Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-10-06
BRATTLEBoRO LOCAL.

About 25 members OF Stark company,
Red Mems league, went to Bellows Falls
to participate in the parade at the street
fair Tuesday.
An old fashioned corn husking will be
| held at r. B. Thomas's Wednesday even
ing. All are invited II stormy We'd
nesday night it.wil be held Thursday
night
A. w. J. wilkins as auctioneer will
sell tomorrow at Cold River Station, N.
H., 70 to so high grade Hosten Ayr
shire and Jersey cows for Prentiss Il
Wilder.
Mrs NJ. Lizzie Gray, district deputy
president, will make an official visit to
Dennis Rebekah lodge at the regular
meeting Tuesday evening, Oct. TO- The
degree will be conferred on four can
didates.
Mrs. Mathew T. Scott of Bloomington,
ILL.,, president-general of the national
society, D. A. r., has accepted an inVi-
tation from the Vermont state regent to
be present at the state conference in
| Rutland oct 19 and 20.
On account Of the rush of other bus-
ness the officers of the Valley Fair as
sociation have not figured out the finan-
| cal result Of the fair last week, but they
expect to be able to make a statement OF
the approximate result within a few
| days
The case against Ralph Visciarello,
who was arrested two weeks ago for the
| illegal sale of liquor, was continued Mon
day to next Monday morning. The case
against Harold Shaffner, charged with
assault and reckless driving of an auto
| mobile, also was continued to Monday.
Protective Grange will hold it's annual
| fair Oct 26 The hall and dining room
will be trimmed appropriate to Hallow-
cen and there will be the usual at
traction of the annual fair. The enter
! tainment will include a witches dance
with beautiful light effects
The supreme court affirmed the de-
| cision of the county court in the case
of Abbie Dugan against Thomas j.
Heaphy of Montpelier, at its session this
week. The lower court awarded the
plaintiff damages of $500 for injuries
| while operating a mangle in the laun-
| dry of the Pavilion hotel
Although rain has held back the work
on the addition to the Brooks library
| building a good amount of construction
has been accomplished this week. Sew
eral pieces of the granite have been
placed and brick masons have laid brick
around the sides of the basement to a
point above the level of the surface of
the ground.
Mrs. Abby f. Fuller has presented to
| the Canal street school a picture of In
| dependence Hall, the dimensions OF
which are 32 by Al inches. This is the
second picture Mrs. Fuller has given the
school, the one given last year being the
coliseum at Rome. The pictures are
hung in the lower hall of the Canal
| street school building.
Mrs. Flora E. Strong has leased the
Melrose to E. G. Chace of Providence,
| treasurer OF the Fort Dummer Mills, who
will take possession Oct Is and occupy
hn fo laac
tending to June l. Mrs Strong has rent
ed the Goodhue residence on Main
street for six months and will occupy
it as a boarding house.
DR.. Fayette L. Thompson of New York,
general secretary of the Methodist
| Brotherhood and associate campaign
manager of the men and religion for
ward movement, will be here Saturday
and Sunday, Oct. IA and 15. Further no
| tice will be given next week. DR. .Thomp-
son is a fine speaker and all who can
should make plans to hear him.
II. F. Weatherhead, agent for the E.
| A. Strout company, has sold the Hubbard
| +. Weatherhead farm in Halifax to Ed
| ward j. MacI-ane of Hatfield, Mass. Mr..
| MacLane will begin repairing the build
ings soon with the expectation of occupy
| ing them next spring. Mr.. Weatherhead
also has sold the farm of 175 acres In
Halifax, owned by c. II. Wilkinson, to
| JdcOD ' lSSeT OF Mary ldHut NlO VIII W
cupy it next April.
Plans have been made this week
whereby mothers attending the Centre
Congregational church may leave young
children at the chapel to be cared for
during the church service. Miss Mary e.
I.oomis has charge of the arrangements
and several women of the parish viii
render assistance in caring for the chill
dren. Any mothers who desire are cor
daily invited to bring their children to
the chapel, where they will be cared for.
While working in the barn at the Bar
rett farm last evening Dwight Stone fell
through an opening in the floor, landing
on his head 25 feet below. He was
picked up unconscious and DR.. Fremont
Hamilton was called. 1t was found that
he had sustained a fracture of the skull.
He was taken to the Memorial hospital,
where DR.. Hamilton and DR.. G.. r. An
derson operated upon him. He remained
unconscious through the night and had
not regained consciousness this morning.
He is in critical condition.
fine new building has been erected
on Walnut street. Philadelphia, for the
use of the Estey Organ company and
has been named "Estey Hall" A for
NAL opening took place Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday of last week and
recitals were given, attended by fully
5000 people. John a. Washburne, 81, OF
| Vineland, n. j., gave a demonstration
on lap organ, one of the first organs
made by the Estey company, and sew
eral addresses were made in which the
development of the Estey business was
told Col }. Gray Estey was one of the
speakers,
The first meeting OF the Brattleboro
Woman's club for the season of 1912 was
held Wednesday afternoon in the Con-
gregational chapel The attendance was
good although the uncertainty of the
weather undoubtedly prevented many
from going. The business part of the
session was occupied with the reports
from various committees and with re-
ports of the state federation meeting
held June and 10 in Lyndonvile These
reports were given by Mrs f. b. Smith,
Mrs F. p. Blake, Mrs. Isaac ID. Bailey,
and Mrs George f. Warner, who went
as delegates Miss Helen Weatherhead
played two numbers on the violin, ao-
companid by Mrs. A. p. Carpenter
very pleasant social hour in the parlor
was enjoyed and was followed by tea
served by the social committee,
That the tuberculosis work in Brattle-
boro will not stop by reason OF the de-
cison Of the Womans club not to be
responsible for it longer is apparent from
the action of the Better Brattleboro
league in appointing a committee to ar
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