Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-02-23

new boiler has been put in, also a new
copper water tank, the butter room has
been sheathed up, and other Improvements
have been made.
George Rice has finished work for F. L.
Pierce.
Frank Mallory has gone to Winchendon,
Mass, where he has relatives.
Mrs Watts of Moores Forks, N. Y,
was a guest of DR.. c. A. Prouty last week.
The board of civil authority abated
taxes amounting to $64.90 at its last meet
ing.
DIR. E. j. Headle went Saturday to
Westmoreland, n. H., where he will work
on the Bogg meadow farm with Mr.. Sea-
bury.
Miss Bertha Moody of South Hadley has
been the guest of Miss Minnie F. Whitney
Of Union street,-[Spring6eld Sunday Re
publican.
A. j. Aver has leased the Congregation
al parsonage and will occupy it as soon as
repairs which are now being made are
completed.
Mrs. Mary Aplin is seriously i'll at her
home in East Putney. She is being cared
for by Miss Gertrude Woodburn of Spring
field, this state.
Mr.. Palmer of Mechanicsville has leased
G. P. Parker's farm and will take posses
sion March 1. Some of his goods have al
ready arrived there.
Mrs. w. NJ. Ware of East Putney goes
this week to make an indefinite visit with
her sister, Mrs. Bolster, in New Hamp-
shire, owing to ill health.
Overseer Ward has made arrangements
with Superintendent Whitman of the
Cheshire county poor farm to care for such
paupers as he may desire to send there
John Cook has sold his farm to Hard
ing Bennett, as intimated last week. Mr..
Bennett will take possession about April l.
Mr. Cook is looking for a larger farm,
having several in mind.
Rev. W. r. Davenport, presiding elder
of the Montpelier district, will preach and
hold the fourth quarterly conference in the
Methodist church next Tuesday evening.
Service will begin at 1880.
Milo Headle of Hartland, nephew of
Edwin Headle, has been in town recently
looking at some farms with view to buy
ing. He will make a selection in this
vicinity, but he has not decided just
where.
The tobacco which was recently sold by
Henry Crawford and which was sorted in
New Milford, Conn, turned out so well
that Mr.. Crawford has received an order
for the seed. He received for the lot is
cents a pound in the bundle.
The prudential committee of the Con-
gregational church have made arrange
ments with Rev. w. T. Sparhawk to
preach until he gives or receives notice to
the contrary. Mr.. Sparhawk preferred not
to make an engagement for definite peri
cd at present.
The presentation of "Hick'ry Farm by
the Grange Dramatic club of Brattleborc
in the town hall Friday evening was well
attended. After paying the club one half
of the receipts and after settling all bills
there was left $3.50, which will be used
to buy new chandeliers for the town hall
Charles Brooks of Winchendon, Mass.
came Friday to move his household goods
to his new home, returning Tuesday. He
was accompanied on his return home by
Mrs. Brooks father, Ira Smith, who has
spent his 80 years of life in this town
Mr.. Brooks family went later in the
week.
The following is from the Greenfield
Mass, correspondence in the Springfield
Republican of Tuesday: "H. G. Black &
Son, who have patiently waited for the ic'
on their pond to thicken, have begun cut
ting. The ice is IA or 10 inches thick, anC
clear ice all the way through. The freshe
of last week did not injure it to any ex
tent"
The endorsers of the note given by tn
Stowel Manufacturing company to tn
Vermont National bank of Brattleboro
year ago, met in the Office of the compan
Tuesday afternoon at which time the com
pany made a report of their business dur
ing the year 1899. The report showed tina
the year had been one of unusual prosper
ity. The sales of toys during the yea
amounted to about $36, 900, or about $500
more than during the year 1898. 1t is eX
pected that the trade the coming year wi
be even better than last years showing
The endorsers voted to lend their assistanc
another year.
The warrant for the annual March tow
meeting has been posted. The business c
the meeting will be to elect town Officers
to determine what sum will be voted t
help defray the expenses of Memorial day
to hear the report of the trustees OF the tow
library, and see what sum the town will vot
for the support of the library, to sc
If the town will authorize the selec
men to borrow of the trustee the pull
lie money for the support of schools, an
to see what tax will be voted to pay th
expenses of the town the coming year.
There are but few lots of tobacco r.
naming in town that are not sold, M
Bunzl of New York, who was in town la
week, having bought up the principal lo
remaining at that time, among them thol
OF Geo. 7. Aplin, C. F. Bailey, II.
Dodge, F. A. Burditt, Il. p. Farr, Able
Townsend, Reuben and Will Page, jam
Crawford, Levi Houghton and others. I'll
price paid by Mr.. Bunzl was from nine
II cents in the bundle, which was less tina
the holders expected and much less thi
mad been received for lots previously sol