Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-29


Bennington, begun in 1887. to recover
$500 of fines paid into the village treasu-
ny, has been referred to +. l.. Waterman to
hear and determine.
4 meeting Of the board of bailiffs and
engineers of the fire department will be
held next Monday evening to hear the re-
ports upon the investigation which has
been made Of the electric fire alarm system.
1t is understood that those who have made
the investigation are divided i'm their pref
crcnce between the Gamcwell and Stevens
systems. The warrant will be- posted next
Monday for a special village meeting to be
held June II. to hear the report of the bal
lifts and TO act on this subject. An article
will also be placed in the warrant on pc
tition of citizens for the building of side
walks on certain streets in the north part
of the village.
Mr.. Perry will finish work on the mount
ain road tonight. The sharp pitches have
been cut down wherever possible with the
funds in hand. ratings have been erected,
and the road has been put i'm admirable
condition throughout. Those who have
been over the road this week for the first
time are surprised to find what an excel
lent road has been built. and how easily
dtftooIUlt illt up VI tic has Iftll
made. The total sum of money expended
by AR Perry is only $500. The work has
been to him source of pride and pains
taking throughout, and it is entirely safe
to say that no community has ever been
given more for its money in such an enter
prise than in this case II is only since
the trees have been covered with their sum
mer foliage that the attractions of the road,
Will, itg opI aud u-inIiYtr
ways. have begun to be realized. 1t is sug-
gested that in proper celebration Of the
successful completion of the undertaking,
a cayalcade ought TO be formed to ride in
procession to the pinnacle The visitors
to the pinnacle on Sunday afternoon We're
numbered by the hundred, and it is said
that there We're a round 100 people on the
rocks and slopes around the signal station
at one time. Tonight W. II. Childs will
raise a handsome American flag on the pin
nace staff Long may it wave.
Clarence Wilson, a DummerstOn boy
who was employed in Brattleboro at :. 4.
Smith IL Co. shops for several years, has
been the victim of a peculiar accident at
Merden, Conn, where he works for the
Wilcox IL White Organ company. He hit
his arm against a saw which another work
man was lilllEs llllllNNlllI d Udu SiIdAtll.
but the injury was not considered of any
consequence Blood poisoning set in, how
ever. and it was thought that it would be
necessary to amputate the arm, but later
reports state that the physicians expect to
save it.
Harvey Houghton has sold building
lot in the rear of his Canal street residence
to Mrs. Sarah Hall of Esteyville. The lot
fronts upon Clark street and a house will
soon be built upon it.
The death of DR.. A. A. Corbett occurred
at Springfield, Mass. last Friday and on
Monday the body was brought here for
burial. funeral services being held at the
home of his sister, Mrs. 5. p. Sherwin on
Pearl street. DR.. Corbett was son of
Moses Corbett of GuilfOrd, and his death
is the first in the family of 10 children.
The members of the family living in this
section are Mrs. Sherwin. jerome and Le-
roy Corbett of this village, and Representa-
tive MyrOn Corbett of BernardstOn. DIR.
Corbett was a graduate of the New York
dental college, and for several years has
been practicing his profession in Cincn-
natl. Last winter he suffered from grip,
and following this he was a victim of chron-
ic diarrhRa. He left two weeks ago to
come to Brattleboro to make his home with
Mrs. Sherwin, but was unable to proceed
farther than Springfield. 1t will be remem-
bered that last August the Corbett family
held reunion in Brattleboro, at which all
the children were present DIR. Corbett
has spent several weeks of the last two or
three summers with relatives here. His
wife died some time ago, but two small
children survive him.
Mr.. A. j. Landry, of a well-known firm
of Boston opticians, is with G. A. Trip
& Co. for a short stay. Attention is called
to their notice in our announcement col
umn.
A call was issued for a meeting of the
Republican league club at the lower town
hall Monday evening, but as the notices
had been posted only a short time and no
notice given through the papers, but few
members knew that meeting was to be
held, and the attendance was therefore eX.
ceedingly meagre, less than 20 persons be-
ing present. DIR. Holton. the president of
the club, called the meeting to order. and
stated that its object was Reorganization,
as the club and the league remained the
same as in 1888. After a little discussion
Col Estey, Geo. A. Hines, +. c. Crosby.
S. 5. Hunt and c. L. Sturgis were appoint
ed committee to prepare a list of officers,
to be presented at an adjourned meeting,
to be called by the president at the Motif
cation of the committee.
The school board make an interesting
announcement to the parents of the dis
trict in another column. In order to give
the fathers, as well as the mothers. a
chance to see the work of the school, even
ing sessions are to be held on dates given,
when it is hoped that there will be a full
attendance of persons who should be cor
daily interested in the work of the school.
These evening sessions will not be in the
nature of an examination, but will simply
illustrate the regular daily work. In this
connection it is proper to say that, under a
method adopted during the past two terms
in the Grammar and Intermediate grades,
the examinations, which have so long been
a terror to nervous children, will be practi-
cally done away with. A system of week
ly marking and averages has been used,
and examinations will only be required
from the children whose total average does
not meet the required standard.
1t will be year June since the local
telephone plant was sold to the New Eng
land telephone and telegraph company, and
during the year no advancement of rates
has been made. The management and
employees are to remain the same as hereto
fore.
The outlook for Brattleboro's summer
bOarder business has not been so good in
any recent year as it is for the present sea-
son. 1t is fact commonly spoken of that
our regular summer residents have come
this year several weeks earlier than usual