Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-05-04
TOWNSHEND.
After the Fire.

80. IOtuitu~--
,.,.prct Of Rebuilding,
a.. r,ouith sold out his livery stock
U,nl5y. amounting to about $1,000.
Sale, ruled very low
pohsr Greenwood, who kept his horses
b. Ge Clark barn, was heavy loser by the
fire. with no insurance.
1i., work of Leland and Gray seminary is
,..;,,r carried on in the chapel and hall of
To Conrrcgational church.
Thor. has been almost constant stream
- .i,ht.,eers visiting the burnt district
S',r, fine time of the fire till now.
The Baptist society passed unanimous
.,,o of thanks last Sunday to all those who
,rorsed so nobly to save their church and
THE Congregational church promptly
,4sral the privileges of their house to their
T,ntist neighbors, and last Sunday their
offer wa, gratefully accepted.
ruott swan of Worcester, Mass, was
tors This week to meet the insurance adj
;nstsr and also to make provision for
..Vofher' swan, who was burned out.
The business meeting of the Baptist
.blrch and society to take measures to re-
lTiI their church will be held at the
parsonage next Monday evening at 1870
o'clock.
a F. Coombs and family and w. S. Hol-
ond have moved into the Don Boutwell,
milling. Mrs. Evans and family to their
f,rm Mr Howe and family to West
Townsbend. Slas and Frank Clark to Mr.
4ldrich, on Main street and Mrs. Swan to
Mrs Martha SCOTS on Main street.
II is hoped that a new hotel will soon
no erected on the site of the West River
House This is one of the best locations
for a GOOD hotel to be found in southern
Vermont and cannot long lie unused. The
travelling public will greatly miss the care
full and painstaking landlord, Thomas
Evans. recently deceased, and his excel
lent wife. whose superior cooking has been
such feature of the West River House in
the past
Mr.. Powers of Westminster was here
Wednesday to meet the adjuster in regard
TO the insurance on his house. Several
claims have been adjusted and the dam
ages paid which speaks well for the
promptness of the insurance companies.
Arthur Holden, of Bellows Falls, who
placed good deal of the insurance on the
property burned, has been here much of
the time since the fire looking after the in
terest, of his policy holders and also plac-
ing new risks.
Mr.. Coombs has new building up on the
site of his barn, which will be used by w.
5. Holland for a store, while the new store
on the old site is being builded There
has been no time lost by these enterprising
men in rebuilding, and it is a matter OF
great encouragement to see one good new
building SO soon on the ground recently
4 burned over. The building is in charge OF
I Haynes saunders, who has as good force
+ Of men on the work as can be found any
where
One of our older residents recalls the
4 fact that the Powers house was built in
4 1880 by the late Joab Holland. Holland
+ was then a young and ambitious man, a
d carpenter by trade, and owned small farm
4 adjoining the big farm of Jesse Murdoch
& who was one of the prominent characters
s and men of means of his day. Murdocl
wanted a house in town, and Holland agreed
I with him to build house in the village
\ in exchange for his farm. Holland made
4 the brick in a yard near what is now the
Eddy MILL built the house, and when il
wa, done the exchange was made, Murdocl
taking the fine brick house for his resi-
dence and Holland gratifying his ambition
& by coming into the ownership of the Muir
dock farm.
The trustees of Leland and Gray sem
mary are called to meet on Saturday, tn,
18th inst, at 10 o'clock, at the Baptis
parsonage, to discuss the question of re
building. While nothing positive can b'
said, there is feeling among the trustees
as among all our citizens, that the semina
ry can and must be rebuilt and its intiu
ence, after so years of existence, be per
petuated. The school has a permanent
fund of over I'll 900. This cannot be use'
for rebuilding, but the interest and tn
3 5000 Of insurance are available, and man
will no doubt give cheerfully of thei
means. Prior to the fire arrangements ha
been made with Prof. Call to remain an
other year. He is felt by all to be the RICH
man in the right place.