Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-09-20

The banks will be open on Valley Fair
Days from " II o'clock
The village schools will close today for
weeks vacation. They will reopen Mon
day, Sept 80.
The Daughters of Pocahontas adopted
several members into their council last
night There was music after the work.
Ice cream and cake were served.
The headquarters of the. American
Decorating company, which is putting
Brattleboro in gala dress for the fair,
are in the Emerson building on Elliot
street
The ladies' Catholic Benevolent assoc
citation will give a dance in Red Mems
han Friday evening, Sept. 20, to which
all are cordially invited Leltsnger and
Dugan will furnish music and refresh
ments will be served
The cups offered by the Holstein-
Freisian association of America for the
Valley Fair and the Brockton fair will
be on exhibition in Randall & Clapps
window. Ten of the cups are for the
Brockton fair and two for the Valley
Fair. The cups for the automobile pa
rade will also be on exhibition at the
same place.
The public improvement committee of
the board of trade wish to remind citi-
Ntns lldl thousands OF strangers Will be
In town next week, and to request that
great care be taken to have lawns and
the turf in front of sidewalks neatly cut
and all unsightly rubbish removed 80
that the village may present an attractive
appearance and make as favorable an
Impression as possible on our guests.
Joseph Martin, who assumed his new
position as manager of the f. II. Clark
garage in the Milestone building Mon
In bod
| automobile factories, having worked in
/ the Rambler, Grout Napier, Pope and
Stevens uryea shops. He has recently
been with l.. ID, Taylor as agent for the
| Grout machines. Chester Morse from the
Grout factory also began work at the
garage this week.
Mrs Dledrich Stolte and her daughter.
Miss Annie c. Stolte, who had been in
Germany two months, returned Tuesday
They were met at New York by Dedrich
Stolte, jr, who accompanied them to
BrattlebOro Tuesday night. Mrs, Stolte
spent the entire time that she was in
Germany at her old home in Bremen
Miss Stolte visited several of the more
important German cities before starting
home.
J. c. Pellet has completed the plans
for the conversion of the roof space in
the Brooks Free Library building into a
large and attractive room for the shelly
Ing and consultation OF reference books
| including the valuable Phelps coll
lection, and the work Of making the
change will begin soon. The trustees Of
the building believe that this use Of
space which is now vacant will provide
for the growth of the library in a very
satisfactory way for years to come.
A special train will leave Brattleboro at
,. m. over the Central Vermont road
| for Palmer and Intermediate points all
! three days OF the fair, and the regular
! train over the Fitchburg division Of the
| Boston & Maine VIII be held to connect
with this special. The West River d.
! vision train Will be held until o'clock
| Sept "a, and Sept. % and &c n special train
will leave Bratteboro at for South Lon
| donderry and intermediate stations The
! Boston and Maine railroad will run spec
! ial trains
Several Bratteboro people attended the
| West River Grange fair held in London
! derry yesterday. 1t was a success in
every way and highly credltable to the
| people in charge. There were 300 people
! in attendance. The exhibits were good
| particularly OF horses and cattle and ath-
| letc sports formed an important part of
| the program. w. l.. Gibson was president
| Of the day and the Weston Cornet band
furnished music George w Pierce, mas
| ter Of the state Grange. delivered an
address.
The churches I'm town were represented
| by the following delegates in the annual
convention OF the Windham county Sun
day. school association In Putney We'd
nesday: Congregational. Mrs. Frank f.
Perry, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Nelson: Bap-
| fist, Mrs. l.. w. Hawley, Thomas
Pentland. Mrs. c. +. r. JENNIE. Miss Alice
Phillips and Rev. G. b. Lawson; Metho-
dist, Rev. and Mrs. A. II. Webb, Mrs
c. d. Smith and Mrs NJ H. Adams: Uni
versalst, Mrs. f. f. Flagg and Mrs Fred
Sargent
Isaac w. Sprague, &C. died at his nome
in Guilford Tuesday night after an ILL
ness OF several years. He had lived in
Guilford about 10 years. working as a
farmer, painter and paper hanger He
was born in Florida. Ill, July 2, 1871,
and was the son OF James r. and Louisa
| tSmith) Sprague. When he was about
two years old his parents moved to STRAIT
ton, this state. When a young man he
spent few years in the West. He mar
ried Miss Birdie Cook of Jamaica, Dec
81. 1896 Besides his wife he leaves a
brother, Henry Sprague Of North Adams,