Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-08-25
BRATTLEBORO.

evening.
T.. b. Barrows is reconstructing the
barn on the Putnam estate on Estey
street and will finish it into a cottage
house.
The Crystal Springs Ice company have
put into commission a Ford delivery
wagon of the type recently bought by
r. Crosby & Co.
Mr.. and Mrs William l.. Hunt cele
brated their first wedding anniversary
at their home, 80 Green street, Friday
evening by giving a bridge party to their
friends.
The Central Vermont railroad ran
special excursion to Newport, X. L., yes
terday and IS persons from Brattleboro
and vicinity went, the train leaving here
at $50 a. m.
The Modern Woodmen are making
preparations for celebration and field
day to be held on the fair grounds La
Dor day, Sept a. The program VIII IN
clude all kinds of field sports.
A new boiler for the dining-room has
been installed at the valley falr GROUNDS
this week Twenty-seven new box stalls
for horses will be completed next week
on the north side of the grounds.
Corn canning operations began at the
Snowflake factory Wednesday. A large
amount of corn has been brought here,
but up to the day work began 1t was
re-shipped to the plant at Westminster.
Although the selectmen, in conjunction
with the board of health, have cleaned
out the lower end of milestone brook,
sewage from somewhere along Main
street is emptying into it. A letter
from John Calvin of the board of health
to the board of bailiffs orders the latter
board to take care of this sewage.
Holden & Martin are rushing work on
the u tenement houses at Fort Dunn
mer Heights which they have the con-
tract to build Four of the buildings
are already erected and the fathers and
plumbers are working inside. Four cell
lars are being dug for houses on which
work will be begun next week. The
foundations of all the buildings are of
cement blocks
The King Musical Comedy company.
which appeared at island park the week
of Aug 7, dsbanded Wednesday in
Springfield, this state. Bob Fouriner,
who has been singing in the Empire
four weeks, but received letter yester-
day saying that the company had gone
out of business Mr. Fouriner probably
will join some other show within Few
theatre several months, had nearly com
pleted arrangements to join the show in
weeks.
A bubble fountain has been installed in
Houghton & Simondss department store
1t is in the arch between the stores on
the street floor and by turning lever
the fountain will bubble forth pure iced
water During the sale now going on
large numbers have visited the store and
there have been times when the fountain
was surrounded with customers. a. NJ
Houghton, manager of Houghton * ST.
mondss Springfield store, has been here
this week assisting at the sale,
In connection with Road Commissioner
d. T. Perry's work on Main street the
Brattleboro Water Works company will
connect the drip of the hydrant in front
of the Hooker building and the one in
front of Crosby block with the sewer. 1t
has happened several times in the past
that the town employees have used the
MIGRANTS and have not wholly shut off
the flow of water when through with
them, and the drip has overlooked into
the cellars of the buildings. By connect
ing them with the sewer the danger will
be done away with.
Capt. H. c.. Streeter will attend next
Thursday the 4Sth annual meeting of the
Reunion Society of Vermont Officers in
Newport. The veterans will be enter
tanned with a boat ride on Lake Mem
phremagog in the afternoon and the
business meeting will be held on the
will be held in Lanes opera house at
7.30 o'clock with an address by Capt
Horace French of the Sd Vermont Regi
ment The meeting will be followed by
the annual banquet at o'clock at the
Newport House.
A pair of horses belonging to j. Hen
ry Pratt started to run away
Tuesday afternoon on Grove street. They
were hitched to a heavy wagon, which
md tha CT
about 100 yards, when Mrs E. j. Shea
ran out and grasped the bride of one
of the pair. The other animal wanted
to continue and refused to be quoted,
but Mrs. Shea pluckily held on until
her husband came to her aid. The ami
mails were going fast when stopped by
Mrs. Shea and it is probable that if they
had reached Main street some damage
would have resulted.
The Santa Fee New Mexican of Aug
IA contained a notice of the death, Aug
IL, of Mrs NJ. Jenne Warner of that
city. Mrs. Warner was born in Brat
tebOro about 10 years ago and was one
of eight children of Reuben and
Wealthy Cady Jenne. Her brother was
the late Maj. Benjamin X. JENNIE father
of the late c. +. r. Jenne of this town
She received a fine musical education
and taught in Albany and other New
York cities. She was married in Albany
in 1881 and went to New Mexico that
year. Her husband died the following
year. The New Mexican article was over
a column long and referred to Mrs War
ner as a remarkable woman
Assistant Judges Frank Worden of
Halifax and +. l.. Hastings of Towns
bend and Sheriff George c. Wright of
Westminster were in town yesterday to
assist County Clerk +. ID. Il. Stowe in
drawing the petit jurors for the Sep
TENDER term of the Windham county
court. The jurors are as follows: Attn
ems, II. II. Whitney; Brattleboro, f. w.
Blodgett, Walter M, Robbins, Joseph o.
Johnson and Oscar r. Ware; Dover,
Hermon NJ. Brown; Dummerston, Wal
ter f. Walker; Grafton, V. a. Wilbur;
Guilford, Louis e. Jaquith and Fred r.
Burdick; Halifax, c. F. Clark and f.
ii WOrden; Jamaica, w. y. Newell
and A. II. Coleman; Londonderry, George
w. Shattuck Marlboro, W. Il. Hough-
ton; Newfane, Alfred Patch and G. *.
Stedman; Putney, Frank II. Holt; Rock
ingham; Hugh f. O'Bren, John f..
Stoddard, Loren ID. Parker and Albert
II. Smith; Somerset, Joe Clarest; STRAIT
ton, A. j. Pike; Townshend, II. w. Sny-
der and Fred Watson; Vernon, f. j.
Tenney; Wardsboro, George w. Morse 4;
Nottingham, c. r. Alard; Wilmington,
l.. IL. Adams and II. b. Ware; Wind
ham, James M. Eastman.
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