Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-11-24


L. II. Richardson and o. o. Ware have
sold to Il. l.. Hidreth their barn In the
rear of Harmony building. Howard &
Yearly will continue to occupy the prem
Uses as livery stable for the present.
The company which will play "Over
Night" in the Auditorium next Monday
night is the one which played a long
and successful engagement in the Shu-
bert theatre in Boston and for nine
months in the Hackett theatre in New
York.
Many friends in Brattleboro, Putney
and other towns will be glad to learn
that Dr. Harriet f. Parker, formerly of
Putney and now in charge of the hos
pital in the medical mission at Madura,
India, expects to start for home in
few months. 1t is to be regretted, how
ever, that DR.. Parker is not in good
health Just what her plans are about
future work in India are not known
DR.. Parker is "a missionary of the Amer
lean Board.
While Edmund Stedman, a Junior In
the high school, was kindling a fire In
the furnace at his home on Green street
Friday morning flames pulled from the
door and burned his face. His eyebrows
were singed and the front part of his
hair burned off nearly to the skin. a
physician was summoned. Stedman
says he did not use kerosene on the
wood with which he was kindling the
| fire and does not know what caused the
| flames to burst out.
Frank o. Carpenters suit against the
town was heard Saturday by JUS
! tice Lewis H. Lynde of Dummerston in
| Gibson e Waterman's law office, II. w.
| Gibson and w. d. Smith appearing for
the plaintiff and Attorney Arthur p.
| Carpenter, town COUNSEL for the town
The suit was brought to recover Tor Ia =
| Dor on the highway in 1910 and 1911, Tor
some of which the plaintiff mad not pre-
scented a bill. The defense put in no
| testimony and the court found for the
| plaintiff to recover the amount of his
bill and costs, amounting to $56.2l. the
town appealed to county court.
George II. Carlisle, 80, was found dead
in bed in the Brattleboro House Satur-
day evening. DR.. Tucker was summoned
and upon examination found that deatf
was caused by chirrhosis of the liver
brought about by alcoholism. The body
was taken to Moran & Co.'S undertake
ing rooms and Monday the dead man:
brother came from Lebanon, N. H., tC
claim the body and it was sent to Leb
anon Monday evening. Mr.. Carlisle wal
born in Hanover, n. H., and had beer
employed as chairmaker by the Whit,
River Chair company at different time
the past two years. He was unmarried
The appearance IN TINS town OF Dame
Ryan for a three days engagement will
be welcome news, for the reputation tina
Mr. Ryan has as an actor of sterlin.
quality is exceeded by none. Mr. Ryai
will open his enga cement Thanksgivin!
day, matinee and night, presenting tn
greatest play of French Canadian If
ever seen. THE Black Fox is a thrill
ling backwoods story of Canadian lif
? easily eXcelling all others and is a com
plete production at popular prices. TIL
, two other great plays to be presented in
clude Sidney Grundy's best comedy, Don
, tell my wife" said to be the best laug
producing comedy in the past decade
and Her husbands friend" adapte
, from the French by Emil Cote. The com
pany will play in the Auditorium Nov. 3
and Dec. l and 2,
A report by a special master in chan
cery Charles H. Williams of Below
Falls, in the case of the National Meta
Edge Box company of Readsboro agains
/, | Jean j. Vanderveer of Brattleboro an
. others was the subject of a hearing be
u fore Chancellor +. L. Waterman Satur
l day. The bill in cha merry was brougf
5 to foreclose a mortgage on mill propert
). in Hartwellville. Mr.. Williams filed h
# report in the Bennington county clerk
office Oct 16. He found that II
q $26OO In the hearing Saturda
# O. f. Butterfield of Wilmington and +
c G. Barber appeared for the orator an
q Chase & Daley and E. w. Gibson for II
4 defendants. The defense is that at II
II time the mortgage was executed Wander
q veer was insane to such an extent tn;
: he did not know the nature of his ac
a The chancellor has not rendered a d.
~ cision in the case
It over Night" the hilarious and who'll
some comedy, will be the attraction
!, the Auditorium next Monday night
- is in three acts and tells the story of tv
newly welded couples who have start'
=, on what they hoped to be a joyo
- honeymoon on the Hudson. The tv
~ husbands are college chums. but Il
q wives have not previously met There
VI a miXup on the boat at the start, and Il
80 husband of one goes ashore with Il
~ wife of the other, missing the steame
w This is all there is to the plot, but fro
&c this the author Philip II. Bartholoma
NJ has evolved unnumbered amusing stu
a. tions and he tells a highly interestil
III and very funny story. The best adve
tisement for "Over Night" is the ia
t. that it leaves no bad taste in the mout
he of an audience for it is absolutely fr
~ of coarseness and suggestiveness, as
ne is also devoid of horseplay. Everythi
n, about the comedy is clean, wholeson
mr. and intensely funny.
a United States Judge ]. l.. Martin r
e. turned Saturday from New York eli
k where he held court, and went this we
IN to Rutland, to preside at the adjourn
e. October term. Some of the Unit
st States judges including Judge Mar
r and Judge Holt, did not take kindly
ay an implied criticism of them by Distr
s. Attorney II. A. Wise in a speech befc
the National jewelers. association becaJ
-. they failed to impose Jail sentences u
- on convicted smugglers and they W,
-. not pleased with the implication til
IN discrimination was shown in imprisoni
80, poor man and letting a rich man
w with fine for a similar offense. Her
&c j. Duveen was fined $4,000, Louis
p Duveen $4,000 and Joseph Duveen 81
20 900 for smuggling and were not impr
on oned. They are wealthy importers.
on Sebasta, Syrian musician, was s,
,ss fenced to seven months for smuggling
"a harp. In statement Judge Martin 81
"a that while smuggling was a crime
- DuVeens restored to the governm,
nc more than $l000,0OO in addition to tn
"a fines, or twice much as the dut
o on the struggled goods would ha
amounted to, but Sebasta committed d
as jury on the witness stand and was pl
60, ished for that also.
m, The open season on deer has added
,er the duties of County Game Warden M;
nd win j. Howard and since Nov. Is he I
he been busy investigating cases OF
shooting and other infractions of
game laws. Mr. Howard was in to
Tuesday on his way to South Londnde
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