Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-03-25


The Grange Dramatic club will meet
Wednesday evening. All members of the
club and of the order are urged to be
present After the business meeting there
will be social with games and dancing.
George A. Gibbs returned Wednesday
from New York, where he made final ar
rangements to buy the stock, fixtures and
business Of the and 10 cent store in the
American building Of Forrest w. Orkns
Mr.. Gibbs has been running the store
since March l. when Mr.. Orkins went to
New York. Mr. Gibbs visited Springfield
Providence ana Boston on his trip, in
speeding stores OF a similar character
lie has bought a large supply in new
lines Of goods.
Matthew Howard has brought breach
Of warranty suit in the sum OF 5000
against o. S. Higgins of Hinsdale.
Papers were served on Mr. Higgins when
he was in town Wednesday by Deputy
Sheriff c. l. Knapp. Mr.. Higgins gave
bail for appearance in the Windhdm
/ county court. The trouble arises over
a pair Of horses which Mr. Howard
bought of Mr.. Higgins at an auction.
Howard alleges that one of the hurseS
is blind and the other lame.
Work on the concrete abutments of the
West River bride is progressing well. and
it Will not be long before the abutmeutS
will be up to their full height. Up to
go ,"s IL ,'oo' 90 ~" -, Va i'e''
/ used. No effort to straighten the arches
has been made but they will be put in
good alignment before the bridge is de
Ingenious arranyenent 81 st..i ",hl.s IL,
being installed, and the strength OF the
bridge will be much increased by them.
The selectmen made final decision
last night in regard to issuing a license
to H. H. Winchester for his dog, cap
tain 4 hearing was held a week b.for,
on a petition signed bv five residents of
Fstevyille requesting that TN. dog sbould
not be licensed Only two of the five
petitioners appeared AT the hearing and
no testimony was introduced EXCEPT thar
the dog had killed two cats The So
| lectmen decided not ia issue the liceus,.
and they notified I'M. town clerk Of thair
decision II may interest the seI.rtu.r
| ana petitioners To know that Mr. Win
/ chester sold th,. dog some time ago
The records of sales of intoxicating
| liquor by the four BrHttleboro druggists
Fin February, as recorded in the county
+ clerk office. SHOW, that S2i prescriptions
given by Bratuchoru physicians were
/ hllrd W. +. Root filled 81. +. II. Holden
26j G. +. Thomas l5a and G.. e. GRAHAM
/ 10 The record Ol the physicians was
/ AS follows. Dr }. " Gregg 49, Or r.
" K. Lynch l2G Dr g. y Roberts H.. Dr
Henry Tucker -. Dr II. p. Greene *.
Or. H. T.. Waterman -. Dr. G.. r. Al
! Rice q m Ntii,.r 90. ~, l.. ~
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Henry G. Fihei, who has been man
ager of the local branch beef house OF
. swift co. OF Chicago the past two
Years. VIII sever his connection with the
/ company. having presented his r,siSua-
tion. To take effect April > Mr. Fineld
who Is in poor health. will take a much
needed rest before engaging in business
again, Tie has remalkahl" record for
fidelity Ia duty. as he has been with the
( swift company continuously Is years and
during that entire time has never taken
a vacation. lie was first "A travelling
salesman few months, AMI then was
engaged in opening branch houses in
various parts OF New England ana New
YORK state lie was manager Of the Man
chester y. H., bIanch u Years ana the
Lynn. Mass, bfdnch four Years before
coming To BTdtirD"ru, ana is widely
known 10 the trade as one Of the oldest
branch managers In New England. Be
Inre entering IN" employ "t swift n co,
MT. flheid was IN business Tor himself
Dole i'm Claremont. y H.. some wears
. tie. viii be- succeeded as local manager
here by the present hookkeeprr Jesse f.
HAYNES.
Spelling matches we're held In TIN"
graded schools last week and this. and
they demonstrated that tn" spelling work
no the schools is Of the highest order.
The last of the matches between the
/ nigh school building ana IN" Canal street
. school WAS held Wednesday, when the
seventh grade OF Canal street beat the
/ seventh grade of the high school build
ing. The match was "a record breaker
for excellence In spelling. In an 600
words were given nut ana only ~ were
misSpeed The Canal street school dele
cation included 81 pupils at the start and
after an hour OF spelling y remained
| standing The - high school building
pupils were reduced to four during the
hour II f. fair to say that nearly two
thirds of the words were misspellrd ON
account of faulty division or sounding
of letters Not more than ~ were
actually misspeUed The records in the
lower grades were almost as good In
the sixth grade match 4io words were
given and only 10 were misSpelled In
the iifth grade 4Gl words were given and
3G were msspelled In the fourth grade
$40 were given ana 60 were misspelled.
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The monthly meeting of the Brattleboro
Sunday school union was held Wednes-
day evening in the I'niversalist church
The principal topic of discussion was the
question Of grading the union. In many
of the schools of the town the work has
been graded within the last few years,