Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-15

town.
Beginning next Sunday high mass will
he celebrated in st. Michaels Roman
Catholic church at 1915 instead of 1890,
in order to have time for instructions at
0 o'clock mass Vespers and benedic-
lions will be held at 7.30 in the evening.
The funeral of Frederick F. White was
held Sunday afternoon in the home of
his daughter Mrs Addie Butterfield,
Rev DIR. j. r. Cow officiating. Miss
Caroline Clark sang and relatives were
bearers. The burial took place in Pros
poet Hill cemetery.
On account of the inability of THE
Girl in the Taxi" company to reach
Bratteboro in time for matinee per-
noon performance necessarily will be
omitted. but the company will play In
the evening as advertised.
John Bosk, the twirler who materially
helped the Islanders to win the pennant
IN the Twin State league race, married
Sept. Miss Frieda Adler of Fitchburg
The couple went to Utica, where Mr.
Bosk is pitching for the Utica team In
The New York state league.
Onsow Thompson, star half back of
the Brattleboro high school football
team last year. has Joined the training
squad at Norwich university. The North
field News gives him first mention among
the freshmen who have shown good abll-
ity He will probably get into the game
against Dartmouth Sept. i27
Miss Alta Pease of Brattleboro, who
| has been employed in Wilmington, was
married to oscar Ware of that town
| Sent 4 by Rev. A. ALBERT, pastor of the
| Wilmington Baptist church The mar
rlagt took place in the parsonage. Mr..
and Mis-. Ware will live on a farm near
| Jacksonville which Mr.. Ware recently
| bought.
Everything points to a large exhibit in
| the poultry department at the Valley
| fair While the entries do not close I'M
til Sept q. when enough have been re-
ceived to fill the building, the right is
| reserved to return all entries. Local ex-
| hibitors are requested to make entries
early if they wish to exhibit.
Public requests of more than $27 900 are
| contained in the will of the late Fred
| erlck II. Harris of Springfield, Mass.
| Private requests amount to more than
| 100000 The residue which will amount
| to several hundred thousand dollars, is
| given to son, Frederick Harris. The
| testator was a native of Brattleboro
and member of the Chaplin family
District Attorney c. T. Callahan of
Springfield, Mass, said Monday that
| Bertrtm G, Spencer of that city, who
| shot Miss Martha b. Blackstone and
| who confessed to Brattleboro burglaries,
would be tried on the charge of murder
| i'm the November term of the superior
criminal court. No motion will be made
at the sitting next week to have "A spec
ial date set for the trial
The New England Telephone and
! Telegraph company have this week is
| sued a supplement to the regular direc-
tories, containing the changes in tele-
| phone numbers in Brattleboro and Bel
| lows Falls. During the past few months
about 60 per cent of the telephone num-
| bers in this town have been changed
| and the directory is welcome as it great
| ly facilitates telephone communication.
Coach Hughes will accompany the high
school football team to Bellows Falls to-
morrow for the first regular game of the
season, to be played against Bellows
Falls high school on Barber park The
team will be made up as follows: Cen
tire, Marion; guards, Brown, NJ. Haskell
Curtis tacels, Adams and Wentworth
ends, Crosby and Denning; quarter back
| Thayer and Sherman; half backs, Weed
en- and W. Haskell; full back, Taylor
substitutes, Angler, Pierce and Harlow
The executive committee of the Valley
Fair association have appointed W. j
| Pentland, jr., to again have charge of the
decorating of the streets during fail
week. This work was carried out by
Mr. Pentland last year with fine effec
which won praise on all sides. He plan!
to again introduce the electric light fea
lures and to have the streets decorated
all the way from Wells fountain to thu
fair grounds and to bring out move
effects on all telephone and electric ligh
poles Mr.. Pentland, within a few days
will solicit the business section 70
funds to be used in this work.
The case of Miss Jennie Bushe
against the town of Brattleboro wa
heard before Justice Lewis Lynde o
, Dummerston Saturday Miss Bushe
sued the town for a bill of sl0,65 for tn
care of the former overseer of the poor
Clancy was boarded at the Brattlebor
! House several weeks while under thu
care of the former oVerseer of the poor
Hiram Weatherhead, and Miss Bushe
: claimed in her bill that part of the none.
was for four blankets in which Glance.
was wrapped when taken from the hote
to the town farm. Justice Lynde decide,
that the town should pay $3.50. A. +
Carpenter appeared for the town ant
Gibson & Waterman for Miss Bushee.
Charles II. Chase, former well-know
Brattleboro boy, is being strongly sup
ported for the Republican nomination
for register of deeds in Northampton
, Mass. He is a son of the late Majo
: Henry r. Chase Shortly after gradu
atng from the Brattleboro high schoC
i'm 1885 Mr.. Chase moved to NorthamI
: ton, where he has been superintendent c
q, the manufacturing department of tn
Kingsbury box and printing compan
the past IS years. He was a member q
the Republican city committee severe
years, councilman from ward in tn
city government in 1902 and 1903, an
e since 1904 has been secretary of the boar
e of trustees of the Forbes library. II
Y has been prominent in Masonic circle
f and is a past eminent commander {
e the commandery of Knights Templar /
i Northampton.
Although the regular season of tn
Twin State league is closed at least on
more game will be played on Island parl
$ if the weather conditions do not inter
l fere. Last Sunday the Brattleboro ag
e gregation went to Turner's Falls and de
d feated the strong team of that town I
o 3. Dug" Smith. the high school phe
= nomenon, at that time met his first de
Q feat in % games and he and his team
e mates are looking for revenge Conse
C quently a game has been arranged fo
T tomorrow afternoon at the Island par
h grounds Vance OF the Islanders Is no'
' captain and manager of the Brattlebor
/. Indepe ndents and he has signed McCre
S han, Wheeler and Burns of the Ben
nington team. These members of tn
: state champions will strengthen the lC
9 cal teams lineup and an interestin
: game should result Burns probably wi
n oppose Smith. and each man has a repu