Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-06
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The First Regiment band will give
a concert on the common next We'd
nesday evening.
Plans have been made for two sub
scriptoin dances at Island park for the
benefit of the day nursery One will
take place Wednesday evening, Sept. IL,
and the other Friday evening, Sept. 20.
The annual meeting of the ladies' as
ISOLATION of the Centre church will be
held in the chapel next Thursday at 3
o'clock. Reports of the past years work
will be given and officers elected for the
ensuing year.
A modified Marathon race will be
held at the Valley fair. 1t will prob
ably start at Hinsdale and then the
runners will encircle the track four
times before they finish The race will
take place the first day of the fair.
A bridge whist party was held in the
pavilion at Island park yesterday after
noon for the benefit of the day nursery
of the Mutual Aid association. There
were II tables at play and the prize,
given to the one scoring the lowest
number of points, was awarded to Mrs.
f. B. Smith. About $50 was Melted for
the nursery
The next regular meeting of Sunshine
society, branch 1, will be held with Mrs
A. w. Rockwell at her cottage at Spot
ford lake Tuesday Sept. 10. If that day
is stormy the meeting will be held
Wednesday. All members of the society
are invited. Those planning to go are
asked to notify Mrs. A. w. Montgomery,
who has charge of the transportation.
A largely attended reception to well
come Rev. Roy M. Houghton, pastor of
the Centre Congregational church. on
his return from his four months abb
aha 1aC
ing under the auspices of the ladies'
association. Books containing photo
graphs taken by Rev. Mr.. Houghton and
post cards were shown. Refreshments
were served
Fred H. Harris and partner, McElroy,
in the international tennis tournament
at Niagara -on- the-Lake, made a strong
showing against Touchard and Williams,
two of the highest ranking players in
the country, there being a difference Of
but one point in the three set-match.
Touchard and Williams took the first
set GA, Harris and McElroy the second
60, the final going to Touchard and Will
liams 6-3
The Massachusetts, Northern Rail-
ways corpora ton in which E. c. Crosby
of Brattleboro is largely interested,
completed Wednesday the purchase of
the Concord, Maynard & Hudson street
railroad, comprising 10 miles of track.
The intention of the purchasers Is to
make a through line from Greenfield to
Boston. The corporation now has lis
miles of street railroad The Concord,
Maynard & Hudson company elected
new board of directors Wednesday, of
which Mr.. Crosby is one.
One of the big features of the Madi-
son Square poultry show will come to
ha Val fni in
of over 400 entries of land and water
fowls owned by the Ostelic Farm of
Whitney's Point, N. Y. Some of the
birds of the regular varieties will be
seen in the poultry department and the
ornamental varieties and pigeons will be
exhibited in a special tent. The collec-
ton will include rare ducks and geese
different from any ever brought into
Vermont, and 10 varieties of pheasants
Rev R. NJ Houghton will give a
-stereopticon lecture in the Congrega-
tional church this evening at 7.9O o'clock
The slides which will be shown are
made from photographs taken by him
self of various points of interest in and
around Jerusalem connected with the
last days of the life of Christ. Some of
the pictures were taken by special ar
rangement with a moving picture COM
pany which was on the ground taking
pictures for films illustrating the life of
Christ, The paintings of Tissot were
used as a basis. The lecture will be pre-
paratory to the observance of the Lords
supper next Sunday.
Five steel girders for the roof of E.
C. Crosby's new building on High
street arrived this week and were haul
ed to the building They were made in
Everett. Mass, by the New England
Structural company and each is 80 feet
the centre, two and half feet at the
ends, 10 inches wide and weighs two
and one half tons. The engine and der
rick used in the construction of the
building were taken to the freight yard
yesterday to be shipped to Springfield,
this state, where Mr.. Crosby is a work
on the construction of dam.
Ever since the street railway line
was extended along South Main street
to the junction of the Guilford road
the sidewalks from a short distance
north of Pine street to a point south
of the Catholic cemetery road have
been in poor condition. The grade of the
street was reduced, leaving the walk
several feet higher than the roadway.
This week work was begun on improv-
ing the conditions. The sidewalk has
been lowered, and in doing this the
lawns have been left higher than the
VAIN. NicH llc tthiclll SlueW aims are
built cement walls will be constructed
along the front of the several pieces
of property.
Formal exercises incident to laying the
corner stone of the Y. NJ. C. A. build
ing in San Jose, Calf took place the
afternoon of Aug. 20 before a large
throng of spectators. The building will
cost about 100000. The secretary is
George C. Wilson, formerly secretary of
the Brattleboro Y. M. C. A. A pleasing
feature of the exercises was the reading
OF letter received by Mr.. Wilson from
the largest contributor to the building
fund, who gave $25. 900. Mr.. Wilson was
one of the speakers. The building,
which will be ready for occupancy March
l5, 1913, will be five stories high, To-
Gated on a corner lot with a frontage of
137h feet on one street and 57h feet
on another The gymnas stun will be rs
feet long and 40 feet wide and the build
Ing VIII contain swimming pool meas
urng so by 20 feet and rs rooms for
dormtory purposes.
Judge F. L. Fish, who presided at the
spring term of the county court has
handed down a judgment in the case
of Emma f. Buchanan against Cakes
in favor Of the plaintiff. The case has
been in the courts several years and
was to recover on a note given by Cakes
to John Barrett, which his daughter,
Emma F. Buchanan, later obtained pos
sasaion of Tho ,1afandant Ia ordara5 ~