Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-05

Mrs. Chas. T. Grant and son went to
Newport yesterday for a few weeks.
The family of E. j. Knapp have this
week moved from this place to their farm
near Townshend.
S. F. Perry has sold his milk route to
Will Wright from the Blair place in West
Minister. Possession was given Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Swain went Wednes-
day to Sunapee. They intend to remain
until Monday if the cold does not drive
them home.
John E. Brosnahan has booked Sousa's
band for next Thursday evening, the 18th.
The band has always drawn large houses
here and been popular with music-loving
people.
Charles Wright of this place was best
man and Fred Wright was one of the ush-
ers at the marriage of Archie G. Fowler
and Miss Mary G. Truan in North Adams,
Mass, Wednesday.
A delegation of Bellows Falls people
have been in Sunapee this week Many of
them had been waiting for word that the
ice was out to try the fishing. The first
catch was by Norman Brockway, who
landed a salmon weighing seven and three
fourths pounds.r
w. j. Eaton & Co. have moved their
stock of jewelry from banquet hall to the
store in Cray's block, recently occupied for
a restaurant, and will continue their sale.
Mr.. Amadon has his goods in banquet hail.
where most of them were carried the night
of the fire in Suter block.
The machines in the International mills
which make thick paper, and number of
pulp mills have been idle the most of the
time for the past two weeks owing to the
high water, but Foreman Barrett hoped to
have all running again today as the water
has fallen rapidly for few days.
Messrs Butter6eld and Coolidge have
leased, for the summer, Mrs. H. d. AID
| Tich's market garden in the forest Mr.
Butterfeld has at his green house on School
street, radishes and lettuce for the market
and large quantities of plants of early veg
etables ready for transplanting.
Dr. Kirkland moved Monday into F. H
Rabbits house on Henry street Mr.. Bah
bitt left for his new home in White River
junction two or three weeks ego Mrs.
Babbitt and Miss Madaline went last Sat
uTday. Mr.. and Mrs. Cushing Adsms will
occupy the house which DR.. Kirkland left
| on South street.
The unchanged goods from the store of
lately vacated by the Bellows Falls Plumb
ing company on Westminster street
When the sale in Towns Hotel block of
that part of his stock dsmaged by fire has
closed, he will occupy the store on West
minister street.
There was no session of the High school
today as several of the teachers are in at
tendance at the semi-annual meeting of
| the Connecticut Valley Teachers associa-
ton at Newport, N. H. The names of
| Superintendent G. W. Cox, Principal Craw-
ford and Miss Judd of Bellows Falls appear
on the program.
Miss Kate Hughes, So, died at her home
on George street last Friday morning of
heart failure. She had lived here ali her
life and leaves no near relatives. The
funeral was held Sunday afternoon at I'm
manuel church, Rev. D. L. Sanford Of
ficiating. The burial was in Oak Hill
cemetery. Mrs. D. X. Murphy and Miss
Helen Gibblin of Meriden, Ct, and Mr..
and Mrs. j. I. Armstrong of Keene were
here to attend the funeral.
The question of street sprinkling is agitat-
ing the public mind to large degree lust
now. The dust has been very disagree
able at times recently, and no arrange
ments have been made to start the sprink-
Ter. In past years it has been run by pri-
vate enterprise and the expense paid by
popular subscription. Whoever has done
it has had hard and thankless Job. No
one seems at all anxious or even willing to
to take it up this season and it looks as if
we should eat more than tour peck of dirt"
if the village authorities do not find some
way by which they can do it,