Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-11-18

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gladly patronize the house, to which he can
! take his wife and daughters, confident that
besides being amused they will be benefited
as we'll"
Miss Lamb, an attendant at tho asylum,
met with a serious accident on Monday morn
| ing when she was struck on the head by a
| food elevator in its descent from an upper
story TO the kitchen. The accident was part
| ly due to her own thoughtlessness and partly
TO the fact that the pin holding the gearing
to the arbor had become loosened so that the
! elevator was not under proper control The
| blow caused conclusion OF the BRAIN and
commissions followed, lasting for several
hours. Miss Lamb is now comfortable, how
ever, and her early recovery is anticipated.
The large maple tree which, beyond the
memory of three generations, at least has
stood in the sidewalk in front Of Col. +.
| Goodhue's residence on Main street, has been
! cut down this week by order of the authori-
ties. The thought of its removal cost good
many people pang, but now that IL il out of
the way Il seems to be generally admitted
that the street has been improved, and sur
rounding property has suffered no injury, by
its taking off, Seventy annular rings were
counted on its stump, and the tree was not
less than 75 years old.
The concert given by the Litta concert
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finest, from purely artistic point Of view,
which has ever been listened to IN Brattle-
boro. In the miscellaneous selections Of
| which the first part OF the programme was
composed, Mdle. Litta was especially charm
ing Her voice is remarkably full clear and
true in all the registers, and she sang with an
ease and grace which won all her hearers. In
a detached operate selection, given without
the support of chorus or orchestra, like that
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| II T'rOUdtOre, the situation is always a trying
one, but Mdlle. Litta showed herself equal TO
the difficulties Of her task and developed a
remarkable degree Of musical aud dramatic
feeling in her impersonaton. Mr. Skeletons
cornet playing was Of a very brilliant order,
aud the other artists composing the company
acquitted themselves with credit aud 10 the
satisfaction of the audience.
The family Of Dea A. H. Wright leave
| tomorrow for their new home in Natck
Mass, where Dea. Wright has been during
the past season. In announcing their final
departure we can only repeat what we have
already said, that the family-father. mother
and children-are OF precisely the kind which
Brattleboro does not like to lose. For years
| Mr.. Wright has been one of our most trust
worthy and respected business men, and both
he and his wife have been active in church.
society and neighborhood work The elder
children have made most creditable records
in our public schools, Miss Nellie having gone
from the High school TO Wellesley College
where she now is, and Master Harry having
| completed one term more than half the High
school course. During his course of three
years in the Grammar school and Of two
years aud more in the High school the young
man has not been once absent-a record, we
imagine, which is not often equaled. The
whole family have the best wishes Of very
many Brattleboro friends.
THE BRATTLEBoRo GAsLIGHT coMPANY's NEW
APPARATUS.
The Brattleboro gaslight company have
now had their new Lowe Process" works in
operation for some weeks, during which time
| they have demonstrated their ample capacity
and their generally satisfactory working. The
| apparatus, which is new throughout, aud en-
tirely distinct from that used under the old
| process, consists Of a steam boiler OF about
2O-ho-se capacity, six horsepower engine,
a blower, generator, a superheater, a wash
er, two scrubbers and the necessary purifiers
and storage tanks. The generator is, in eff
feet, a simple cupola furnace, which is charg.
ed with coarse coal at its top and driven by
the blower; the superheater is a somewhat
similar structure, but about one-half higher,
and is loosely filed with fire brick, which, in
course of the process of gas making, are heat.
ed to white heat. The generator and super
heater are connected by pipe running from
the upper part of the first to the base of the
second, and both are provided with necessary
openings and valves for admitting the steam
and naptha from which the gas is made, and
for carrying the gas away TO the washers and
purifiers. The superheater is heated, not by
the direct use of coal, but by the combustion
of the gases formed during the proper heat
ing OF the generator. These gases are driven
out OF the generator through the connecting
pipe referred to, and, by means of the air
blast, are ignited and driven up through the
loose mass of fire brick in the superheater.
evolving 80 intense a heat that by the time
the coal in the generator reaches a cherry red,
the superheater is at a white heat. When the
apparatus reaches this condition, il is ready
for gas making. The air blast is then shut
OF, the superheater is closed at the top, its
gas outlet to the washers and purifiers is open
ed, and at the same time dry steam from the
boiler, under pressure Of about 80 pounds
is admitted to the generator at the bottom,
and by contact with the incandescent fuel is
decomposed, forming hydrogen and carbonic
oxide. simultaneously small streams OF nap
tina, drawn from an iron tank by suitable ap-
paratus, are dropped through the ascending
gases directly on the red-hot coal. The gas
thus formed by combination with the water
gas passes through the connecting pipe to the
bottom of the superheater, and thence works
upward among the white hot bricks, becom-
ing thoroughly fixed or permanent in the pas
sage, aud being forced thence to the washer
A jet Of crude OF unpurihed gas burns within
the near view Of the operator, and by its vary
lug color tells him how much or how little
naptha is necessary for properly enrching it,
and set OF pressure gauges leading from the
various parts OF the apparatus show him
whether everything is working properly. The
continuous passage of steam through the coal
gradually reduces its heat, and when this falls
below certain point the gas-mAking is stop
ped; then small quantity of coal is thrown
into the generator, and the blast turned on
until the heat is sufficiently restored when
the process described is repeated, and so on
indefinitely. AT present the Brattleboro CON-
pany is making two runs of 20 minutes each
daily, this being sufficient for the supply of
their customers The quantity of gas made
at each run varies from 340O to 1900 feet
The washing and purifying process employed
is of the most approved kind. As already
stated, the gas passes from the superheater to
the washeFor hydraulic tank, and thence passes
through scrubbers No. l and 2, in each of
which spray of water falls over or through
the gas in its passage. From these the gas
goes to storage tank No. l, and from thence
it passes through dry.lime purifiers to tank
No ?, whence it is distributed through the
street mains. The advantages claimed for the
gas made by this process are cheapness, puri-
ty and cleanliness, with reduced danger from
explosions and other accidents. The gas
burns with brilliant white light, The appa-
ratus is compact, convenient and durable, and
MIR. A. G. White, the superintendent of the
works, finds the labor and trouble of gas max
ing much lessened under this process. Both
the company and their customers seem to
have every reason to be satisfied with the
change.
OAK GROVE RANGE, SATURDAY, NOV. ~.
Last Saturday was a cold, rainy day, and
only two men were present
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