Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-07-19


pei service at the Retreat Sunday af-
ternoon at o'clock.
The women of the L. C. b. A. will
hold a silver tea party in the home of
Mrs. Sarah Dunlevy next Thursday ev-
ening. All are invited. -"
All persons having bills against the
Brattleboro pageant are asked to pre-
sent them at once to the finance COM
mittee so that the books may be closed.
The committee consists of Mrs. @. e.
Warner, Mrs. c. @. Staples and c, l.:
Stickney. .-r.-'. ..3. t-'c r.t ,ft
/, The name of the street which recently
has been cut through the ID. 8 Pratt
farm south of Western avenue from
Crosby street to Western avenue and on
which f. s. Hall and J. Il. Brocking-
ton are having houses built Is High
Lawn street. sl:aN.:t , 'E .t'
/ While John OConnor was laying brick
at f. G. Crosby's new garage Wednes-
day afternoon one foot went through
the staging and his face came In con-
tact with the corner of a mortar hod.
cash about four inches long and half
an inch deep was cut in his right cheek.
DR.. II. p. Greene attended him and took
two stitches in the wound, and Mr..
OConnor continued at his work
A Zion show in the south window
of the Twin State Case & Electric COM
pany's store in the American building
has been attracting much notice this
week. A figure of lion was put In the
window the day the circus came. Stand
ing before a representation of African
scenery the animal appears very lfe-l like
as he mods his head and opens his mouth
The figure advertses a gas heater for
heating water.
The street cars will run an hour later
on Saturday nights beginning July 90.
Other nights the schedule will be as at
present. On Saturday nights the cars
will leave the Main street bridge at 1910
and 1910 for West Bratteboro and at
1920 and 1850 for Prospect Hill. The last
car will arrive at the Main street bridge
at lilo from Prospect Hill and at 11.2O
from West Brattleboro and both cars
will be held until 11.3O.
Victor Cotton, 15 son of Mr.. and Mrs.
p. j. Cotton of High street, fell from
the second to the first story in f. c..
Crosby's new garage at the corner of
High and Green streets Monday after
noon and fractured his arm in two
places below the elbow. The boy had
been employed during the vacation as
water carrier. He probably stepped on
the end of a board which overlapped
one of the steel Orders. He. was taken
to the Memorial hospital and Dr. c. s.
Pratt attended him.
While the circus parade was passing
over the Connecticut river bridge at the
foot of Bridge street Monday noon one
of the planks gave way under the
weight of a heavy wagon. Selectman
A. E. Merrill was notified and replaced
the broken plank with a new one Many
of the planks need repairing. but the
selectmen are waiting for the railroads
to come to some sort of an arrangement
concerning the work on this side of the
river before they expend much money
for repairs on the bridge.
An injunction restraining Fred r.
Thomas from building a fence between
his property and Dr. II. l.. Waterman's
on Elliot street was issued by Judge F.
l.. Fish and served by Deputy Sheriff c.
E. Mann Tuesday. Attorney E. j. Wat
erman represents DR.. Waterman and the
Injunction was granted on the grounds
that for a great many years there has
been a driveway between the two prop
critics and that the doctor is entitled to
the right of way in order to drive to
his barn. Mr.. Thomas bought the prop
erty, which is the estate west of the
Grange building. several months ago
from Patrick Fleming and P. F. Crown
He claims that nothing is said in the
deed about right Of way between the
two estates.
Sparks's world famous shows appear
ed at Island park Monday and gave two
performances. The afternoon attendance
was only fair, but in the evening a large
number were present. The show was
good. some Of the best of last years
features being presented, also many that
were new this year. This circus is
making a name for itself by giving good
clean performances, the trained animals
being particularly enjoyable. The cir
Gus came early Sunday morning and dur
Ing the day the park was visited by
hundreds of persons. The elephants
were given a bath in the Connecticut
river, which made an interesting sight.
The huge beasts enjoyed the bath and
amused the spectators by squirting
| water through their Trunks
Inc brown-t tail moth has appeared in
| Brattleboro Three were killed Satur-
| day, and what remains of one is now at
| The Phoenix office. These are the only
| ones that have been reported, but
| doubtless others are here and have es-
| capped notice. Mrs. Mary j. Underhill
and Mrs. Addie C. Van Doom were
| walking past Mrs. George W. Hooker's
premises Saturday, when Mrs. Underhill
| who had seen browntai moths in Mas
sachusetts, saw two on a tree in Mrs
| Hooker's yard She killed them with a
| stick and found a third on the drinking
fountain, killing that one also. They
had pure white wings and the ends OF
the bodies were of deep brown. The
| finding of these insects should be a
warning to all to be on the watch to
prevent the pest from getting a foothold
here. A large number of brown tail
moths were found in Keene last week
| One of the men who sells balloons with
the circus lost about a dozen of the toys
Monday morning just before the parade
| came up Main street. He was standing
| on the Main street bridge with a good
display of the balloons in his possession
| when an automobile passed him. A
| man sitting in the rear seat of the ma
| chine, which came from New Hampshire,
| was lighting a cigar and as he passed
| the balloon vender he threw away the
| burning match. AS the flame touched
the light rubber Of the first balloon
| there was a slight pun and the blue
piece of rubber disappeared. There was
| a succession Of puffs and then conster-
| nation on the part of the balloon man.
| The automobile continued on Its way
and the man who threw the match evil
| IDENTIFY did not realize the damage he had
| caused. The ttinerant surveyed his stock
| in trade, sadly depleted, and with a