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

formerly of Putney and for long time
in charge of the Congregational medical
mission in Madura, South India, states
that she Is improving In health at the
Arequipa sanatorum in Fairfax, Calf,
where she went on her arrival in this
country on a furlough. She states that
she expects to remain at the sanatorium
until September and is not likely to |
reach Vermont until sometime in Octo-
Der.
Seven Vermont fair assertions offer |
an aggregate of $4,000 for races this |
fall They are Middlebury, $4,000; Rut
land, $4,000; Fair Haven, $4,000; White |
River Junction, $1,000; Manchester, $1,000; |
Brattleboro, $500; South Wallingford, |
$1,000 The list Of races and purses for |
the Valley fair at Brattleboro is as fol- |
lows: 2.30 pace (closed) $780, 2.35 pace, |
$500; 217 pace (closed) $500; PA pace,
$780, 2.12 pace (closed) $500; 2.30 trot |
(closed) $500; 2.27 trot, $500; 2.22 trot
$780, 2.16 trot, 5000.
The many friends in Brattleboro, West
Halifax and elsewhere of Chaplain Sam
uel j. Smith of the Coast Artillery corps,
Fort Mills, Corregdor, Philippine Is
lands, will be interested in part of
letter written by him to The Phoenix
and just received He says: Il
think perhaps the people of our state
will be interested to know that two
young HeutendnlS, vi A'Ni "'S't
made the best records during the recent
l"annual target practice here at Correg-
| idor that have been made in long time.
| The officers are Lieut.. Earl f. BALDWIN,,
| G. A. c., and Lieut. Frank ). clark, y.
| A. c. The former halls from Northf1eld
and the latter from Brattleboro Each OF
| these young officers commands hne
| battery of the best type of mortars In
| our service and the work done by them
at the last practice reflects great credit
| upon themselves and old Norwich. This
| is a great post, and will, some day, be-
| come a great factor in the Oriental
| question in the maintenance of peace.
we have been here nearly two years,
but expect to return to the States by the
end of 1872"
The following account of the wedding
of Corp C. A. Tenney formerly Of this
town, is from the Hagerstown, Md,
Morning Herald of Monday, July %: Miss
Olive Estelle Smith, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles l.. Smith of Clearspring,
and Mr.. c. A. Tenney of Baltimore were
married by Rev. Frederick William Bald,
B. D., pastor of Trinity Reformed
church, Mercersburg, Pa, at the par
sonage of Christ's Reformed church.
Hagerstown, Saturday at noon. Mrs
Tenney is a graduate of the Washington
county high school and of the National
School of Elecution and Oratory of Phil
adelphia. For several years she had
! charge of the department of elecution in
Kee Mar college. Mr.. Tenney is a native
! of Brattleboro Vermont, and a graduate
of Norwich university. During the Phil
ippine rebellion he served with distinc-
ton in Company E, 46th U. S. v. Infant
ry. For the past six years he has been
E connected with the state highway COM
t mission, at present being district engi-
D neer in charge of the western division
e The wedding day was also the brides
n birthday, and just one year ago at Pen
d Mar the young couple were introduced
= to one another by Mr.. Smith, Mrs. Ten.
y ney's father. They will make their home
> at Cumberland"
:, F. c. Crosby has been exhibiting al
q interesting curiosity this week in thu
Q form of mass of tiny roots Of a tre'
= that had so filled an inch and hal
y pipe that they practically stopped tn
J. flow of water through the pipe. For tn
i. past three or four years the water sup
No ply of the Brooks House boiler room an,
! Harmony building in the rear of tn
Crosby block, gradually has been fail
l. ing and this week it became so SINAI
ar that it was necessary to dig up tn
rs pipes. The supply comes from the Ellio
re- street aqueduct spring in the rear G
10 l. D. Bailey's blacksmith shop on Ellie
in street. In front of the north watercur
* building workmen located the trouble
of Apparently when employees of the tow
ne put in pipes IA years ago, they crosse
al Mr.. Crosby's inch and one half lea
Q pipe and accidently suck a pick into
"a and then filled the hole with a WOO
ne plug. The roots Of big elm tree in tn
A. watercure yard began to grow towar
d the pipe, and probably Old Mother Ma
L. ture told the roots that through ths
ed plug all the water they needed could /
obained The roots almost threadlike
g. appearance, worked their way down bt
fNEEa ha Yli and tha l,n
as and then along the pipe Gradually II
to roots grew and when the men remove
g. the obstruction Wednesday afternoon II
of roots had completely filled the pipe ar
as had the appearance of brow
o. snake about five feet long.
N, A former Brattleboro GIRL Mrs. Eth
~ ! (Joy) Miller, is winning laurels in Clev,
"a land, o.. as a composer and pianist. 81
o. is daughter of Herman ]. Joy of Eli
street and spent the greater part of h
,;s life in this town She and her fami
. ..I have lived in Cleveland six years ar
~ her mother, Mrs. Eva. L., wife of L.
Engel, also is a resident of Clevelan
av After going to Cleveland she compos,
80 song, words and music, entitled IF
ia Won the Day." dedicated to Mayor To
~ L. Johnson, and by request of the may
,pi, she played and sang the song at Il
~ Sycamore banquet. Since then she HI
IT, composed words and music of som
as which have been successful, some
T. which were sung few days ago in Il
a. Olympia theatre by Vernon T Harris,
~ well-known tenor of Cleveland MI
Np Miller playing the Accomplishments. II
~ announcement of the engagement spoil
% of Mrs. Miller as "Cleveland's mo
"a famous composer and pianist" One
nc her latest pieces is entitled THE Tita
Ut ic." The professors who have heard h
NC have spoken very highly of her wor
al The manager Of the Olympia says: III
" compositions pleased and were well r
ceived. She is billed as the soul cor
poser, and as such she is a drawn
card to any house" Ethel JOY was DO
in Brattleboro Feb. l., 1880. In 1900 q
las was married to George E. Levlns
le- Rutland. After his death she was ma