Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-13
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owned by Charles N. Perry, TO New |
York person.
In the absence of the pastor, Rev.
Henry Lamb of West Brattleboro will
conduct the devotional service in the
Centre church chapel tonight.
Howard & Yearly have given up rum
ming the depot hack and L. l. Snow
has begun meeting all the trains. He
has stand in front of the Brooks
House.
The Direct Importing company. which
now has headquarters in the American
building on the second floor, is making
plans to move to the store now occupied
by the Norris and 10 cent store. Mr..
and Mrs. Norris are closing out their
stock.
The annual fair of the Unitarian So
ciety will be held in Grange hall on
Wednesday afternoon and evening, sept.
Is. The sale will begin at o'clock from
domestic, fancy, candy, flower and bum
jle tables, and from the children's grap
bag Supper will be served from to
o'clock, on the European plan. Leitsing-
er's orchestra will play for the concert
and dance in the evening.
John NJ. Hackley of Greenfield, for
merly of this town, was the victim OF
fake subscription agent in Greenheid
Wednesday. The crook was caught ana
within four hours from the time he en-
tered Greenfield was locked in the house
of correction He was wanted by the
police in many cities for collecting mon
ey on subscriptions to magazine ana
then not sending the money to the Of
fee He travelled under more than 30
aliases and was sentenced under the
name of Frederic Kastor. He worked
his game on Mr.. Hackley and Charles w.
Minis and it was through these victims
that he was sentenced.
Bratteboro chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, held their Septem-
Der meeting in Guilford yesterday in the
home of Miss Mary E. Smith. Miss
smith, Mrs. Joel Flagg and Mrs. George
p Miller were the hostesses. very
large number of chapter members were
present besides invited guests In the
business meeting delegates to the d. A.
r. state convention at Montpelier in Oc-
tober were elected. An invitation was
given by this chapter to that conference
to hold the 1913 meeting in Brattleboro.
A very pleasing musical program was
given, consisting of songs by Mrs. Ward
and Miss Coombs of Guilford and
specially interesting paper on Ancestry
by Miss Mary f. Smith. Refreshments
were served by the hostesses The new
chapter calendars for 1928 were then
distributed The program promises to
The annual meeting of the ladies' as
ISOLATION of the Congregational church
was held in the chapel yesterday after
noon. Reports of the past year showed
large amount of work done. The as
ISOLATION is in a prosperous condition
The total offerings for foreign missions
were 800, for home missions 1929, for
| local work S144. There was raised for
general expenses 1904. These officers
| were elected President, Mrs. F. A
| Wells: vice president, Mrs Fremont
| Hamilton; secretary, Mrs. l. q, Crosier
| treasurer, Mrs. r. C. Averil; auditor
| Mrs. l.. F. Adams. Committees were
| elected of which the following are chair
men: Home missions, Mrs c. G. May
| nard; home missionary barrels, Mrs. u
| H. Clapp, Mrs. S. w. Kimball and Mrs
| E. l.. Waterman; foreign missions, hon.
orary chairman Mrs. c. F. Thompson
acting chairman Miss Florence M. Hem
enway; hospitality, Mrs. NJ. ]. Larrabe'
and Mrs. w. II. Proctor; parsonage re-
| pairs Mrs N. l. Hawley; floral decora
tons, Mrs. Frank Champnay. 1t wa'
| voted to invite the Womans Board o
Missions to hold their annual meeting IL
| Brattleboro in September, 1913.
petition has been presented the boart
| of selectmen and the road commissions
by the residents, tax payers and habit
ual users of the Ames Hill road pro
testing against the condition of tina
| thoroughfare, especially between tn
schoolhouse and the Fox place and tn
short hill below the Betterley place
Within the past few days two automo
bies have been damaged on that par
of the road. w. B. Houghton's Imachin
was damaged to the extent of $3.50 an
LaVerne Beales. a resident of Washing
ton. d. c., who had been visiting at Hill
crest, had to buy a new spring for hi
car after he went over the hill. Tn
petitioners claim that the road is out o
repair and unsafe for travel on accoun
| of the poor material used and becaus
of the improper methods of repairing
They say that the very poorest materia
has been used for repairs, taken Target
from the bitches. which makes the roa
unsafe after a rain because of deep rut
and slough holes. AS free gravel ma
be obtained at E. L. Hildreth's farm
which is but a short distance from thes
pieces of road, the petitioners feel jus
titled in demanding that repairs b
made.
One of the largest auctions ever hel
in this locality took place on the Val
ley fair grounds Wednesday and yes
terday, when the stock, tools and house
hold goods from DR.. F. W. Gwyer's. Foil
farms were sold by Auctioneer A. w
| NllklnS, Adult oVU peiSOiS hetShucu III
sale the first day and 500 were ther
yesterday and good prices were brough
both days. The first day was devote
| to the sale of the stock and part G
the farm implements, and the rest of tn
implements and the furnishings fror
four houses were sold yesterday. Inter
est was aroused in the sale of the pal
of mules said to be one of the hes
pairs in New England. After some war;
bidding they went to j. N. Betterley 10
about $675. yoke of Durham oXe
went to j. l.. Stockwell. j, l.. Roes
of this town and Fred Miller of Guilfor
bought pairs of the Toulouse geese, BIT
the sale of these birds was slow as onl
two pairs were brought for samples. Tn
Guernsey cattle, mule-foot swine an
. poultry were sold in broken lots to seN
eral buyers at fair prices The fari
implements brought good prices, but tn
majority had been left out of door an
were not in particularly good condition
, The household goods were on exhibitio
in the poultry building and in horticu
| tural hall and the prices were as hig
as have prevailed in auctions recent
held here. DIR. and Mrs. Gwyer ha,
not sold their real estate near Suns,
lake, but they plan to put it on II
| | market soon and will return to Ne
York to live, having decided to give I
| farming. In their stay of several yea
in this community Dr. and Mrs. Gwy,
have made many personal friends, ar
| their decision to return to the city
regretted by all.
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