Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-12-24

The six-inch water main through Bridge
street gave way week ago Sunday owing
! to the settling of the ground at this end of
! the arch bridge. The water was shut fl
and the pipe repaired, but has this week
! given out again necessitating a second dig
! ging up. The ground was frozen like
! flint to quite a depth and fires had to be
! built a number of days to thaw the ground
before the pipes could be reached, causing
an unusual expense.
j. F. Moore, formerly employed here in
the Blue store and the Times printing Of
fee, is to be married next Wednesday at
Ludlow to Miss Hattie E. Fullam of that
place. Miss Fullam is well known here,
having been employed some time in the
millinery store of Mrs. J. II. Conway.
They are to reside in Bethel, where Mr..
Moore has a situation in a clothing store.
Will L. Bowtelle of this place is to act as
best man at the wedding
In the office of the Vermont Farm Ma
chine company in which six or eight stem
ographers are constantly employed, the ex
pertinent is being tried of debating the cor
respondence into the graphophone instead
of direct to the stenographer This instru-
ment rehearses it to the typewriter at the
pleasure of the latter. Two machines are
now in use there, and the experiment is
seemingly a great improvement 1t will
probably be used permanently.
A number of the members of the Won
ans Christian Temperance union rode up
to the town farm Tuesday afternoon and
carried TO the inmates somewhat of the
Christmas cheer. They spent some time
there with the family, which is not as large
as at many other times. Among the things
left for the comfort of the inmates was
liberal quantity of reading matter and some
clothing, but the social side of the call was
that most enjoyed by both sides.
A new gas plant, which is being put in
to light Towns hotel, has been used little
the past few days, the first test being in the
dining room Wednesday evening. The
electric light bills of the hotel have been
felt to be burdensome by Mr.. Durham, and
| hence he is intending to do his own light
/ ing. The hotel was lighted by gas the first
five years after il was built in 1873, then
kerosene oil was used, after the burning of
the brick gas house in the rear, until the
electric system was put in about ten years
ago. Now they return to gas again.
Monday it was reported that the opera
house had been hired for Christmas after
noon and evening TO exhibit the vitascope
pictures illustrating the Corbett- Fitzsim-
mons prize fight by moving pictures. This
struck large part of our people and bust.
ness men unpleasantly as celebration Of
Christmas, and number expressed their
disapprOval to the managers of the opera
house, 1t was understood the engage
ment had been Cancelled until Wednesday
afternoon when the bill boards were Gov
cred with the advertisements, and the pro
gram will probably be carried out despite
the protest made,
The building committee of the new High
school building are this week taking down
to the attic floor the main chimney in the
centre of the building and rebuilding it.
The work is being done by Contractor
Wetherbee, who did the brick work When
erected the chimney was not built straight
in the attic, an offset being made of 10 or
II feet to allow it TO come out at the ridge,
the supports of the incline being from the
roof. A serious crack has appeared, and
fears being entertained regarding its safety,
the committee employed Mr., Wetherbee 70
! change 1t 10 come out through the side OF
| the roof This will make the chimney
| stand plumb from the foundation. The
! size is 20X30 inches and the pipes from
| three large furnaces enter it in the base
ment.
Hon. Adna Brown of Springfield, in his
! practical talk Monday evening at the Y
! NJ. G. A. rooms, gave a very interesting
/ outline of his trip through Palestine and
| Egypt a few years ago. He was closely
! listened to by his audience OF about 80
| He illustrated many of his curious expert
ences with a large collection of curios
/ collected during the trip Next Monday
evenings talk is humorous one by Gran
vile Wardwell, a merchant of Keene He
takes as his subject measles, Coons. or
What?' Ii would be hard to see what the
speaker will lead his audience into, but the
novelty of the subject is already showing a
deep interest with the young men. That
evening is also the quarterly meeting of
the association and after the evening S
meeting, refreshments are to be served and
a literary and musical program INDUCED
in. This will probably take the place of
the usual New Years reception.
Bellows Falls must be either an ex-
tremely dirty village, or may have been in
the past, and now the opposite. The I'M
equalled record has been made by c. II.
Rich of the F. B. F. Grocery company. Of
selling about 1900 cakes of Sunlight
soap since last May. This unusual record
all who will sell large amount of this
soap. Mr. Rich's record has not been
equalled in New England anywhere, the
nearest to it being 1908 cakes in New Bed.
ford. He has received from the manu-.
facturers check of 500 for his Novem
Der record, it being for PAS cakes sold
during the month. AS the soap sells fol-
five cents per cake, and the total received
for the number as sold at retail Sl07 40
the question might arise how much the
cost of the soap is to the manufacturer
Since last May Mr.. Rich has received two
checks for 500 each and two 500 bicy
Giles from the concern.
Mr. and Mrs n. G. Williams entertained
the adult members of the Congregations
Sunday school and congregation Mon
day and Wednesday evenings. Monda,
evening they received the members of the
home department of the Sunday schoo
and the older members. A graphophone
with its songs, whistling and speeches, wa,
source of great amusement. Singing
and reaindg also added to the pleasure Of
the evening, Wednesday evening they en-
tertained the young ladies and gentlemen
who enjoyed the graphophone as much a.
} their elders. Exner's orchestra and thai
of the young people, commonly known a,
BARRIERS orchestra" was present and wa.
listened to as they both always are, will
pleasure. These evenings are looked upon
by those attending as among the very
pleasant ones of Christmas week. Mr.
Williams has, for many years, been the
superintendent of the Sunday school, anC
| has manV times entertained IT, hut AT nj he,