Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-11-22

gers mentioned can be saved.
Mrs. Lydia NJ. Blood went Friday to
South birmingham for two or three
weeks visit with friends.
The annual meeting of the board of
trade held Friday evening reelected
the old board of officers and directors.
The town clerks office has issued 500
resident and IL nonresident hunters
licenses, nearly 60 more than during the
whole season last year.
Mrs. Henry w. Porter and daughter.
Agnes, of School street returned Satur-
day from a weeks visit in Chatham,
n. Y, and Bridgeport, Conn.
PasQuale Baldasaro is closing up the
work on an important contract with the
Boston e Maine Railroad company for
improving the crossing near Pompa-
noosuc Vt) where he has had 20 Italian
laborers at work several weeks.
The new store of the Day-Pollard
company, occupying three floors of the
new Union building on the east side of
the square, will hold this afternoon and
evening an opening and reception, at
which there will be music, and refresh
ments will be served
Clifford Norwood of Redlands, Calf,
formerly a well-known hardware mer-
chant here, was in town one day last
week with his aunt, Mrs. E. A. Eaton.
The family have recently inherited a
large estate in New York and Clifford
was on his way to Jacksonville, N. Y,
to manage large manufacturing plant
that had come to them
Mrs. Caroline (Clancey) Conway, SO.
an old resident of Green street, died
Saturday after illness of several
months. She was a daughter of Daniel
Clancey who died here in 1855, and her
mother was Bridget Clark, both parents
being probably the first residents in Bel
lows Falls of Irish descent. Mrs. Con-
way leaves two sons, James d. and Will
liam j.. who lived with her The funeral
took place Monday, with interment in
Emmanuel cemetery.
Extensive improvements are being
made about Emmanuel church and the
church. yard adjoining. The grade about
the church has, been materially changed,
and cement sidewalks laid from the en-
trance to the parish house by the church
and considerable distance down Church
street. A new fence of unique design is
being placed about the church yard the
posts being substantial ones made of
cement, the whole making a great i'm
provement to the church property.
The Day-Pollard company completed
their removal from their temporary
store on Westminster street the past
tiers in the Union building, and visitors
in the new location have found one or
the most attractive and we'll arranged
stores for dry goods, wraps and ladies
furnishings to be found in this section
of New England Now that the last
firm burned out last March has been
furnished with quarters so much i'm
proved over the old ones, the fire is not
now looked upon by our citizens as so
great a disaster as ii seemed at first
A firm of Bellows Falls steamfitters
recently put a new and increased power
boiler into the building of the Bellows
Fails Trust company. When the use Of
the boiler was needed week or two
ago 1t was found there was hardly any
draft to the chimney and workmen de-
cided that the chimney was defective
ana needed enlarging and building
higher This was done and still there
was no draft from the boiler, smoke and
gas filling the building for several days
The bank officials notified the firm that
their theory regarding trouble with the
chimney must be wrong. and after a
long discussion a close examination was
made Of the boiler and 1t was found
that the workmen had left a concealed
camper In the front end OF the boiler
closed tightly. This being opened, every
thlng was in perfect condition, and the
nrm which did the work has been the
butt OF many jokes the past few days