Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-08-26
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A meeting of the Sunshine society will
be held this afternoon in Echo park. The
boat will leave the landing at 3 o'clock.
The Hydrofountain club will hold its
annual outing on the Valley fair grounds
tomorrow Impromptu sports will be the
feature of the gathering.
l. ID. Bailey, administrator, has sold the
Abner Bailey house and land in West
Dummerston to Mr.. and Mrs Otis Adams
of Brattleboro, who will occupy the prem
Uses about Sept. 1 with Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Adams.
Sedgwick woman's Relief corps will
hold picnic at Echo park Tuesday after
nOon If pleasant. If not pleasant, the
picnic will be held Wednesday afternoon.
Boats will leave for the park at 2 o'clock
and will return at $50 All members are
requested to be present.
Rev. cyrus p. Osborne Of the Boston
Seaman's Friend society will preach in
the Congregational church Sunday. The
leader of the devotional service in the
chapel tonight will be Rev. II. A. Good
hue. Rev r. NJ. Houghton is expected
to return from Laingsburg Mich, the
first of next week
baseball game between the Bellows
Falls and Keene teams viii be played on
the Valley fair grounds this afternoon
at 315. Special cars will run to the
grounds. The Bellows Falls battery will
be Pelky of the Worcester team in the
New England league and Mayo, while
Keene's battery will be Ganley of Dart
mouth and Allaire
Quonektacat tribe of Red Men and
Pocahontas council were represented at
the great council in Bellows Falls this
week. The degree team of 20 members
eXemplified the work Wednesday even
ing in a way which drew enthusiastic APP
plauSe. John Wilson was the official del
npgt 70 hn aV,1 I IDar 90.
and II. e. Harris represented the tribe.
Examinations on makeup work the past
summer will be held in the high school
room Saturday, Sept. 8, at 8 a. m. Prin-
cipal +. b. Smith will be in the high
school room that day from 2 to o'clock
and on the following Monday from 9
o'clock TO noon for consultation with
parents or pupils who may wish to see
him The fall term of school will begin
Tuesday, Sept 6.
The national Grand Army encampment
will be held in Atlantic City the week
of Sept. 10. The Vermont contingent will
go via the Central Vermont railroad,
through Brattleboro to New London,
thence by boat to Jersey City and from
there by rail to destination. The round
trip fare from Brattleboro will be $1O.45
The train will leave here at ( p m, Sept
10 and will arrive in Atlantic City at
noon Sept. 20.
James Lyon, =, son of Mi and Mrs
Patrick Lyon of Reed street, sustained a
bad fracture of the right arm Tuesday
while playing with companions near his
home. The boys were on the grass and
one of them tipped the Lyon boy over
backward. He landed on his arm in
such way that it was fractured near the
elbow. surgeon was sent for the and
fracture was reduced. The boy is doing
well and rapid recovery is expected.
In the meeting of the selectmen last
night protest was received from resi-
dents of Centreville regarding the prac-
tlce of using the bank near Crosby street
FOR dumping ground. The complainants
explained that not only were ashes dump
ed there in quantity, but garbage was
thrown there as we'll The dumping place
is close to the spring which supplies the
watercure buildings and it is claimed
that surface water runs from the dump
to the spring. Selectman a. T.. Merrill
will investigate the conditions and If nee
esstry the health officer will be called in
to take action.
The Snowflake corn canning factory will
open for the season this afternoon and it
is expected that the season will be fairly
satisfactory considering the weather con-
dltlons which have prevailed the past two
months The drought has put the corn
back somewhat, and unless there is rain
before the season is over the output may
began picking corn yesterday afternoon
and good quantity reached the factory
thus morning Help is plentiful, the usual
crowd of tramps having drifted in for the
work. Some of these men come year
after year and they are for the most part
good workers. Many of them have been
about the village the past few days wait
ing for the factory to open
William Cushman, the well known
builder and contractor, has been awarded
the contract for the erection of the Ma
sonic temple, which will be built as an
addition to the DR. O'Connor house on
the lot between the First Ba ptist church
and the Free library. The building com
mlttee will furnish and place the iron
work under special contract, but Mr.
CuShman VIII do the eXcaVating put i'm
the concrete work, erect the new build
ing ana make some changes in the pres
ent house w. J. Pentand, jr, will have
the contract for the plumbing and Hor-
ton d. Walker the contract for the cleo
trlcaI equipment. Mr.. Cushman agrees
10 nave the building completed ready for
occupancy by April /, 1911
Arrangements were completed yester
day whereby Miss Jennie Bushee will be-
come the landlady at the Rrattleboro
House Sept l, succeeding Landlord Cecil
=. Turner, who has been proprietor the
past year and half. Mr.. Turner decided
recently to give up the management of
the hotel and notified the owners, the
Springfield Breweries company, to that
eHect. The company tried to induce Mr.
turner to reconsider. but without success.
representatives of the owners came to
Brattlehoro Wednesday and bought Mr.
turner's furniture and arranged with
James b. Randoll to look after the hotel
property Arrangements also were made
Tor improvements in the property, both
inside ard outside. Mr.. Turner has not
made definite plans for the future but he
may lease a hosiery elsewhere. For the
past two years Miss Bushee has been
table girl in the hotel
Deafness on the part of the driver Of
horse resulted in an automobile acct
dent a mile and half north of Newfane
Tue Sday. Mrs Edward Holmes of New
York, who is spending the summer at the
Mclrose on Linden street, was on her
way to Townshend in her automobile, ac-
companied by her two daughters, her son
and John l.. Howard of Green street, be-
sides the chauffeur. At the same time
DIR. a. d. Nash, veterinary, who lives
between Townshend and Newfane, was
driving to Newfane on a two wheeled
roadcart Bert Hardy, a 14-year-old boy
riding with him. The car collided with
the roadcart, crushing both wheels and
throwing both occupants out Dr. Nash
landing down behind the horse The
Hardy boy was taken i'm the car to the
sum ner home of Dr. Bruce of New York
who is in Townshend, where it was
found that he was not injured beyond
being brushed and shaken. Neither was
Dr. Nash badly hurt. Mrs. Holmes sum-
moned lawyer Frank r, Barber by tele-
phone and satisfactory settlement for
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