Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-08-09
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The women of the L. c. B. A. will
hold a silver tea in the home of Mrs
Michael Lynch on Elliot street Tuesday
evening All are invited.
The First Regiment band will give
concert Monday evening at the Home for
the Aged. A concert also will be given
Wednesday evening on the common.
The regular meeting of the Daughters
of the American Revolution will be held
Thursday afternoon at $3.50 with Mrs.
Herbert Clark in West Brattleboro.
Bennington day will be observed.
In the regular meeting of Protective
Grange Wednesday evening an inter-
estng program was given including the
discussion of a question, readings and
songs. Charles w. Sargent of Spring
field Mass, spoke of the Grange work
in that city.
Advance men for Howe's circus have
been in town this week. They are anx-
ous to have the show appear on the is
land Aug. 80. which Is the day when
Theodore Roosevelt probably will speak
there The management of Island Park
have not yet decided whether to allow
the circus on the island that day.
The women of the Universallst church
will hold lawn party on Freeman
Aug 10, from to 40 o'clock. Sand
wiches coffee, ice cream and cake Will
be served. An invitation is eXented TO
the public to be present. If TUESDAY Us
stormy the party will be held the next
pleasant day.
The Brattleboro Womans club is plan
| ming a concert of very high order TOT
| Thursday evening, Aug. %, when Arthur
| Philips, baritone, assisted by Mrs. Rita
nit dor "a
| L. Walker, pianist, will appear In the
Baptist church. The town will be can
vassed for tickets, by members of the
| club, next week.
Mrs. Minnie ,(Doolittle) Rice, AS, wild
| ow of Gersham r. Rice, who died last
| February, died in the home of her broth
| err on Orchard street last evening of
acute brights disease. She had been an
| invalid the last five or six years and
three weeks ago was weakened by a
| cerebral hemorrhage. She leaves two
| brothers. Merton Doolittle and Guy Doc
| little, both of this town
William Cushman has been awarded a
| contract by the directors of the town
school district to repair the Centreville
| schoohouse and make Improvements
| therein The repairs have been contem-
plated a number of years, but owing
| to the small attendance at the school
postponed The contract calls for to-
| tai expenditure of about $1,000 and in
| cludes the installation of heating sys-
| tenn and toilets connected with the sew
err bsides a large amount of carpentry
work.
A case of infantie paralysis has been
| reported on Vernon street, the first in
more than a year, and is in charge of
| Dr.. w. II. Lane. Fred Houghton, 8,
l wl,N
| who live in the house next to the lot
| on which E. Crosby & Co.'S new ele-
| vator is being built developed symp-
| toms of the disease 10 days ago and at
| present both legs are paralyzed. Dr.
Lane says the child is not suffering
| from an aggravated attack and may re-
cover the use of his legs in a short
| time. 1t is not known how the lad
| contracted the disease as he has not
been out of town and no other cases
have been reported here.
| Arrangements were made this week
| whereby the armory of Company l will
| be moved to, the new building on High
| street, which is being built by E. c.
| Crosby, as soon as it is completed. Capt
w. o. Cooley has received the endorse
| ment of Adj. Gen. Lee S. Tillotson ant
| a verbal agreement has been made be
tween the officers of the regiment and
| Mr. Crosby, whereby they agree to oc-
| cupy the quarters at least one year, with
the privilege of extending it to 10 years
| or until an armory is built. The new
| quarters will be located on the top story
| of the new building and a drill hall 25(
| by so feet will be available, besides Off
| GERS quarters, privates' room, property
room and toilets. There will be no posts
in the hall as nine steeh Orders will sup
| port the ceiling, which will be ~ ant
| 10 feet high, and Mr.. Crosby propose:
| to have a hardwood floor laid which will
| make the armory available for dancing
| parties.
| huge service tank to be used at the
| Austin Institution was drawn up Cana
street, along Maple street to the insti-
tuition Saturday afternoon. From the
freight yard it was drawn by foul
horses and at the foot of the hill or
the grounds two additional pairs helped
pull the heavy load to the rear of the
building The tank is % feet long an;
seven feet in diameter, has a capacity OF
5000 gallons and weighs 5000 pounds. 1
| was made by Lunt, Moss & Co. of Boston
| Mr.. Lunt came here to superintend thu
work of lowering the tank into the bis
hole which had been dug for it. 1t wa!
| put into the excavation Wednesday
| morning. The use of the tank is made
necessary as the pressure of the Brat
tleboro Water Works company's system
| VIII not carry water TO the top story o.
the building because the structure is or
such a high elevation. An electric pump
which will exert so pounds air pressure
| will be installed to pump water to diff
ferent parts of the building.
Chase & Daley, attorneys for Lyman
Randall, have filed in the Office of thu
county clerk a bill in chancery agains
Bessie b. Hubbard and the BrattleborC
Trust company The bill alleges in sub
stance that the defendant Hubbard
fraudulenty represented and induced thu
orator to buy her cigar-box bushes!
situated in Brattleboro, and asks to have
a $14OO note given for the same dis
charged and mortgages given to her can
celed. The Trust company Is made q
defendant on the ground that 1t has ac.
quired some interest in the mortgages
The orator alleges that the defendant
did not own some of the property which
she claimed belonged with the business
that the defendant did not have g.
regular customers, she claimed, bu
only 10, and that as result of tn,
misrepresentation it was impossible Il
operate the business at a profit but in
stead a loss was incurred The mort
cages were upon the orators farm il
Newfane and personal property there
The bal was served Monday by DEBUT,
Sheriff c. E. Mann.
Richard Darcy. one of the triplet
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