Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-17
Fire D.unr,mr,, Parade.

The annual inspection and parade Of our
fire department passed off pleasantly last
Friday, and the procession, which formed
ON the square about , O'Clock, was "A hand
some one and creditabe in every respect
The Bellows Falls band appeared in their
new uniforms for the first time and they
are snowy, looking somewh hat odd with their
new style Of hemlets The apparatus was
all trimmed IN pretty shape with flowers
and evergreens, every part being polished
as clean as could Toe made 4 trial of each
part Of the apparatus was made after the
parade, each company, engine, hose, and
hook and ladder taking its turn in showing
its efficiency All was very creditable eX
cept the Imaginable occurrence when the
general alarm was given, aud the engine
started from the house To see how quick it
could he run to the platform near the Rut
land bridge, but it was found that it had
gone without its fuel and kindlings and a
delay Of nearly five minutes occurred in
sending back after them, taking nearly
eight minutes to get water
\ set Of men have, during the past week.
been calling upon the housekeepers about
town in the interest Of the Cleveland bak
ing powder, aud when they find place
whese other kinds are used show them So
called tests. which they claim show serious
impurities, their especial spite seeming TO be
the Royal. Verify there are tricks in all
trades, except.
Miss Gertrude RUSSELL daughter of Geo.
| w Russell who is well known in our vii
age, sailed for Germany last Saturday for
all absence of six months. to be devoted TO
study.
The meetings under the charge Of the
/ Young men in the old church at Rocking
! ham, were discontinued for the season last
/ Sunday.
Judge }. ? Marsh Of Woodstock, a few
weeks ago stopped in our village a few
hours with friends While here he happen
| ed to meet our townsmAn, Scion f. Good
ridge. and the fact was soon developed that
| they were boys in school together here
nearly 80 years ago. both attending what
was then known as the High school the
| building then standing in the rear of where
/ Wyman Flint's residence now is. OF those
who attended then they know of no others
! living in this vicinity, and few living any
where. They had not met since that time
and had known little Of each other Each
remembered the looks of the other as boys,
but hardly recognized what those boys
had grown into. The population of our
village at that time was probably not over
300, and little except the hills around would
remind them of those older days Certain
" nothing in and about the river would, as
all has been so changed 10y the manufact-
ures and changes of boating, etc.
w. II. Griswod returned from the West
last Saturday earlier than was expected,
but is to go back there soon.
The ilst annual meeting of the Vermont
State Teachers association will be held in
! Rallnuys Eails Dr. ~ and %
The Boston Globe of Wednesday con
tanned this notice of local interest
TUESDAY morning a very pleasant wedding
occurred at the Gate of Heaven church South
Boston. The contracting parties were Mr. limo
thy Sullivan, a successful young business man Of
Bellows Falls, Vt, and Miss Louisa C., first daugh
ter Of John Currle. Esq, Of Halifax. n S. The
ceremony performed by Rev. Father Muir
ply, Mr.. Daniel +. Manning and Miss Elizabeth
j. Lyons acting as best man and bridesmaid. The
bride Is highly accomplished young lady oi
Scotch and English descent, Is a very pretty
blonde, and was attired in navy blue serge silk
and diamonds After the marriage a weddu 4
breakfast and short reception was held at the
residence Of MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Lyons, ~,
Broadway, former residents OF Nova Scotia, am
with whom the bride was visiting for short time
past The happy couple left at once for a short
tour intending 10 visit friends at HolyOke, Mass
etc, on their way to their home at Bellows Falls
The bloated aud sadly mutilated and dis
figured body of man was found floating
in the eddy below the mills last Monday
forenoon. 1t was entirely nude, the skull
was broken and partly gone, and the feet
and legs were gone below the knees II
was found by "a man who was watching for
the body of James Barry, the young for
eigner who was carried over the dam tn,
last of September. 1t was naturally sup
posed to be Barry's body, but nothing was
found TO identify it until bit of cloth wa,
discovered in a wound on the head which
coTresponded beyond question with thu
shirt which Barry wore and which h,
brought with him from the old country
This was accepted as conclusive identified
ton and the body was taken in charge by
Barry's friends aud buried by them in tn,
new cemetery in Walpole.
WeztniinAIer West.
Mr.. W. f Hitchcock has received an ap
pointment under the American board to the
position which he has previously occupied
in Jaffna college, Ceylon. He will sail a
,, soon as he can make preparations-in tn
course of a few weeks, IL is understood
that he will not go unaccompanied.
, The funeral services of Dea Ira Good
{ hue were conducted by Rev. DR.. Stevens
There was a full attendance of our owl
citizens, together with prominent peopl
from other villages in the vicinity, Tn
venerable clergyman spoke feelingly of hi
long acquaintance of nearly fifty year
r with the deceased, and paid a graciou
, tribute TO his memory, commenting upo
! his wholesome influence in church, parish
/ town and state, using for a text the word
0 "Well done, good and faithful servant
enter thou into the joy of thy Lord a"
e 1t seems a remarkable coincidence ths
{ Horace Goodhue, brother of Ira mex