Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-08-10

are Engaged---BelIows Falls share In
Furnishing Boston with MILK.
There is an interesting industry in this
place about which people know little, es-
pecallv since it is carried on under the
cover of night. It's the Boston milk sup
ply business.
There comes up every evening on the
mail train the so-called "milk car con-
tanning a large number of empty milk cans.
This car is set off onto the track leading to
the Fitchburg freight house. There the
car remains until about quarter of five next
morning when it is opened to receive milk.
From this time on to 80, various kinds
of vehicles come to the door and deposit
their full cans, and take an equal number
of empty ones, into which to place their
next morning amount
From GOO to 700 cans are sent from this
place alone, every morning. One wagon
from Chester brings over 300, and another
from Rockingham brings between 200 and
250 These large amounts are collected by
a special agent, from several farms in these
places. Probably the largest amount sent
by one individual is 80 cans Where there
is no route as it is called, the farmers bring
their own milk cans
This milk, as of course it must be col
lected during the night, is entirely ''yester-
days milk as we would call it. But it
could not be transported to its destination
by any more speedy method. The milk
must be very carefully cooled before the
cans are fastened up, and this necessitates
no little labor.
The milk car is joined to the :45 train
to Boston, and upon its arrival at its desti-
nation, the cans are carried to the main
depot OF the milk company, where they are
placed in the cooling watts. Here they re-
main all day, as they arrived in Boston too
late for delivery on that day, until next
morning when the milk is distributed over
the city. To us it may seem as if, by this
time, it would be approaching the turning
point but evidently it is not, for the Bos-
tonians still continue to use it. The few
hundred cans that come from this region
are only a small part of those received by
this firm, during a day.
1t may be of interest, too, to know how
great compensation these milkmen re-
ceve. Each can holds eight quarts, APP
proximately, and the Boston firm pay II
cents can, also paying carriage both on
the empty and the full cans.
Each sender has a number and he is re-
quired to place that number on the cork OF
every can he sends. This is the means by
which the books are kept and accounts set
tied. The number is also necessary in the
case of sour milk, which is returned to the
sender. The firm takes the responsibility
as soon as the cans are in their possession
until it reaches Boston the sender is re-
sponsible.
All the milk is tested before distribution,
and any man who skins or waters his por-
ton, soon hears from the firm.
Enough milk then, leaves this place
every morning, to furnish every individual
in the town of Rockingham with quart
of that fluid, and still there would be some
hundred quarts left.
Next Years Teachers.
The schools this next year, will be con-
Quoted by the same teachers as last term,
with but few exceptions. In the High
school will be found Prof. T Z. Chaplin,
Miss Mary Barry and Miss Goodrich. In
the 9th grade Miss c. A. Keife; in the
Sth, Miss johnson; It'll, Miss Minard 9Th,
Miss Fuller 5-6th, Miss Parker; 9TH, Miss
Elmendorf 4th Miss Deyette; 4th, Miss
Curtis: 3rd Miss Anna keife; 3rd, Miss
Luette Morgan; in the primary depart
ment, Misses Stuart, Ball, Turner and
Burroughs. Miss Jackson will take charge
of the singing, Mrs. Weeks of drawing,
and j. L. Howard of penmanship. With
such corps of teachers it can easily be
seen that Bellows Falls schools are TO be
in the van.
The work of finishing off two more
rooms in building No. is nearing com
pletion. Extensive renovation in the
painting and decoration of the interior OF
the High School building will also be
noticed.
Lake Sunapee.
The Bellows Falls-ites who are occupying
cottages at Sunapee are: NJ. B. Kelly and
family, the Robertsons and Coys, Miss
Nellie Dean and the Churches, Mrs. II. NJ
Leonard, Misses Abbie, Ida aud George
Leonard, Mr.. and Mrs Carroll Moore
Hon, L. NJ. Read and family, S. L. Ben.
nett and family, Hon. A. N Swain and
wife, and Miss Annie johnson, n. S,
Brockway, Henry King and family. Miss
Charlotte Day is at Burkehaven. A gen
tleman passing through Lake Sunapee
station recently said that he never saw sc
many people there as this season. II
speaks well for the place. By actual count
it is reported that there were H. Bellows
Falls people at Bay Point and Brightwood
last Sunday.
Schools begin Sept. 10.
II. b. Underhill is in Bradford.
Nat Wheeler and wife are in town.
Tracey Leonard is visiting his father.
Miss Maud Austin is visiting in town.
No sham about that rain, Friday, was
there?
Edwin Moore is at his fathers, E. G.
Moore's.
Prof. W. W, Bartholomew was in town
Monday.
E. P. Kidder returned from Sunapee
Tuesday.
Benz, Bunker is spending few days at
his mothers.
Mrs. E. G. Osgood is in Grafton, on a
sketching tour.
George Morse was at his home few
days this week.
Walter Henry of Springfield, Mass, was
in town recently.
Miss Agnes Elmendorf is the guest of
Mrs. G. II. Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L, Northrup and two
children are in Winhall.
F. G. Pierce and wife return today from
an outing at Hampton beach
Miss Gertrude Whitcomb of Dorchester
Mass, is at Miss Margaret Burbanks.