Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-07-27

| County Warden f. IT. Metcalf re-
ceivcd word Monday that G. A. Lindsey
on the Putney road had shot doe which
had been found damaging crops.
BY the order of the state board of
health, the meeting of the Universalist
convention at Barre August 27-30, has
been postponed until further notice, on
account of the epidemic of infantile par
alysis.
| Persons in the vicinity of the freight
yard were disturbed Monday over the
condition of some cattle which were
loaded into freight car Monday
morning and allowed to stand in the hot
sun all day.
A recent issue of the Maine Farmer
contained a three-column halftone pie
ure of food conservation campaign work
ers in Maine. One of them is Miss Marion
Estabrook, sister of Mrs Howard l.. Far
well of Brattleboro and frequent Wis
itor here.
The new piece of highway on Canal
street was treated to light coat of oil
Monday afternoon the oil being immc-
diately covered with fine sand. As this
was worked in that evening another
light coating of sand was put on
|
A regular sewing meeting of the Red
Cross society will be held this aft
ernoon from 23O to , o'clock Mrs. j. G.
Dewitt, chairman of the supplies com
mittee, asks that all finished articles be
returned to the rooms today as a box
will be packed Immediately
Mr.. and Mrs /. J.. Moore have received
letter from their son, Roy II. Moore,
who is II gunner on the steamship Armenia,
telling of their safe arrival on their re-
turn trip from France. The boat carried
over coal and grain. He wrote that they
had an interesting but safe trip both
ways.
The hills and dales in Elliot street are
being patched under the direction of
A, A, Wallace, road commissioner. Mr.
Wallace, in speaking of the job, said
that. it was only patchwork as he had
not sufficient funds to make new road
as should be done. Later the same
work was started on Main street.
Miss Ella f. Gaines fell Monday
afternoon in her home at 10 Putney
road and cut an artery in her wrist. DR..
Fremont Hamilton was called to attend
her. Miss Gaines, who had a bottle of
medicine in her hand, went to step from
the veranda to the sidewalk, when she
fell, breaking the bottle, which cut her
wrist.
o. F. Benson, chairman of the local
Red Cross campaign committee, has re-
ceived the following communication
from state headquarters: "Brattlc-
boro is to be congratulated on the fine
showing it has made in the Red Cross
campaign. Our hats off to the
branch, its officers and the people of
your town.
Cards have been received in town
announcing the marriage of Daniel b.
+. Gill and Miss Mary Becke Robbins,
July %, in Fishers Island. Mrs. Gill
is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
p. ID. Robbins of Linden street and
formerly made her home with her par
ents in this town. She has had posi-.
tion as assistant in the postofiice in
Fishers Island the past six years.
Oxilia Rachel Frenette of Bellows
Falls has entered suit for divorce in the
Windham county court from Albert II.
Frenette of Readville, Mass. She al
leges intolerable severity and neglect
and refusal to provide and asks for the
care and custody of two minor children.
They were married in Bellows Falls,
April s, 1912, and lived as man and
wife until Aug. II, 1916. The papers are
from the office of Attorney A. p. Car
penter.
Sergeant William Arthur st. Cyr of
Company !, First Vermont regiment OF
Brattltboro and Miss Ethel Louise Ash
ley of Burlington were married in st
Mary's cathedral of Burlington Satur
day evening at o clock. They were
attended by the bride IS sister, Miss
Theresa Ashley, and Frederick Heap
of Company |, of Brattleboro. After 8
wedding trip of a week Sergeant st
) Cyr will resume his duties at Fort
Ethan Allen. Rev. Father ellis per
I formed the ceremony.
United States Marshal Arthur p. Car
penter of BrattlebOro went Tuesday ia
Windsor to get Hugh II. Sharp, for
mer Bennington bank official, sentenced
to five years in the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta Ga, for embezzlement, apt
Henry Diamond man convicted OF
smuggling heroin into the country and
sentenced to two and one-half years il
the same institution. He brought them
to Brattleboro that night and took
them on the clock train Wednesday
morning on their way to the federal
prison. He was accompanied by 9
deputy marshal from Montpelier.
The funeral of John F. Hoyt, former
" of Shelburne Falls, Mass, who died in
the Farren hospital at Montague, Thurs
day was held at the home in Shelburne
Falls Sunday afternoon. The pastor OF
the Whately Episcopal church oillciated
Mr.. Hoyt was the only son of the late
| Gustavus Hoyt of Shelburne Falls. He
conducted drug store and later was in
D the meat business in Shelburnc Falls
3 For several years past he had lived il
+, Springfield, this state, He married
. Miss Mary Whittle of BrattleborO who
. died several years ago He leaves three
{, children, Mrs. ii. II. Ashworth of Shel
1 burne Falls, Mrs. j. r. Elwell of Newton
>, Highlands, Mass, and Harold G. Hoyt
), of Shelburne Falls.
v The program at the meeting of Pro
= tective Grange Wednesday was in
e charge of the chaplain, Mrs. May
C Edwards, and included the following
Piano solo, Mrs. Robert Emery reading
= and tableau, Columbia Calls, Mrs. Ed
}, wards, with Mrs. Oscar Whitney as Co
n umbia reading, 1t Isn't Your Town
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