Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-08-03

the month of July.
Mrs. Charles f. Gould will close her
boarding house Saturday night for the
month of August.
The l. p. HIS presented Manager
George Il. Fox Wednesday handsome
silver mounted mahogany cane.
Wesley f. Whitney of West Brattle-
boro brought to j. E. Bushnell s grocery
store Wednesday a quantity of sweet
corn, which so far as has been reported
is the first in the local market.
The J. Il. Hall class of the Baptist
Bible school will hold social and bas-
ket picnic at the home of Miss Horton
and Miss Ayers, Z Williston street, Sat
urday afternoon. Sewing will be pro;
vided.
Town Clerk Carl S. Hopkins has re-
ceived n supply of fish and game laws
and will be glad to give copies to any
one who has taken out license and
who did not receive copy of the laws
at that time.
Attorney A. p. Carpenter has been
,appointed special master to hear the ease
of L. w. Gibson and others against Mrs.
Carmen Stowell and others. This is an
old ease having to do with litigation
over property.
Antonio Frcda, 10 days old, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Freda of ll6 Elliot
street, died early Sunday morning of
whooping cough The funeral was held
Monday afternoon and the burial took
place in the Roman Catholic cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S. Kent of Gull
ford, formerly of Montclair, n. j., an
nounce the engagement of their daughter,
Emily. to John NJ VanlIeusen, jr., of
Montclair, n. j. Mr.. VanIIeusen is CON
ncctcd with the Maxwell Motor company
in Detroit, Mich
,-,About 80 persons attended the can
ming demonstration given by Miss Pier
peimt of Burlington in the Centre CHURCH
house Wednesday afternoon. String
beans, peas, beets land raspberries were
canned. The drying of fruit and vege-
tables also was explained.
Cards have been received in town an
nouncing the marriage, July Is, of
Marion Evelyn, only daughter of Wayne
b. Howe of Dickinson, n. d., to Julius
c. LAUDER of Malta, Mont Mr.. Howe is
a native of Jamaica and was resident
of Windham county number of years.
Game Warden +. II. Metcalf invcsti-
gated Saturday the recent killing of two
more deer caught in the act of damaging
gardens Clifford Akley shot a small
buck on his farm just over the Marlboro
line from West Brattleboro last Wednes-
day, and last Monday H. M. Scott of
Halifax shot a small buck.
S. ID. Bishop of Marlboro has entered
suit against the town of Marlboro,
through his attorneys, Chase e. Chase, to
recover the sum of $3.50 alleged to be
due him for work on the cemetery i'll
that town OF this amount 50 is due
for work in 1916 and $3.50 for work
during the current year.
Dr. Henry Tucker was the victim of a
piece of vandalism Wednesday. While
his automobile flying three little flags of
the United States, France and England
stood in front of his Office somebody
broke off all three flags and carried them
off. DIR. Tucker would give five -dollar
bill for positive knowledge of who did it..
Several of the original capsules used
in the selective draft at Washington
are on exhibition in w. +. Root S phar-
macy. They were sent from Washing
ton by Col. George H. Bond. In the Sc
lective army draft each number on a
piece of paper was enclosed i'll cap
sule, and when a capsule was drawn it
was opened to see what number it con
tanned.
John Miller of northampton and Miss
Louise Haskell, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Haskell of Western avenue
were married July % in Brattleboro by
Rev. II. II. Clapp at the Congregational
parsonage. They will live in Northamp-
ton, where Mr.. Miller. is employed as
steward at the Plymouth Inn. Mr.. Mil
Ter, who formerly lived here, was en-
ployed at the Brooks House.
Children who battle in Milestone
brook are liable to contract disease. DIR.
Henry Tucker, health officer, warns both
parents and children that the brook is
an unsafe place in which to go swimming,
The sewage from West Brattleboro, from
a point beyond the hospital east to the
cement bridge, empties into the brook,
also sewage from part of Ccntreville,
Birge street and other places. ...t
Bishop j. j. Rice of the Roman Cath
Ollie diocese of Burlington has an
nouhced to the clergy that the annual
at st, MichaePs college, Winooski park,
the first from Aug. 20 at $50 p. m, to
Aug % at 7 a. M, and the second from
Aug y at $50 p. m. to Sept. at a. III.
Rev. j. p. Rand of Brattleboro is as
signed to attend the first retreat.
Frank d. Armstrong of Halifax has
entered suit for divorce from Verlie
Crockett Armstrong, whom he married i'll
Auburn, Me-, April Is, 1912. He charges
dcsertion at Halifax on July ! of the
same year. He claims that he last heard
of his wife at Clarcmont, n. H., two
years ago but does not know her pres
emf whereabouts. The papers are from
the Office of Gibson & Daley.
About 10 members of Protective
Grange and the neighbors of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. w. Sargent in Slab Hollow en-
ioyed picnic at their home Tuesday
afternoon and evening. Lemonade was
served by Mr.. and Mrs. Sargent during
the afternoon and evening and ice cream
was served in the evening. Music and
sociability made a very enjoyable occa
sion and everything was done by Mr.. and
Mrs. Sargent to make the affair a pleas
ant one for all. japanese lanterns were
strung over the lawn.