Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-01-30

ago. but was about the house and
grounds and had been able to go out driv-
ing until the heart trouble. which
caused her death, came upon her. The
funeral will be held at the house tomor-
row afternoon at ! o'clock, Rev. Albert
Hammatt officiating.
Few people appreciate how rapidly
the business of the Vermont Farm Ma
chine company is coming to the front in
Importance to our village The pay
roll of this company this week shows
a total in all its departments of 535 en-
ployes. A large new machine shop is
just being filled with its machinery, and
when this is complete, it is expected it
will require about $50 men. making it
nearly ii not quite equal the Information
al Paper company in the number of its
employees.
Rev. DR., d. n. Beach of Cambridge,
Mass. occupied the pulpit of the Con-
gregational church Sunday morning,
speaking upon the temperance question
and the approaching issue in Vermont.
He used for a text Revelations 311:
Hold fast that which thou hast that no
man taketh thy crown" He said Yer
mont had a crown in the prohibitory
law, and urged the voters not to let it
be taken away. He spoke very strong
ly, as he feels very strongly, knowing
well what II is to live under the rule
of high license.
At the weekly meeting of the directors
of the Bellows Falls Trust company
held Monday morning the fact developed
that in the four months business of the
| organization its deposits had reached
| practically $4,000 OF this about $4,000
was in its savings department and $780,
600 in its commercial deposits subject to
| check. This is "A remarkably good show
| ing and puts the institution upon a pay
ing basis much earlier than expected by
| its incorporators. Last week A. II.
| Chandler, the assistant treasurer, was
chosen treasurer in place of C. f. How
ard, who was made vice president.
| Fred N. Young, a member of the board
| of water commissioners, employed at the
machine shop of the Bellows Falls Ma
! chine company, had very narrow es-
! cape from losing one of his hands at
the wrist last Thursday. While brush
! ing chips from the bed of the large iron
planer, his hand was caught between
! the sides of the machine and the very
| large casting on the bed and drawn
! through very small space. The wrist
was seriously fractured but enough
space was left so that the hand was not
| entirely severed. He will probably be
laid up for several months as a result
of the accident.
To frequenters of the railroad station
some facts stand out clearly, the rea-
! sons for which are not so easily dis
! cernable. Within a few months the
| largest and latest Rutland locomotives,
the best passenger cars and at least one
of the roads private cars, have all been
labeled with a large steel or brass plate
reading owned by the American Loan
| and Trust company" Indicating that the
most valuable rolling stock of the road is
now only leased by it, The neglected
condition of everything at the station Is
! illustrated by the fact that last week
Monday night the coolest of the season.
a feed pipe to the boiler In the round
house, which supplied steam heat to the
depot froze and burst necesstating
! drawing the fire. No heat was had in
the depot again until afternoon Tues
| day, The thermometer outside regis
| tered 20 degrees below in the forenoon
| when locomotive was set in the yard
over the steam pipe and an attachment
made to furnish steam. This Is still be-