monday
evening reception will be given in
Grange hail to the grand supreme officers
A chicken pie supper will be served at
$50. The degree term of Brattleboro
lodge, No. 1913. win confer the degree upon
about 20 candidates. An hour will be de-
voted to speech making and evenings
entertainment will conclude with dancing
Leltsinger's orchestra will furnish music
The regular session of the grand lodge
viii open Tuesday at 1890, and there will
be another meeting in the afternoon. The
business will include the presentation of
reports and election of officers The
order is very prosperous in Vermont and
has gained over 300 members in the past
year. About 100 grand lodge officers and
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meetings in addition to local members.
The new industries committee of the
board of trade have under advisement a
proposition for the location here of an
Industry for the manufacture of union
couplings used as pipe fittings Edward
WILDER of Cambridge, Mass, was here
Wednesday comforting with members of
the board of trade in the interests of this
business. Mr.. WILDER owns controlling
interest in patent upon the union that
1t is proposed to manufacture He states
that arrangements have already been
made with jobbers which insure a large
sale for the union and claims that the
cost to manufacture is less than for any
similar product and that there is an ex-
cellent prospect of making its manufac-
ture prosperous Woodworking industry
About Is years ago Mr.. Wilbur was a
resident of Brattleboro, in the employ of
II, W. Simonds in the grocery business
Since then he has been connected with
concerns manufacturing taps, dies and
pipe httings and has an extended ac-
quaintance in those lines of trade.
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