Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-04-15


men Will give the program.
The philathea class of the Baptist Bible |
school has invited the members of the |
Baraca class with their wives and friends |
to a social gathering in the church parlors |
Wednesday evening.
Fred Minis, W. II. Cray and Harry |
knight opened tn pedestrian season |
Sunday by walking to Greenfield. They
did not try for any time records, but went
simply for the walk
All the schools in the Incorporated
school district opened Tuesday after the
vacation. Two of the teachers were alb
sent the first few days of the new term
but substitutes were pressed into SER
vice and the work started brlskly and
satisfactorily.
Fred Stone was thrown from q car
riage Monday at the corner of Vine and
Pleasant streets and he was unconscious
some time. physician was called but
1t was found that Mr.. Stones condition
was not serious The horse ran through
Pleasant and Maple streets and was
stopped on Canal street without causing
any damage.
Rev. DR.. John r. Cow, pastor of the
First Baptist church, took for his sub
ject Sunday evening, THE Springfield
murderer He used the murderer as a
typical Illustration of the effects of not
social order in early life. and of the
necessity Of greater police protection.
more public education and stronger re-
liglous appeal The murderer was gov
erned by impulse, not by conscience or
reason.
Suit for $4,000 has been brought by
the Library Bureau of Boston against
the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell company
| through Stickney, Sargent & Skees of
| Ludlow, to recover for Library Bureau
| equipment sold to the predecessor of
the present Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
| company, of which w. II. Proctor is
president. The material was bought
! when James F. Hooker now of Science
tady, N. Y, was president of the COM
pany. The defendants claim that some
of the material Is not as was represented.
The creditors of the Rae Electrical
! Equipment company of Springfield, this
state, have held their first meeting in
! Springfield, before Referee Gilbert A.
! Davis of Windsor. The bankrupt com
pany was represented by +. r. Buck of
| Windsor and the creditors by l.. b. Finn
of Springfield. Certain preferred cred
itors were represented by r. \. Law
| renee of Rutland and Charles Batch
elder. Herbert C. Upper represented
| certain creditors whose claims are un-
| secured. Edward G. Crosby Of Brattle-
| bore was elected trustee Few claims
were presented although it is understood
! that the liabilities are very large. There
are SO many conflicting claims that much
| litigation may result.
While working on the nashbo1rds Of
the Vernon Hinsdale dam Sunday, J. a.
| Baker, an emplOye, caught the little
finger of his right hand under a wire rope
with which a boat was being handled
and the finger was torn from his hand.
Mr.. Baker was brought 20 the Brattle-
boro Memorial hospital, where the wound
was dressed He and other men were
| working near the pOwer-house end of
the spilway. a strong wind was blowing
! from the north and the boat was carried
around broadside to the current. 1t filled
partly with water and was thrown
against the fashboards by the pressure
of the current. The men escaped cas- .ly
to the power house, but it was impos-
sible to get the boat off. 1t was allowed
to go over the dam and it bore very lit
tie esealblance to a boat after it struck
the foot of the incline. 1t was while
pulling on the boat that Mr.. Baker
caught his finger.
Good progress has been made on the
West river bridge this week, but
it will not be open for travel I'M
til next week. The eastern arch was
let down on to the concrete abutments
Monday and it dropped into place in a
very satisfactory way. The concrete OF
the new abutment had been given ample
time to set and the arch settled only
three quarters of an inch in the middle
when the load was put upon 1t. Work
was begun Tuesday on the western arch
but the concrete will have to set until
next week before it will be safe to allow
. the full weight of the arch to rest upon
it. AS soon as this arch is in its final
resting place the bridge can be open 10
travel, although some more repairs viii
= have to be made. Considering the mlgni-
, tude of the work which has been done, the
bridge has been closed but a very short
: time. Most of the people who use the
bridge in coming to Brattleboro have
been very reasonable about the closing
: of the bridge although it has meant much
inconvenience to them.
About 5000 worth of jewelry and other
articles which were stolen from the home
of DR.. ana Mrs {. 5. Pratt in July, 1908
by Bertram q. Spencer, the self-con.
fessed murderer of Miss Mary Il. Black.
stone of Springfield, Mass, were identi-
fled at the police station in Springfield
! Saturday by Mrs. Pratt. Among the
i articles were some long gold chains, golC
beads, two pairs of gold bracelets, foul
} rings, a ring which was presented to DR.
Pratt by the late DR.. d. p. Webster
pair of opera glasses and many golC
l pins. Some of the articles had not beer
! missed and the first that Mrs. Pratt
| knew that they had been stolen wa!
! when she saw them in the big collection
1 of plumber which Spencer secured in hi.
depredatons up and down the Connect
cut valley. Some fans, a shell coml
: and things made especially for womer
4 were not recovered. A String of golC
( beads which Mrs. Pratt identified hat
I been claimed by two other women, bu
7 her identification was so complete anC
$ satisfactory that they were turned ovel
e to her. Many of the stolen articles have
, not been Identified, and 1t is not likeN
r that they ever will be. Mrs. Pratt wa.
[ impressed with the idea that Spencer
I had a mania for stealing simply for the
z sake of stealing, as much of the stoler
l property was of little value and was o.
such nature that it could not be dis
posed of readily. Spencer has denied
having entered A. d. WAITS house. AM
I so far as is known in Brattleboro the
= only Brattleboro house which he admits
( having entered is that of DR.. and Mrs
Pratt
I The anti-eXpectoration crusade which
I was instituted two years ago by the
Brattleboro Womans club by placing al
various points about town formidable no,
tees calling attention to the dangers and
to the law, has taken new lease of life
3 through the energetic action of Miss
l Alice Lindgren the nurse who is In
charge of the fight against tuberculosis
In BrattleborO. The notices put up by
2 the WOmans club caused much com.
ment at the time and they certainly had
r a deterrent effect. The Brattleboro PEG.
! pie became so familiar with the signs
f after a time that no attention was PAID
l to them. Miss Lindgren recently turned
her attention to this side of the crusade
a against tubArCulOSiS dayisa5 a