Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-04

Inc SprlnBneld Mass, Homestead
makes George c. Fisk, president of the
Wason Car Manufacturing company of
that city, the subject of an extended ar
ticle in this weeks issue. Mr.. Fisks
portrait appears as an illustration. The
timeliness of the publication is due to
the proposed merging of all the street
car manufacturing plants in the United
States. Mr.. Fisk admitted that the pres
ent plans for consolidation are more
promising than any which have been
preached heretofore. The capital stock
OF the WATSON company is $300000 The
last sale was made ten years ago at $3.50
per share, and the total valuation today is
close to half million.
Don't forget the annual garden party
and dance Wednesday evening Aug 8.
under the auspices of ST Joseph's parish
on the lawn of Mrs. Esther Dickinson,
Off Prospect street. Supper will be
served by the ladies of the parish in the
basement of the church from to 8
o'clock consisting Of cold meats, beans,
salads. pies, cakes, etc. A large dancing
pavilion will be laid for dancing on the
lawn. Good music will be furnished for
dancing from to IL. Ice cream, pop
corn, lemonade and candy will be on
sale on the grounds, and there will be
a fish pond for the children. Everybody
Is invited to come and have a general
good time. If stormy the affair will be
postponed until Thursday evening.
The body of Guy Darling, who died at
Greenfield, Mass, Monday forenoon, was
brought to Hinsdale Tuesday. Mr.. Darl-
ing, who was a son of Mrs. Harriet
Darling Of North Hinsdale, died after a
brief Illness, with Inflammation OF the
bowels. The funeral took place at the
North Hinsdale church Wednesday at
1890 o'clock, Rev. w. ]. wilkins. pastor
of the Methodist church, officiating. Mr.
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North Hinsdale and the church was well
filed with relatives and sympathizing
friends. Besides his wife and one little
son Mr.. Darling is survived by his mother
Mrs. Harriet Darling Of North Hinsdale,
two brothers, Fred Darling of Greenfield
and Sidney Darling OF Leominster, Mass,
and three sisters, Mrs John Perham,
Mrs. James King and Mrs Chester Drury,
all OF this town. The burial was in the
North Hinsdale cemetery.
party of Amherst, Mass, tourists
were last week prospecting on Pisgah
mountain. Their attention was especial
ly directed to the study of the primeval
white pines on the mountain. There are
hundreds of acres covered with these
large trees which scientists say are up
wards Of 1000 years old. Many of them
are $50 feet in height and their immense
trunks are without n limb to the height
OF from so to so feet This is one of the
very few tracts Of land in the United
states where the primeval white pines
are found and a movement is on foot to
have the state purchase the tract for a
public reservation. In the very heart Of
the forest stands a single oak tree. and
this wood alone was used for slaves in
the earlier times. The visitors of last
week report the discovery of a pile of
bllets such as were used for slaves in
the days when the Connecticut river was
n iuah aNVN T1a11 I-afl-
and one cannot understand why they
were not removed, after being so care
fully and Systematically collected and
arranged
The board OF education has made the
following appointments for teachers in
the public schools OF Hinsdale for tho
ensuing year: High school, d. L. Fisher,
principal and Instructor in English,
history and mathematics; Miss Ruth L.
Race. first assistant and substitute for
Miss King, on leave Of absence, instruc-
tion in Greek and Latin; ]. NJ. Brennan,
second assistant, and instructor in
French and the sciences; grammar and
ub-grammar, Arthur n. Potter, Phi. B.
principal, and Miss Clara NJ. Stearns,
assistant; intermediate, Miss Mabel f.
Temple; Brattleboro street, Miss Annie
w. White; Depot street; primary, Miss
Minerva E Burroughs; Brattleboro street,
Miss Minnie b. Owen; Depot street, Miss
Pearl A. Higgins; district schools, Miss
Elizabeth f. Belleville, Monument school;
Miss Hannah Higginson, Chestnut Hill;
Miss Ella Streeter, Plain school. Mr..
Potter of Willimantic. Conn, the new
principal of the grammar school. took
his degree in Brown university in the
class OF 1905. He made a special study
of pedagogy for two years in college. with
a view to becoming a teacher and on
completion Of this course received a
Rhode Island state certificate. All the
schools in town will open Sept 5.