Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-12-19

and after the reading Of the document il
was adopted entire with but little discus
sion. A committee was then elected To
draw up a code Of bylaws to correspond
with the charter, which committee il Ia
make report at an adjourned meeting the
third Monday in January. Perhaps the
most important part of the new charter is
that providing for superintendent of
streets and sewers, who shall have full
charge Of them, aud shall have the use of
four ifths of all the town highway money
assessed in the corporation, leaving one fifth
for the rest of the town. l.. NJ Read made
the statement that this division would
amount to about the average proportion
used in the last four or five years. The
bailiifs are TO have power to appoint not
exceeding ten police officers, and may
change them at pleasure The waters Of
Minard's pond are closely protected from
dehlement, even to prohibiting the cutting
Of ice, but this may be granted by the
bailifls in their discretion with proper re-
strictions. Also the supply may he increas
ed as necessity requires, by tho turning of
other springs and streams into it. The re-
vision has been the subject of careful study
by the committee having it in charge, and
its result is a simplifying and broadening
of the powers of the village to a large de
gree especially as to the police and their
powers. 1t is made to correspond closely
with the charters of many other villages of
our state.
The United States Paper Maker of New
York, in a recent number, has this pleasant
word for one of the local houses THE lob
printing office of Truax q Co., at Bellows
Falls is run by electricity, the only one in
the state having such power. Mr. rruax
has a small office, but the quality of work
turned out is far ahead of any thing in his
immediate vicinity Small offices SAVIOR of
STIFFNESS, but this is an exception evi-
IDENTIFY"
A Washington despatch of Tuesday gives
the information that the House committee
on post-oilces and post roads had agreed to
report favOrably on the senate bill to ex-
tend free delivery to all offices in villages
of over 1000 inhabitants, or where the
gross income Of the previous fiscal year
amounts to $1,000 There seems a good
probability of this becoming the law, and
both its requirements would cover Bellows
Falls, but it must be said that with our
compact condition. and the hours of impor-
tant mails, it would he measure that to Us
would seem to be of much less use than the
large added expense. Much more to the
point would be To pay the office rent and
clerk hire of what facilities are actually
needed. and that we now have, rather than
let the burden rest so heavily, as is the case
at present, that the postmaster cannot get
margin enough as salary to pay him at day
laborers rate deficiency in this respect
is still due to Mr. Guild of $500, and it is
fast accommodating upon the hands of our
present postmaster
r H Allbee, IA well-known newspaper
man of Springfield, has been engaged To
assist the present management of the Tim, 5
and has already entered upon his duties.
Mr. Emerson seems determined to make
his paper please his customers, and leaves
nothing undune to this end and our citizens
all lsh him permanent success.
The saloon on the stairs seems to be hav
ing uphill work IN sustaining its tar, even
with the frequent changes in ownership
which have come tu 1t recently. 1t war
raided by off 'ers again last week aud a
quantity of liquors found. 1t was then
owned by Cornelius Donovan, who has since
closed up and left for more congenial par Is
The New Roman Catholic Bell.
During the past few months the Roman
Catholic society Of our village have beeu
interested IN the raising of funds for tn,
purchase of bell for their pretty church
on Green street The amount of $1,000 ha,
been raised and the hel arrived last FRI
day from the well known works Of Menee,
at Troy. 1t was moved to the church and
placed near the altar on Saturday Sun
day evening the church was crowded and
the pretty service of the blessing Of III,
b-ll was observed 10y Bishop DeGoeshriand
assisted by five priests from the neighbor
ing parishes Monday it was raised to il,
position in the tower, which is about - feet
above the ground, and Tuesday the inhHb
tants heard for the first time its voice Il
i much the heaviest bell in town weighing
aside from its yoke. $500 lbs and has very
pleasant tone, being very satisfactory L
its purchasers The priest who explained
the service informed the public that il
would be rung every day three time, asid,
from its use as calling to worship
1t has since been announced that Fathe
Reynolds will have the new bell ring on
the "Augelus" at ! A. NJ, ~ NJ aud p. NJ
although the date Of its beginning has no
been decided upon 1t consists of thre
strokes of the bell, repeated three times
followed by the regular ringing of the bel
few minutes only. Few of our citizen
understand that each part OF this striking
of the bell has its significance in what i
known as the "Angelus prayer, to whicI
the members of the Roman Catholic churcl
throughout the world are called by it. Thi
prayer is as follows, and is the basis though
of the celebrated painting of that name
The angel Of the Lord declared unto Mary an
she conceived Of the Holy Ghost Hail, Mary, tu
Of grace the Lord is with the; Blessed arr tho
amongst women and blessed Is the fruit Of til
womb. Jesus Holy Mary. Mother Of God, pra'
for us sinners now and at the hour Of our death
Behold the handmade of thy Lord, be- ii don
unto me according to thy word. lAngelus Salu
tatiOn)
And the word was made flesh and dive
amongst us" tAngeuS SALVATION
Pour forth. we beseech the, o Lord, thy gra,
into our hearts that We. to whom the incarnato
Of Christ thy son, was made known 10y the mr'
sage of an angel, may by his passion and death I
brought to the glory Of his incarnation throug
the same Christ, our Lord Amen