Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-04

izers hope to secure a large membership
and eventually hold an exhibition.
The principal address Of the evening
was upon The work of the library" by
Principal Charles II. Morrill, of tae state
normal school in Randolph. The sessions
were well attended by our citizens. and
Il large degree of interest was manifested
Many congratuatory words were spoken
by the visitors in regard t. the beautiful
appearance of the new library building.
ana Bellows Falls people are coming each
month TO appreciate more highly the ad-
\antages gained by the possession of So
creditable a public building.
bill recently introduced in Congress
by Congressman Frank Plumley providing
Tor the placing of Gen. Lewis A. Grant Of
Minneapolis on the retired list with the
rank of major general. is of much local
interest as Gen. Grant went into tne ser
wee in 1851 from Bellows Falls, where
ne was then young practising LAWYER
and where he still has many old friends
me Dill provides that, although ne was
only IN the volunteer service, he shall be
treated now upon the same basis as the
retired officers of the regular army
William r. Sprague. Is. who had been
III at the residence of his mother at "a
Williams street -four weeks, died about
noon saturday. lie nad been employed
SIX or seven years on the milk team of
\. G. Rice and had worked faithfully to
assist his widowed mother and younger
sister The funeral service was held I'm
the tniversalist church at > o'clock Tues
day, the service being in charge of Rev.
r. l. l-eavitt. assisted by Rev Vivian
Hendee of the Methodist church. and the
burial was in Oak Hill cemetery beside
the body of his father who died 70 wears
ago
The village trustees voted Friday to
borrow $500 to pay to l.. T. Lowell for
the Minard's pond property recently pur-
chased. jay II. Lawrence was chosen
superintendent of streets, sewers and the
water department. John =. Mccain was
elected chief of the fire department. with
ID. LAWYER as first ana NJ. Manning Sc
cond assistant. j. b. Crandon was Sc
lected to have charge of the fire deDart-
ment signal service. Each of the trus-
tees was assigned to have charge of a
department of the corporation and to act
as committee on said department. as
follows: DR.. @. NJ. George streets and
sewers; Edward Lawlor. public build
lngS' D. {. Dennison. police and w. L.
Mandigo, fire department.
The village trustees during t1e mast
week have agreed with the engineers of
the Rutland railroad regarding the general
construction of the new sewer to he laid
under the tracks of the road at the north
end OF the village, where the main sewer
burst TWO weeks ago ana washed out a
large section of the roadbed. DELAYING
trains - hours. The sewer will he in |
creased in size from 10 to "a inches and |
viii have three-inch coat of cement
over il to more thoroughly protect If |
from recurrence of the accident II |
has not been demonstrated clearly vet |
what caused the break, whether the bed |
OF earth in which it laid became under |
mined and let it settle i'm one place or |
whether it became stopped at the lower |
end and the pressure caused ii to hurst |
but the former is the more probable |
theory.
Sergeant John G. Cody of the regular
army has been spending tnis week in |
Bellows Falls insUucting the officers ana |
members Of Company f., V. n. C. There |
nave been two company drills and three |
evening schools for officers The army.
officer has spent his time during the DAYS |
in visiting ana giving private instruction |
L" Inherent members of the company, and |
he viii leave many advances i'm company
efficiency To mark his visit. The company
mas received nutihca tion that they stood .
second OF the state companies i'm the re-
suits 'pf their last summers rifle practice
In tne competition for the National Rifle
association medal 1909 their score stand
ing '0I, while that of Company NJ at
Montpelier exceeded them by only nine
tenthS of one per cent" The score of the
other companies ranged down to % per
cent.