Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-15

titled by the post office department that
the office, in common with all other post
offices, will not be required hereafter to
mail return receipts for registered mail
unless requested by the senders.
j. w Thurber picked from tree in
his orchard on the Thurber farm yester-
day a nearly ripe August sweet apple
and from an adjoining branch a fully
developed apple blossom. Mr.. Thurber
has picked apples and blossoms from one
tree as late as October.
Richard Chamberlain, son of Mrs.
Harry Holland of Canal street who was
reported missing Thursday night, re-
turned to his home Saturday. He was
implicated in a boyish escapade and he
feared to return home lest he should
fall into the clutches of the police de-
partment, as had been threatened.
Pocahontas council has accepted an in
vitatiOn for the degree team to trail to
the hunting grounds of Bellows Falls to
exemplify the degree work. The past
chiefs and officers of the grand council
Of Vermont and Massachusetts, will be
present as a great session will be held
at that time. A banquet will be given
after degree work. The next council fire
will be klndled July q, and all members
are requested to be present.
Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton. pastor Of the
Centre Congregational church. will start
Monday on his vacation. which will be
spent in his home in Lalngsburg, Mich.
He will return in time to preach the first
Sunday in September. The supplies will
be as follows: July "a and 81, Prof L. B.
Patton; Aug. I, Rev. II. F. Holton OF
Kansas City, Mo; Aug. H. Prof. Willis
ton Walker; Aug. p, Rev. ID. j. Clark
of East Haven, Conn; Aug. %, Rev.
Cyrus p. Osborne of the Boston Sea-
mans Friend society.
Wndham county court was scheduled
to resume business Tuesday but Judge
w. w Miles had not completed the
work in Addison county court and was un-
able to be present The assistant judges
and County Clerk F. d. L. Stowe went
| to Newfane and formally took a recess
| until July &c at o'clock in the morn
| ing. Considerable work remains to be
| done to clean up the April term docket
| but it is expected that business will be
rushed and that the adjourned session
will not be a long one.
Major F. w. Childs is the defendant in
suit for $1,000 brought by Stella Good
enough Starr. formerly a nurse in this
| town and now a resident of Rhode Is
| land Her allegations are in reference
| to an Insurance. policy which she took out
in November, 1900. She alleges that she
wanted a 20-year endowment policy. but
| that in June 1908, she discovered that she
held a 3O-year endowment policy. The
| suit which was brought through the Of
| flee Of II. G. & +. +. Barber. is return
| able in the September term Of the county
| court.
a representative OF Woodworths, the
| syndicate which controls fve-cent and
| Decent variety stores in most of the
| large places in New England. was in
| Brattleboro this week looking up an
| available place for branch store. The
| company always secures double store
| or two adjacent stores, and at least two
| favorable locations were found. The
| system in which the company works is
| shown in the way in which the locations
| were considered. \ careful count of the
| number of people passing each location
was made to see which was the more de-
| sira BILE.
The large sign in front of E L. Perry's
clothing store fell with "A crash which
| could be heard the entire length of Main
| street about 10 o'clock Monday morning
| Luckily no one was passing at the time
| A horse which was tied in front of the
| store plunged a few times in fright with
| out doing any damage. The iron hook
| which held one end of the big sign be-
| came loosened and the hook at the other
| end was unable to stand the strain. AL
| though the damage was slight the oc-
| CurrenCe points out the wisdom of in
spectng the fastenings of other large
| Signs along lne street
Mrs c, c. Winchester OF Chestnut
| street was called to Brooklyn on account
of the death of her sister, Mrs. Mary j.
Miller Heating, July /. Mrs. Heating
was the daughter of William d. and Mary
a. Miller formerly of Wilmington, and
| she had many friends in that town. She
| leaves another sister. Mrs. G. f.. Stearns
| Of Brooklyn and two brothers. Herbert
w. Miller of Wilmington and Horace
N.l.
! held in the home on Lafayette avenue.
J Brooklyn, sunday July 3, many of her
former friends from Wilmington being
| present The burial was in Greenwood
| cemetery
Norris Silverman, the travelling man
| who caused 50 much anxiety at the Me
mortal hospital recently by his absolute
| refusal to he operated upon, is making
good recovery Michael Black. who
| served as Slverman's good angel during
his illness, had a letter from him this
| week saying that he was feeling much
| better. He was in Toronto then and he
| was going to the home of his sister to
rest and recuperate Physicians were
Of the opinion that the man would die
| unless he was operated upon, but he
| said that he had submitted to operations
six times before and he was not going to
do it again. He was kept at the hospl-
tai some days and he appeared to be only
slightly better when he left
Mrs, Annie Z. Parsons May, SO, widow
of Amos V. May of Brattleboro, died
last Saturday in Daytona, Florida. She
| went South last October and had been III
| the past four months with an affection
| of the heart and unable to return to her
home in Millers Falls. Previous to her
| marriage to Mr., May, which took place
| June p. 1906, she was trained nurse in
| Brattleboro Mr. May was killed Oct. &c,
| 1907, by a fall in the barn on the Bradley
| estate. Mrs. May leaves her father, j.
| NJ Parsons, a brother. f. A. Parsons,
| both of Milers Falls, also one sister, Mrs
| Susie Il. WaShburn of New York Mrs
| May was graduate of the Mortified
seminary The large part of her life was
| spent in Millers Falls. The body was
| brought to that place for burial in High
land cemetery, the funeral being held in
| the home of her brother.
Two suits have been entered in the
| county clerks office by Clesson A Lowell
| of Rockingham against Edward A. Aubin
| and his wife, Nettie L. Aubn of Derby
| The suit arose over a mishap to Mr.
| Lowells automobile in Troy May 81
| His machine gave out on the road and
| he turned it over to Mr.. Aubn to repair
! While towing the machine from Troy to
| Derby it ran off a bank and was further
| damaged. The writ sets up that the
| automobile was delivered to the defend
| ant and that through the carelessness of
| himself or his employees IL was 'lost 4"
| 1t further alleges that the defendant
came into possession of the automobile
| by finding" cat the foot Of the bank
| presumably, but that the defendant
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