Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-03-08

A Bellows Falls resident advertlses
in another column of The Phoenix 1.-The
fastest boat on the upper Connecticut
for sale.
Rev. E. S. Harrison of West Brattle-
boro will conduct the chapel service at
the Retreat Sunday afternoon at
o'clock.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Brattleboro Mutual Aid association will
be held Monday at $3.50 at the headquar-
tiers, 1 Canal street.
Common people and common tasks"
will be the subject of the sermon Sunday
morning at 1890 in the Universalist
church by the pastor, Rev. d. u. Trout.
Two sleigh loads from Klmball Hill
colony of Pilgrim Fathers came from
Putney Tuesday night and visited Fort
Dummer colony to see the work done.
Supper was served in Grand Army hall.
While fishing through the ice in the
West river Monday afternoon, a short
distance back from the mouth of the
river, Dr. Raymond S. Elmer of Bellows
Falls, who was visiting his parents here,
caught "A pike measuring SO inches In
length, 16 inches in girth and weighing
91a pounds. He also caught two smaller
pike.
The selectmen met in their room in the
town hall building Wednesday forenoon
and organized by electng J. G.. Stafford
chairman and A. e. Merrill clerk. They
decided to change the time of the weekly
meetings to Monday evening at 1870
o'clock. that time being more convenient
for the new member of the board, j. Ed
gar Melen.
The boys in the ninth grade of the
Main street school attended the town
meeting in Festival hall Monday morning
and in the afternoon mock town meet
ing was held in which all the pupils
participated. A regular town meeting
warrant was used and the pupils voted
upon the articles.
In a meeting of the board of bailiffs
Monday evening 1t was voted to pay the
substitute firemen the 81 fine which each
regular member of the department is
assessed when he fails to answer a call.
1t is usual for a regular man to notty
a substitute when he will be unable to
answer an alarm, and in the past the sub
stitute has been going to fires without
any pay.
Holding town office always is a thank
less task and many men who hold the
offices do so as a matter of public duty.
An amusing incident took place in the
town meeting Tuesday, and an incident
al remark made by the moderator con-
tained more than grain of truth. When
DR.. II. d. Holton was nominated for
moderator Town Clerk Hopkins put the
motion and after a laundering yea vote
one no vote was heard. I'm glad have
one friend i'm the audience said the
doctor.
petition has been presented to the
village bailiffs requesting them to change
| the name of Prospect street, from the
| intersection of Washington street TO
Canal street, to Washington street. Most
! people think of Washington street as
extending from South Main to Canal, and
| the hill from Canal street up to Washing
ton is often referred to as the Wash
| ington street hill" The fact is that
| Prospect street extends to the foot or
| the HILL but through a misapprehension
! some of the deeds of land name Wash
| ington street as a boundary when Pros
! pect street should have been named. Inc
| bailiiffs will act on the petition soon.
THE Hudson river" will be the sub
| iect of the stereopticon lecture in the
| Universalist church Sunday at p. m.
| The views will reveal the historical
events in connection with the river, also
the modern points of interest. Inc
slides are upto-date and beautlfuliy
colored. Among the many views will be
many slides depicting the discovery OF
| the river, the battles fought, duel be-
tween Hamilton and Burr, Palisades,
scenes in life of Washington Irving and
his books, West Point, Grants tomb.
Albany Curtiss aeroplane, battleship
| fleet including Peary's ship in which he
discovered the north pole. Hudson Fulton
| celebration, etc The Hudson river is
very beautiful and views will reveal
| it at night, by moonlight, at sunrise and
| in a storm There will be special mu-
sic. The public is welcome.
The teachers of the public schools are
! preparing for the campaign for quar-
ter mile of pennies to be used to defray
the current expenses of the Vermont
Teachers Pension Fund association as
described in last weeks issue OF Inc
| Phoenix. Although plans have not been
fully developed the teachers are outln-
ing the campaign, which will be of the
| whirlWind order. They will make the
house to- house canvass themselves and
solicit funds for the association. They
| will be assigned to solicit in the districts
in which they teach and one feature OF
the plan is that they will meet parents
of their pupils with whom they perhaps
| might never become acquainted except
| by calling at the homes. After the nee
| essary amount for defraying the current
expenses has been raised by solicitation
of pennies the teachers hope to begin the
work of raising fund of $2OO,OOV for the
association. The income of the fund will
be used to pension teachers who have
taught 25 years or more in the public
schools of the state.
Fully 70 persons from different towns
| In the West River valley are expected tC
| come to Brattleboro tomorrow to meet
| the directors of the board of trade anc
a few others with a view to taking
steps for developing the summer home
and summer boarder business in thai
part of the county, cooperating witt
the Central Vermont Railway company
| who have agreed to put on two extra
/ passenger trains day to make the trips
both ways between this town and Soutl
Londonderry. Nearly that number have
replied to invitations, stating that they
will come They will reach here about
10 o'clock and will be escorted to the
new Fort Drummer Mills cotton factory
going by special electric cars. After
looking he factory over they will be
shown different points of interest In the
village and at about LIS o'clock will be
given a complimentary banquet In the
| Brooks House. After dinner ways and
means for developing the West River
| valley will be discussed and 1t Is prob
| able that an organization will be formed
for promoting the general welfare of the
valley. Whatever helps West river
towns helps Brattleboro. to which they
are tributary. but 1t Is not wholly from
a selfish point of view that this town Is
interested. Brattleboro wants to see al
| the towns of the valley developed for
| their own benefit and for the good of all
ana the board of trade will try to hell
them in every way possible, Genera