Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-03-06

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About 600 people from out of town at
tended "a contented woman," Ludlow,
Chester, Charlestown, Claremont, Wind
or, Keene and the adjoining towns being
represented.
An Injunction, served upon the as
signees of the Mountain Spring Brewing
company by the Orwell National bank,
one of the heavy creditors, prevented the
auction sale Friday of the brewery prop
erty. The sale was adjourned to April 10.
The property, valued at 100000, is To-
Gated one mile from here in Walpole, n.
H., and is being operated as usual.
At the old-fashioned spelling match last
evening at the Congregational church Miss
Ida Leonard was the winner of the prize
for standing up the longest against 80 com
petitors. S. w. Wilder won the second
prize as standing up next to Miss Leonard.
Prof. Chaplin put out the words, and n. G.
Williams acted as referee. The supper
served by Mrs. c. W. Osgood, Mrs. c. II.
Sawyer and Mrs. w. w. Slate was very
pleasant affair,
J. Couilliard, electrical inspector for the
New England Insurance exchange, was in
town Wednesday and critically examined
the wiring for electric lights in the opera
house building An inspection made some
months since resulted in finding the sys-
TEN defective in many respects, and the
insurance companies required it remedied
at once. This has been done and the in
spection made Wednesday showed it salts
factory in all ways.
The census of 1890 showed the popua-
ton of the town of Rockingham to be
1919, of which 30jS were in the village of
Bellows Falls, and 1921 in the rest of the
town. The tendency since then is to ma
terially increase in this village, good judges
estimating it now at 5000 to $500, while
outside population has probably decreased
100 or more, leaving the present popula-
ton about 300 in the whole town. The
names of III voters were printed in the
check list of this year.
Electric railroad matters are being agi-
tated somewhat the past few weeks. Many
citizens have been asked if they would
take stock, although the company is not
yet organized. 1t is understood consider
able stock has been pledged and that the
citizens meet the question in a favorable
manner. The exact present standing of
the business is hard to ascertain, owing to
those leading in the matter being averse to
saying just what has been done, although
for what reason 1t is hard to see. Few PEG.
Pile oppose it or think it would be unsuc-
cessful.
Moderator Geo. A. Weston announces
the following as the special committee APP
pointed by him according to vote of the
last corporation meeting, February 10, to
investigate and report as to a needed ad-
vance of water rates: II. d. Ryder, A. n.
Burbank, A. II. Brown, d. II. Cray and
NJ. NJ. Whitney. This committee is to
call another meeting of the corporation
some time before the next semi-annual wa
ter rentals are due. They will probably
advise an average advance of % to 33 per
cent, but some will be ADVANCED less, 9TH
ers more than the amount named, owing
to the present evident inequalities.
AS indicated last week standing room
only" was to be had for Hoyt's "a con-
tented woman" after the first days sale of
tickets. The party was here Monday even
ing and pleased our people greatly. The
house was packed in every part, the re-
ceipts being about 5000. Mrs. Caroline
Miskel Hoyt was the leading attraction
and fully met the expectations of most of
the audience. The play gave the large au-
dience an evening of rare enjoyment, and
from the expressions of approval heard it
is probable the play as whole was more
popular with our people than any other of
MI. Hoyts which has been here, or any
other entertainment of the season.
The Boston Dairy company, which con-
trolls the large quantities of milk taken
from our station every morning, has leased
the old laundry building on Rockingham
street, recently occupied by Pages dye
house. They begin paying rent to Mr..
Wheeler as from March /, and intend to
put in cream separator and perhaps later
a machine for making butter. 1t often
happens they have more milk furnished
here than can be transported in the car,
and it is necessary they should have some
arrangements for taking care of it at this
end. They also intend taking more milk,
in fact all that is offered, and what cannot
be transported to Boston is to be separated
here and the cream only taken to market.
l.. G. IL C. f. Howard have during the
past week arranged neat device in their
show window for keeping the wheels of a
bicycle running there as an advertisement.
The power is a small water motor. The
firm intends to deal largely in wheels this
season, having already ordered about 20 for
stock. Their leading wheel is the "Chief."
Mr.. Shepardson is not to have a store in
the square this year, but will have wheels
at his store on the extension of Henry
street. j. II. Blakeley will keep a large
number of wheels to rent at the Blue
store, and has the agency for the sale of
three or four different kinds. Eaton &
Norwood will make a much larger drive
than last year in the trade, and will sell the
Sterling, Remington, Eclipse and Fowler.
The indications are that many more wheels
will be sold here than last year, and all are
getting ready for the rush.
W. F. Brown, for the past few months
employed by Osgood & Barker in their
electrical department, was appointed March
l as superintendent of the electrical de-
partment of the Fall Mountain Paper COM
pany, which includes the whole Bellows
Falls electric light and power plant.
Thomas Gould has held the position ever
since the plant was started in 1881. Now
that he is out of this place, he has formed
a partnership with F. ]. Reid as electrical
contractors and dealers in electrical sup
plies, having rooms upstairs in Gray's
block. Mr.. Brown is an expert electrician
of large experience. He came here early
last summer from Auburn, Me-, having
been employed in electrical work in num-
Der of cities. He has built several dyna-
mos and motors this winter for Osgood &
Barker, and will still continue to oversee
that department for them. He lives in the
Fred Saker house on Green street. He and
his wife have already made many friends
among the citizens of the village, who will
rejoice at his advancement.
A. j. Holley resigned his position of