Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-09-06

serve a supper in Red Mems hall We'd
nesday evening from $50 to o'clock.
Carpenters are at work on the new
dairy building at the Valley fair
grounds. 1t is located east of the hor-
ticultural building
F. B. Holman made his last regular
trip with his passenger and express
team from Spofford lake yesterday He
will continue to run to and from the
lake on special orders
w. A. Butler has been appointed by
| the prudential committee janitor of the
| Oak Grove school building. Mr.. Butler
| lives near the school, on Clark avenue,
| and is fitted through experience
| to perform acceptably the duties of the
| position.
| The selectmen were scheduled to hear
| petitioners and remonstrants concerning
| the proposed sewer on Highlawn street
from Crosby street to a point opposite
j. r. Ryder's Tuesday evening, but
| none but the selectmen appeared. The
selectmen probably will have the sewer
| constructed.
Although A d. Wilson of this town
| has been qualified to vote since the
| year after the Blaine Cleveland cam
paign he cast his first vote Tuesday
evening The fact that he has not voted
| at previous elections is not because he
| is not interested in the affairs of the
| nation. but because every time that an
| election has been held he has been out
| of the country.
One of the attractive features of the
| coming Valley fair will be a floral par
ade of automobiles on the second day.
The committee consists of A. B. Clapp.
]. G. Estey Fl. R. Brown, Mrs. j. G..
/ Estey and Mrs. G. S. Pratt. From so to
so cars already have been promised and
an effort will be made to get the num-
| Der to 100. All cars will be trimmed and
the parade will make a beautiful sight
The Pine Grove Springs Hotel com
pany of Spofford, N. H., has been in
| corporated under the laws of New
Hampshire with capital of 100000
| The incorporators include E. Ward
| Stearns and Mabel j. Stearns, son and
daughter of the late ]. H. Stearns, for
many years owner of the property, Or
Vile E. Cain of Keene, an attorney,
William D. Shattuck and Bradbury F.
Cushing of Spofford.
The Central Vermont railway company
| announces that beginning with next
Monday the service on the West River
| branch will be changed so as to be just
| what 1t was previous to June 23d. That
will give the morning train up and
back in the early afternoon and will
cut out the afternoon train up and back
| which was put on June "a The business
has been excellent but with the end
| of the summer season the afternoon
train is no longer required.
Work on the new Oak Grove extern
sion school has not been completed and
the pupils who live in that district and
who would have entered next Tuesday
| Will nave to go for a short time to the
| canal street school. Parents are asked
| to see that children report at the Canal
| street school Tuesday morning at
| o'clock and at that time further notice
will be given as to the hours for these
pupils to attend. The carpenters are
| laying the floors in the new building
and the heating apparatus is about COM
| pleted but the doors and windows have
not arrived
| New York papers contained this week
sensational stories Of a threat to kill
Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Mead Mr.
| Mead is native of Brattleboro and one
| of the most prominent architects in this
| country, being the only surviving men,
Der of the firm of McKim, Mead &
White. 1t is claimed that a folder was
| received by Mr.. Mead with a threat of
| death for himself and his wife unless
certain sum of money was forthcoming
within certain time. Mr. Mead refused
to be interviewed for publication. and
| oSCihCu uiSlui yea 10 KNOW tndl the case,
which was evidently in the hands of
| the police. had become public Mrs
! Mead is now in Italy
John Tyler, who will speak Sunday
evening in the Baptist church, is a big
| Virginian who was converted four years
| ago in the Jerry McCauley mission after
| life of wandering and dissipa ton He
has been a salesman, five times around
the world, six years Bushman in Aus
tralia, an interpreter in Paris, fireman,
| rigger, structural iron worker, and Bow
cry bum. Since his conversion he has
spoken many times at Northfield. The
superintendent of the Water street mis-
sion says: He is a remarkable man.
with a wonderful story of the redeem
ing power of Jesus Christ. He gives
direct and convincing address, which
| makes a profound impression"
"Onaway" is the name of hand
| some motorboat launched in the Con-
necticut river Monday by her builder.
Don A. Wilder. She is one of the finest
| boats in the entire hotilla and is an ex-
workmanship. In building the craft Mr.
| Wilder used a V-shaped bottom design
| by William II. Hands, and it is the
| only boat of that type in town Having
length of p feet and a beam of four
feet and II inches, she has a capacity
u ~ PciSoiS, anu - equipped with an
S-horse- power Fox motor controlled
| from the bukhead, giving her a speed
of II miles The boat is finished in nat
ural butternut highly polished and has
excited the admiration of several pros
pectlve motorboat owners.
The public schools will reopen for
the fall term Tuesday morning In the
high school Miss Mary d. Henshaw will
be the assistant principal and there will
be three new teachers, Frederick D.
Hayward, teacher of history; Richard
Hughes, teacher of sciences, and Miss
Lulu d. Brewer, assistant in the COM
mercial department Miss Ruth L. Bux-
ton has been engaged to take Miss
Lillian " Writings position as super
visor of drawing in the district Mr.
Hayward and Mr.. Hughes are married
and have come here with their families
Mr.. Hayward living at 25 Western av-
enue and Mr.. Hughes at Central
street 1t will be a new experience to
the high school students as a whole to
be under the instruction of male teach
ers. aside from the principal.
Miss Abbie Adams of Providence. r.
l., formerly of Williamsville, a daughter
of Mrs. Abbie Adams of Williamsyille
and George H. Smith, son of Rev. J. L.
Smith, pastor of the Baptist church in
Meredith, N. H., were married at $50
a. m Tuesday in the home of the