Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-08


will be held next Monday evening at 7.3O
with Mrs. George K. Crowell.
l. &. Thorn, a former local druggist, has
sold the store which he has been running at
Chester Depot to G. Louis Harwood.
Holbrook, Cabot Il DAILY of Boston have
received the contract to build the new cleo
trio power plant which the Ludlow, Mass,
Manufacturing company is to erect at Red
Bridge.
The ladies' circle of the Universalist
church held its annual strawberry supper
last evening, in charge of Mrs. W. ID. Gil
son. The attendance was not large, but
the supper was excellent.
A pleasant reunion of the Knowlton
family was held at the home of Elbridge
j. Knowlton on Prospect Hill yesterday
afternoon. There were nine brothers aud
sisters in the family, and eight of them
were present yesterday with their children
and grandchildren. Dinner was served at
? o'clock, 46 persons partaking of it. Sew
eral photographs of the group were taken
by Photographer Wyatt.
A change in the time of the despatching
of mails should be noticed by business
men. The mail for Boston and for sta
tions between Millers Falls and Boston
which was formerly closed at 4:lO p. NJ. is
now despatched in the mail closing at l 80
p. Nj. The reason for the change is be-
cause of change in the schedule of the
Fitchburg mail trains, the train formerly
leaving Millers Falls at 1922 p. NJ now
leaving at 4:30 p. NJ, making it impossible
for the New London train leaving here at
4:25 to connect. Boston mail leaving here
at 2:10 reaches Boston at I 80, and at 4 %
reaches Boston at IL. Mail for towns on
the Ftchburg line this side OF Boston lose
about half day if sent at 4:2j instead of
| 2:10.
The Brattleboro chapter of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution held its
regular monthly meeting at Mrs II. II.
| Thompson's Tuesday evening, the children
of the members being guests. The subject
for the evening was "The flag" Alfred
| Thompson rendered a solo appropriate to
the occasion, and the children sang THE
| Star Spangled Banner Mrs. c. II. Daven-
| port gave a short talk on the development
of the Flag" and Mrs. T0lt read an inter-
esting account of Betsey Ross, who made
the first flag. Mrs. +. ID. Whitney read "Old
| Glory" by James Whitcomb Riley. The
next meeting Of the chapter, July ,, will
take the form of basket picnic, to be
held with Mrs. Flag of Guilford. Notice
Of arrangements for the picnic will be Civ
en- in due season.
Prof. William b. Clark of Johns Hop
kins university has been appointed by the
! governor of Maryland commissioner on
! behalf of the state of Maryland to act
with similar commissioner in behalf of
the state of Pennsylvania and the SUI
! perintendent Of the United States coast
and geodetic survey in the establishment
of the old historic Mason and Dixon line
the boundary between Maryland and Penn
sylvana. This famous line, so long re-
| garded as the boundary between the North
and the South, was run by two English
surveyors, Mason and Dixon, in 1864 S.
and was marked throughout its eastern
portion by granite monuments brought
from England that had cut on their south
ern faces the arms of Lord Baltimore and
on the northern the arms of the Penns. 1t
was by far the most extensive and accu-
rate engineering work of colonial days
The old line is now very obscure because
of the destruction of many of the monu-
ments and property interests are suffering
as a result. 1t is the purpose of the new
survey 70 redetermine and properly remark
the old line. 1t is interesting TO note that
a Vermont Yankee should be selected as
the southern representative for the re-sur-
vey Of the Mason and Dixon line,