Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-07-29

chapel service at the RETREAT SuHu"S
afternoon at o'clock.
Members of the odd Fellows third de-
gree team and their families will hold a
basket picnic at Echo park next Sunday
The boat will leave Bigelow's wharf at
9 a. M, and returning will leave the park
at p. m.
The water in the Connecticut river
has come this week within few inches
of the record height of the spring. The
deep water in the river makes conditions
very pleasant for the boating parties GO
ing up and down the river.
The first Sunday afternoon concert
given by the First Regiment band on
the common last Sunday attracted
large crowd. Family parties enjoyed
themselves on the grass and many chill
dren had an opportunity to listen to the
music.
Deputy Sheriff c. I. Knapp, who was
receiver of he bankrupt stock of
George Gibbs's five and ten cent store,
has sold the stock to Charles Miner
and A. w. j. wilkins. They will con-
duct the store for short time, at
least, and w. II. Gedds will have
charge of closing out the stock for them.
In addition to the stake RACES at Val
| ley fair Sept. 26, q and %, the following
| class races will be held entries for which
$500; 22i trot purse $500; 2,19 pace, purse
300; 215 pace, purse $500. With $4,000 Of
fered in purses for trottng and pacing
races, including a $1,000 stake free-for-
all, the racing this year ought to be
first class sport.
After the business meeting of Protec-
tive Grange Wednesday evening the fol-
lowing musical program was given:
Piano and cello selections, Miss Helen
| Hopkins and Carl S. Hopkins vocal solos,
Mrs c. e. Farnum; piano solos, Miss
| Tracy Cushman; reading, II. w. Sargent
| After the program lemonade and waters
were served and social time and card
playing were enjoyed.
one of Mosher & Cobb's teams that
! had been hired by the telephone com
pany came around the corner of High
and Main streets Monday morning
| shortly after S o'clock and as 1t did so
the right fore wheel collapsed. The
driver was almost thrown to the ground
but he managed to land without injur-
ing himself. The horse stopped in
front of the Episcopal church.
With the aid of two men Selectmen A.
e. Merrill this week laid several new
panks in the bridge to the island and
also repaired part of the underpinning
under the roadway. The work of TAX
ing care of the bridges is looked after
by Mr.. Merrill and he makes regular
trips by bicycle to all the bridges UNI
der his jurisdiction Some of the re-
pairs are not difficult and he makes
them himself, thus saving time and eX-
pense in keeping the bridges in goot
condition.
The office of second assistant physician
at the Bratteboro Retreat has been filled
by the appointment of DIR. Herbert w
Taylor one of the honor men who grad
uated from the medical department OF
the University of Vermont, class of 1911
He entered upon his duties Tuesday DR.
Taylor served as inferno at the Retrea
during the summer of 1910, and is ex'
ceptonally well qualified by education
and natural fitness for psychopathi'
work. He is a native and resident o
Fairfax, Vermont.
Although several showers Wednesda!
afternoon prevented carrying out thu
plan of having sales tables on the law
of Mrs. Hooker's residence, the children!
fair given by Killion V. r. Lansingh, Miss
Emily Lansingh and Miss Abby Fule
Hooker was a success in every way. TIL
tables We're placed on the piazza and
good array of novelties were offered 70
sale and lemonade was served a mum
Der of young people were present durinl
the afternoon and generously patronize,
the tables. The fair was for the benefi
of a poor family.
The Central Vermont Railway compan
has begun the work of installing vending
machines in all its coaches in order t
provide individual drinking cups to tax
the places of the public drinking cups
For a cent a person is able to secure on
cup. When the board of health ordere
public cups abolished the company wa
obliged to remove all the cups which ha
iAI hA rata tur1lyc
: the cars. A large number of cars hav
the machines and others will be place
: in the remaining cars as soon as possible
Russell Briggs Richmond, who wa
2 born in Brattleboro Feb 8, 1885, die
e July 10 in his home in Utica, Neb., afte
| | a lingering illness. Mr.. Richmond MAJ
ried Sarah L. Mowry May 20, 1857, an
s they lived in Leyden, Mass until 1856
s when they moved to Illinois. In 1SS
S they settled on a farm in Seward count.
a Nebraska four miles south of Utica, an
S since 1898 they had lived in the village
Utica. Mr. Richmond was a past mob
grand of the lodge of odd Fellows
Utica and over 100 members of the ord'
: attended the funeral. He is survived b
his wife, two sons and two sisters. NJ
n and Mrs F. S. Ashcroft of Greenwoo
y Neb., and Charles Whitman of Grand Isl
y Neb., were among the relatives from
II distance who attended the funeral. NJ
y Richmond has several relatives living
Brattleboro and vicinity at the preser
) time.
q In accordance with a petition recent
; received by the board of selectmen Il
h members went Saturday afternoon ar
g examined tIat part of South Main sire
n which the petitioners wish straightene
! | They spent a short time there and tn,
h went to the rooms in the town he
# building and discussed the matter. \
# persons in favor or opposed to the pr
"a ttion appeared. 1t will take abo
# $500 to straighten this section of Sou
a Main street so as to bring 1t closer
% the bank near Fort Drummer Heights al
west of the Fort Drummer monumer
As this is the main entrance to Il
8 town from the south and the straigh
o ening of the street would be an improv
e ment the selectmen have Incorporate
If the warrant of the special town NEE
: ing to be held Thursday, Aug. 10, at
l. p. m, an article pertaining to the pr
s, posed change The same evening Il
l. question of charging the Brooks
n brary building will come before L
t. voters of the town. An enlargement
m necessary in order that the town mi
= receive the benefit of the gift of Mrs.
m A. Loud of Boston, who, under conditio
rs that a room be provided for a large &C
l. lection of valuable books, brio a-brac. C
If rios and other property Of her late hu
~ band, has donated them to the town.