Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-08-04
BRATTLEBORO.

Carroll H. Wood this morning had |
Gypsy 3D." his new boat taken from
the loft over l.. II. Stelman & Sons |
machine shop to the river.
Rev. Horace F. Hoton of Kansas city
Mo, will occupy the pulpit in the Con-
gregational church Sunday morning. Al
the Sunday school session the various
departments will meet together for the |
opening exercises.
Judge ]. l.. Martin has denied the pc
+ion of the Central Vermont Railway |
company for an injunction restraining |
the public service commission from en-
forcing its mandate for eliminating a
grade crossing at White River junction.
William j. Galpin and Joseph Lyon,
employees of the New England Telephone
and Telegraph company have been in
town looking over the right OF way 1or
a new toll line which will probably be
extended to Brattleboro-l Bennington
Banner.
Anybody in need of a tonic should
hear the Musical Bitters, who are APP
bearing at Island park this week Their
act is of the musical order and is giving
much pleasure. The Musical Bitters
made a hit last evening at their first
performance at the park
In the meeting of sedgwick post, G..
A. r., Wednesday evening the post
was pTeSeHlcu Il ldl SC plNNNiS VI INV 49,
Col. II. e. Taylor, who was commander
in 1S69-7O. The picture is in weathered
oak frame. Colonel Taylors son, Linn
ID. Taylor, presented the gift. in few
we'll chosen words.
The August meeting of Bratteboro
chapter, d. a. r., will be held next
Wednesday and will take the form of an
outing at Echo park. The boat VIII
leave the landing at 3 o'clock and will
start back at $50 Members are at lib
erty to take guests upon payment of
the transportation charges If the
weather Wednesday is stormy the meet
ing will take place Thursday.
The seventh annual convention of the
Vermont Rural Letter Carriers associa-
ton will be held in Rutland Aug. and
TO- Postmaster George f. Pease of Rut-
land and Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General p. V. DeGraw will speak, Par
GELS post will be discussed from the
standponts of the patrons, merchants
and the express companies. Every ru-
raj carrier in Wndham county who
possibly can attend is urged to do so.
A special town meeting will be held
Thursday evening, Aug. TO- at o'clock
in Festival hall to see if the town will
appropriate money to enlarge the public
library building in order to receive the
benefit of a gift of books and other ar
ticles from Mrs c. A. Loud of Boston,
and to see if the town will appropriate
money to build a highway from the
junction of South Main street an dthe
junction of South Main street and the
Hunt farm on the Vernon road
The 18th annual reunion of the Miller
family was held Wednesday at the home
of George P. Miller in Gulford. Nearly
so representatives of the family were
present and enjoyed the day In the
afternoon the annual meeting was held
and these officers were elected: Pres.
Luther II. Miller; vice pres, Austin E
Miller; sec, and treas, H. w. Sargent
1t was voted to hold the next meeting
the second week in August instead of the
first week as has been the custom in the
past No members of the family from
outside this locality were present.
Louis d. Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs
r. l.. Greene, observed his second birth
day anniversary Wednesday at a part!
on the lawn between his home anC
grandmother's home from to o'clock
About As of his little friends Responded
to invitations and they enjoyed tn
afternoon in playing in a sand pile, blow
ing soap bubbles, receiving gifts from
trees, playing with a number of toy cart
that were there for the purpose and en-
gaging in a peanut hunt. Each of tn
children wore fancy paper cap and al
enjoyed themselves to the utmost. Re
freshments were served and a groul
photograph was taken. Mrs. r. L
Greene and Mrs L.. d. Greene gave tn
party in his honor.
The hearing on the complaint of tn
Holstein- Friesian association for wha
they termed a smoke nuisance at the ga
house was scheduled for last evening be
fore the board of selectmen in thei
room in the town hall building, but be
cause of the absence of F. L. Houghton
through whom the complaint was mad
to Health Officer Tucker, the meeting
was postponed indefinitely. Both side
have engaged attorneys and when tn
hearing is held it promises to be interest
ing. The most exciting thing to com
before the selectmen last evenig in thel
meeting was a bill that had been sent /
for vacuum bottle, which amounted t
$3.50 This was used in the fire Blac
mountain in Dummerston and the select
men baked when they came to discuss il
The bill will not be paid.
All the options on land for the Bos
ton & Maine Railroad company's rigl
of way from South Vernon to Brattle
boro on the New Hampshire side of tn
river have been taken up and but tw
pieces of land remain to be secured b
condemnation proceedings. One is owr
ed by the Leander Thomas estate an
the other by the Brattleboro Retrea
The proceedings in the case of the Re
treat land will be friendly. as the il
stitution cannot dispose of it exceI
through legal process, but in the cas-
of the Thomas land the company fee
that the price charged is highly e,
orbitant. No news has come from heaC
quarters to indicate that decision ha
been reached to build on the New Ham,
shire side, but the engineers appear
be confident that the proposed line wi
be built on that side.
Tokyo, capital and largest city
Japan and the educational centre of II
East, will be Interestingly presented
Brattleboro people by Rev. and Mrs.
w. Hamblen in the Baptist church Frida
afternoon and evening, August H. Mr.
Hamblen win address a meeting for w
men and girls at o'clock, speaking e.
pecialy of her work among the Japane
women and children. A social hour W
follow and refreshments will be serve
In the regular church service in Il
evening Mr.. Hamblen will not only di
cuss the problems of missionary effort
Tokyo, with it's thousands of studen
and cosmopolitan population, but al
will speak on the broader subject of ge
eral progress throughout the ilsand en-
mira Rev and Mrs Hamblen ha