Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-30
MASSACHUSETTS, NOTES.
NOrthfield's Water Supply.
MIR. Moody Wants 1000 students Each
I'm NOrthheld aud Mt. HermOn schools
...Good N.xv. for Cou.y.y

---GOod News for Conway.
The Mortified telephone company is
fourishing and Is likely TO increase its bust
ness during the coming year. A dividend
will be paid this year. In the past the
earnings of the company have gone into
increasing the business. The managers
say they came out OF Amherst whole, and
that the people there made a mistake in
not buying out the exchange. In North.
field there is no conflict between the New
England and the local company. In fact, the
former say the Mortified exchange is a
good thing for them, as all their subscrib-
ers have the instruments of the other ex-
change, and messages can be forwarded
many times without a messenger. A new
telephone company has begun business at
Mortified Farms and will connect with
Mortified and Mount Hermon and Millers
Falls. The new company starts with 16
subscribers and that number will probably
be increased greatly. 1t Is said there are
about 80 instruments in town, of which the
New England company has five.
The Mortified water company, which
was incorporated last March, has compet-
ed reservoir in the Minot pasture the
past season and laid six-inch main TO the
village, but owing TO the lateness of reach
Ing the village no connections have been
made. In the spring everything will be
ready TO make connections and then for
the first time in its history the town will
have something like adequate means for
lighting fire. The reservoir Is built at an
elevation sufficient TO give a head of $50
feet in the village. The company believes
that the amount of water will be large
enough TO supply the wants of the village
at all times. 1t is thought most of the
families will make use of the new supply.
There have been two water companies
furnishing water for many years, but there
wat no force, ii reaching the village by
aqueducts. One company was chartered
in l1OS and the other was of more recent
date. Now these companies have consoli-
dated with the result OF giving the town a
much better service, and one that in the
event of a fire would be of some use
1t is vacation time now at the schools in
Mortified and Mount Hermon and adyan-
tage is being taken of the absence Of the
students 10 renovate the buildings and get
them in shape for the next term. The
schools are having prosperous year.
There are now 400 boys at Mount Her
mon, and Mr.. Moody says he will have
1000 in each of the schools before he is
satisfied. 1t is thought that Mr.. Moody
has interested rich men in his schools so
there will be no curtailing of the work
when he has passed away. Many men Of
wealth are remembering the schools in
their wills and several good legacies have
been received. At Mount Hermon all the
boys are obliged TO do certain amount of
work, and there are TO be found in the
school the sons of rich men who want TO
work. The chances for a poor boy TO
work his way through the school are very
good, and the opportunity is offered for
many boy to get an education who could
not obtain 1t elsewhere.
The suicide Of Francis K. Field Of Buck
land Thursday was a very sad ending to \
life that once held much of promise. The
cause of this act was undoubtedly despon-
dency caused by long continuous i'll health
Mr.. Field was unmarried, and with broth
er and sister made the family living on the
old homestead, where he, with three broth
ers and four sisters, were reared. His
father, Elijah Field, was drowned in the
Deerfield river during the October food of
90, when Francis was six months old and
the mother was left with eight children to
care for, the Oldest being only Is years old.
All reached the years of manhood and wo-
manhood respected by the community, this
being the only death. The brother and
sister were away Thursday, leaving Fran
els alone at the house, and, not finding
him when they arrived home, a search was
made and he was tracked in the snow to
the orchard near by, where the body was
found shot through the head with rifle
ball.
The disastrous fire in Conway Wednes-
day morning came near being more serious
than it proved to be. Prompt action on
the part of the fire department probably
saved good many buildings. The an
nouncement that the Delabarre mill is to
be re6pened and operated was the best
news that the little village has received for
some time. With 125 hands employed
there again, Burkeville will enjoy a pros
perity such as it has not known for years
Springfield Republican.