Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-22

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urday the will of George c.. Brooks was
allowed. The children of Mr.. Brooks
have filed exceptions.
The funeral Of Clinton James Franklin
was held in the home on Prospect street
Friday afternoon, Rev. DR.. j. X. Cow Of
fciating. The burial took place In
Townshend and the bearers were w. II.
Smith, II. A, Smith, II. M. Pix and
Harry Benson, employees of the S. A.
Smith company who had worked with Mr..
Franklin the past eight years.
Selectmen Merrill and Stafford attend
ed the hearing scheduled for Tuesday
evening in j. l.. Stockwelr store in
West Brattleboro on the petition for the
extension of the sewer up Western
avenue. Nc residents of hat part'of the
town attended. 1t is probable that moth
ing further will be done as only one res
| ident really wants the sewer and the
cost of construction would be excessive.
Workmen began this week to lay ce-
ment retaining walls for the new drive
way which will lead from the Central
Vermon freigh house up to the level
of Vernon street in front of the pres
ent passenger station. on the west side
of the driveway a wall will be laid to
keep Vernon street from caving off, and
below that on the east side a wall will
be built to keep the driveway from
falling upon the tracks.
The Girl in the Taxi" company made
its second appearance here Saturday
evening in the Auditorium and was
greeted by a full house. As on the pre-
vious visit the comedy situations offered
plenty of fun II were well taken care
of by members of the company, and the
songs were well rendered. The greater
part of the audience probably had seen
the show before, but from the laughter
and generous applause It was evident
that the attraction was none the less
pleasing.
Special Master T. e. O'Brien of Bel
lows Falls has filed his findings of fact
in the chancery case of j.. O. Frost
against the Connecticut River Power
company for cutting trees on his land
in Vernon. The master finds that rea-
sonable prudence on the part of the COM
pany requires that the transmission line
be freed from danger of trees falling
upon it, that the apprehension of the
company as to the danger was reason
| able and tina the defendant claimed a
| right, under a deed from Mr.. Frost, to
cut the trees. The final rights of the
parties will be determined by the chan
cellor.
the sale of grand stand reserved seat
tickets for the Valley fair will begin at
the box office in the town hall building
| at : o'clock tonight and will continue
through Saturday and Monday, the office
being open on those days from 9 to II
a. m. and = to 5 and I to 9 p. m. After
Monday the tickets will be on sale at
the reserved seat office on the grounds
each day of the fair, beginning at $50 a.
m. Tickets ordered and not paid for
will not be held after noon of the day
for which they are ordered. General ad-
mission tickets will be ON sale as usual
at the four drug stores and at Fenton's
and at ~Stockwells store in West Brattle-
boro.
While Lucien Howe was enjoying a
walk Sunday afternoon with his brother,
Fred l.. Howe, near the bank of the
| Connecticut river above the suspension
bridge, he found a rare freak of nature,
a double wild aster. 1t was purple in
color and resembled a small crysanthe-
mum in shape. Mr.. Howe brought the
plant back to town and took it to his
home in Clinton, Mass, Monde morn
ing, where he will try to cultivate it.
Mr.. Howe is particularly interested in
botany and has succeeded in transplant
ing many wild plants that are supposed
to languish and die under cultivation
and has in his garden many freak va
rites.
Louis PLAT, who was sent to Newfane
Jail Thursday of last week, was released
Monday afternoon. He was put in jail
to await trial on a civil suit brought by
r. b. Thomas, who wanted remunera-
ton for a Boston terrier pup which Pr
lat had pleaded guilty to stealing and
for which he had paid a fine in the mu-
nicipal court. The whereabouts of the
dog are unknown to Mr.. Thomas and
as he valued the animal at $40 he enter
ed suit against PLAT. on Monday morn
ing PLAT settled through his attorney,
f. w. Gibson, paying $24.9l. OF that
amount 1891 went to Deputy Sheriff c.
e. Mann and 81 was for serving the
writ. PLAT returned to Brattleboro.
Protective Grange observed neigh
bors' night Wednesday evening. Will
Evansville Grange gave a very enjoyable
program, which included a four-act play
entitled Coupon Bonds with the fol-
lowing cast: Pa Ducklow, j. w. Will
liams; Reuben, d. r. Stedman; Taddy,
Floyd Washer; Ferring, w. f. Wheeler;
Jepworth, f. j. Morse; Parson Grant
ley, w. H. Temple; Dick, John Sparks
Ma Ducklow, Mrs. Hannah Halliday
Miss Boswick, Mrs. Clara Perry; So
phronia, Miss Annie Pierce. Other num-
bers were violin and piano duets by
George Temple and Mrs. w. e. Wheeler,
songs by Mrs. l.. f. Stratton, a plano
selection by Mrs. Wheeler and a piano
duet by Mrs. Wheeler and Frank STRAIT
ton. After the meeting supper was
served, followed by dancing.
Miss Ethel osgood has been engaged
by the prudential committee to teach
French and history in the high school
the coming year. She is a graduate of
Smith college, taught here in 1SO4-05 and
from 1905 to 1910 in Trenton, N. j. The
Increase in the teaching force of the
high school necessitates using another
room, and as a temporary arrangement
the third grade now in the high school
building will be moved to the Chase
street school, and the children from that
school will go to the Hign street school.
The first grades from Chase and High
streets will attend High street school
from 8 to 10 and from l to 2, and the
second grades from 10 to II and from 2
to $3.50. The high school in 1909 contained
1875 pupils; in 1910, 30; and now in 1911,
DDS. The increase does not come from
tuition pupils, the number of those pay
ing tuition for the three years in order
being as follows: 79, 81, So. The in
crease comes largely from the new COM
mercial course, which holds in the
school a good number of pupils who
would go elsewhere but for the oppor-
tunity which this course offers.
DR.. Henry Reading Hydecker and Miss
Anna Jane Wilson were married Tuesday
morning by Rev. Andrew Harper, jr., pas
tor of St. Michael's Episcopal church, in
the rectory. They Were unattended and
directly after the ceremony left on the
$40 train for New York, where they
will live. The bride wore a travelling
gown of wisteria chevlot and a hat to