Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-04-12

and he and w c. Smith of the fire
department; Or. Gorham of the water de-
partment and f. c. Flint of the street
department The board have regular
meetings each two weeks and the BUSH
ness of the village seems to be much
more systematically carried on than in
former years under the old charter.
The number of applicants for licenses
has been increased during the past week.
and it now stands at Is In addition to
those ten given in this column last week
are: The drug stores of II. II. Davis,
s T. Andrews and O. a. Cast, and Frank
Massucco and NJ. J. Barrett ask for
second class licenses. Under the law as
it now Is, the town may have eight in all,
but IL is not expected the commissioners
will think it best to grant as many as
that.
The regular fortnightly meeting of the
Womans club was held In odd Fellows
han Tuesday afternoon. A lecture was
given by Nespor Lincoln George on
Household Art" The attendance was
good. despite the suowstorm, and much
interest was exhibited i'm the lecture and
its Illustrations. There will be but one
more meeting April %, before the anndal
meeting, May "a. The subject of the
April - meeting will be "lbsen, his work
and his public" by Miss j. A. Jordan.
The village police court can almost be
in past years been presided over by such
justice of the peace as came handy. OF
the 10 cases before the court last month,
Thomas T.. O'Brien. president of the
board OF village trustees, presided in 10,
and he bears his honors well. Ten of the
cases Of the month were for drunken
ness. four for disturbance and one for
tramping. Ten were sent to the county
jail for various terms and the rest paid
fines of various amounts.
The United States recruiting station re-
Gently established here has been in hard
luck the last week, through the sudden
desertion of the private in charge, Rich
ard H. DrisCol. The station has been
unusually successful here, having en-
listed and mustered In over 20 men. Mr.
Drscol skipped last week and left no
| one in charge The penalty is the same
as desertion from the regular army. J.
| \. McLane has been ordered here from
! Northampton to assume the duties, and a
| search is being made for Driscol.
| over a foot of snow, very heavy and
| fun Of water, was the result here of the
! April snowstorm Of Monday. Tuesday and
| Wednesday, Seighing was good. and so
| remained in the back part of the town
| and upon high ground until late yester-
! day afternoon, when the sun had softened
| II to an extent making runners an I'M
| pleasant method of locomotion The
!
| wires and branches of trees caused much
| damage in different parts OF the village.
! SugarinE which had been considered as
about over, has been renewed and yester-
| day was one Of the best of the season.
! with a prospect OF continuing some days.
| More than the average amount has al
| ready been made by most of the farmers
George Andrews, since 1866 a we'll
| known citizen of this village. died Sun
day and the burial was Wednesday in
| Emmanuel cemetery, Rev. ID. l.. Sanford
| officiating The most of Mr. Andrews
business life here was devoted to the
marble business, in which he was al
expert cutter He had his shop in va
rious locations in the vicinity of Nam.
moth block many years He was born IN
England in lS}S and was brought &c
America by his parents when less thar
two years old. He leaves a wife. a son
George a, employed by the Boston &
| Maine railroad in Boston. who lives II
| Reading. Mass, and a daughter. Mrs
Charles Fuller of Bellows Falls Mrs
Andrews will make her future home with
the son in Reading. Mr. Andrews nae
been i'll over year. his disease being
complication of kidney troubles.