Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-02-15
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The property Of the National Wood
making company Of Bradford has been
transferred to w S. Franklin. represent
ing the International ToothpicK company.
a corporation with headquarters in Bos-
ton. The toothpick company will begin
operations i'm the factory at once and
will employ 60 hands
Italians employed in Pownal on the new
electric railroad line connecting Benning-
ton and North Adams. attempted to
thaw out dynamite Saturday and it ex-
ploded one Italian was killed instantly
and three were seriously injured. The
recovery Of one of the injured men is
doubtful. Edward Kimball, foreman,
sustained an injury to one leg
Fred Bronson, of St Adams. the en-
gineer who was i'm charge of the freight
train at the time of the recent head-on
collision with the northbound mail train
at South Royaton. was held i'm $500 bail
by Justice Of the Peace Darrah at White
River Junction on Saturday on the
charge OF having caused a wreck by
wilful negligence. Bronson furnished bail
and was released
BY the will of Mrs Elvira Haston who
died in North Brookfield, Mass, in
December at the age Of 30, the town of
Franklin, Vt, will receive $4,000 for a
H.
maiden name was Shedd was born in
Springfield, but her early life was spent
in Franklin The will provides that the
building shall be erected under the super
vision Of c. w. Gatcssof Franklin. who is
state highway commissioner.
f. l.. Davis of Pomfret member of
the state commission in charge of the
exhibit Vermont is to make at the James
town exposition, says that the commits
sion proposes to erect a building repre-
sentinG a summer home in Vermont. The
lower floor will be one room, designed as
a place in which to receive visitors and
meet old friends and acquaintances. Cir
culars advertising the state will be dis
tributed from the building. Exhibits
of maple products and dairy goods will
be made at the exposition. and leading
quarrymen and manufacturers will be
represented.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Sugar Makers market was held in
Randolph recently and the old directors
reelected. including V. l. Spear, II. w.
Vail f. l.. Bass, NJ. II. Miller and II. w.
Mcintyre of Randolph; Josiah Grout of
Derby j. a. Stewart and G. II. Grimm
of Rutland; a. j. Croft of Enosburg
Falls. NJ. D. Mcmahon of Burlington, c.
L. Mcmahon of Stowe. +. S. Billings OF
Woodstock. Mr.. Miller is president of
the market, Mr.. Mcintyre secretary and
MIR. Spear treasurer. The business OF the
last year amounted to $50 900, and a four
per cent. dividend was declared on the
stock
The fourth annual meeting and banquet
OF the alumni association of Norwich
university was held at the Northfeld
House in Mortified Friday night. with
65 present These officers were elected at
the business session: President. NJ. d.
Smith of Northfield first vice president,
II. G. Woodruff of Barre: second vice
president, Z. W. Gibson of Brattleboro;
third vice president +. A. Manuel OF
RiChford; secretary and treasurer. N r.
b. Flint of Montpelier. At the banquet
the speakers were President Spdoner.
Lieut. Chapman. commandant. Senator i.
b. Johnson of Randolph, Prof. H. r.
Roberts, NJ. d. Smith, II. c. Pratt. 'OS,
c. a. Plumley. Prof. Charles Dole. Prin-
cipal Borst of the high school. F. b.
Thomas of Montpelier was POSTMASTER
Gov. Proctor, acting under the provis-
ions of an act of the last legisla ture. has
appointed state fair commission con-
sistng of one member from each county.
as follows: Joseph Battel OF Middlebury,
w. G. Appleby of Bennington, r n. Vail
of Lyndon, George f. Whitney of Bur
lington, c. NJ. Fletcher of Canaan, Robert
Mcleod of Sheldon. w. b. Dodds of
North Hero. George II. Terrill of Nor
risville, J. w. Tyson of STAFFORD. NJ. a.
Adams of Derby, II. f. Noyes of Rut-
land, Orlando Martin Of Plainfeld. j. w.
Melendy of Londonderry. Maxwell Evarts
of Windsor. II, T. Baldwin of Wells
River also was appointed a member OF
the commission at large" and Gov.
Proctor and George Aitken of Woodstock.
secretary of the state board of agricul-
ture are members ex-officiO The terms
of the commissioners are for three years.
The sum of $4,000 was voted for the pur-
pose OF a state fair, $1,000 for 1907 and
$1,000 for 1905.