Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-20
Gbr l)ermunt 4bonis.
TWELVE PAGES
BRATTLEBORO.

a meeting of the members of the
Progressive party will be held Saturday
evening Sept. 2s, in Grange hall.
Andrew Jackson chapter, U. s. d. 1912,
will hold business meeting in the
home of Mrs. c. II. Thompson Saturday
afternoon at o'clock.
H. f. Weatherhead, agent for the e.
A. Strout farm agency, has sold 200
acre farm in Halifax, owned by H. Il.
NicBels, to Mr.. Pretlow of New York
state.
The public schools will hold regular
sessions Monday. On Tuesday they will
close at u o'clock and there will be no
sessions Wednesday and Thursday. Ses-
slons will be held Friday and Saturday
at the regular hours. ~
The Salvation Army will conduct a
rummage sale in their hall on High
street Oct. 2, 3, and S. Capt. M. Ar
mold wishes to remind those having
postcards furnished by him to return
them with directions for calling for SAL
able articles.
The regular meeting of the w. c. 7.
U. will be held In the rest room Mon
day afternoon. AS this is the first meet
ing after the summer vacation a full at
tendance is desired. A delegate will be
elected to attend the state convention
come before the meeting
The advance sale of reserved seats
for the grand stand at the Valley fair
will open at the Auditorium box office
this. Friday, evening at o'clock, con-
tinung through Saturday and Monday
at the box office and on fair days at
the grounds. Persons wishing to run
teams for carrying passengers may pro-
cure licenses at the box office as last
year.
Work of constructing sidewalks on
North Main, Linden and Williston streets
is now going on and next week Con-
tractor Connors will practically finish
work on the north side of MILESTONE
brook by laying the walks on Spring,
Bullock and Whipple streets. Lack of
help Is holding the work back to some
extent and it is. doubtful if Mr. Connors
can finish the contract before the heavy
frosts begin.
A cornstalk 10 feet and . inches high
standing in front of richardson's market
on Elliot street, has been attracting at
tention this week The stalk is from
the Richa rdson farm on the Guilford
road and came from a 12-acre field of
White Cap Dent and Golden Beauty va
rleties. Practically all of the field of
corn stands more than 10 feet high and
is an interesting sight The corn will be
cut for the farm silos.
Chief-o Police George Wilson was no.
titled by telephone about $50 o'clock
Friday evening to be on the lookout for
Paul Bohrman, a Swiss, who worked for
George NJ. Doane of East Jamaica and
left that town at the same time that a
gold watch, $45 in money and several
old coins disappeared from Mr.. Doane's
house. The chief found that the boy
down oh ly
after O'clock and traced him to Ver-
non, but nothing more has been heard of
him.
Dan" ]. Harry Esteys Boston ter
rier, died yesterday from injuries sus-
tanned last Friday afternoon, when he
was hit by an automobile. The animal
ran at the machine and was caught I'M
der the wheel and run over, and no
blame is attached to the driver. The
dog was eight years old, a great pet
with the family and extremely fond of
children. Two other dogs of kind dis
positions have been killed by automo-
bies this summer-"Patsy." Earl Wood
wards dog. who travelled every day with
Letter Carrier Spencer Knight, and
Lii" James P. Ferriters Boston ter
rier
The first home football game of the
high school team will be played at Is
land park, Saturday, Sept. rs, when the
strong Vermont academy team will
come here. The football enthusiasts be-
lieve this years Brattleboro team will
develop into fine aggregation. The
boys have been getting in some siren
uous practice at Island park the past
two weeks under the direction of Coach
Deidrich Stolte. Tomorrow the home
team will go to Northampton for its first
game of the season, against Northamp-
ton high school. Vermont academy has
lost some of its star performers. but
expects to have a fast team.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Mcknight
Newell. who died Sept. 10, was held in
the home of her sister. Mrs. n. l. Haw-
ley Friday at II o'clock Rev. r. NJ.
Houghton of the Centre Congregational
church officiated and Fred c.. Adams
sang two selections, The body was
taken on the l.57 o'clock train to Spring
field, Mass, for burial and the bearers
were G. l.. Durham, l.. l.. Durham, j.
L. Morse of Philadelphia and j. A.
Page. The burial took place in the
Springfield cemetery and prayers were
offered by Rev. r. NJ Houghton. Those
who went to Springfield with the body
were Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Durham,
Mr.. and Mrs. ], L. Morse and Mrs. N.
/. Hawley.
The Princess theatre, Brattleboro's new
photo theatre, in the Miner building or
Elliot street, opened last evening at Z
O'Clock and before the doors were opened
a large crowd had gathered outside to
buy tickets. At 7.30 the man in the
boxoffice stopped selling tickets for the
first show and the crowd again grow In
numbers and waited until those inside
came out and gave them an opportunity
to go in. The films were good last even
| Millers" pleased the audiences The
| theatre is well fitted up and seats coo
| persons There are four exits at the
| right side of the house besides the en-
| trance. The handsome decorations are
| in green and white and the indi-
rect system of lighting has been used
on the Sidewalks and drop lights are sus-
pended from the ceiling in the form Of
| one-light chandeliers The walls and
ceilings are of metal. The booth Is made
| of asbestos and a latest model Powers
| machine projects the pictures on the 80
| foot screen. The stage is 80 feet wide
| and has two sets of wings and back
| drops. Mrs. e. C. Harrington is owner
| and manager Of the theatre, Miss Ruth
| Carter of Littleton is pianist, Lloy6
| Campbell of Manchester handles the
| drums and traps, and A. b. Carter Is
| chief electrician and operator and is as.
| sisted by Jack Sherer, who was employed
| for two years at the Empire. The open
| ing crowd was very pleasing to the man
agement, and IT is believed the theatre
will be a success from the start.