Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-11
MAssACHusETTs NOTES.

Mount Hermon school opened Wednes-
day with large number of students. The
dormtOries are filled to their utmost ca
pacity and a number of students are board
ing at Hayden's Maplelawn. The school
opens auspiciously and with an efficient
corps of teachers Thursday Rev. DR..
Dumbert of Boston gave stirring address
! to the students.
Twenty-Five cases of typhoid fever are
reported at Westfeld. Most of them are
undoubtedly due to the low water in the
reservoir and to its filthy condition, the
reservoir not having been cleaned since it
was built II years ago.
John Burke, who created so much ex-
citement at Orange last week 10y his reck-
less use of revolver is now in Jail at
Greenfield. He claims that he has served
four years sentence in the Vermont
state prison.
Mrs. Chas MOulton of Mortified Farms,
who fell down stairs two weeks ago, break
! ing bones in her foot and ankle. has con
suited a specialist. who declares that her
injuries will necessitate treatment for six
months before she will be able to walk.
Patrick Shea, aged 30, was instantly
killed at Mt. Tom junction last Saturday.
He attempted to jump from train in mo
ton, when he fell backward under the
wheels. He leaves wife and one child.
Frank Thayer, son of Edward Thayer of
Greenfield, committed suicide at auckland
Tuesday of last week in a novel way. He
drove nail into a tree, and cooking his ri
tie placed the trigger against the nail.
| Then with his head in range he pulled up
on the barrel, firing off the gun and kill
ing him instantly. lie was a young man
of good habits and no cause is known for
his thus ending his life. Before his death
he had been working i'm a bakery at Shell
burne Falls. He joined the Salvation
Army two or three years ago and more re-
Gently had been an enthusiastic worker
with the Christian crusaders 1t is posi-
BILE his mind became unbalanced. Theac
was premeditated, for letter found on his
body was directed to his mother, in which
he said he was tired of life.
\ correspondent of the Greenfield Ga
zette describes over 30 tanneries that flour
ished in Franklin county p years ago, and
now they are all in ruins This is almost
equally true of Hampshire and Hampden
counties.
\ man in Hadey has IA acres of tobac-
co, which he calculates will yield him 1900
pOuuuS an acre. 1 his ne mas SOFA AT ~
cents a pound, and he thinks the 5000
that will be returned to him from this
small acreage has good color for Connect
lieut. valley farming.
The Main street schoolhouSe at Green
field has been repaired at a cost of $500.
Easthampton, at an adjourned town
meeting last Saturday, voted TO utilize the
waters of Rum and Broad brooks. and an
appropriation of $1,000 was made for
that purpose. \ previous appropriation of
5000 had been made for the completion Of
the reservoir.
Cornelius Ryan. 10-years-old Green
field boy, who attended the field day eNer-
cises at Northampton on Monday with his
father, got lost in the crowd and started to
walk to his home. While Oh the railroad
bridge he was struck by train and thrown
upon small island in the river. He re-
covered consciousness on "Wednesday morn
Ing, after lying where he struck for 36
hours. and shouted To men on shore. who
took him to IA physician. \ cash two
inches long was cut in his head. During
his absence his relatives had been search
ing for him.