Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-05-05

can was in town Wednesday gathering
material for story on the railroad con-
troversy.
A regular monthly meeting of the
Brattleboro Mutual Aid association will
be held Monday at $3.50 in the headquar-
ters Canal street.
May day was observed by the young
people and about every child in town was
a recipient of May basket. The wealth
err was rather chilly throughout the day.
and this interfered somewhat with the
observance.
Combination wagon No. 1 answered
still alarm for Il brush fire Saturday
morning about $50 o'clock The blaze,
which was in the woods back of the home
of +. W. Nichols on Forest street, was
small and eXtinguished easily
While Irving Howard II, was jumping
on the Canal street school ground just
before school Monday afternoon he slip
ped and fell in such a way that he frac-
tured his leg and ankle. He was taken
to his home and later to the Meporial
hospital where Or. c. II. Anderson set
the bones, after which he was taken
home.
Miss Katharine G. Dunlevy public
stenographer, has installed an Edison
commercial photograph in her office In
Crosby block this week. From her notes
she dictates into the machine and the
records made are transcribed upon the
typewriter by her assistant. She Is thus
able to expediate her increasing volume
of work.
The Flying Squadron" of the telephone
company made a house to house canvass
this town four days last week and
90 new subscribers were secured On
Monday the total number of telephones
installed in the district of the Brattleboro
exchange was 1860. This is a remarkably
large number in view of the population
of the district.
The frame of one of the two houses
which e. B. Barrows began building on
the Putnam estate in Esteyville last week
is boarded in and work on the other is
being rushed. There is room on the es-
tate for seven other houses and Mr. Bar
rows expects to build on the lots. Those
in the process of construction Will con-
tain six rooms each.
Gilbert Stacy, &c, died in his home In
Gill, Mass, April 25 following a shock.
He was n son of the late Harrison and
Mary Barnes Stacy of Gill and for more
| than 40 years lived in the house where
he died He was twice married, his
| first wife being Miss Lizzie Atherton,
| daughter of the late Fora Atherton OF
| Gill, and his second wife being Mrs. Eva
Starkey of Northfield who survives. Mr..
|
| marriage Mrs. Gertrude Deane of Millers
| Falls, one daughter, Myra, and one son,
| Harrison, by his second marriage, four
| grandchildren and two sisters, MIS-
Louisa Jewett of Keene and Mrs. Harriet
R. Mcclure of Brattleboro.
Mrs. Bessie Bemis Wellington, As, wife
of f C wellington, died Sunday morn
| ing in her home in Westmoreland. n. H.
after an illness of several weeks. she
| Of tnn Ia q
| Bemis for many years the agent OF the
| American Express company in Brattle-
boro Her mother dying when she was
| very young she was adopted and cared
for by her mothers sister, Mrs George
Halves of Chesterfield. where she lived
until her marriage, which took place
| June g. 1888. Since her marriage she had
lived in Westmoreland. where she won
the respect and love of all who knew her.
| She leaves her husband, two sons, Rus
sell and Donald; a sister. Mrs. Lula
Frink, and one brother, Fred w. Bemis
of Somerville, Mass. The funeral was
held in the home Wednesday and the
| body was brought to Brattleboro for in
terment in Prospect Hill cemetery.
The spring festival of the Keene Chorus
club will be given Tuesday and Wednes-
day. May 90 and a. under the direction
! of n p. Coffin On Tuesday evening Sc
lections from Messiah" Elijah" Gre
alton" and Redemption" will be given,
the chorus of $50 voices being assisted by
| Miss Bertha Kinzel of Boston, soprano;
Miss Adelaide Grggs of Boston, contral-
to; Dan Beddoe of New York, tenor;
Earl Cartwright of Boston, baritone
Willard Flint of Boston, bass An or
| chestral concert will be given Wednesday
afternoon by selected members of the
Boston opera house orchestra. Louis
Eaton conductor Selections from the
operas aida" and Faust" will be given
Wednesday evening by the chorus and
these soloists: Mrs. Grace Bonner VIII
liams of Boston, soprano; Mime. GerVille-
Rea che of Paris and New York, mezzo-
soprano; Lambert Murphy of New York
tenor; Mr.. Cartwright and Mr. Flint.
Manager Breckenridge of the Brattle
boro baseball team has signed a SECOND
pitcher. j. G.. Bennett, whose home is il
Plymouth, Mass. Bennett is a left
handler, only 10 years old, but he Is SAT-
to have speed, control and a great va
rety of benders. In his high schoo
career he had strike-out record of .
men in three consecutive games. Dur
ing the first part of last season he wa
with the Broadway team of the Inter
City league in Pawtucket, r. l. He hel
: the strike-out record for the league
causing 10 men to cut the zephyrs. l
Pawtucket he won five out of seve
, games. He finished the season with tn
|
three out of four games. He pitche
4; the game in which North Attlebor
landed the penant in the Bay Stat
, league, shutting out Marlboro and far
E ming 16 men. Tommy Gilroy of the Me-
England league was in the box agains
! him. Last year Bennett batted at
$50 clip and had fielding percentage c
$50.
Chief Of Police George Wilson wa
called to the station Monday afternoon
take a hand in a family quarrel that wa
z disturbing the quietude of that building
young woman had bought ticket fo
Concord, n. H., and was accompanied b
another woman who helped carry a
-, array of handbags and dress suit cases
: but about Is minutes before the trail
5 arrived the mother of the young woma
appeared and tried to convince her tha
p Brattleboro was a better place for he
+ than Concord. In order to carry the da
y the mother started to walk off with
i hand bag and a suit case, but the daugt
: ter was too quick for her and rescue
the property. Chief Wilson arrived shortl
q afterward and did his best to straighte
things out, and he was assisted by tn
+ three women, who all talked at once. II
Z ascertained that the woman with tn
q ticket fro Concord was more than 81 veal
of age and advised the mother to retuf
q home and let the daughter go to Ne
r Hampshire The mother followed h
Il advice.
[ Good progress is being made on l..
e Holdens houses al Fort Dummer Height
!, One Is being clapboarded, and the interiC
5 will be ready for the plasterers in sho
s time. This house Is located at the NORTH
d east corner of the plot, overlooking II