Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-29
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Sedgwick womans Relief corps is in
vited to a lawn party Tuesday after
noon with Mrs Georgia Stone, Is Myrtle
street.
Rev Father Carmody announced Sun
day that St Michael's Roman Catholic |
church would have picnic about the
middle of August.
The ladies' aid society of the Methodist
church will hold their regular business
meeting in the church parlors Wednes-
day afternoon at O'clock
Myron p. Davis has sold the business
of the Brattleboro Wood company. includ-
ing all of the horses and equipment. to
j. S. Smith. Mr.. Smith will conduct the
business from his residence, Is High
street, and will have his wood yard on
South Main street He will be prepared
to do light and heavy trucking.
The local Masonic directory for 1910
mas just been issued. 1t shows a mem
bership in the different Masonic bodies a $
follows Columbian lodge 1871; Brattle-
boro lodge 227; Fort Dummer chapter
II. A. NJ 1870; Connecticut Valley coun-
Gil, r. & 5. M, 1903; Beauseant command
cry X. T., 1853; Bingham chapter, o. e. S.
204.
Brattleboro defeated Charlestown. n.
H., in a round robin match on the North
End tennis court Monday to /. Follow
ing are the scores: Pollard of Charles
town beat II. p. Greene 6-3 c. II.
Thompson of Brattleboro beat Pollard
90 Thompson beat Perry 6-3. Thompson
and Greene beat Perry and Pollard &c,
6-3, Ga. return match will be played
in CharlestOwn early next week.
Deputy Sheriff c. f. Mann served a
body writ in a suit for $4,000 on Ernest
L. Burbee of Springfield, Mass, Tuesday.
Mr. Burbee came here in an automobile
on business connected with case in the
Windham county court and he was ar
rested by the officer, but he furnished
bail in the form of real estate in Wind
ham. Mr. Burbee has been engaged in
extensive numbering operations in Wind
ham and Dover The charge which is
made against him is that he converted
a lumber mill in Windham to his own
use
The civil suit of Prucius w. Manley of
Dummerston against l.. S Foster Of Hal
flax was heard Saturday in Chase *
Daley's office before Justice Lewis Lynde
of Dummerston. The suit was brought to
recover the balance alleged to be due on
account of the sale of some hay to the
defendant 1t appeared that $40 had been
paid on the account, and the defendant
claimed that about $50 more was due
The court took off $l5 from this claim
and allowed the plaintiff interest. making
the total ward S5O.1S with costs Chase
& Daley appeared for the plaintiff and
Haskns K Schwenk for the defendant.
Substantial progress has been made
this week on the abatement of the sewer
nuisance near the factory of the White
River Chair company The work which
is being done now is for the Connecticut
River Power company. but as soon as a
new pipe line is laid from the pumping
station nOrthward to the junction with
the old sewer work will be begun to eX-
tend the village sewer southwark to con
meet at the same point When the pump
ing station is connected with the old
sewer there will be ample pressure from
the pumps to clear out anything which
may be in the pipe from the point OF
meeting to the old outlet in the river.
Fire in the clothing store of Warren and
Avery Miller in Springfield this state,
caused a heavy damage Sunday morning.
The fire started in the basement in a pile
of waste papers and boxes. The confined
space prevented it from blazing up bright
ly, but the papers and rubbish smoul-
dered and created a dense smoke which
filed the store above that it was i'm
possible to enter it for some time. The
fire was discovered and eXtinguished
quickly without using any water except
in the basement. Some damage was done
there, but the chief damage was caused
by smoke in the upper store. The stock
was insured, and an adjustment of the
damage will be made within a few days.
Milkmen are expecting a decided short
age in the milk supply in the near future
unless the weather conditions change.
Although there has been some rain since
the prolonged drought the springs are
very low and the pastures are drying up
rapidly The cows began to feel the
effects of the short pasturage a week or
two ago and most of the farmers are
obliged to feed at the barns in order to
exc out a supply. Aside from natural
shrinking in the supply of milk from
this cause there is shortage in the
number of good cows Nearly all Of the
milkmen are on the watch for extra cows
to tide them over a season of possible
scarcity and any cow that is for sale is
taken quickly. The large quantity Of
milk which is being sent to Boston takes
away the possibility of an extra supply
such as the milkmen had formerly.
The high wind which accompanied the
shower Monday afternoon did much dam
age in the region about Brattleboro. Tall
crops We're whipped about and broken
and tall grass and grain was lodged
badly. The wind blew on the river with
terrific force few minutes. Boatmen
who were at the river cottages say that
they never saw such a commOton stirred
up in the water in so short time. The
wind lasted only a few minutes. but
many large trees on the edge of the
water were tipped over and uprooted
In trip from the island boathOuse to
near DummcrstOn Island Tuesday morn
ing one boatman encountered - trees
floating in the water and there We're
Others lying along the banks. These
trees are some that stood well up on
the bank Of the natural river but when
the high water came from building the
dam the soil about their roots was wash
ed away partially and the roots which
retained a firm hold were unable to
Withstand the strain of the wind.
Julia NJ Shaw of Hinsdale, n. H. has
brought suit against Lester F. Clark
Welthie r. Clark, John f, Dix and Hiram
f. Weatherhead all of Brattleboro, to
recover damages of $1,000 and costs on the
ground of fraudulent representation. The
suit Is brought through Gibson & Water
man, The plaintiff states that on March
20, of the present year, the Clarks owned
farm of 10 acres north of the highway
near the Baptist church in Hlnsdale and
that it was in the possession of Dix under
bond for a deed given him by the
Clarks. She says she was an expert
platter in white metal in which work 1t
was necessary to use large quantities of
water, and that she was DESTROYS of buy
ing a farm on which there was a large
water supply. On the date mentioned
March 20, 1910, the plaintiff claims that
Mr.. Weatherhead was agent for the
Clarks and Dix, that the defendants rep
resented to her that the farm in question
had large and never failing supply of
pure water in the well by means of
which representation she was induced to
buy the farm, paying therefor $1,000 She
alleges that there was not and never had
been a large and never falling SUNNY of