Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-08-26

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within the last few years. for which they
| have paid $4,000 and the income from
! the water department has already paid
! $4,000 of that amount, leaving the indebt-
| edness only $4,000 more than before. They
! have set out 1000 white pine seedlings
| this season on the land bought of L. T
| Lowell and expect to set out 10, 900 more
next spring on the Ellis farm which they
| bought a few months ago with the view
| to reforesting the whole water shed as
rapidly as possible.
The date of the opening of the public
schools of the town has been fixed for
Sept. IL, instead of the day following
Labor day, as in former years.
large number of Bellows Falls cit
liens were in Alstead yesterday attend
ing the Old Home day and library dedi-
cation exercises They were all of much
interest.
c. n. Shaw, of the drug firm of Hodg-
don & Shaw, who was taken to the Mass
achusetts General Hospital for treatment
two weeks ago. is improving rapidly and
| is expected home within a few days
Daniel O'Brien, So, who dropped dead
at his home in Walpole Valley last week.
was a man well known here, having lived
5S years in Walpole and in Bellows Falls.
Some years ago he was engaged in the
meat business with his son, Daniel c..
| having market in the Barry building on
| Westminster street.
Mrs. NJ. J. Halenbeck, who has been
spending the summer with the family of
| w. w Slate on Atkinson street went
| tuesday to Brandon and from there she
Will go today to New York city to meet
her grandson, Andrew Heermance. who is
due in New York Sunday from an ex-
tended tour on the Continent.
Dana Pierce, Of Minneapolis son of +.
G. Pierce, the clothing dealer is a guest
of his parents for the first time in two
and one half years His brother, Herbert
r., who graduated last spring from the
University of Vermont, is now in France
He is making an extended trip abroad
with one of his professors in college, and
has been through Germany and England.
Luther W. Hakey, jantor of the Con-
gregational church and formerly assist
ant janitor of the local school buildings,
was married in st. Adams Monday even
ing at the home of Mrs. Joseph Warner
by Rev. J. S. Brown. The bride was Mrs
Ervina r. Hunt Of Worcester, VT. They
are expected in Bellows Falls today and
VIII begin housekeeping in the dwelling
OF Mrs Lulu Parker on the old terrace.
p. II. GObie of the Gobie press has been
seriously out Of health during the past
two months and has been away from his
business continuously during that time
with his family. He Is located at Salem
WILLOWS Mass. His aflction is a stom-
ach trouble which seems to be yielding to
treatment and recent reports show him fo
be improving. His business is under
charge of Foreman Preston II. Sweet
ana the Office is being rushed with work
The village trustees have appointed
George W. sherman building inspector
and Oscar J. Han deputy inspector. The
charter of the village, when it was adopted
four years ago, provided for the appoint
ment of these officials, but no action was
taken until after the adoption of the new
bylaws in Monday nights meeting ANY
new building proposed to be erected. or
material changes in ola ones, must now
have the approval of one Of these officers
before work is begun
The Santa Fe Daily New Mexican has
the following i'm regard to n former Bel
lows Fails boy, a graduate of the Bellows
Falls high school in 1902: william D.
Hayes of the United States Forest Ser
vice and in charge of the Fremont exneri-
ment station on Pixies Peak, but up to a
lew months on the business staff of the
New Mexican, has been offered the as
sistant professorship in forestry at Col
orado college, Colorado Springs, and may
accept the offer"
The abstract of the quadrennial of real
estate was HELD by the listers in the Of
flee of the town clerk Tuesday after
noon. The abstract has not been footed
so there is no knowledge whether it will
show an increase or decrease over that
u lour years ago. 1t is possible there
will be some minor changes in II after
the appeals for changes, or complaints Of
the property owners are heard at the
session of the board of listers. which will
be held in the office of the town clerk
Wednesday, Sept. 7.
Company F. with full ranks. left Sun
day morning about 10 O'Clock for the
annual manoeuvers at Pine Plains, N. Y.
Inc terrible wreck near Mortified stopped
their progress. The engine and caboose
coming south was running to Mortified
with men to take charge of the special
train OF the soldiers and when the coils
ION occurred a number of the trainmen
We're killed, The whole company re-
turned to Bellows Falls Sunday night and
Immediately started for camp again over
the line Of the Rutland railroad
The Henry &. Frost livery stable off !
Rockingham street, which has been run |
the last four years by II. w. Trowbridge, |
and previous to that for 81 years by Mr. !
Frost was sold Friday to Richard Ward |
and possession given at once Mr.. Ward |
mas been employed for the last four years |
by the late j. r. Brosnahan, and Mrs |
Brosnahan, and is we'll known to the !
patrons Of local stables, He has recently |
been in charge Of the Charlestown farm |
or Mrs. Brosnahan, which has been sold |
Mr.. Trowbridge owns a farm in Connecti- |
cut and expects to go there to live after |
a short time.
The fourth annual council of the Yer |
mont Improved Order of Red Men was |
in session in Red Mems hall over the |
post office this week Wednesday and |
Thursday, There were nearly 200 mem |
bers of the order here from all parts Of |
the state, including many ladies' The |
sessions of the council We're of much in |
terest and the local members of the or |
der did the handsome thing in the line |
OF entertainment during the stay OF the |
strangers in town. They took in the |
ride to Saxtons River and the park by the |
electric road, visits to the paper mills |
and factory Of the Vermont Farm Ma |
chine company and other points of inter-
est. The visitors expressed themselves
as having thoroughly enjoyed their stay
here.
In the Democrotic caucus Thursday of
last week d. H. Cray, chairman of the
town committee, was the presiding off,
Ger and Patrick Lawlor secretary The