Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-24

BELLOWS FALLS.
An Unusually Interesting News Budget.

An Unusually Interesting News Budget.
The state Teachers Mceting---A Iiquor
Raid on TOwn's IIotcI---An Important
improvement, etc, etc.
The list annual meeting of the Vermont
State Teachers association opened its SEES
sion here Thursday evening 10y a reception
to the educators present aud to the public
at the Banquet hall Of the opera house. The
hall, which is tu be used for Il number Of
the meetings, is tastefully trimmed with
flowers aud evergreen, and the reception
was well arranged and pleasantly carried
out. The exercises were interspersed with
music and readings The arrangements
were made by local teachers, and refresh
ments were furnished by our citizens
Among the prominent persons present were
Supervisors Taylor of Caledonia county,
Booth of Washington, Hall of Windham,
Rustedt Of Franklin and Cilley of Chitten-
den, and Principals Smart Of Claremont,
Davis of White River Junction, Williams of
Saxtons River, Conant of Randolph, Viii
ams Of Montpelier, McLachliu of Brattle-
boro, Ranger of Lyndon, Campbell of John
son, butcher Of Brandon, Bishop of Wood
stock Aiken of Mortified, Putney of St
| Johnsbury, Professors Bisbee of Dartmouth
college, Cole and Brill of Norwich univer-
sity, Ham Of Lyndon, Chapman of st. Johns
bury, President Brainerd of Mddlebury
college. and many others At nine o'clock
this morning the work of the meeting was
begun by devotional exercises in the opera
| hall followed by the annual address of the
president, Principal Il. II butcher of Bran
don, he speaking about half an hour. The
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audience, so as to better serve all with such
exercises as most fully interested them.
| Two simultaneous meetings were held, the
one in the opera house being addressed by
| Professors Cole Of Norwich university,
Chapman and Putney Of st. Johnsbury,
and President Braiuerd of Middebury col
| ege At the same time another meeting was
being held in the High school room, address
ed by various speakers upon "A wide range
/ of subjects The meetings continue during
| the day aud until noon ON Saturday. Among
| the speakers later in the session are Princi-
| pals Smart Of Claremont, Williams of Sax.
tons River, Davis Of White River Junction,
| Superintendent Wheeler of Burlington,
| Supervisors Rusted Of Richford and Cilley
Of Jericho, DR. Mowry Of Boston, editor of
Education, A. W. Edison, agent of the
! Massachusetts board Of education, ID. II.
| Farley Of the state normal schools Of New
Jersey, Doctors Hamilton and Chesmore Of
the Vermont board of health, and mum
Der Of others. The subjects Of the differ
ent papers are Of wide range aud to be fully
discussed. The meetings promise to be of
unusual interest, and are Of especial import
| Just now as relating TO the present discus
sions Of school matters and law throughout
the state.
The Fall Mountain Paper company some
months ago bought a large tract of land in
the vicinity of Oxford, y. H., not far from
the Connecticut river, and at once put in a
| gang Of men to cut spruce logs. About
900, 900 feet were cut, and week before
last they sent up from here - experienced
river men TO run them down. The rear Of
the drive arrived last Friday night, having
completed the run in only ten days from
he start, it being good water" for the
work because of the frequent rains. The
million feet now lay in the boom above the
| village and will soon be drawn up and add
Il to the large pile already there. Few
! appreciate the immense amount OF wood
used here in the manufacture of paper
The log are drawn from the pile on cars
by the railroad company. and the av-
erage used is from five to six cars per
day Last year they bought 5000, 600 Of
the Connecticut River Lumber company's
drive this year Of the same company
600 600. and now with the amount just
arrived they estimate they have in their
yard over the river about l,OOO,OOO, or
| about one years stock including over
900 cords Of poplar wood, shipped here
largely from Canada In the manufacture
Of the sulphide pulp at the present time
they use slabs only working up a large
while that was running aud stored since
in anticipation of this industry The com
pany has during the past year, bought large
tracts of timber lands in northern New
Hampshire and Vermont aud 1t is said that
they now have enough to supply them for
90 years as used at the present time, and
they are to cut it as 1t Is required.
real estate transaction has been con
summated during the past week which
means large Improvement to our village.
1t is the purchase bv Geo. B. Wheeler of
the entire Spaulding property located be
tween Rockingham aud Canal streets, lac
feet frontage on the former and l22 ON the
latter. 1t is now covered by five old dilap-
idated and unused buildings which are fall
ing to decay and they are located where
strangers coming into town see them almost
the first thing AS they come from the depot.
Mr. Wheeler begins today, Friday, to tear
down the old buildings, aud will at once
erect other substantial structures in their
place lie intends first to build three good
dwellings on Canal street, aud will later
build on the north end of the lot fronting
on Rockingham street. Eventually he in
tends putting a good building on the south
end into which he will move his laundry
and other business Every one knows that
l.,
ment and not "A disgrace, and Bellows Fall.
may congratulate herself on the prospect
A. F. Wmnewisser has moved all his
stock of heavy furniture to the second and
third stories Of the new block which he i,
to occupy, but will not he able TO quite va
cate the store on the first floor by the first
of November He is TO have as fine ware
rooms as there are in town. There is
some talk Of dry goods store being put
into the block which he has occupied fol
the past seven years, but it is not decided
as vet For the past few months Mr.
Winnewisser has had some really artistic
show windows which, if the store is va
cant, will be missed, as it is in very
prominent locality.
The past few days the pavement ha,
been torn up on Westminster St, near the
square, occasioned by the laying of Il new
system of sewerage from the stores of ii. w
Suter on the west side, to connect with tina
on Mill st.
Last Saturday a heavy team owned b.
Geo. G. Sabin, ran into +. w, Gould
hack on Westminster ST., and badly de
molished it.
Mrs George l. Whitney is now keeping
the books of NJ NJ Whitney x Son. gro
GERS, Miss Morrill, having closed her worl
there last week.
An advance agent Of the "Reuben Glue
company, which played here last night
named + l. Smalley, was taken suddenl!
and seriously i'll last Friday night at the
Commercial House, but was able TO leave
town on Monday
The residence of the father of John G
Clair on Hadley street was entered b!
) burglars Monday night or rather the Gel
lar was entered, as the burglars did no
succeed in gaining entrance to the uppe
part Nothing was taken away except
pair of boots and quantity of butter
Mrs n. f. Carter, wife of former pas
+ tor of the Congregational church here, die,
. recently at Concord, n. H., after months
of suffering with a cancer.
/ Papers were served yesterday on Land
I lord r. Mason of Towns hotel for viola
ton of the prohibitory law. He plea
, guilty TO 10 offences and was fined 500
n and costs States Attorney Cudworth
= still here aud further prosecutions are ex
' pected.
j. b. Williams of Glastonbury, we
J. known throughout the world as the manu-
d facturer of the BARRIERS soap bearing hi
\ name, and w. p Williams of Hartford
5 were in town on Wednesday in attendant
d upon the annual meeting of the Vernon
!. Farm Machine company. The same boar