Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-27


meeting Wednesday evening.
Rev. e. s. Harrison Of West Brat
tleboro will conduct the chapel service
at the Retreat Sunday afternoon at 3
O'clock.
without realizing their danger, sew
eral boys have tempted fate by climbing
poles which carry electric wires and
grasping the metal arms or braces. Elec-
triclans state the the boys are liable to
get a shock Of 23o0 volts.
Lon Davis, who is the champion local
fisherman in Turing pike from the Con-
ncticut, caught three pike Sunday which
weighed respectively 9, and ~ pounds.
He fshed from the shore near the Cros-
by elevator and used live sinner as
bait
Although Friday evening was stormy
the subscription dance held at the Is
land park pavilion for the benefit OF
the day nursery of the Mutual Aid as
ISOLATION was well attended. About $50
was netted by the dances of Sept. 6
and 20.
In one or two places where the new
cement sidewalks have been laid teams
have driven across them and broken
them down. There has been so much
dampness since the sidewalk work was
begun that the walks have not hardened
caution in using them.
Samuel Clark of Brooklyn, N. Y, and
Mrs. Ida Antoinette Bradshaw of this
town were married Tuesday afternoon
at o'clock by Rev. d. e. Trout, pas
tor of the Unversallst church. in his
home on Winston street. The single
ring service was used The couple were
unattended. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark will
live in Brooklyn.
despatch from Athol in the Boston
Globe says the Connecticut River Power
and Transmission company has secured
options on land from several heavy land
owners along Dead river between Athol
and Royalston. ut is rumored,' the
despatch says, that the company is to
| create an immense reservoir, as from
| 1000 to 1000 acres have been secured.
| 1t is said that this reservoir may be
used as an auxiliary to the present
| system"
Water which Rev. Roy NJ Houghton
| brought from the river Jordan will be
used in baptizing children in the Con-
gregational church next Sunday morning
| The rally day and commencement exer-
cises of the Sunday school will be held
in the church in place of the usual
| preaching service. All members of the
school are requested to meet in the
| chapel at 1915 to take part in the pro-
cessional. Bibles will be presented to
| 13 children, who have been baptized a
| certain number of years A rally day
offering will be taken toward the support
| of the school.
| Miss Elizabeth r. Kiley of Greenfield,
Mass, left her home last week to jour-
ney across the continent On her arrival
| in Seattle she was married to Fred c.
| Schiller. Mr.. Schiller formerly lived in
| Greenfield and during the Spanish Amer
| lean war served in Company L. second
| Massachusetts regiment. In the battle
| of Ell Caney he was shot through the
body but recovered completely For
some time after the war Mr. Schiller
was employed as chef in the Brooks
| House. He has been engaged in bus
mess in Alaska the past nine years
| His bride will accompany him to that
territory and they will make their per-
| manent home there.
Chalmers Holbrook, senior in Union
Theological seminary, preached in the
| Congregational church Sunday morning
| large congregation was present and
| was impressed with the forcefulness Of
his sermon on the theme, "Consecra-
tion." Mr. Holbrook is a son of the late
Judge William c. Holbrook of New York
formerly Of Brattleboro and grandson
| of the late ex-Gov. Frederick Holbrook
of this town. The family long has beer
identified with the Centre church. Ir
introducing Mr.. Holbrook Rev. Roy M
| Houghton said it was a notable occa
sion when a young man returned tc
preach to the playmates and acquaint.
| ances of his boyhood, notable both fol
| the young man and for the church.
Five Italian laborers who had been
| employed on the cement sidewalk job
brought suit against their employer, J.
| c. Connors, the contractor who has
| charge of the work, and their grievanc-
| es were heard by Justice E. j. Water
man Saturday. The plaintiffs sought to
recover 81 each for two days work Mr.
| Connors claimed that he was to deduct
| from the wages the expenses of getting
| the men here from New York, and he
| filed a plea in offset amounting to $50
| Judgment was rendered for the plant
| ifs and the defendant appealed to the
| county court. The Italians were cited
| to appear before N. d. Clawson, notary,
| this week to give dispositions. If these
| cases are tried in county court the costs
| to the losing party will be about $40 in
| each instance and the cost to the state
| about 500 day.
An aged horse owned by the Dewitt
| Grocery company recently refused to
| take a vacation in an inviting pasture
few miles out of town. After about
10 years or FAITHFUL service on a whole
sale delivery wagon the firm decided to
give the animal a vacation. Arrange
ments We're made to pasture the animal
in one of III. r. Browns pastures, and
| Mr.. Dewitt sent two of the employees
| of the concern to escort the horse to
| it's new home. There were four other
horses in the pasture and no one dream
| ed that the animal would be homesick
when taken away from it's regular work
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and few days later one of them was
about to make a trip to the pasture to
salt the horse when he learned that
| there was a strange animal at Howard
& Yearly's livery stable, and investiga-
| ton showed that it was the Dewitt
| Grocery company's horse, which was
| found loose upon the village street by
| Chief of-Police George Wilson the morn
ing after it had been turned out
Work of the w. C. T. v.