Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-13

touring car or Manley Dfotners'
The Ladies' Enterprise society will
meet with Mrs. Albert Thomas on Bel
mont avenue next Wednesday afternoon.
No refreshments will be served.
The mission circle of the Universalist
church will meet In the church parlor |
Thursday afternoon at o'clock AS this |
Is the annual meeting a large attendance |
Is desired.
The regular meeting of the Sunshine |
society was held Tuesday at Mrs. A. w. |
Rockwell's cottage at Spofford lake. The
members went to the lake in carriages
and automobiles and the entire day was
spent there.
Duke" the big Percheron owned by
Charles Miner, was shipped Monday to
St Johnsbury, where he will be on ex-
hibition at the fair He also will be
seen at the state fair in White River
Junction and then at the Valley fair
Napoleon Castne has charge of the
horse, which weighs about $500 pounds.
Lon j. Davis caught two large pike
in the Connecticut river Sunday. One
was of unusual size, weighing 10 pounds
and being three feet long. The other
weighed seven pounds and was about 30
inches long. Mr. Davis was fishing from
a boat near the abutment of the Crosby
warehouse, and IL was more than 20
the fight and was landed safely in the
boat.
William ]. Pentand, jr., is soliciting
funds for the Valley fair week decora-
lions. He has had charge of this part
of the< work several years. This year
the decorations will be for the greater
part on the poles on Main, Canal and
Elliot streets instead of extending across
the street and they will be arranged by
Nat 30 D,,N1o hox
charge of erecting the tents at the fair
grounds.
The Baptist church was crowded Sun
day evening to hear John Tyler of the
| Water street mission speak Many had
| heard him at Mortified. He told a
heart-interest story of his life, from the
| time when he attended the little Vir-
gina Sunday school, through days of
.opulence and then of his experiences on
the downward path until he had reached
the very bottom, when he realized his
| condition and reformed.
William C. Horizons agency has sold
for Mrs Ada R. Scott of New York
city her two houses on High street,
| Brattleboro, to Mrs. Josephine A. Smith,
| milliner. Mrs. Smith contemplates fixing
| over one of the houses for her own
| occupancy. Possession will be given at
| once. One of these houses formerly was
| occupied by freeman Scout, the grocer,
| and the other is a four tenement house
| on the rear part of the same lot.
At yesterday mornings session of the
second day of the Provincial Teachers
associat ton an address of especial in
terest and appeal was given by Miss
| Florence l. Goodenough, assistant -direc-
tor of rawing in the public schools Of
New York city. Miss Goodenough's ad
dress was illustrated by graphic illus
trations in pencil handling, water col.
ors and crayons. Throughout the ad
dress the members of the associa tior
demonstrated their appreciation by APP
plause.-[Halifax. Nova Scotia, Chron
icle, Aug. 80.
Good progress is being made in the
work of constructing the factory build.
| ings for the Vermont Last Block com
pany, and it is expected that by another
month the machinery will be ready t.
operate. The work is not being hurried
as it is not desired to start the plan
until cold weather comes, on account O.
the condition of the lumber to be used
The main mill building is enclosed, tn,
storehouse Is about four-fifths con
structed. the office building is complete,
and the cement work for the boile
house was finished this week.
The bubble fountain on Elm street
near Canal street, has been in place les
than three weeks, but someone ha
broken out a piece of the bowl NOR
than two inches long and an inch II
width at its widest point. This probab l
is the work of the youngsters VIII
play about the fountain. They plac
finger at the point from which tn
water comes forth and squirt 1t severa
feet, and everything within range 1
watersoaked the greater part of tn
time. Several persons have asked tn
and ertElc CD ,~IA ~.
! fountain, but without avail.
Manager Lawrence G. Sherman of tn
high school football team has arrange
: the following schedule of games: Sep
Il, Northampton at Northampton Sep
E rs, open; Oct. 5. Stevens high at Glare
mont; Oct IL, Vermont academy at Brat
tleboro; Oct. II. Bellows Falls at Brat
: tleboro; Oct. 10, Keene at Keene; DC
26, Northampton at Brattleboro; Nov.
Greenfield at Brattleboro; Nov. g. Bel
l lows Falls at Bellows Falls; Nov. II
open. This makes a son of 10 weeks
beginning one week from tomorrow, wit
I, 10 games, eight of which have bee
l scheduled, four at home and four ava
from home
8 The funeral of Alexander G. Aller
= who died Sept. 3 in his home on Yer
non street, was held in the home Frida
e | afternoon at 230 o'clock, Rev. Thoma
w. owens, the new pastor of the Meth
e odist church, officiating Miss Elmo
Chamberlain sang two selections an
Miss Doris Smith played the organ. TIL
j burial was in the West Brattlebor
cemetery and the bearers were Ware
Allen, Henry Allen, James Betterley an
George Carpenter, all nephews of M
Allen. Those present from out of tow
E were Fred Prentiss and Lawrence Prem
tiss of Alstead, George Wright and Mis-
{ Sarah Wright of Westminster, Mr.
! Walter Harlow of Westminster West M
u and Mrs. Alonzo Norcross of Dummers
ton, Mrs. Winchester and Denslo
Stockwell of South Hadley, Mass, an
Mr., and Mrs. l.. Lorimer Drury
Mount Hermon.
t The officers and committees elected
n the annual meeting of the Windhal
T County Association of Congregation
II Churches in Gulford last week are 6
. follows: Registrar. Rev. Daniel McIntyl
= of Westminster West; reporter, Re
). George r. Carter of Newfan
committee on ministerial standn
q the moderator (Rev Mr.. Carter, IL
- registrar, Rev II. II. Shaw of Mar
:, boro. Rev. r. NJ. Houghton of Brattl
y boro and Rev. A. p. Pratt of Bellov
q Falls; committee of arrangements, Re
y Mr.. Mcintyre. Rev. Mr.. Carter and Re
i Alfred Cornell of West Townshend; a.
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