Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-08-16

Brattleboro at $3.50 this afternoon, OBJ
serving Bennington Battle day.
Brattleboro comments favoraby on
both manufacturing and retail trade.
The jobbers note an Improvement in
olections.-[ Bradstreet's weekly YER
mont trade report.
F. f.. Chase of Guiford, who has been
bringing butter to Brattlboro for 40
years. supplying SO customers will give
up the butter business this week, begin
ming Saturday He plans to sell his milk
to the Boston Milk company.
The funeral of Mrs. Minnie Dooittle
Rice, who died Aug. 8, was held in her
home on Western avenue Monday at
ternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. DR.. John r.
Cow officiating. The funeral was private
and relatives acted as bearers. The buri-
al took place in Prospect Hill cemetery.
During his talk to the children in the
Congregational church Sunday morning
Rev. Roy NJ Houghton. who returned
last week from the Holy Land, exhibit
ed some pressed flowers from Palestine,
attached to cards. He said that each
child attending Sunday school next SUM-
day would be presented a flower from
Palestine
Joseph Wells, ~, died in the Home for
the Aged and Disabled yesterday morn
ing about 6 o'clock. He formerly lived
in Hatfield, Mass, and for many years
was the keeper of the grounds at Smith
college. To him is due a great share of
the present beauty of the grounds sur
rounding the college. Prayers were held
in the home this morning at 7.45, Rev.
Roy M Houghton officiating. and the
body was sent to Hatfield, where the
funeral will be held and the burial will
take place. He came to the Home four
years ago.
Fred II. Harris, who had held the
Vermont state tennis championship four
years, lost the title at st. Johnsbury
| Saturday, being defeated by his former
| teammate at Dartmouth. ]. G.. Nelson
| of Concord. n. H. Nelson had previous
| ~ won the tournament cup with the
| right to challenge Harris. The two play
ers struggled for mastery three hours.
| Harris taking the first two sets and
| Nelson the last three. Both players
| worked the back court game. The scores
were 4-6, 2-6, 6-S. IS, 6-9. On Fri
| day Harris and Nelson won the state
| championship in doubles the second con-
| secutve year. defeating Porter AMI
| Collister ST. Ga, 6-3, 60.
A monkey which belongs to Mrs.
| Jennie NJ. Legs attracted much atten-
ton Monday afternoon while in a box
| in front of the American express office
on High street and at the station. The
animal had been at Mrs. Leys's home
| in West Brattleboro three years, but
had become so ill tempered that she
| decided to send him to her sons home
in New York city. A box was built of
| wood and covered on the sides and top
with heavy poultry netting. The crowd
| fed him peanuts and other delcacies
| which he consumed with a relish, stop
| ping at frequent intervals to rush chat
| tering to the sides or top of his cage
in pursuit of someone who came too
near. He is about four and one half
feet tall and weighs about so pounds.
The Woodstock Standard of August S
contained a notice of the death of a
former Brattleboro woman, Mrs. Jason
l.. Putney. Mr.. and Mrs. Putney for
merly were employed at the Brattleboro
Retreat and Mr.. Putney at one time
| worked for the Estey Organ company
The Standard said: After a long and
| trying Illness. Mrs. Jason L. Putney
of Hartland Hill passed to her rest last
Friday. at the age of 60 years. Mrs
| Putney was a capable and worthy wo-
man and had many friends who sim
cerely mourn her death. Mrs. Putney
is survived by her husband. one son
| Alison Putney, and one daughter, Beulaf
| Putney. The funeral was held at the
home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Rev. E. R. Phillips officiating, and Rev
Ralph c. English sang solo. Inter
ment was made in the Taftsville GEM
etery."
The funeral of Daniel P. Cobb was
held at 23O o'clock Saturday Afternoon
in the home of his daughter, Mrs. w
A. Gilbert of 10 Wiliston street. and was
largely attended Rev. DR.. John r. Gov
of the First Baptist church and Rev
Roy NJ. Houghton of the Congregation
al church officiated and Mrs. William
H. Bond sang two selections, "AsleeI
in Jesus" and Nearer. my God, t.
Thee" There were many beautiful flor
al pieces, including a representation o.
three links from Wantastiquet lodge o.
Odd Fellows and a wreath from former
neighbors on Prospect hill. Among
those present were two brothers, Al
phonso C. Cobb of Putney Falls ant
Marshall f. Cobb of Marlboro. n. II.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. bort and son
Wakefield of Keene, Richard Cobb o
Spofford and James NJ. Gilbert of Towns
bend. The burial took place in the fam
lily lot in Prospect Hill cemetery, a dele
cation of odd Fellows acting as escort
and the Odd Fellows committal servic,
was used, being conducted by Fred c
Dunklee, vice grand, and Fred s
Knight. chaplain. The bearers wer
John L. Roess, Holland ]. Wilson, Mar
shall d. Grout and Francis E. Perry
members of the lodge.
Water rights involving a small brool
in Dummerston, near the Putney line
are the subject of a controversy between
Irving Ketchum of Dummerston and tn
Vermont Brick company of Putney. Mr.
Ketchum has secured an injunction
against the company, restraining 1t from
diverting the water, and the defendan
brought a petition Monday for the dis
solution of the injunction, but no hear
ing on the petition has been held. Mr.
Ketchum, through his counsel, r. c
Bacon, AYERS that he owns a farm nea
the highway leading from Putney vii
lage to the railroad station; that
never-failing brook flowed through tn
lands next adjoining his, thence through
his pasture and farm in a well definet
channel in quantity sufficient to waite
all the stock that the farm would car
for; that the brick plant is not on lant
contiguous to the brook, and that abou
April l, 1912. the company wrongful,
and without permission built dan
across the brook and ran pipe acros
the highway to the plant for the use o
a boiler and. engine, diverting all tn
water and depreciating the value OF TIL
land. Chancellor Frank l.. Fish grantee
the prayer for an injunction. The de
PENDANT through Attorney III. r. Eddy
says in it's answer that the brook doe
not flow in we'll defined channels; tina
1t does not flow through land adjoinin
the farm of the orator; that the bricl
company owns the land from which tn