Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-06-28

afternoon at 3 o'clock
Rev. Edward S. Tead secretary Of the
Congregational Education society, will
preach in the Congregational church Sun
day
In the annual prize competition in
horsemanship at Norwich university the
second prize was won by II. l.. Put
nam, IA, of Brattleboro.
o. F. Benson, w. A. Shumway and
Fred Chamberln have been appointed
committee to report on plans for a field
day for the Vermont Wheel club.
! THE meaning of the flag" will be the
subject of the sermon by Rev. ID. 70.
Trout in the Universalist church Sun
day The service will be patriotic, APP
propriate to the day of independence.
The honorary degree of Doctor of Di-
vnity was conferred by Colgate uni
versity in its commencement exercises
last week upon Rev. George B. Lawson,
principal of Vermont academy and for
merly pastor of the Baptist church in
| Brattleboro.
The funeral of Miss Myrtle Derosie,
who died in the Memorial hospital June
IS, was held in the home of her father
in Pomfret Friday. The burial took
place in the Riverside cemetery and the
services were in charge Of Kedron Re-
bekah lodge.
The new survey of Prospect street
takes generous slices from the lots on
| the south side. from Central street west
| The town owns land on the north side,
| where there are no houses and the prop
| erty owners on the south side have pre-
| scented a petition to the selectmen ask
ing them to lay out the street farther
| north instead of disfiguring the prop
erty now occupied.
Pocket folders of convenient size con-
tanning the summer train schedules on
| the Central Vermont, Boston e. Maine
| and West River railroads and the loca-
tions of the fire alarm boxes have been
| issued by The Phoenix for free distri-
| button Copies may be obtained at The
| Phoenix office and at the Brattleboro
News store. The demand for these fold
| ers has increased each year, making 1t
| necessary several times to print an ad-
ditional supply.
Bertram G. Spencer of Springfield,
Mass, the railroad man VINO shot and
killed Miss Martha b. Blackstone in
Springfield March 81 1910. and who
broke into DR.. c. S. Pratt's house in this
town and stole many valuable articles,
will meet death in the electric chair I'M
less Governor Foss interferes in his be-
half. Spencer's counsel raised technical
question concerning the manner of his
confinement, but the exception was over
ruled Saturday by the full bench of the
Ma achusetts supreme court.
Rex Benson has finished making a
collar for Charles Miners giant Per-
cheron Duke which probably Is one
| of the largest ever made for a horse
IT is SO inches long, outside measure
ment, and % inches wide at the widest
point. 1t was impossible to get names
large enough to fit the collar at any
harness jobbers and a firm in Buffalo
is making them for Mr. Miner. Duke
is the handsome animal that has beer
the subject of newspaper articles many
times Mr. Miner intends to send him tC
county fairs as soon as the fair season
opens. Napolean Castine, who has driver
him several years, will have charge OF
him on the circuit. The big horse, which
weighs in the neighborhood of 26O
pounds, will be shown in tent and Il
is probable that diminutive Shetland
pony also will be exhibited to show
Dukes great size by the contrast.
A encouragement of the books in the
Brattleboro Free library, made possible
by the new addition to the building 1!
taking place. and it is expected that thu
library will be reopened next week. TIL,
| interior will present a decidedly improv.
ed appearance. counter will run cas-
and west on the north side, instead O.
extending across the corridor, leavins
an open corridor the entire length o
| the building. In the new addition down
stairs are six alcoves with book rack
on both sides, besides an office anC
workroom for the librarian. This prac
tically doubles the shelf capacity ant
will accommodate future growth. TIT
bound magazines and genealogical de
partment will remain upstairs in tn
old part. In the new part upstairs. arr
three rooms exceptionally well lighted
and finished in natural oak with mapl
floors One extends the entire width o
the building, the others being separated
by corridor. These will contain tn
! Loud collection, pictures and works o
art. also the bust of Larkin G. Mead
} presented by Mrs. Mead. The Loud col
lection has not been arranged.
A narrow escape from death in a wa,
, | in which many persons have been kille,
! was the experience of Alfred Greenwood
IL, son of Mrs. Nellie C. II. Greenwood o
Terrace street, Saturday forenoon. II,
was playing on Oak street with othe
children who had a Shetland pony be
longing to Miss Marjorie Balestier Thu
shetland has been used as a saddle pom!
J and has shown a somewhat treacherou
disposition, unseating several youthful
riders. The Greenwood boy mounted tn
pony Saturday forenoon and the littl
animal tried to throw him off, startin,
l on run down Williston street TIL
| boys yellS OF fright attracted the atten
T ton of several persons. In front of Mrs
I Ella r. Stearns's house he fell off an,
J the spectators were Mortified to see tina
l one of the boys feet had become en-
tangled in the stirrup strap and that h
, was being dragged, head downward. Tn
2 pony continued to Linden street and thel
2 turned north and ran to Judge j. L
E Martins lawn. where it was stopped. Tn
boy was carried home and medical ali
was summoned. 1t was found that h
had a bunch on his head, that he sus
) tanned several sprains and that his bod
[ | was bruised in several places. He recov
5 cred rapidly and has been out this week
r Seven members of company G, I'd Yer
I mont regiment attended the annual re
t union of the companp in Brattleboro Fri
: day. Usually the reunion is held in Gram
: | Army hall, but this year the hall was en-
| gagged for the state encampment of tn
4 Spanish American war veterans, so tn
e | reunion was held in the parlor of tn
Brattleboro House. Besides the member
/ | of the company several honorary mem
8 | bers were present, also members OF thei
= families, making a party of about 2C
5 They assembled at IL o'clock and he'll
a business meeting. electing these OF
. ficers President, Frank Ladd OF West
field, Mass; vice president, Henry Rich
e ardson of Hinsdale, N. H.. secretary
: treasurer. N. s. Cole of Sufield, Conn
chaDlain. John York of SpOffOrd N III