Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-05-06

L. II. Slater is the newly elected pres
ident of the Hydrofountain club and
Frank d. Wright is vice president
David Cooley and Fred Cressy returned
from tributaries of Fail river Saturday
with 70 large trout making one of the
handsomest catches brought into town
this season
a meeting of the baliffs will be held
tonight, when it is expected that the COM
mittee of five authorized at the village
meeting Tuesday evening to revise the
village charter will be appointed.
W. b. Allen of West Chesterfield, who was
arrested recently on the charge of keep
ing liquor for sale, was sentenced in Keene
to two months at the county farm in
Westmoreland and to pay 5000 and costs,
amounting to 1887.
The woman who fell unconscious in front
of Kinsman's store in Springfield, Mass
and who repeated the words Robinson"
and "Hnsdale' while semi conscious as
stated in The Phoenix Friday, recovered
consciousness that day, and said she was
Mrs. Emma Robinson of North Dana. She
| formerly lived in Hinsdale, Mass.
The case of Frank o. Carpenter against
the town of Brattleboro, which was to
have been heard before Justice Lewis
Lynde of DummerstOn in the municipal
court room Saturday, was postponed to
April -. Mr. Carpenter brought suit to
recover $112 for work alleged to have
been done for the town on the road be-
tween Mr. Carpenters house and the
Harris place in the Oliver Carpenter dis
| trict.
The Brattleboro schools viii observe Ar
Dor day this afternoon in accordance with
| the proclamation Of Gov. G. II. Prouty.
| The school department was furnished with
abundant material by State Superintend-
| ent of Schools Mason 5. Stone, and an
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sideration of preservation of forests, pro-
| lection of the birds and similar subjects.
! Each of the teachers will give a brief talk
! in explanation Of the significance of the
day.
Mrs. Fannie Salisbury Bixby I.ndley,
| SO, native of Guilford and former resident
of Bratteboro, died in Schenectady, n. Y,
! March 81. She was daughter of James
| and Fannie Duncan Salisbury and lived
in Guilford until her marriage to Cleve-
! land BiXby of that town. They moved to
| Bratteboro and several years after Mr..
! BiXbys death Mrs Bxby was married
to Silas II. Lindley, dry-goods mer-
| chant of Schenectady. and went to that
city to live. She was the last survivor of
her fathers family.
Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn, Il. re-
| tired for many years one of the best
| known figures in the American navy, died
in his home in Washington Sunday night
| of sclerosis of the arteries. He was
| known by many persons in Brattleboro
| through frequent visits to the Brooks
| House as a summer guest. His wife,
who survives. was Jennie Mary Franklin
of Newfane, sister of Col A. b. Frank
! lin of Townshend Admiral Hcnborn
worked his way up through the various
! positions in the bureau OF naval cOnstruc-
| ton, and was chief constructor eight
| years. He was distinguished for his
...T oil.
he invented many valuable improvements.
He was sent abroad in 1884 to investigate
| naval progress in Europe.
The odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Brat
| tleboro attended service in the First Bap-
fist church Sunday by invitation of the
| pastor Rev. Dr. John r. Cow, enough
| from both organizations being present to
| fill completely the body of the church
| The church was decorated especially by a
| committee of which Carl $. Hopkins was
chairman, and the choir gave a special
musical program appropriate TO the spirit
of the service The pastor preached on
the theme Closer than "A brother" indi-
eating the ideal of friendship. and the
necessity for such an ideal of relation
| between man and man under the present
day conditions in the country. He spoke
of the spirit of cooperation and the mu-
tual helpfulness which exists between the
orders whose ideal is fellowship and the
Christian church
Mrs. Mary f. Wood. IS. one Of the
oldest women of Chicopee, Mass died
| Friday. She was born in Brattleboro and
when IA years old Joined the Congrega-
tional church in this town. Shortly af-
| terward she moved to ChiCopee, where
she united with the Third Con-
gregational church, OF which she was a
devoted member untll failing health pre-
| vented her from taking an active part in
| its affairs. She was married at the age
of 20 to John f. Wood, who served in the
| Civil war in the Fourth Massachusetts
| Volunteers He died August II, 1850,
and their only son. William F. Wood, died
in 1895. In recent years Mrs. Wood had
| lived with Mrs Thomas F. Walker OF
| 81 Pleasant street. She leaves a nephew.
| Herbert Smith Of Ardmore. Pa. and a
niece, Lizzie Smith of Springfield.
Fred Dimes, son Of Henry Dimes Of Clark
| street was run over by one of the Brooks
House taxicabs Saturday on Elliot street.
but he escaped serious injury He rode
out of an alleywaY on his bicycle just as
the taXicab, driven by Paul q, Walker,
| came along at a fair rate of speed. Be
fore the machine could be stopped it
| struck him and threw him to the ground.
1t passed over both legs. and it was fear
ed that the boy was badly injured. He
! was taken to his home in the taXicab and
the driver returned in haste to secure a
| physician. ON his way back to the Dimes
home with the doctor tile driver was
| somewhat surprised to meet the boy COM
| ing down town as though nothing un-
| usual had happened. He explained That
he came down after his bicycle, which
| was damaged badly. Beyond few
bruises Ire was not injured but those who
saw the accident cannot understand how
he escaped without broken bones.
The West River bridge was examined
Saturday by Edward Storrs, son of John
IlW Storrs of Concord. n H.. who was
hired by the selectmen a few months agD
to inspect the bridge and report on its
condition Edward StOrrs was in Bellows
Falls on business and at the suggestion
of his father he came to Brattieboro to
see how the bridge looked after the
changes had been made in 1t. He was
taken to the location by the engineer OF
| the Connecticut River Power company
and they spent sune hours in looking over
the structure in detail Later IN the af-
ternOon the selectmen Joined them. They
found the bridge to be in excellent con-
dition with the exception of a slight
leaning toward the east at the Top. Mr..
Storrs said that he would confer with his
father and that they would devise some
plan whereby tlAis leaning tendency coubi
be counteracted 1t is probable that the
change will be made next wineer. when
the work can be done on the ice Mr.
StOrrs said that the gate plan Instituted
by the selectmen was the best cure for
trotting over the bridges he ever had
heard of. The necessity for the gates was
about over, and since then they have
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