Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-03-28
BELLOWS FALLS BUDGET
""r Schools---ihe flag Presen,.u.,-
An IntereatfnR Occn.i.,

BELLOWS FALLS BUDGET.
'cnoeis---ihe FlnE Presenta,io..--
An Interesting Occasisn.
Last FRIDAY morning occurred the clos
lnR exercises of the first Grammar school
Wn,ch consisted Of recitations and vocai
anu instrumental music. Among so many
soou selections it would be hard 10 snecif,
p,y ore or two as being exceptionally fine
NJ me recitation, Rock of Ages" nv
a,,s s' - %aoSi Alger' and "The Boys Sollo
guy, by Miss Florence Proctor. The soio.
rendered by Miss Lulu RanviIl and tbo
guitar solo by Miss Josie Blair were listened
to with great interest
IN the afternoon the pupils and otbar
s"Iuors assembled in the High school room
W "lthess the dedication of the fac pre-
sehVed ny the Hon. A. N. Swain. These
exercises consisted of music. recitation
ana essays by the pupils, and short speeches
" some oil the prominent citizens. The
program, given briefly, was as follows.
sung hy the school, "Ilurrah for old New Eng.
Prayer by Rev W. |. Todd.
Essay Essay History Of the Flag " Miss Julia Morrill,
Dt''aha'ion' Our Duties to our Country. Ut
Recitation, Union and Liberty F rancsys A HdS,,
De''a'''a'ioh' 'Websters speech at Bunker HILL"
hhecltation, The American Flag. " sadie Nirhois
quartet ne breaking waves dashed high "
Misses Emma Mellish and Annie Ballou
| n.i.... AIthur Duscomb and Newton Clarke
| peclamatton Patriotic effect of the Amsrirs,
Flag" VI ~ R'.,t A pi'sTi',a.
Then followed the presentation speech
by Hon. A N Swain In il he rsfsrraJ
with line effect to the reception of the good
news from Washington % wears ago an.
houncing the fall Of Richmond, and also
mentioned the fact that at that time there
were only about 100 pupils, while now
their number exceeds 600. Prof. Simpson
| IepHeu IN pleasing manner, followed by
the reading of resolutions passed upon the
occasion. Other speeches followed and the
exercises we're then closed by the singing
OF the hymn, America"
On Saturday afternoon appropriate ex.
erclses were held by the pupils i'm school
| building No g. ON the raising of the flag
Tor that building. Although no public mo-
tice was given Miss Minard's room was
crowded.
Mrs. Thomas O'Brien has been seriously
III FOR the past few days. For many wears
tins family has been classed among our best
known and most respected citizens
g. Fleming is arranging for the cree.
ton OF another blacksmith Shop on Rock
lnghan street, upon land owned by him.
ms makes quite a row Of such shops all
nut one IN our village being located on that
street.
The Edward Duhicy who was killed ON
the Cheshire railroad last week will be rec
ognized by most of our citizens more read
lily as having been brakeman on Conductor
Beans mixed train between here and Rut. |
land. His parents live in Mt. Holly. but
he had lived here five or six years
Jerry Barry has bought of the real estate |
agency of l.. s. Hayes a building lot in |
North Walpole, and will erect a dwelling |
thereon the coming season
Henry Wooley OF Grafton has decided To |
erect nice dwelling upon IA lot owned by !
nun on West Henry street, Just east Of |
Mrs. Barber's residence
Patrick Fitzgerald has bought the dwell
ing of the late Dennis Delaney. across the
river, and will occupy it himself at once
The children Of the Delaney family have
been taken home 10y their grandfather
Cornelius Bowen
Quite number Of items have been going
the rounds Of the state press relating to
the mills and business Of the Fall Mountain
Paper company Of this place They near.
ly all show gross ignorance of the facts.
Hardly any of them begin to show the mag.
nitude of the operations, and no two men
would go through all the mills and say how
many different ones there are, because of
their construction.
The Baptist society of this place has Sc
cured the services of Rev. Mr.. Dodge as its
pastor, filling the vacancy left by the Rev.
Mr.. Alger, who has decided to make his
home in the West. Mr. Ayers family
will spend portion of the summer in town,
after which thai i'll O., a..
the home of Mrs. Ayers father.
Rev. b. W Atwell spent Sunday in
Barre, holding services in that place
II. f. Bowtelle, freight agent of the Val
ley road, intends spending a portion of the
spring and summer visiting relatives at
the place where his sister died so suddenly
some time ago.
The new residence Of f. II. Kimball, on
Atkinson street, is at length completed.
and the owner has moved into IT, 1t is one
of the most picturesque and tasteful resi-
dences in our village.
A midnight supper was given last week
Friday evening by the Bicycle club, at
which about 40 of the members of the club
were present.
Warren 7. Stewart, an employe Of Os
good x Barker, has lately receiv ed a pen
sion, with back pay from June last, through
the efforts of l.. b. Hurd
Bear in mind the fact that Bellows Falls
is honored by having an engagement with
Miss Mary Howe to sing here some time in
April
II. ID. Aldrich has been enlarging his res.
taurant counter, and is making other
changes in order TO accommodate his rap
idly increasing business.
The wood department in the sulphite
pulp mill has begun operations. and the
spruce gang" from the steam mill at the /
north end of Green street have been re.
moved to their new quarters. The wood,
which is brought from Canada, is run upon
their side track, unlnaded directly into the
mill, sawed, split and prepared for use, and
very soon is converted into pulp.
Last Monday evening the room over the (
rooms of the young mems institute was .
well filled by a large and appreciative audi
ence. There were about 1915 clearly de
fined pictures thrown upon a canvas II
feet square. The pictures were illustrative !.
of the work done by the American Mission
airy association among the negroes Indi-
ans, American Highlanders and Chinese
Notwithstanding the length of the lecture t
il was listened to with marked interest, d
and remarkable stiffness prevailed for an :
audience composed of so goodly number !
Of children. Mr.. II. +. Sargent, the lee q
turer, was very interesting in his talk, and t
showed 10y his experiences in the changes of z
the views illustrating the missionary hymn, c
and especially by the dissolution Of Rock |
IF Ages" that he was master of the stere |
'pticOn.
The next entertainment at the young
mems institute will be held next Monday
evening, and will consist of a familiar talk q
~ Prof H. d. Ryder upon his western B
rip c
The ladies' union of the Congregational e
,hurch met with Mrs Sawyer. Mrs. Finley
md Miss Alice Shaw in the vestry of the e
,hurch on Thursday afternoon and even a
ng,
We are destitute of "school marms" this
week, with the exception of Miss Judd aud |
Mss Woodward The latter is visiting the /
amily of Prof II. d. Ryder. a
f. " Booth from Worcester, who has E
,een assisting in teachers examinations at u
Montpelier, was in town Monday. After @
Missing two trains and finally giving him e
elf up TO the task of observing the arrival u
# trains, and being the first to secure a
eat in the next to depart, he is reported TO b
ave arrived safely home. h
new building is to be erected upon the
OF on the new terrace, which was bought u
rom DR.. Clarke by Mrs Flora Heath. "
NJ C. Major. an employee of the Fall y
fountain Paper company, injured his hand
ute severely with board which he was
to insert in the planer. C
Quite a large audience assembled at the
pera house last Monday evening TO witness s
he play Thrown upon the World, pre- Of
ented by the Scott company. d