Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-07-12
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BRATTLEBORO.

X. E. Mosher has received new
Cadillac touring car which will be used
for public service in connection with
his livery business.
The N. e. o. p. ladies auxiliary
meeting will be postponed this week on
account of the extreme heat. The next
meeting will be held Friday the 10Th
with Mrs. Ellen Herrick of Elliot street.
The annual baby meet will take place
on the common Saturday at 4 o'clock
The First Regiment band will give a
concert. All mothers are invited to come
with their babies. Children old enough
to come alone also are invited
The gross receipts of the Brattleboro
post office during the fiscal year which
ended June 30 were $50,3O1.39 being an
increase over the previous year of $780,
S. The money order business of the past
~ months included 34,0S5 transactions,
representing $667111.O4
There was some talk among the 16
members of the First Regiment band
whose terms of enlistment expired this
month that they would not re-enlist,
but matters were adjusted so that the
members decided Wednesday to serve
another term. The band will continue,
therefore, to be the regimental band OF
Vermont. There are 80 members on the
roll, but their enlistments do not all ex-
pire at the same time.
1t is expected that the committee
chosen at the annual town meeting In
March to have charge of the eXpendi-
ture of the money voted for the con-
struction of new sidewalks in different
parts of the town will have the speci-
fications ready next week to give to
those who wish to enter bids on the
work. In the town meeting 1t was
voted that bonds to the amount of $4,000
be issued for this work. The committee
chosen consists of c. A. Harris, j. e.
Mellen and ]. l.. Stockwell.
Dana I. Stafford of West Brattleboro
shot three year-old buck in his apple
orchard last week. Within the past few
weeks deer have damaged more than
30 trees owned by him and the day be-
fore he shot the buck Deputy Game
Warden Henry ]. Allen went to the or
chard to see the damage. At that time
there were "a trees that had been dam
aged and the following day deer ate the
tops off four young trees Mr.. Stafford
says there are at least three more deer
in the vicinity of his farm that have
been destroying trees and crops
Chief Of Police George Wilson has re-
ceived an urgent request to search for
Walter A. Stevens, 81, of lion, N. Y,
and baby girl are now living in Frank
fort, N. Y. Stevens is feet inches tall,
has black hair with slight curl on left
side, high forehead small mustache. His
gold watch contained his monogram on
inside of case, a match safe attach
ed to one end of his watch chain also
bore his initials and his laundry was
marked "W. A. s." Stevens was a men,
Der of the Ilion lodge of Odd Fellows
ga Of nj h.
American War Veterans. He was a man
of good habits and there was no reason
to account for his disappearance.
Fred H. Harris defeated j. R. Miller
in the last round of the Connecticut
Valley tennis tournament played in
Springfield, Mass, Friday. The scores
were SO, SO. Harris won a cup and
the right to challenge r. c. Seaver OF
Boston, holder of the challenge cup and
the Connecticut valley title. The match
against Seaver took place in the intense
heat shortly after Harris had disposed
| of Miller. Seaver finally won in a hard
five-set contest Seaver took the first
| two sets 6-2, 6-1, and Harris the third
| and fourth 6-3, 6-1, the final going tC
Seaver Sc. The Republican describes
the playing as the best ever seen II
the Connecticut valley. Seaver is a for.
| mer Massachusetts state champion, hold
ing that title several consecutive year.
until he was beaten by N. w. Niles.
Manley Brothers, automobile dealers IL
this town, who handle the output of tn,
| Ford automobile factory in Detroit fol-
the state of Vermont, are keeping tn,
| heads at that factory busy with neve
| ceasing cries for more Fords.' JohI
| b. Manley, the head of the local firm
| says he can stand the hot weather al
right but what he does not like is t,
hn nr1ar 1AIi It'd
| present. In different parts of the stat
so persons are waiting for Ford car
that have been ordered through tn,
| Manley agency. Twelve cars were re
ceived this week which helped out
little. Each fall an estimate of tn
number of cars each dealer will sell 1
made by the manufa cturers in Detroit
| but they greatly underestimated the mum
Der that will be sold by the agenc,
here.
DR.. w. r, Noyes sustained painful in
juries to one leg by his motorboat Will
bathing Sunday in West river AM
has since been confined to his home
He went into the water with his broth
er-in-law, Sherman S. Huntley, o
Springfield, Mass, and Mrs. Noyes an
Mrs. Huntley took a short ride in tn
motor boat. They returned in the boa
and as 1t came near the swimmers tn
doctor swan toward it, intending t
climb aboard He reached a point nea
the stern, not realizing the strength o
the suction from the propeller, and sud
denly was sucked toward the propelle
and before he could swim to safety tn
blade struck his leg, slashing it and cut
ting out two pieces of bone. He wa
hurried to the Memorial hospital an
stitches were taken in the wound an
he was then removed to his home. Tw
years ago a man who was spending hi
vacation at Spofford lake had simila
experience and his leg was very badl
injured.
Marvin ]. Howard of South London
derry, county fish and game warden
went to Boston Tuesday morning and re
turned to Vermont Wednesday with 16,
300 brook trout fingerlings in "a cans
He brought 5000 fingerlngs to Brattle
boro and delivered them to various con
signees, going from here to Roxbury
where he will be engaged several week
at the hatchery. The consgnees, numbe
OF fingerlings and the brooks anon
which the Brattleboro shipment was dis
tributed are as follows: A. M Thomas
600 Stickney brook; c. V. Chamberlir
600, brickyard brook in West Brattle
boro; M. M. Tucker, 1000, Smith brook
L. F. Ellis, 1000, Broad brook; l.. X
Barber. 500. Franklin brook L. S. Bar
Der 500, F'lagg brook; Charles Bur
roughs, 600 brickyard brook in Gull
ford; George II. Wilder 700, Cole brook
Mai. F. w. Childs, 600, Ames hi
brook; Chester w. Sargent, 1000. whet