Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-14

The watering cart was out Wednesday
for the first time this spring and laid the
dust on Main street.
The New England order of Protection
Will observe children's night Wednesday. |
Entertainment will be furnished by the |
children and refreshments will be served |
by the supper committee.
Prof l.. A. Butterfield will give talk |
Friday afternoon, April 81. in the high |
school hall to the teachers of the public |
schools of Brattleboro on "Phonetics," |
to which the public is invited.
All having exchange tickets for
"Charley's Aunt" are requested to eX-
change them Saturday, if possible, as the
general sale will open Monday. Not over
six tickets will be allowed any person at
the exchange sale.
Postmaster Kittredge Haskins cele
brated the 18th anniversary of his birth
Saturday and invited a few friends to
dinner, during which stories and anec-
dotes of former days in Brattleboro trav-
eled across the board
Residents of Bratteboro are beginning
to be bothered with the warm weather
influx of tramps. At one house in the
north part of the town Wednesday three
tramps called and asked for something
to eat within two hours.
A union communion service was held in
the Congregational church last evening,
Rev. Henry a. Goodhue presiding, assist
ed by Rev f. j. Lewis, Rev. e. @. s.
Osgood and Rev. D. f.. Trout. a good
number participated in the service.
L. Hamilton Turner, president of the
Turner, Halsey company of New York.
| died Tuesday, April 5. of pneumonia.
Mr.. Turner bought of D. Il. McElhinny
the old Butterfield farm west of Mr.. Nc
Elhinny's place on Ames hill and intended
| to use 1t for summer home.
Clifford Bushee pleaded guilty to a
! second offense of intoXication before
Judge w. r. Daley in the municipal
court yesterday and was fined SIS and
costs, amounting to 5000, which was
paid He was arrested the night before
by Chief Of Police George Wilson.
Quonektacat tribe of Red Men will con-
| fer the chiefs degree on a class of 10
| brothers this Friday sleep and also Will
receive applica tions from several pale
faces. Visitors from the great council of
! this reservation will be present full
attendance Is desired. Corn and venison
! will be served.
Recruiting Sergeant w. ]. Quirk, who
opened a recruiting station in the Armory
apartments two weeks ago. has not been
| besieged with applications to join the
regulars from the young men of Brat
| tleboro but he has received several from
minors. whose parents refused to sign
their names to the enlistment papers. A
few probably will enlist within short
| time.
Children's day will be observed by the
Brattleboro Woman's club Wednesday
afternoon at $50 in Grange hall. The
children of club members will be guests
and other children are invited to attend,
paying the usual guest fee. Dr. Charles
l..
will tell the boys and girls his story of
"An Indian boyhood" He will wear the
costume of a Sioux chief. made of deer
skin and a war bonnet of eagle feathers.
Miss Florence |. Goodenough of New
| York, formerly teacher of drawing in
the village schools of Brattleboro. spoke
before the Woman's club Wednesday
afternoon on "An appreciation of pic
lures" Miss Goodenoughs talk was
illustrated by stereoptlcon views showing
familiar pictures by Old masters as well
as modern. She showed her audience
how to study pictures more understand
ngly that they might judge better and
purchase only those of value.
Thomas O'Connor. 10. died in the town
| home Wednesday after short illness
| with pneumonia. He W IS born in County
| Kerry. Ireland. and came to America 40
years ago, coming to B'attleboro shortly
after his arrival in this country. He had
since lived here and in Guilford. and
once worked in the old slate quarry in
! the latter town. For years he lived near
the South Main street entrance to the fair
grounds. Mrs. O'Connor died II years
, ago Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at o'clock in st.
! Michaels Roman Catholic church. He
leaves a son, Thomas NJ. O'Connor of
this town, a Boston e Maine railroad
man.
The balloon Cleveland" passed in a
northeasterly direction over Wantasti-
Quet mountain and was seen by many
Brattleboro people yesterday morning
about II o'clock. 1t took a northwesterly
course after crossing the mountain and
was reported about 11.S0 from Newfane
and Putney. 1t then resumed north
easterly direction and landed in a field in
Alstead about 1920 o'clock. In the bas-
ket were A. Leo Stevens as pilot and
William F.. Hillard, aeroplane manufac-
turer, Harry Brown of New York and
DR. Herbert Bishop and Norman French
of Boston. DR.. Bishop is n hunter of big
game and has been on an expedition to
the polar regions.
hearing was held before F. d. E.
Stowe, referee. Monday in the case OF
Mrs. Emma Buchanan against d. II. Perry,
Archie Perry and James Cakes. The de-
PENDANTS bought a mill of the plaintiff s
father, John Barrett of Putney, in 1900
and gave a note for $500. Afterwards
four suits were brought against Barrett
by different persons, the defendants be-
ing named as trustees. Judgments were
rendered by the late T. j, b. Cudworth to
the amount of s205, which were paid
Later 5000 was paid and endorsed on the
note. Mrs. Buchanan claims that the
note was assigned to her and could not
he held under trustee process. She seeks
to recover the value of the note. less the
5000 endorsed thereon. Gibson & Wat
erman and Chase & Daley appeared fol
the plaintiff and II. G. & F. f. Barber
for the defendants.
The annual meeting of the Brattleboro
Civic Improvement league was held We'd
nesday evening in the home of DR.. ii. d
Holton. Owing to the absence OF the
president, Rev. T. Q. s. Osgood presided
The reports of the officers were read and
accepted and a message from the presi-
dent DR.. II. d. Holton, declining the
office for another year, was read, but by
a unanimous vote he was asked to re-
consider and to serve another term. The
report of the treasurer showed that the
finances of the league We're in flourish