Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-09-29

to Greenfield to meet the high school
team of that town tomorrow afternoon,
The boys will make the trip in auto
mobiles.
Pellet & Skinner are rushing the
work in the rear of the Brooks library
building in preparation for building the
new addition. Men are digging the cell
lar and 1t is expected that within a few
days the masons will begin work.
The prudential committee of school
district No. 9 have hireu the east half
Of the Fleming house on Grove street
and will fit up the first floor for grade
3, which recently was moved from the
high school building on account of the
crowded condition there. to the Chase
street building. The basement will be
made suitable for a play room. The
new quarters will be ready for occu-
pancy about Nov. |.
II. l.. Emerson has engaged William
Cushman to erect two seven-room houses
and two eight-room houses on Belmont
avenue, in the section of land just be-
yond the Memorial hospital which re-
Gently was set aside for building pur-
poses by II. G. Clark. Three of them
will be on the south side of the avenue
and the fourth on the north side. Mr..
Emerson has bought 16 building lots of
Mr.. Clark.
Owing to crossed wires, caused by high
wind, fire alarm box 81 in Esteyville and
box A at the Estey organ plant and the
whistle machine at the Estey plant were
burned out yesterday morning. a few
days will elapse before the Esteyville
box can be repaired, as it was found
necessary to send away for some appa-
ratus. Meanwhile residents of Estey-
vile who might AVE occasion to use
box 81 are requested to telephone to the
fire department headquarters instead.
c. b. Crowell began this week to sur
vey the southern part of South Main
street in preparation for the proposed
extension of the Brattleboro Street Rail-
way line. He finds that houses have
been built so near the line on both 81 les
that parts of front yards and piazzas
will have to be removed in order to
make the street the proper width. He
also surveyed part of the street leading
to Fort Drummer heights and found that
Charles f. Mason was digging a cellar
partly in the street. Mr.. Mason was
told that the street was to be widene1
and that he would have to build his
house farther back. While working on
Prospect hill Mr.. Crowell will make sur
veys of the proposed extensions to
Blakeslee street which have been pc
titioned for by residents of that part of
the town and which are opposed by
others.
GRADUATED sugar has joined cereals
and meat products in a renewed upward
movement and is retailing at eight cents
"A pound, which means an increase of
$3.50 a year for the average family. ac-
cording to statistics. Sugar is higher
than it has been before i'm the last 20
years and local dealers say the present
price will continue a month or until the
new crop of sugar comes into the mar
ket. The extraordinary weather condi-
lions which made the summer of 1911
memorable seem to have affected sugar
in common with most other agricultural
production. The European beet sugar
crop is down from s, 100, 900 tons last year
to around 5000, 900 tons. The cane crop
of Cuba is short some 800, 900 tons. The
stock carried over from last year has
been drawn down to an exceptionally
low level, and coincident with these de-
velopments comes the increased demand
of the canning season.
Having been in operation only about
nine months the Felch & Pier chair fac
tory on William street is one of Brat
tleboro's youngest industries, but from
all appearances its coming here from
Keene was an addition to the Industrial
development that is helping the town
grow. At present 25 hands are employed
In the shop and As different styles of
chairs are made. Nothing but hard wood
Is used in the manufacture of the prod
uct of the factory and practically every
way ONHtIS vi lldTu WOOD timber IOIS
bring loads of lumber and deposit them
in the firms yard. Hard wood is fairly
high at present and those that are selling
it realize a good profit. The greater part
of the output of the factory goes to
towns and cities in Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Connecticut. Up to within a
few months Lawrence, Mass, firms were
the largest buyers of Felch & Pier
chairs, but during the recent NUM-
cipal difficulties there and the shutting
down of the cotton mills trade with firms
in that city is not as brisk.
Brattleboro chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, has issued this
week the calendar for the coming years
meetings, together with a list of the Of
fcers and a directory of the members
The folder contains a half-tone picture
of the marker on the site of Fort Bridg-
man in Vernon which was unveiled last
June. Following are the principal fea-
lures of the pregnant: Sept. 20, informal
talk on historical pageant at Benning-
ton, Miss Susan f. Clark; hostesses,
Mrs. Luther w. Hawley, Mrs. Cora G..
Leonard. Oct. IS, life 100 years ago, pa
per read by Mrs. George f. Barber: So
cial hour, progressive thimble party;
hostesses, Mrs. Charles Akeley, Mrs.
william Cushman. Nov. 16, Boston tea
party, paper by Mrs. julius l.. Stock
well; hostess, Mrs. Abby Estey Fuller.
Dec. II, Christmas sewing party; host
esses, Mrs. Caleb b. Lamson, Mrs. EN-
ogene White. Jan 16. antique loan ex-
hibit; hostesses, Mrs. Lyman E. Holden
and Mrs. Wilfred f. Root; members may
bring guests on payment of guest fees.
Feb. %, Washington bazaar; hostess, Mrs.
Henry E.. Bond. March q, Brattleboro
at time of the Civil war, paper by Mrs.
Abby Estey Fuller; hostess, Mrs. Kilt
redge Haskins. April 10, musical; host
esses. Mrs. Frances C. Bemis, Mrs.
Charles r. Crosby, Mrs. Walter f. Hub
bard. May 10, report from Continental
Congress; hostess, Mrs, Fred II. Holden.
June l6' Fort Bridgman day; early his
tory of Vernon, paper by Mrs. NJ. l..
Reed; annual meeting; hostesses, Mrs.
II. A. staten, Mrs. NJ. |. Reed, Miss Inez
G.. Akley.
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