Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-13
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The season for hunting partride, wood
cock, squirrels and other small game will
open next Monday, Sept. L.
The decorating committee of the Valley
Fair would like to have all the people in
town who have flags put them out for the
three days of the fair, to give the town
as festive an appearance as possible.
Hayes Bigelow made the run in his
motor boat down the Connecticut from
the Putney ferry to his boathouse at the
mouth of West river in 40 minutes Tues
day The distance is approximately eight
miles.
A striking display in Vaughan & Bur-
netts window includes over 80 cups Of
fered as special prizes in the Valley Fair
Kennel clubs show and the cups which
will be given by Gerald Howat for the
best single driving horse and by c. NJ.
Wnslow for the Ayrshire COW making the
highest score in the dairy contest.
Company l is making plans to open the
new quarters n the milestone building in
a social way with three dances on the
three nights of the Valley Fair. The drill
hall in their new quarters has an excellent
floor and many of the boys are anxious to
try 1t for dancing A series of dances
every two weeks will be arranged later in
the season.
special souvenir program will be is
ance of "a Paradise of Lies" to COM
memorate the return to Brattleboro Of
Mildred Holland, who unquestionaby oc-
cupies first place in the esteem and af-
lection of our theatre -goers. 1t will be
embellished with numerous half-tone pic
lures and altogether will be we'll worth
preserving.
At a recent meeting of the Unitarian
Congregational society the pastor of the
Rh IA n
Charles Warder and Mrs. George H.
Ryder were chosen delegates to repre-
sent the society at the national confer
ence in Boston the last week in Septem-
Der. Miss Lottie Dodge was appointed
delegate to represent the Brattleboro
same gathering.
DIR. Clarence ]. Blake and Miss Mary
A. Houghton of Boston were married in
Pasadena. Calf. Sunday, Sept. 8, by
Rev. F. M. Bowling. Dr. Blake is one
of the most eminent aurists in this coun-
try and his residence in Boston is at
226 Marlboro street. Mrs. Blake Is a
former resident of Brattleboro, daughter
of Mrs. Rufus Houghton, now of Spring
field, Mass. She has been DR.. Blake )
private secretary several years.
Judge Ernest w. Gibson has brought
suit against George h. Johnson OF Bur-
lington, until recently clerk Of the United
States courts, to recover about $1100 al
legged to be due him for fees while he
served as deputy clerk from 1899 to 1906
Judge Gibson has made repeated efforts
To collect the fees which should have
been paid over to him during that time
but without success. The amount named
in the papers, which were filed Monday,
is $4,000.
The tie game between Bondville and
Newfane, in the series for the champion
ship of Southern Vermont, will be played
OFF on the island grounds in Bratteboro to-
morrow, Saturday, Sept. II. Evans
who pitched for Rutland in the Northern
league and later for the Hoosick Falls N
Y, club which downed Bennington in the
annual series between the two towns
will be in the box for Bondville, and II
is expected that Newfane will have a fast
proposition in the line of a battery
A bicycle stolen from Forest C. Martin
of GuilfOrd August 29 was recovered
Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Myron p. Davis
in the home of John Clarity on Vernon
street. No criminal action was brought
as the damages to the wheel were settled
by the payment of $21 by Mrs. Garrity
The wheel disappeared from the rear OF
Crosby block on the evening of August
70 while the owner was at the Auditor
ium. search was made for it but
without result. The father of the Gull
ford boy, William Martin, was told Sun
day that the bicycle, or parts of it, were
at the Clarity home. Deputy SheEiff
Myron p. Davis was given charge of the
case and promptly went there and brought
the bicycle to the E. r. Clark garage
where the boy and his father identified
It The rear wheel with coaster brake
was missing and the cyclometer had been
removed. The damages were settled
Monday and the case was dismissed.
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ment of ]. E. Bushnells store on Flat
street Monday night caused a damage OF
about 5000 The smoke from the fire
was seen about 1915 O'clock by George
Brown, who notified Chief OF Police
Evans. still alarm was telephoned
to the engine house and the blaze was
promptly extinguished by the chemical
engine. The flames seem to have caught
beside coal bin near the front Of the
basement and spread among packing
boxes. Some of the floor stringers were
so badly damaged that they will have
to be replaced and a closet was par
TALLY destroyed. The damage to the
the store above was subjected to thick
black smoke for an hour or more and
some of 1t was damaged, The damage
TO the stock was estimated at a little
more than 800. Fortunately there was
only small quantity of perlshable goods
extent
to. which this stock was damaged could
only be roughly estimated as the market
value in the damaged condition could not
be accurately judged. The cause of the
nre was not known, but defective wiring
was suggested ais possibility
The Snowflake canning factory started
up early in the week and is now going
full blast with every prospect of a sue
cessful season in spite of the rather dis
couraging outlook a week ago. The corn
began to come in Saturday, but there
was so little of the early varieties that
1t was thought best not to start up mere
but ship the first installment to West
minister. similar course was followed
the last OF the week by the canning es-
adjustment at Windsor and the corn
sent by freight from Windsor and Brat
Sleboro made 1t possible to start the West
minister factory the last of the week and
keep it in full operation. There was not
enough corn in this vicinity to keep the
local factory running and the actual
start was postponed until Tuesday A
good amount of corn came in Monday,
chiefly by freight from Mortified. and
most of the farmers about Brattleboro
began to pick Monday afternoon. The
rain OF last week served to hurry along
the corn and 1t is probable that all there
Is will be rushed into the factory in a
short time. II the rain had not come
as 1t did the crop would have heen a