Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-04

showed the beams III Jlle HOOI llutI Il llIt-
place to be smouldering. The fire was
put out by the use of an Eddison fire eXtin-
guisher The removal of CRATE from the
fire place and substitution of andirons
probably caused the trouble, heating
through the stone flooring to the beams
beneath
Rev. 5. NJ. Crothers of st. Paul, Mimi,
was in town on Wednesday on his way to
Fitchburg, Mass, where he assisted We'd
nesday evening at the installation of Rev.
Mr.. Greenman, the pastor of the Uni
tartan church in that city. From Fitch
burg Mr.. Crothers went to Boston to at
tend meeting of the directors of the
American Unitarian association, having
been elected member of the board from
the West at the annual meeting last May.
Mr.. Crothers has recently returned from
Helena, Mont, where he was called to hold
the first Unitarian services ever held in
that state, and where he found remarla-
bly, active and promising movement for the
establishment of prosperous church. Mr..
CrOthers will return to BrattlebOrO for
brief visit before returning to st. Paul.
The second nstallment of male patients,
- in number were transferred to Water
bury on Tuesday, making 20 male patients
as many female patients will be taken
there, the first installment of 80 going to-
day.
Those who were so fortunate as to attend
the illustrated lecture on Greek mythology,
given by Mrs. b. Williamson of Elizabeth,
y. j.. at the Unitarian church last No
vember, will be glad to know that Mrs.
Williamson has promised to give a similar
1T
of subjects. little later in the season, for
the benefit of the work of the Rural In
provement society. which has been so sue
cessfully prosecuted during the present
season. These lectures, which have been
given in many places with great success,
are undertaken as a pleasant diversion
from the important work to which Mrs.
Williamson devotes her time and energies
as the general secretary of the board of
managers of the State Charities Aid asso-
citation of New Jersey, society created by
the legislature of that state to overlook the
public charities, including all poor-houses,
insane asylums, and penal and reformatory
institutions.
In abiding last week to the failure of
the electric street lights mention was made
of a question often asked by taxpayers,
when the lights do not burn. The treas
urer of the gaslight company informs MS,
and his books show this to be the fact, that
it is the invariable rule to make pro rata
deduction from the bills rendered the vii
lage or town for every evening when the
contract calls for lights, but when for any
reason they fail to burn. The deduction
in July, when the plant was deranged on
account of putting i'm the new engine,
amounted to nearly $50. In August about
$40 was deducted. In other words the tan
payers pay for just what they receive. 1t
has been suggested many times that the
company ought to keep the street gas
lamps in readiness to light when the cleo
trio current fails, but it appears that these
lamps belong to the village and that their
deterioration when not in use, and the cost
OF caring for them. were so great that the
bailitfs directed them to be taken in and
stored away. Since Thursday evening OF
last week, when the trouble was undoubt-
eddy due to IA broken insulator, the electric
lights have burned each evening as they
ought. While the annoyance from their
failure during the summer has been very
great, and there has been just ground for
the complaints made, it must in fairness be
conceded that on the whole the village has
had good service from these lights, and
their quality is excellent.
1t is evident as the season advances that
the Windham county apple crop will show
up in good proportions, and will undoubt.
eddy be more than an average. 1t is un-
mistakably a year for the farmers and ev-
cry body else to feel cheerful
The combined heat and moisture of last
week caused the potato rot to appear in
many fields in this county, but the prog
ress of the disease was undoubtedly check
ed by the unusually cool weather which
set in on Friday night.
The Bratteboro highways suffered dam
age by last weeks heavy rain to an extent
that is realized only by those who have
had occasion to drive over them. The es
cape of BTattlebOro and the surroundn!
towns was, however, very fortunate, wher
compared with the heavy damage suffered
in Bennington county, as is related in on
state news columns. In ReadsborO tn,
damage was severe, and what seems Il
have been a series of cloud bursts EXTENDED
as far east as West Dover in this county
as shown by our correspondence from tina
place. Our Wilmington correspondent
says the Deerfield river was higher thai
before for - years, and in Bennington
county towns the pitch of water has no
been equalled since the memorable freshe
of 1869.
The death of Mrs. ID. y. Tolles tool
place on Thursday morning after a linger
ing and painful illness of two months
borne with great patience and submission
During her short stay in BrattleborO Mrs
TOlles had made many friends who sin
cerely mourn her loss. The only survivin:
members of her family are a sister, Mrs
MoultOn of Boston, who faithfully ATTENDED
her through all her sickness, and brother
James Whittle of Keene, \. H. Tn,
funeral will be held tomorrow morning a
9 o'clock at the residence of Mr.. Tolles
The burial will be in the family lot a
Westminster.
The BrattlebOro and Hinsdale directories
published by W. f. Shaw of Haverhill, Y
H., have been distributed. The Brattebor,
directory contains the usual number of Gu
rious mistakes, and gives the names o
many persons who are not now resident
in the place.
The gas mains in front of the Este,
shops are being taken out and replaced b,
larger ones.
The Hinsdale seectmen evidently reaC
The Phoenix. The petition mentioned las
week, through some delay was not circu
lated, but on Saturday forenoon the ligh
was placed in the Little River bridge.
f. w. Fox has begun work on tn,
foundation for his new house on Prospec