Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-17

ing the snow up there and raising the
water.
The woman's club will hold a May day
party this year, afternoon and evening.
In the afternoon children in fancy cos
| tunes will celebrate the time honored
custom of winding the May pole, fol-
lowed by fancy dancing in costumes and
general dancing In the evening the en-
tertainment will be by the older people,
including fancy dances. General dancing
will follow from to 1 o'clock.
Owing to n misunderstanding, Miss
| Peck of New Haven, Conn, did not appear
| at the regular meeting Of the Woman's
| club Tuesday afternoon, but came We'd
| nesday instead and gave her illustrated
talk upon Venetian art to much
smaller audience than would have been
| present If the misunderstanding had not
| occurred. She was very entertaining and
gave much pleasure to those who were
| present.
The new steel bridge across the Con-
necticut river which has been under con-
| struction since Sept. 1 is completed and
ready today for travel, the last blow be-
ing struck upon 1t last night. This morn
ing It is expected the bridge committees
of the two towns will get together today,
| and, after hearing the final report OF their
engineers, formally accept the structure,
and that today will mark the COM
mencement Of its use by the public
Tuesday night at Union han the local
Athletic club met the Vermont Univer-
sity basket ball team and were defeated
by a score of 16 to H. Both teams
played a good game, but the treatment
of the visitors by the audience was not
as courteous and pleasant as 1t was by the
Athletic club. The frequent Kissing and
insulting the umpire at every ruling
against Bellows Falls was not justihable or
hospitable. The umpire was a good one
n II hfG NH-uN..
All the buildings on what is known as
the Barry farm half a mile north Of the
main road between Saxtons River and
Cambridgeport were destroyed by fire
Monday morning, the origin being from
defective chimney. The farm was
owned and occupied by ]. C. Adams, who
saved his live stock only, the other con-
tents Of both the barns and dwelling be-
ing burned. The amount of insurance
was about $1,000 The place has been
owned by descendants of Jonathan Barry
since the early settlement of the town
until within a few years, the last to live
there of the name being Walter w. Barry.
Much interest was manifested locally
Tuesday in the annual town meeting Of
Walpole, and the full voting force of the
north end of the town was at the polls
A special train was hired to take voters
down in the forenoon and It returned
early in the afternoon. A contest had
arisen between the two ends of the town
regarding selectmen. Last year the north
end had no representative on the board
owing to the different factions falling to
unite. This year they carried their point
and elected two from this end, Patrick
e. Griffin and Dan Connors, while at the
south end S. L. Slade was chosen. There
were three articles Of the warrant which
were of interest hereto see If the town
would discontinue the use Of the old toll
bridge; to see if they would discontinue
the main highway north of the toll bridge
as far as the lower end of Main street,
and to see If the highway at the north
end of the village leading to the Dutch
mans" crossing which was closed two
years ago when the underpasses were
built, should be reopened. Each of these
articles were dismissed, the movement
gaining little strength, and the meeting
as whole resulted tremendously, adj
journing about o'clock