Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-31

The ladies' Enterprise society will meet
with Mrs. Il. p. Hopkinson, Cherry
street, next Wednesday afternoon.
The Wilmington stage now comes on
runners to Mr.. Johnson's in the western
part OF. the town, and changes there to
wheels.
The town schools begin next Monday,
except Nos. 10 and is, which will begin
April 10, and No. 6, which will open
April II.
meeting Of the board Of civil authority
will be held at the selectmen's room Sat
urday April 1, at p. m. for the abate
ment Of taxes.
G. Il. Gilman will leave tonight for
Ohio, where he will buy a carload of
horses. The animals will arrive at his
stables on Elliot street April 6.
Herbert B. Chamberlain has bought the
Laura Fisher house on Western avenue
for an investment. II was owned by Geo.
ID. Moore OF Arlington, Mass, and has
two tenements.
The street railroad plant has been run
by water power this week. resulting in
large saving OF coal. The summer cars
are being painted and put In readiness for
the summer traffic.
The ladies' association Of the Congre-
gattonal church will serve a free supper
to the men and women Of the parish next
Friday evening at o'clock All adult
members Of the church and society are
cordially invited.
w. ]. Pentland has moved his plumbing
and heating establishment from the sec
ond floor of the Grange building to the
ground floor. In the quarters formerly
occupied by Schorling & johnson. Mr..
Pentland's office now has telephone con-
nectiOn.
The executive committee of the Valley
Fair association will meet in the Brooks
House tomorrow afternoon. II is expect
ed that the question of whether the next
fair will be held on two or three days
will be settled and that dates will be de-
cided upon.
The annual meeting OF the Wantastl-
| quet Golf club will be held at the Brooks
House next Wednesday evening. The club
is In excellent financial condition, and the
| members are anticipating a more active
and successful season than ever before.
| 1t is expected several golf and tennis
tournaments will be held.
Rev. /. p. Mead OF Boston, associate
editor of the Universalist Leader, will
preach in the Universalist church next
Sunday. Rev. Frank L. Masseck Of
| Spencer Mass, the new pastor, did not
come to Brattleboro to preach last Sun
day, because OF the Illness of Mrs. Mas
l.. II. Richardson states that the
quarters now occupied by Abbott & Denni-
sons meat market will continue to be used
as meat market although Abbott e.
Dennison will move to Emerson build
ing, on Elliot street Mr.. Richardson has
not decided whether he will lease the
place or will move there from his present
location near the American House.
Deputy Sheriff Frank L. Wellman Of
Guilford arrested a man in that town
| Tuesday for vagrancy. He had frighten-
ed several people. Mr.. Wellman brought
him to Brattleboro Wednesday and had
him arraigned before Judge Newton. He
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two
months in the house of correction at Rut-
land, where he was taken in the afternoon
by Mr.. WeIlman. He gave his name as
George Herterli
The following appeared in the Boston
papers yesterday as a despatch from
Northampton. "E. c. Crosby OF rattleboro,
managing director of the Northampton
& Amherst Street Railway company, who
was in Northampton yesterday, stated
that the petitioners had received notifica-
ton from the commissioners that their
decision would be favorable to the pro-
posed consolidation of the Northampton
& Amherst. Greenfield, Deerfield & North
ampton, and the Greenfield & Turner's
Falls Street Railway companies. The full
text of the decision has not yet been given.
and 1t may be several days before copies
of 1t are received"
Augustus A. DemIng, 73, died Tuesday
i'm the hospital in birmingham. Mass
from injuries sustained the previous week
when he was run over by an express
wagon. Mr.. Deming was a native of YER
mont, went to the California gold fields
more than half a century ago. but re-
turned to this state. and in 1862 enlisted
from Chester I'm company + of the Fourth
Vermont regiment. but was discharged
within a year owing to disability. After
the war he was hotel clerk in Brattle-
borO several years, and later was book
keeper for the Rutland Marble company.
He had been living in South Framingham
with his brother, Frank Deming. the past
few years.
Indications point to a short maple sugar
season, although the length of II In diff
ferent locations will vary according to
the amount of snow, frost in the ground.
and other conditions. Last year many
made mistake in gathering their buckets
too soon. Favorable conditions returned
and In some instances sugar makers lost
as much sap as they gathered. During
the past week the snow has melted rapid
ly and the nights have not been as cold
as sugar makers would have liked, but a
favorable change may come at any time
week in March and the first two weeks In
April usually constitute the best sugar
season. In some locations there was n
phenomenal run of. sap last Thursday
and Friday. F. r. Thomas gathered To-
quart buckets full twice on each of those
days, and the buckets We're overlooking
each time he went to them.
G. Baxter Reed, who has been living
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Reed since
his hotel in Bernardston was burned Nov.
10, has decided to rebuild on the site of |
the old New England House and has |
engaged his brotherin-l Atherton |
Wales OF Lebanon, N. H., to superintend |
the work. which will be begun as soon ms |
the necessary material can be secured. |
The new hotel will be of wood and the |
dimensions will be 81 by 65 feet three |
stories high. About 100, 900 feet of lum- |
Der will be required. There will be up |
wards of 20 sleeping rooms in the build |
ing. The horse sheds and automobile |
sheds will be built of hollow concrete |
blocks, which will be made on the grounds
and for which carload of cement has been
ordered. The blocks will stand fire bet
ter than bricks and are cheaper. Mr..
Wales is an experienced builder, having
built the first Raymond hotel at Pasa-
dena, Calf, since burned and several
other hotels
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
The high school is the pleased recipient