Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-06-05

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Rockingham and carry it on in connection |
with the other charities of the organization. |
The Pine Dell boat club at its annual |
meeting held Tuesday evening decided to |
hold an opening of its quarters up the |
river the evening of June % The reason |
for the late date is to get advantage of the |
moonlight. The ladies and other invited |
guests will be present and the event is
looked forward to with much interest. j.
II, Blakeley was elected commodore,
Joseph T. Wilson 1st vice commodore,
Harry r. Thompson second vice commo-
dore, George F. Ball secretary and treas
urer.
The listers have filed their report with
the town clerk, but the footings have not
as yet been made up. The number of tax
able polls found in town were 1904 as COM
pared with 1lSG in 1895. In this connec-
ton it is of interest to note how the tax
able polls have varied in the past few
years as showing how the population has
increased. In 1850 the list showed S72,
in IS, 1914, 80, 1897, 81, 1879, '92, 1876,
'93, 1869, "a, 11Ss, '95, 11S6, '96, 1904.
When the figures are completed it will be
of interest to see how much of this in
crease has been in this village.
Last Sunday the Rutland road began
running a passenger train from here to
Burlington Sundays, leaving here on the
arrival of the paper train from Boston at
6:25 \. NJ. An engine and gang of men
are sent down from Rutland Saturday
night for the purpose. 1t is principally
for carrying the Sunday newspapers, but
passenger car is attached and passengers
are carried. 1t is understood here that a
Sunday train from aud to New York is to
be run during this summer, reaching here
from New York about in the morning
and returning about . at night, but the
tables are not set issued The train to
Rutland and Burlington has no time table as
vet, but runs wild the whole distance.
1t reaches Rutland at about $50 and Bur
lington at 1890.
Quite a gang of Western Union Tele-
graph men were in town Tuesday running
a wire from the telegraph Office at the de-
pot to the second story of the o. d. Gray
block, where they placed set of instru-
ments for the use of a brokers' office
which is selling stocks. The instruments
are connected with a wire to Boston each
day from 10 to 3, and quotations of the
different stocks are noted on large black
board as the sales are made in Boston and
New York. The firm of brokers are D.
NJ. Crosby Il Co. of Boston, and their To-
cal manager is John j. Hyde, formerly of
Towns hotel. The firm had an office
here some months ago, but it then appear
ed to conflict with the laws of the state
regulating such business and they were
compelled to go over the river, and have
been located since in Murphy's hotel.
They now come back again.
The exhibition of the junior class of the
High school last Friday evening,
merited The expression which was heard
on all sides that it was the "best yet"
Where all the participants did such good
work it is hard to specify the best. The
selection from Romeo and Juliet by Miss
Helen Guild and Miss Jennie Shipman
showed careful study and a large amount
of talent. The selections as a whole were
well chosen, and admirably adapted to the
abilities of each speaker. The opera house
stage was tastefully decorated with the
class colors, lavender and yellow, and with
potted plants, fesns and flowers, while i'm
mediately above the stage was hung
mammoth representation of the class pin,
of evergreen and flowers. This class is
larger than the average, numbering -, and
the members are to be congratulated upon
the great success they scored in this, their
first public appearance as a class.
Memorial day passed off here much in
the usual manner of former years. The ii
cemeteries in the vicinity were visited dur
ing the day by details of +. II. Stoughton
post, and the graves OF comrades decorated.
The procession was formed in the square
at 2:30, consisting of the Bellows Falls
drum corps, Sons of Veterans, veterans in
line and carriages, canton of Odd Fellows,
Charlestown cornet band, Ancient Order
of Hibernians, and about 100 school chill
dren. The Hibernians made an eXcep-
tionally fine appearance with over 100 men
in line. After the services at Oak Hill
cemetery the return march was made to the
opera house where patriotic exercises were
held, including an address from Prof. Bris-
tol of Vermont Academy, who took the
place of Hon. Henry Ballard of Burling-
ton, who was unable TO fulfil his engage
ment. The other parts of the town were
more than usually represented during the
day, and the opera house was crowded,
while large number went away unable to
gain admittance.
The High school building committee
closed the bids Saturday, and upon OPEN
ing those made found eight, all from other
localities, none from local parties. Three
of the smallest bids were nearly alike, al
though they were none of them small
enough to come inside the appropriation
of $26, 1000. These three men were sum-
moned here to confer with the committee
and Architect Buckham yesterday, discuss
ing details in every light possible to enable
the committee to make clear and COM
prehensive report to the town meeting to-
morrow, showing what can be done in va
rious ways, and the cost. Today the entire
committee are in session formulating their
report TO the town. After the action of
the town in to-morrow's meeting is ascer-
tanned the award will be made upon the
judgment of the committee for such build
ing as the town sees fit to decide upon.
Complete plans and specifications will be
on exhibition for the information of the
voters. Work will probably be begun next
Monday, and the building fastened
throughout the summer as rapidly as pos
siblp