Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-08

The annual meeting and election of
officers of ST. Michael's court, Catholic
Order of Foresters, will be held Tuesday
evening.
James Heyar began surveying Tuesday
morning to locate boundary lines on the
property at the corner of Main and Flat |
streets occupied by Mosber, Cobb &
Blood's livery stable
The annual meeting of the Free Ma
sons of the eighth district of Vermont
which includes all the lodges in Wind
| ham county, will be held in the Ma
sonic temple in Brattleboro Jan 49,
The December meeting of the Brattle-
boro chapter, ID. a. r., will take place
| in the home of Mrs. G. b. Lamson next
| Tuesday and will take the form of a
Christmas sewing party. Mrs. Lamson
| and Mrs. Emogene White will be the
| hostesses. The treasurer will receive
| annual dues
Brattleboro people who exhibited fowls
| at the poultry show this week in Bellows
| Falls, were: Fayette Miller, Orpingtons
| ]. w. lizard, white Plymouth Rocks; d.
| w. Feloh, Rhode Island Reds: A. F.
| Roberts, rose-combed white Leghorns
| Milestone Brook yards, game Bantams
and Rhode Island Reds. They were very
successful although there was an excel
| lent showing of fine birds, about 800 in
| number.
Childrens day will be observed next
|
| Thornton w Burgess of Springfield,
Mass, will tell the little people some
odd Mother West Wind Stories" Mr.. |
Burgess has become well known as a |
friend of the children through his animal |
| stories in Good housekeeping. He has |
| also published two books, "Old Mother |
| West Wind" and Mother West Winds |
Children" in which various small ami
mails have been personified, yet retaining
their animal characteristics. These
| hay tea
ers as well by children and their
parents The Journal of Education has
said: Nowhere have natures ways
S been more attractively revealed in pure
e story fashion"
n The Italian laborers who have been
4 | employed by the Central Vermont rail-
d road the past month building the road
/. | from Vernon street to the freight yard
# were discharged Saturday afternoon and
II the donkey engine that had been used to
y operate the derrick and provide steam for
1t the drills was boarded in. 1t is said by
r railroad men that no more work will be
done on the ledge and on the road until
= spring. Several of the Italians secured
+ work in town and the others went to their
a, homes in Boston and other cities. The
= suspension of work has no connection
"a | whatever with the negotiations between
~ the Central Vermont and Boston & Maine
" railroads for an adjustment of their diff
= lerences Those negotiations are pro-
n, crossing favorably.
ne Jean Baptiste Paquette and Miss Hor-
tx tense Mary st. Cyr were married Satur-
In day morning at O'Clock in st. Michael $
ge Roman Catholic church by Rev. Father
mt f. c. Fountain, curate of the parish.
The bride wore a blue travelling suit and
hat to match and was attended by Miss
ne Mary Bowler who wore a blue gown and
OH a black hat. Paul Iavoie was best man.
ne Following the ceremony wedding break
by fast served in the home of the bride
ne on Church street. Mrs Paquette is a
ne daughter of Mrs. Philomene st. Cyr and
on has attended the Canal street and Paro-
on chial schools. Mr.. Paquette is a native OF
We Lewiston, Me-, and came here several
les months ago to work on the construction
ey of the Fort Dummer cotton mill. He is
un now foreman of a gang who are setting
lst up machinery in the mill.
ne The bailffs appointed Attorney a. F
~ Schwenk to hear the suit of the towr
Us against Frank O. Carpenter Wednesday
afternoon in place of Justice John f
on Gale, who was appointed two weeks ago
of The suit is to recover a balance of Sl5 Il
nd of the 1909 tax and the 1910 tax of $12 30
les Attorney Schwenk decided that as III
ng was taxpayer in the town he had NJ
lst jurisdiction in the case and it was con
is tinued to Monday. This suit had beer
&C. taking more less of the time of sew
to eral attorneys for weeks. Judge Daley
OIL having been retained by the defendant
ir is not qualified to act and the statutes
a
i'm of the town If the municipal judge is no
is qualified Another statute says that
n taxpayer in the town cannot hear case
bo in which the town is interested. Th
I'd leaves the lawyers facing a proposition
~ that they are trying to solve. 1t wa
49, decided that Justice Gale could not hea
the case because he was not residen
,a and also because he was a taxpayer
to Frederick G. Richardson, 80. uncle o
ng Lucius II. Richardson and Frederick a
mt | Richardson, died Nov. % in Chicago 4
the home of his daughter, Mrs. George +
49, Shipman. Mr.. Richardson was born 1
las West Brattleboro, one of the 10 childre
ces of Isaiah and Betsey Richardson, @
whom the only survivor is Charles
ms Richardson of Princeton, Ill. One of tn
ltn brothers was William f. Richardson tn
zen veteran marketman of Brattleboro VIII
IL died Jan. A. 1897. +. G. Richardson wa
We at one time associated with Chauncey
the Filley, prominent Republican political
the in St, Louis Later he was engaged /
the the shoe business in Boston and afte
wo this was interested in mining properte
md in Leadville, Colorado. He retired frol
rry business Is years ago. Mr.. Richardson
sh, wife died in February. 1906. He leave
VII n son, Lieut.. w. G.. Richardson, retired
Iiss of the United States navy, and Mrs
ard Shipman, whose husband is n member {
the firm of Shipman * Wayne. insurano
the agents, in Chicago. Mr. Richardson las
DIV, visited his native town in the summer {
as 1905
ma About $50 o'clock Saturday night Ere
10 Bigelow, Miss Eta Baker and Mis-
Belle Baker We're thrown from car
Re- riage and two of the party sustaine
hip painful injuries. According to witness'
,et- Bgelow was driving the horse on West
on. ern avenue and began to race an cleo
the trio ear. Instead of following the ca
i'm down Oak street he continued dow
the High street and into Main street. TIL
yed horse travelling rapidly and WEI
md down Main street at a reckless spec
res After crossing Milestone bridge Bigelo'
MS turned the horse and carriage aroun
yra and the wheels caught in the street raj
rks way tracks and the carriage began t
ey, tip over. Bgeow landed on his ches
Sa- and face on the vitrihed brick surfac
asst of the bridge The horse continued Il
10 Main street and turned into Flat stree
the when Policeman Worden waved his arms
ed In front of Mosher. Cobb Il Blood
the stable the carriage was oVerturne
EN- and the two women were throw
ain out. They were taken into the stabl
va and DR.. f, IL. O'Connor was called ii
lch Miss Eta Baker was suffering with
ors sprained ankle and scratches and Mis-
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