Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-12-29

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over the Christmas holiday with his par
ents DR.. and Mrs F. l.. Osgood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Truesdell recently enter
tanned Miss r. A. Truesdell and c. e.
Truesdell, both OF Shelburne, Mass.
Mrs. Sarah Wilson and Holland
Wilson of Brattleboro visited Christmas
as usual, at the home Of A. A. Mason.
Miss Olive Pierce of Mt Hermon,
Mass, is enjoying a short vacation with
her mother at her home in Riverdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Lindsey of Brat
tleboro visited Mrs. Lindsey's mother,
Mrs. Lettie Dutton, the first Of the week.
Miss Abbie Starr of White Plains, N.
Y, came Saturday evening to spend a
week with Mr.. and Mrs. e. l.. Hastings.
Miss Belle Timson was at her home in
Williamsville over Sunday. She returned
Monday to her work in F. l.. loves
store.
dren of Andover, Mass, have been spend
ing the past week at II. II. Hobrooks
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Grout attended the
committal service of Rev William j.
Smith, which was held in West Towns
bend Saturday.
Mrs, II. V. Dale of Springfield, Mass,
came Monday evening to spend a week
with Mr.. and Mrs Charles H. Evans and
other relatives in town.
Miss Vera Mills of Milers River re-
| turned to her home Tuesday, after
| spending the weekend at the home OF
| her uncle, Charles s. Mills.
Sharon Holden came to town Friday
night from Springfield, Mass, and went
| Saturday with his sister, Hester Holden,
to their home in Westminster West.
The children inc district No. had
very enjoyable time al the Christmas
| and pxprpiapc in the sChOnlhO 90
| Friday. Much credit is due the tea cher,
| Mrs. Clara Blanchard.
A special meeting of Blazing Star
| lodge No. %, f. & A. NJ, was held in
Masonic hall Wednesday evening An
official visit was made by District Dep
uty Grand Master Crowell of Brattle-
boro.
| Mrs Fred Lawrence entertained her
sister and family, Mr.. and Mrs E. S.
| McFields, and son of Worcester, her
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Howard of Jamaica, and her cousin,
/ Harold Shaffner of Brattleboro, on
Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Almon Marsh Of Har-
| monyville entertained a number of peo-
pie over the holiday. The following peo-
pie were there: Miss Edna Marsh and
Roy Reed of Westminster Mr.. Lindsey
and Horace Gale of Brookline. and Mr..
and Mrs. Norman Marsh of Maryland
An unusual sight for this town on
Christmas day, was a ball game played
on the common by some of the Towns
bend stars" A croquet game was also
enjoyed on the lawn of the Stebbins
farm in the west end. This was no joke,
but a regular game, such as is played in
the good old summer time.
Those who are interested in the
Townshend public library will be glad to
know that the following books have re-
naNnf1 h.n odd a1 ha tl.far h.
Prince and the Pauper, Ungawa Bob
Golden Staircase, Dan Matthews, Tales
from the Morse, Posy Ring, Little Men
Joe's Boys, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Alb
bic Ann, Anne of Green Gables, Anne OF
Avonlea, Bobbie Orde, Emmy Lou, Hel
book and Heart; At the Back of the
North Wind Bronze Bell, Days Off, Sum.
mer in My Garden, Nathan Burke, Betty
Wales on the Campus, Betty Wales De-
cides, Aunt Jane of Kentucky, Old Home
House, Stories from the Crusades, Ions
Trail, Mopsa, the Fairy; Secret Garden
Richard Carvel, Celebrity, Lazarre
Daughter of a Magnate, Little Lame
Prince.
There was much interest manifested II
the trial of George r. Tucker of Brat
tleboro for shooting a deer in Yves
Townshend after having shot one r
Wardsboro the same day, Nov. 1S-helj
at the Townshend Inn last Friday. The
complaint was made by county game
warden, Marvin j. Howard of Soutl
Londonderry. Judge William Daley O.
Brattleboro heard the case States At
torney Frank E. Barber conducting tn,
case for the state, and the defense wa!
represented by Attorney r. C. Bacon o.
Brattleboro. Witnesses from Yves
Townshend and East Jamaica testified
that Tucker shot the deer, though the!
were a considerable distance from tn,
defendant when the shot was fired. Tn,
contention of the defense was that Gas
, per n. Moran of Brattleboro fired tn
shot from the road back of the automo
bile, while Tucker was getting out o
the car, which mortally wounded tn
deer and that later Tucker fired the sho
that put the buck out of its misery a
the request of Moran, who had a RICH
to so direct, he (Moran) having gaine
possession of the deer legally by NOR
tally wounding it. Judge Daley an
nounced his decision Saturday, findin
Tucker guilty There was a large mum
Der of men present, all more or less in
l terested in the outcome of the case. TIL
| sentiment in this locality is strongl
against any violation of the game laws