Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-06-05

j. Wilson: ensign, W. L. Conway; clerk,
y. VI. Thayer; accountant, J. II. Blakeley;
standard bearer. G. ). Wilson. supper
was served in the banquet hall after the cX-
ercises of the evening.
The committee chosen at the last corpora
ton meeting to investigate and arrange for
the new system Of fire alarm, have closed
contract after carefully looking into all
the different appliances, and it is expected
that all will be in working order by the first
of july George NJ. Stevens of Boston has
the contract. which is for six boxes in diff
fcrent parts of the village one tower striker
and one steam whistle attachment, together
with gongs in the engine houses and tap
uers i'm the engineers houses. The price
of the whole will not exceed $500. The
committee are satisfied that they have as
good as there is for the money at their com
mand
The exercises of Memorial day passed off
pleasantly and according to the program
The line was formed by Marshal Howard
and his assistants at about 2:30, and con-
sisted of carriages containing the speaker
of the day president. and other prominent
citizens. +. IL. Stoughton post followed by
carriages containing wounded and infirm
comrades, l.. A. Grant Camp, Sons of
Veterans who appeared in their uniforms
for the first time. The Sons were followed
by the Mount Kilburn Wheel club with full
ranks, wearing white gloves and neckties
and carrying canes. The march was by
the usual route to Oak hill cemetery, where
the ritual service of the Grand Army was
admirably carried out under the direction
of Commander b. r. Phelps and Adjt.
Wheeler, with Capt. Taylor as chaplain.
On the return to the opera house large
audience was gathered to listen to the able
and entertaining address of Congressman
Grout. Among the other exercises at the
hall was an original poem written for the
occasion, and recited by Miss Judd, one of
the teachers of the public schools.
The past week the Vermont Farm Ma
chine company have secured an injunction
against the Borden automatic cream sepa-
rator company of Middle Granville, \. Y.
enioinng them from selling a device which
our home company claims to be an infringe
ment of their patents. Many of our peo-
pie suppose that this company sell only the
Cooley system of cream raising. but this is
an error as they handle the new separators
and are selling great many of them all
over the United States. Their system is
an improvement upon the Dutch machine.
which separates the cream from the milk
only, while theirs completes, the process 10y
the feeding of fresh milk into one part of
the machine and the cream is separated
from the milk, and that in turn is churned
to butter before being delivered from the
machine. Think of being able to feed into
a machine milk fresh from the COW and
from the other end of the machine receive
butter ready for the table, and it will give
an idea of the perfection of the inventions
of this firm. This system is expensive to
degree that it is used only by large cream
cries taking milk from large number of
cows. The Farm Machine company still
sell the Cooley creamers to diaries, and they
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