Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-16

built this season, with accommodations
for at least 81 new families. This is not
far from the average number built each of
the last ten years, and still there seems no
surplus of tenements, all being occupied
as soon as finished.
Tuesday afternoon the large pair of
horses of the Fall Mountain Paper com
pany became startled, in the depot yard,
by large piece of paper blown against
them, and ran away, seriously iniuring the
scales in the yard. They ran to their barn
near the Island house where they smashed
in the doors, landing on the barn floor with
out serious injury to themselves, but con-
siderable to the wagon and other property.
Owing to the storm of last evening not
a large number attended the stereopticon
lecture at The Congregational church, but
it was an entertainment of rare merit.
Secretary Raynor of Keene took his audi
ence with him on trip from New York to
Boston, to the Christian Endeavor con-
vention, through the White Mountains,
Lake George, and the Hudson back to New
York, giving the audience an hour and a
half of great pleasure.
The annual drive of logs from the White
river, owned by the Falls Mountain Paper
company, is making the best Roadway thus
far of any season. 1t consists of I ,000,000
feet and the head of the drive has already
reached Bethel, about 25 miles from where
it started in Rochester and Pittsfeld.
The drive of 100000 from the Ammo
noosuc is also well under way, and the
present prospect is that they will reach
their boom here much earlier than in the
past few years and with less expense.
1t has been fully decided by the vestry
of the Episcopal church to erect this sea-
son a new rectory which shall be an honor
to the village and to Emmanuel church.
The old rectory building is advertised for
sale, and if not disposed of at private sale
previous to Thursday, April %, it will be
sold at public auction, TO be removed at
once. The disposal of it is in the hands of
j. II. Webb, senior warden. When com
pleted this new dwelling will make the
buildings of the church.as complete, tastful,
and well adapted for their use, as any in
Vermont.
Ira L. Earle has found vein of sand in
his bank on the SaXtons River road near
A. L. Shipman's residence, which is prov
ing valuable to the extent of being able to
sell for 50 per cart load 1t is said to be
the only one of as good quality for use in
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gesters. 1t is the only kind which will
withstand the heat required, and the chem
ical action. The vein promises to yield
him goody revenue, as he is shipping it
by the carload to points at distance
where there are pulp mills, as well as fur
nishing it locally.
"The Old Homestead" is booked at the
opera house here next week Friday even
ing, and few plays are ever more warmly
welcomed. Manager Capron is always
sure of good house, and of our best peo-
pie, when this comes, telling, as it does,
its delicious story of farm life in New
England. The cast of characters is the
same as at its last visit, with Archie Boyd
as "Joshua Whitcomb," VIM. NJ. Cressey
(whom many of our townspeople have met
so pleasantly at his cottage at Sunapee) as
ICY Prime" and Marie Kimball as AUNT
Matilda They are to be at Brattleboro
the evening before. and at Keene the even
ing following.