Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-10-11
BRATTLEBORO.

o. =. Shepardson received a box of
fresh strawberries from Windsor Oct g.
William b. Houghton has not bought
the c. w. Durham house, as was re-
ported. The house has not been sold.
f. L. Roberts and H. NJ. Roberts have
sold one of their cottage houses oppo-
site Il. l.. Roberts's house on western
avenue to Justus Wood of Centreville.
The board of civil authority will meet
Saturday. Nov. 2. in the selectmen's
room, at 3 p. M, to revise the check
list to be used in the national election
Nov. 5,
While Phillip Putnam was cranking
the automobile owned by his father, F.
w. Putnam, Sunday afternoon the crank
flew back and fractured one of the bones
in his wrist and dsocated another.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward B. Barrows an
nounce the engagement of their daugh-
tiers. Mabel Fletcher, to Arthur Wallace
Peach of Brattleboro, and Harriet Eliz-
abeth, to Rev. Fred C. Leining of Bid
deford Me.
Mstaking the number of steps, think
ing there was but one when there were
| two, Mrs Flora S. ID. Young of Green
street fell Sunday night when starting
| home from a visit to a neghbor and
| struck her right hand on the sidewalk,
fracturng the wrist.
The dates for the Odd Fellows series
| of dances are Oct. 49, Nov. 1, Is and 20,
| Dec 10 and q, Jan. 10 and "a Feb. Z
and 81 March and 81 and April A and
| IS. Music will be furnished by Alison
Dugan, Sewall Morse, Bert Leitsinger
and F. c. I.eitsinger.
The regular meeting of the w. c. T.
! L. for October will be held in the rest
|
Members are requested to take notice
| of the change of time. A report of the
| state meeting will be given by Miss
Addie NJ. Fay, delegate from this town.
The annual meeting of the Memorial
| Hospital Alumni association was held in
| the Mutual Aid rooms yesterday af-
ternoon and these officers were elected:
| Pres, Miss Mary B. LOOMS; vice pres,
Miss Catherine Van Gumster; sec, Miss
| Flora NJ Cattanach treas, Miss Martha
Wooley; ex. COM, these officers and Miss
| Katherine Noble
The scores of the worlds series base
ball games are bulletined by innings,
with names of batteries and other in
| formation about the game, in Fenton
& Cos window. Big crowds gathered
outside the store Tuesday, Wednesday
and yesterday to watch the change by
| innings.
John G. Bakers well-known driving
horse, George, had its leg broken last
Friday morning in Miss Whites stable
in Putney West Hill so 1t mad to be
shot. She was a valuable pure bred
Morgan mare. Mr. Baker had many
times been offered a large sum for her,
but would not sell. She was a favorite
among his patrons, pretty as a picture,
and a great pet.
Nicholas Baker of Elliot street bought
from the Standard Oil company the Fer
ritter house on Morningside road off
Vernon street Mr.. Baker bought the
house for the slate and lumber and has
taken it down and carried it away. The
Standard Oil company will build an Office
where the house stood. The new brick
barn belonging to the company will be
heated by steam this winter. b. o. Fos-
ter of Burlington. special agent of the
Standard Oil company for the state OF
Vermont, was in town Wednesday, GO
ing from here to Boston.
The increase in the number of houses
in Brattleboro and the constantly no.
ticeable shortage of tenements is a re-
minder that the population of the towr
is growing. When the listers completed
the tax inventories the past summer
there were 2222 poll tax payers on the
grand list. Since then practically 81
names have been added making a tota
l
the population of a town is four times
the number on the poll tax list. This
rule would make Brattleboros popula
ton 5000, Probably the number will
fall little short of that figure. but 1t is
believed there are at least $500 resi-
figures published in October, 1910, gave
Brattleboro's population as 7541.
Not much time has been spent in the
actual trying of cases in county court
| this week, but good number of ca ses
have been disposed Of AS there were
no cases ready for trial Wednesday
court took a recess to next Monday af-
ternoon and the jurymen were excused
until Tuesday morning. After being out
26 hours the jury in the case of the
Cook Lumber company of Greenfield
against John NJ. Moore of South New.
fame, which was an action alleging de-
ceit in the sale of land. rendered a ver-
dict for the plaintiff to recover $500. The
case OF e. A Temple & Co. of Whit
ngham against Charles Beaudry o.
North Heath, Mass, to recover on 9
promissory note given for the sale of a
gasoline engine was tried Saturday. The
defendant claimed that the engine was
guaranteed to run, but that 1t did not
The jury found for the defendant to re-
cover his costs, A large number OF
. cases were disposed of the first of the
week. by settlement and otherwise, one
being the South Londonderry dog case
OF Ezra Barney against Leonard Garfield
which was settled. In the case Of Hen
ry w. Goddard against William S. FIem-
ing, both of this town. the defendant
mas admitted liability and the case will
now come up on the question OF dam
ages Mr.. Goddard was injured by be.
ing. run over on Vernon street, Elem.
ing's automobile running into his wag.
on and soaring his horses In the cases
| OF Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Nasor
against Ralph Grout. all of Bratte-
ooro' In which damages are sought or
the allegation that Mr.. Grout ran into
Mrs. Mason and injured her while ridint
his bicycle. judgment was rendered fol
the plaintiff by default, and damage.
will be assessed.