Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-08-25

IWentN-SeNen persons from TINS TOWN.
went to Lake Sunapee Sunday on the
$50 train, returning at S.34 that even
ing.
The 18th annual convention of the
Universalist churches of Vermont and
quebec will be held in Bethel beginning
Monday. Rev. ID. Il. Trout of this town
is scheduled TO give an address Tuesday.
The Fort Drummer Mills cotton factory
is rapidly nearing completion. Most of
the windows are in place and the work.
men are laying the roofing material In
a short time the floors will be in con-
dition to allow the installation of the
machinery.
The Masonic directory for 1911-1912 has
been issued this week. 1t shows mem
bership in the various Masonic bodies as
follows: Columbian lodge 1874, Brattle-
boro lodge 26i, Fort Dummer Royal Arch
chapter 1874, Connecticut Valley council
ILL., Beauseant commandery, X. T., 16l,
Bingham chapter, o. E. s., POS.
The Valley fair premium list has been
issued this week from the presses of e.
l.. Hidreth & Co 1t Is "a handsome
booklet we'll Illustrated with halftone
pictures Announcement is made of the
vaudeville attractions, which will include
marvellous diving horses. An automobile
parade will take place the second day,
Sept. q.
Rev John r. Cow, d. D., will speak
at the open air service on the common
Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock His top
ic will be THE Exceeding value of the
Moral Commonplace" This will prob
ably be the last of these services for
the season. The music will be furnished
by the Letsinger orchestra and local
vocalists.
Eleven boys, most of whom are mem
bers of E. V. Morse's class in the Bap-
fist Bible school, left Monday morning
for Silver lake, Gresham, where they will
camp a week. The boys are in charge
of A. R. Cow. Mr.. Morse Joined them
later. The party consists of Roy Ad
ans, Verne Adams. Charles Herrick,
Ernest Herrick, Elmer Gray, Verne
Thayer, Robert Thayer, Enrol Richard
son, Joseph Eckels, Hubert r. Hall and
Wyman Curtis.
An audience which exceeded in number
any previous audience at the Sunday
afternoon meetings on the common as
sembled last Sunday to hear the Atlanta
university male quartet and Prof. A. u.
Dill of the university. Prof. Dill, who Is
a graduate of Harvard, told of the work
and needs of the Atlanta institution and
the quartet sang various negro songs,
one of the best introducing in the chorus
the sentence, Everybody t talks about
heaven amt a goin there" generous
offering was made.
The contractors in charge of the work
of building the Austine Institution eX-
pect to begin active work on the cree
ton of the building Monday morning.
Operations have been held back because
of the lack of cement and the nonar-
rival of cement mixer which was or
dered shipped here the day Kennedy IL
Peterson were awarded the contract
Plenty of brick are at hand and the
contractors expect to surprise the peo-
pie of the town with the rapidly with
which the construction work Is carried
on.
Justice F. d. e. Stowe rendered judg-
ment Friday for nonsuit and defendant
to recover his costs in the case of Maui
rice Hale against f. A. Richardson,
guardian for Mrs. Henry Wolcott, at a
hearing before him. The action was
brought to recover $1O2 for special
services rendered to Mrs. Wolcott pre-
vious to Mr.. Richardson's being appoint
ed her guardian. H. G. Barber, who APP
peared for the defendant, suggested to
the court that the plaintiff should be
non-suited on the ground that the action
was brought against Mr.. Richardson.
DR.. Henry d. Holton of this town,
secretary of the state board of health,
gave an address at the health officers
school in Burlington Monday, in which
he said the local health officers in the
various towns had been of the greatest
help in the work of the state board
He showed an improvement in health
conditions, but also stated that there
were three deaths from tuberculosis to
every case of the disease reported not
outstanding the law requiring that all
such cases shall be reported. He told
of the advances toward greater purity
of foods, the addition of fire escapes TO
buildings throughout the state, the war
upon splitting in public places, the pre-
vention of blindness in the newly born,
and the crusade against infantile paraly-
sis. Dr. Holton called attention to the
danger from flies. No flies, said he,
have been found farther than four
fifths of a mile from their place OF blrth.
They feed upon all sorts of human and
animal filth, transferring the germs OF
disease to our food and drink
An injunction was Issued by Judge r.
L. Waterman Saturday afternoon re-
straining the Connecticut River rover
company from cutting trees on the lanu
owned by j. o. Frost in Vernon. line
of transmission towers crosses the
northeast corner of Mr.. Frosts land and
ties, running parallel to MI FROST
nropertv on which there are several pine
trees The power company Tor some
time has been trying to buy these trees
of Mr.. Frost with the intention of cut
ting them down and doing away with
the danger of their being blown across
the wires. The parties have been unable
to come to an agreement and Saturday
afternoon employees of the company went
on the land and began chopplng MT.
Frost's trees He notified the office or
II. G. & f. f. Barber and II. G. Barber,
accompanied by Deputy Sheriff {. r.
Mann, went to Vernon and ordered the
men to stop work under penalty or ar
rest for trespass. Mr.. Barber returned
to Brattleboro, leaving the deputy sherl1
on the property as guard. bill in
chancery was brought against the com
panv and Judge Waterman issued the
Injunction restraining it from cutting
Mr. FrOst's trees.
Elmer w. Bliss, 81, in the early sixties
a prominent manufacturer of this town
and later engaged in business in Chicago
and Erie Pa, died in the home of ms
daughter, Mrs. w f. Goddard, on South
Main street Friday evening of old age
and complications. lie had been IN
failing health since July /. He was
born May 81, 1924, in Royalston, Mass
and was a son of Daniel and Harriet
PeclO Piss. lie attended the publlc
schools of his native wn and in 1881
vert 10 the California gold fields by way
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