Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1919-08-01
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BRATTLEBoRO.

unV III lhe Hlunlclpal coult w ncAt Mon-
day.
A settlement has been made in the
case of George Chandler of Brattle
boro against Frank Rush of Jamaica.
This was case in which the plaintiff
sought to recover for damages to- his
automobile. He claimed it stood beside
the road near Bernardstop and mas run
into by the defendants car. \ 'h' HstiA
A petition for divorce was filed in the
county clerk IS office Monday by Mrs.
Lena NJ. Bacon of Brattleboro against
Albert Bacon of Greenfield. She charges
intolerablc severity and refusal to sup
port. Mrs. Bacon is an inspector at
the Fort Dummer cotton mill and came
here with her husband 10 years ago.
They have not lived together the past
seven years.
The funeral of Miss Margaret A. Aus
tin was held Friday at 9 O'Clock
in St. Michael s Roman Catholic church.
Rev James p Rand officiated. The
bearers were Martin Austin, Thomas A.
Austin, John A. Austin and James
Grady. The burial took place in the
Roman Catholic cemetery. Martin j.
Austin of New York and NJ. =. Austin
of Springfield, Mass, brothers of Miss
Austin, attended the funeral.
+. b. Putnam, sales manager of the
Vermont Loan & Trust Co., has re-
ceived a letter from the Spokane,
Wash. Office of the concern telling of
the visit of Dr. and Mrs. Fremont Ham
ilton and son, John, in that city July
IS. The letter states that the Hamil-
tons had experienced some pretty rough
driving but were more than delighted
with the Spokane valley. They planned
TO arrive in Seattle July %.
Air pilots interested in ballooning
convened in Worcester, Mass, Saturday
afternoon and voted to make that city
the central headquarters of the eastern
department of balloon aviation. n. III.
Arnold of WorcesteS formerly of Brat
tleboro, was one of those present. He
made long distance flights some years
ago and more recently was a balloon
instructor The armen voted to pro-
cure several balloons, and it is hoped to
begin flights by Sept |.
The executive committee of the Farm
Bureau will meet Nhis afternoon at
the bureau headquarters in the town
hall building and take up the matter of
having the Farm Bureau make Il coun-
[
River Junction, also exhibits at the
fair in Wilmington and the Valley Fair.
Another matter to be considered at the
meeting is the renewal of the home
demonstration work, from which Miss
Lucy g. Swift resigned recently.
John Olson. cabinet maker, with shop
in the Ullery building annex, will occupy
three floors in that building beginning
next month Mr.. Olson now has the
ground floor for his business, but on ac-
count of the increase of his work, he has
rented the two floors above him in add
ton. The upper floors formerly were used
; for the manufacture of cigar boxes, which
was carried on by Mrs. Don Wilder after
the death of Mr.. Wider. Mr.. Olson does
light jobbing together with cabinet max
ing.
The annual lawn party given by the
Ladies' circle of tfA First Universalist
church. took place Thursday, July "a,
on Freeman SCOTS lawn from to S
clock A supper consisting of sal
ads, hot rolls. ice cream, cake and cOf-
fee was served from 5 to s. Mrs. c. R.
Smonds and Mrs. Frank Willard sold
fancy articles and aprons. and a grab,
WHICH was arranged underneath the
shrubbcry, was in charge of Miss Alta
and Miss Alice Eamcs. About SIS was
taken in by the society.
About every day somebody mails n
sealed letter for local delivery with a
onc-cent stamp, and sometimes local
merchants send substantial numbers of
sealed letters to the Office with the same
amount of postage attached, under the
impression that that is all postage need
ed, and the result is delay that might be
avoided. The fact is that not for more
than 80 wears, or since the free delivery
system was established here, have local
or drop" letters required less postage
than letters destined to out town
points.
In the municipal court here Monday
Judge A. f. Cudworth rendered deci
sion in the case of Warren Dow OF
Brookline against Franklin l.. Pierce OF
that town, the decision being for Mr.
Pierce to recover his costs. The cas'
was tried in Newfane some time ago
Attorney A. f. Schwenk appearing fol
the plaintiff and Attorney E. w, Gibson
for the defendant. The plaintiff sough
to recover $3.50 for wages, he having
been employed by the defendant abou
the latter : house and min. The defens
was that Mr.. Pierce boarded some live
stock for the plaintiff and that Dow =
labor was not worth more than tb'
board for himself and stock.
There is local interest in the fact tina
the government has decided to have
permanent army arsenal and storehous
at East Toledo, o., as the commando
of the 225 motor transports is Lieut.
Walter w. Simpson of Mineville, n
Y, who formerly was employed by thu
National Machine Co, here. Lieut. Slim
son. who is a nephew of A. G. Arcane
of BrattlebOrO, was sent to Toledo OF
his arrival in this country from over
seas. The transports are employed il
taking supplies from Toledo to the ar
sanal. The site was selected in July
1918. hv the Air Nitrate corporation
acting for the government, as one o
the inland ports for the manufacture o
nitrate products, and in the partial con
struction of the factory about $1,000
600 already has been expended,
A horse owned by Martin Schlatthe
Of Chestnut street, land two automobile
,,oro tb, nrinoino III in n douhla colliS;o