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


thor of Uncle Toms Cabin" will !
preach in the Congregational church Sun
day morning
About 20 members of Sunshine society |
went to Spofford lake Wednesday and |
enjoyed the day with Mrs. A. w. Rock
well at her cottage.
Prof Williston Walker of Yale uni
versity will deliver lecture in the
chapel of the Congregational church to-
night at 7i45, subject, congregational
ISM"
Horace w. Goodell and Mrs. Helen
Hall Ashwell were married Wednesday
in Wiliamsvile by Rev. o. e. Newton.
Mr. Goodel is a farmer and both Mr..
and Mrs. Goodell are well known in
town.
Frank DIN Packard and Catherine e.
Gary, both of Hinsdale, were married
Tuesday evening by Rev. Roy M.
Houghton. They were unattended. Mr..
Packard is a brckmason and Is employ
ed in Hnsdale.
Sunday Sept. "a, will be observed as
Rally day in the Congregational Sunday
school. Rev. b. S. Winchester d. D.,
of the Congregational Sunday School and
Publishing Society will speak in the
morning and later will conduct a confer
ence for teachers.
Two new games in the high school
football schedule have been arranged by
Manager Julius Kuech this week. The
team will meet the Keene high school
team Saturday, Oct. IA, at Keene and on
Saturday, oct. 2S, will go to Saxtons
River to play the Vermont academy
team.
Judge Frank Worden and Judge r. l..
Hastings, County Clerk f. D. F.. Stowe,
Sheriff G. c. Wright and Attorney E. j.
TUESDAY Npwfane
and opened the fall term of the Wind
| ham county court and, owing to the i'll
ness of Judge Stanton Immediately ad-
| journed court to Oct. H.
A meeting of Brattleboro lodge, N. E.
| o. p, was held Wednesday evening to
| elect secretary and financial secretary in
place of officers who had resigned.
| Spencer w. Knight was elected secretary
and Mrs. Ellen Herrick financial secre-
tary. Major Fillmore, state deputy, of
| Bennington made a few remarks on the
| good of the order.
A pleasant afternoon was spent Sun
| day by about 30 members of Stark com
| pany Red Mems league, at a point just
| below the suspension bridge. After en-
| joying luncheon three group photo
| graphs were taken of the officers, the
| non commissioned officers and the entire
| company. A drill was held and the
|
The hunting season opened today
| Within the past week Town Clerk c. s.
| Hopkins has issued 60 hunters licenses
Up to last Friday morning he had issued
| % and the records showed yesterday that
| So resident and two nonresident IL
censes had been issued, The dealers in
hunting goods report that no great
| amount of ammunition has been sold in
anticipation of the opening day.
THE Newlyweds and Their Baby
| pleased a good sized audience last even
ing in the Auditorium. The fondness of
| "LoVey" and "Dovey" for "Snookums'
| kept the audience in laughter and the
| pranks of that precious youngster were
a good show in themselves. The attrac-
ton was "A musical comedy of the eX-
travaganza variety and was full of gem
eral hilarity. The principals and cno-
ruses sang songs that some of the au-
dience We're whistling when they left the
Auditorium and the piece was replete
with dancing, brilliant costumes, scenic
specialties and girls
| Following the cold wave Wednesday a
frost came that night and did much dam
| age to gardens and fruit in this locality
1t was the earliest frost in 40 years and
therefore was unexpected by farmers
and fruit growers. The amount of dam
age done was not fully realized unit
the sun struck the places that had beer
bitten. The peach crop especially was
damaged, one man in Dummerston re-
porting that his entire crop would mo-
be worth the trouble to pick it. other,
reported that although they had picked
some of their fruit enough remained OF
the trees so that the frost meant a los.
of many dollars to them.
Jacob Dunbar was arrested about
o'clock Wednesday morning by Chief-of'
Police Wilson. Dunbar had taken off hi.
shoes in front of the Brooks House ant
was walking barefooted on the crushed
stone that had been placed on the stree
| by Road Commissioner Perry. At the
police station he gave his name and sale
that he lived in Poughkeepsie, n. Y
Chief Wilson communicated with a trav
cling man from that city and he identi'
fled Dunbar as resident there
From Dunbar's talk and actions 1t wa:
thought that he was insane and so the
chief communicated with the authorities
| of Poughkeepsie An officer arrived
here Wednesday evening and yesterday
morning accompanied Dunbar back tC
the New York city, where it is expected
he will be committed to an institution
for the insane.
With six carloads Of machinery reauy
to be put in place, the opening of tn,
, Fort Dummer Mills cotton factory Is bu
a few weeks away. Probably within
three months the first cotton cloth will
, be made at the mill. When asked TINS
week what grade of cotton would b,
produced Supt Worsnop said that ma
chinery would be installed capable O
manufacturing any grade of cotton blu
that he expected to begin making a me
dunn grade for which there is a demand
. which probably will grow. Although tn,
machines will turn out any grade, from
that which retails for seven cents
yard to expensive, fancy weaves. sucl
as is made In the mills in New Bedford
Mass, the demand for the medium
priced weave warrants making tina
kind. When the mill opens between a
and 80 hands will be employed, and thi
number will be increased gradually t.
about $50. The idea that 500 hands
would be employed Mr.. Worsnop said
was a false impression. The raw cot
ton will be bought from brokers and tn
: product Will be sold to jobbers, as Il
customary In most mills. The prospect
are that business will be good and will
| the demand for cotton increasing /
> looks as though the mill had a prosperous
! | future before it, Superintendent Wors
/ mop is living in the home of Scion Rich
, mond, He expects his family, who ar
, | In Pawtucket, II. L., to come here with
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