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

term of her Kindergarten at 10 Chaplin
street Monday morning, Oct. 2.
Miss Lucy Wells, who has cared for
the late John L. Newman for the past
three years, has gone to Maine for
short vacation
robert owen Parsons and Dottie Gen
eva Upton were married Monday after
noon by Rev. DR.. j. r. Cow. Mr.. Par
sons is employed by the White River
Chair company and the birdie is a native
of Dummerston.
II. c. Streeter's real estate agency has
sold Myron II. Joseyn's farm in Ches-
| terrified to Adolph Daum of Hyde Park,
Mass. Possession will be given oct. l.
| Mr. Daum Is a carpenter and has been
employed by George Croll several
months.
fair-sized audience greeted Rock
wells sunny South" company in the
| Auditorium Saturday evening The COM
| pany, consisting of negro actors, gave
| good evenings entertainment of novelty
features, singing, dancing and instru-
| mental music.
Matthew Flood, Ca for over 80 years
| an engineer on the Boston & Albany rail-
| road, died Tuesday in his home in
| Springfield, Mass. He had lived in that
| city 40 years. He leaves wife, who
was Miss Minnie Harris, and a daughter,
| Miss Ruth Flood. He was brother of
John Flood and Miss Elizabeth Flood of
| Bra ttleboro.
Perched on a staging at the top of
| the Methodist church spre, workmen
engaged in Naying sheet lead have at
| tracted attention this week. Roberts
| & Gobie, painters, are repainting the eX-
| terror of the church building and it was
| found that the sheet tin on the spire was
worn through. The church will be given
two coats of paint of shade called
| Philadelphia brown.
Twenty-Five members and friends of
the Young Womens association of the
| Congregational church held a social In
| the parlors Tuesday evening and lis
tened to an interesting talk by Miss
| Maud Brown on the Y. w. c. A student
conference held at Silver Bay, Lake
| George, in June. Miss Brown was one
| of so delegates from Mount Holyoke COL
lege Fruit punch and waters were
| served.
| A hearing in the case of l. A. Farr OF
| Rockingham against Warner G. Towns
bend of the same town was held before
F. d. E. Stowe, referee, in the county
clerks office Friday concluding the TAX
ing of testimony which was begun In
Bellows Falls. The case was referred to
Mr. Stowe on appeal from the municipal
court of Bellows Falls The controversy
is over a book account The plaintiff
| claims a balance of about SIS and the
| ueleHudHl puts Ill OllSStS VI iiiNiN N''''''
| that amount.
Following the regular meeting of Den
mis- Rebekah lodge Tuesday evening the
Goth anniversary of the Rebekah degree
| was observed. Mrs. Grace F.. Richmond
of Rutland, vice president of the Rebekah
state assembly, was the guest of the
| evening. About 115 members of the
lodge were present and the following in
teresting program was given: Piano SOLO
Mrs. Fred Spaulding, jr.; vocal solo
Miss Gertrude Plummer; piano duet
Miss Ruth Sargent and Miss Ruth Wild
er; recitation, Miss Irene Currier; short
address. Mrs. Grace E. Richmond; read
ing, Mrs l. ID. Bailey. Following the
entertainment ice cream and cake were
served.
The advance guard of the log drive
| that is coming down the Connecticut
river arrived opposite the island Wed
nesday and a few sought rest by the
west shore after their long trip down thu
stream. Wednesday afternoon raj
! carrying supplies with six men propell
ing it, came down the river but did no
stop here. An injunction has been ask
, | ed for by residents of Bellows Falls al
> vicinity, who own boats and cottages OF
; the river, to prevent the Connection
River Lumber company from sending
| their logs down the river without ar
ranging the booms so that passage ma,
be possible They asked that perma
nent injunction be granted and if this /
, | done boating will not be held up Will
r the drive is passing down the river.
: Louis PLAT was arrested last week an
pleaded guilty to the larceny of two Bos
5 | ton terrier pups from II. Is. Thomas o
: West Guilford. He was fined 80 ant
! costs, amounting to $1,000, which h
Z | paid. one of the pups was recovered
but the whereabouts of the other cann
were not divulged and Wednesday morn
| tod
civil suit brought for Mr. Thomas by At
| torney c. S. Chase. He was taken t
- | Newfane Jail in the charge of Deput
Sheriffs c. e. Mann and IL. r. Harris
f | and will remain there until Sept. Il
q when the suit will be heard before Coun
3 ty Clerk f. d. f. Stowe. PLAT is mar
| ried and his wife and one child hav
n | been staying at the Brattleboro Hous
e since their arrival here several week
| ago.
e Clinton James Franklin, "a, of Pros
y pect street died in the Memorial hospita
Y Wednesday morning of peritonitis follow
Il | ing an operation for appendicitis whicl
d was performed last Friday. He was
). son of Henry and Lucretia white
j | Franklin and was born in Townshend
Jan II, 1875. After attending the school
. | of his native town he worked a farm
= ing and in 1902 came to Brattleboro II
: worked on the Bradley farm about yea
II and then began work in the S. A. Smit
l. factory, where he was employed up t
u the sime of his illness. He married Mis-
= Carrie Rickert of Brattleboro, Oct. "a
d 1902. Besides his wife he leaves hi
, father and mother and a sister, Mrs
II Alice Bardwell of Townshend, and tw
e brothers, Herbert Franklin and Caro-
y Franklin. both of Townshend The fu
If neral will be held this afternoon in tn
Al home, Rev. DR. ]. r. Cow otticia ting, an
e the burial will take place in Townshene
u w. H. Bracket, V. o. Jones, F. X
- Barrows. r.. ID. Whitney, G.. o. Abbott
~ c. A. McRae, A. w. Rockwell, l.. +
% HOLDEN, w. X Sparks, j. f. Haynes, W
u ]. Pentland, jr, F, r. Vaughan, L. l
" Barrows, II. L. Emerson, E. NJ Adds, +
j. Fenton, and a. p. Simonds of thi
e town were among those who attende
e the annual meeting and dinner of tn
{, Spofford Lake Fish and Game leagu
= at the Pine Grove Springs hotel Frida!
: About 200 were present in spite
= threat ening weather President o. /
o Cain of Keene called the meeting to OF
= der and these officers were elected: Pres
: o. Il. Cain of Keene; vice pres, Georg
l. f. Amidon of West Chesterfield; sec. an
= treas. b. c. Thatcher of Chesterfield
II was voted to appoint committee
k stock the lake with young bass ever
" year, and to that the fish and gam
% laws are enforced, so as to protect tn
: fish in the lake. Plans had been mad