Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-06-24

"A nNufuullC elevator IL btlllB luSAhlltu
in the Vermont National bank building
from the basement to the street floor
A band concert will be given on the
common in Esteyvile Wednesday even
ing The Ladies' Enterprise society will
serve ice cream and cake
The selectmen have awarded to D. T.
Perry the contract to fill the abandoned
reservoir on Cedar street. The price is
1925 and Mr.. Perry has 30 days in which
to do the work.
In a meeting of Freme circle of the
Unitarian church Wednesday afternoon
in the home of Mrs j. Nj. Tyler plans
for the annual fair were discussed. The
fair will be held early in September.
Henry Smith pleaded guilty to a charge
of intoxication Monday morning in the
municipal court and was fined s. and
costs which he paid. lie was arrested
by Chief-of-Police George Wilson as the
result of a family row.
II. f. Weatherhead, agent for the e.
A. Strout company, has sold William
II. Eddy's 1l5-acre farm in the slate
rock district, Gulford, to w. w. Blats-
dell and son of Bellevlle, N. j" who buy
for occupancy.
Bingham chapter. Order of the Eastern
Star. held a stated convocation Tuesday
evening. The degrees were conferred and
reports Of the meeting of the grand chap
ter We're given. Refreshments were
served The next stated convocation
will be held Sept. s.
\. H. Rice's restaurant in the Barber
building on Main street has been UNDER
going various Improvements the past few
weeks, which are now completed. y new
kitchen has been added, steel ceilings
have been put in and the interior has been
newly papered and painted.
i..u-i..,. NA-,,,,,,s, D,1ioF cnr,,- ,,.il1
meet in Grand Army hall Thursday after
| noon at o'clock. All members are re-
| uuested to bring flowers to fill forms to
| decorate the graves of all deceased mem
| bers. The corps will go to the cemetery
| on the car which leaves West Brattle-
| boro at o'clock.
The Springfield (Vt) Electric Railway
company, of which f. c. Crosby Of
| Brattleboro is president and Allyn ].
| Crosby is superintendent, will open
| park on its line soon, and it is expected
| that it will be open by July l. 1t will be
| called Nieu-de-reau and will have dane
| ing pavilion 80 by 40 feet, will be equipped
| with seats and will be lighted by cleo
| tricity
In a meeting Of the Brattleboro Civic
| league executive committee Friday night
in the home of Dr. II. d. Holton a new
| constitution was adopted in order to
simplify the work. Under the new con-
| stitution the name is the BrattlebOro
| Civic Improvement league. Richard c.
Averill reported for the special commit
tee on street watering but no definite
action was taken.
Mrs. f. f. Flagg's class in the Univer-
salist Sunday school held their last
gathering Of the year Friday night in the
home of their teacher. Supper was
served on the lawn at $50 o'clock and the
evening was spent merrily in playing
games. The monthly gatherings Of the
class at the homes of members have
been very popular, and they will be re-
sumed in the fall.
C. NJ. Thompson. a civil engineer
employed by the Boston q Maine Rail
road company. and eight assistants. who
have been surveying for connecting
link between Brattleboro and South Yer
non by way of Hinsdale or through
Gulford, went Monday TO Windsor
They are making an outline for a pre-
liminary survey for line to run from
a point 800 feet south of the railroad
bridge abutment in Windsor to Wes
Lebanon, y. H, Is miles, on the New
Hampshire side of the river. The pro
posed links are a part of the Boston &
Maine company's plan TO discontinue
using the Central Vermont tracks.
The joint field meeting of the Vermont
Botanical club and the Vermont Birt
club will be held at Woodstock July 1
. and 8. The first session will be helt
! at Quechee Gulf on the afternoon o.
! July 1. The clubs will be the guests o.
Miss Elizabeth Billings and Prof anC
Mrs. Frederick Lee in Woodstock tn,
forenoon of July 5 and in the Afternoon
they will drive to Esqua boys in Hart
land. complimentary supper will b,
served at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A
b. Morgan that night and the evening
will be taken up with an illustrated lee
ture by DR.. y. l.. Britton, director o
the New York Botanic garden. Wednes
day morning, July 6, will be spent II
+ short excursions into the nearby woods
, Some of the members are planning I,
About 20 members OF Quonektaca
: tribe, Independent order of Red Men, me
= Tuesday evening and organized a com
pany of the Red Mems league which 4
, the military branch of the l. o. r. NJ
! | These officers were elected Capt, Her
bert T.. Harris; first lieut., George A. Col
! ; Inns second lieut., William Thayer; quar-
termaster, Charles r. Simonds; adjt.
= George \. Twitchel The /. o. r. NJ
r can trace its history back to those stir
A, ring days of 1864 and to that brave BAN
! of men known in history as the sons o
I | liberty, who, disguised as Indians, de
! stroyed the tea in Boston harbor. 1t is
2 therefore, the aim of the Red Men
Y league to perpetuate the memory of tn
t tie of the Revolution, and in the near fu
ture the people Of Brattleboro will b
I | able to see. after lapse of 100 years
t | the continental army uniform on tn
e | streets once more. Those who are inter
= ! ested in this movement will endeavor t
3 make this company the "crack" mllitar
I | organization in this section of tn
country.
Clarence Winfield Trendell and Mis-
Florence Abby Harrington were marie
Saturday night in st. Michaers Episco
9 ! pal church. The ceremony was perform
ed by the rector, Rev. Andrew Harper
r jr, at o'clock, a large number of tn
2 | friends of the bride and bridegroom bein
. | present. The bride was dressed in whit
| silk with veil and she carried a bouque
E | of white carnations. She was attende
D | by Mrs. Arthur Brasor as matron o
[ | honor, who wore yellow silk Miss Har
e | rington had been a member of the choi
e | of the church some years and in recogni
n | ton or that fact the full choral servic
{ | was used Arthur Brasor was best ma
Z | and William Pentland, jr., and Clarenc
! | NJ. Miller served as ushers. The singl
n | ring service was used and the bride wa
Y given in marriage by her uncle, Edwar
. | A. KnudsOn. After the ceremony a re
2 ception was held in Mr.. Knudson's hom,
II The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Georg
e b. Harrington and the bridegroom is
h son of Mr., and Mrs. Alfred c. Trendel
i He is employed by the White River Cha
s company and is a member of Compan
= I, " N. G..
a Charles Nathaniel Herrlck, AZ, we
Il known as Nat" Herrick, died Tuesda
y afternoon after brief illness. Heart dis