Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-10-10
BELLOWS FALLS BUDGET.

| Inc employees of OSgOOd x Barker pleas
antly remembered J. b. Cram, one of their
number, Monday evening, the occasion be
ing his recent return from bridal trip.
A number of useful and valuable presents
were brought. Mr. Cram has been a pat
tern maker for this firm many years
The annual meeting of the young mems
institute last week Wednesday evening re
suited in the election of practically the
same board of officers as last year. The
different committees are at work this week
and the reading rooms are to be opened
soon.
A boy who promises to become quite a
pedestrian recently walked the distance
from Walpole here on one side of the river
and returned the other side, about ten
miles, in an hour and thirty-fve minutes.
His name is Bert Bellows of Walpole
Charles W. Ladd of Brooklyn, formerly
well known here, has done a handsome
thing in the presentation to our library of
a very fine crayon portrait Of Hon. A. N.
Swain, who was instrumental in effect
ing the permanent establishment of the Ii
brary and was its first president, The pic
ture has been hung upon the walls Of the
library room.
Germans minstrels, under the manage
ment of the local entertainment syndicate,
drew good house at Opera hall Saturday
evening, as is always expected of minstrel
shows
w. A. Howard has been at work some
weeks with his men remodelng the EpiscO
pal church at Proctorsville.
Conductor II. f. Bean of the Rutland
road, who has been having "A vacation of
| three months is expected to take his train
again within week or so.
Mr. and Mrs C. w. Osgood are spending
this week in Massachusetts, part Of the
time with Bert at Amherst aud part in Bos
ton.
Louis Deinarais who last year built the
pretty cottage south Of f. II Kimbal's on
Atkinson street, went to Burlington Tues
day and placed his three young children in
the orphans home, their mother having
died ON Sunday.
Mrs NJ A. Nutting and daughter Lucy
went to Montpelier last week for five or
six weeks stay
Beginning Oct. f. the whistles Of both
the Fall Mountain Paper company and the
Vermont Farm Machine company sound at
$3.50 A. NJ, and at j:i5 at night, thus start
ing our people to their labors - minutes
earlier than during the summer,
A new attorney in town named Allbee,
six days old Congratulations.
Thomas Walsh has sold his blacksmith
shop to G. w Sturtevaut x Co., who have
this week taken possession.
VIM S Durham has this week bought
out his partner in the meat business, Sever
ance, aud will hereafter run it in his own
| name
The Rutland road did not change time
this week to correspond with the Valley,
and their mail train is still due to leave here
at lao, the same as during the summer
while the Rutland train leaves at ll;5j.
No other important changes except the dis
continuing of the White Mountain express
south
The annual inspection and parade Of our
fire department occurs today, Friday, and
is to be followed by a concert and ball in
the evening, at which Wheeler's orchestra
will furnish the music There was never a
time when our do stment was in as eff
cient working condHl Mas at the present,
and it is greatly totheSad as well as pro
lection of our village. Chas Wheeler is
still the chief engineer.
Simultaneous with the taking possession
of the Cheshire road the rate of fare be
tween here and Boston was reduced from
49, 80 to SO 05 The sale of package tickets
at S22. 80 for ten rides was discontinued,
and the same effect is obtained in the max
ing of the Fitchburg and old Cheshire mil
cages good all the way between here and
Boston, so that but one mileage is required.
October the Central road reduced their
local fares on all lines to three cents per
mile, which makes rate of 81 go between
here and Rutland against the excessive rate
of 80 ID as heretofore, and all other stations
in the same proportion. Query would
they have reduced if il were not for the
road going into other hands, (the Rutland
division ON Jan. | next, or did they wish
to avoid the odium Of having the Delaware
x Hudson reduce it at once upon coming in
possession, as against their always charging
an arbitrary rate
Friday afternoon of last week Officer
Caldwell arrested man aud woman at the
depot in answer to n telegram from officers
at Winchendon The mans name was Al
mon Price and he has wife living in Pet
ersham, Mass. The woman in the case was
girl but II years old, and the two had
eloped from the vicinity of Winchendon
An officer arrived later and took the girl
back but did not care to hold the man
A very pleasant evening Of music was
given by Mrs Jas II Williams Tuesday
evening to the people connected with the
Episcopal society, and it was thoroughly en-
joyed by a large number
No trace has yet been found of the body
of young Barry, who was carried over the
dam here two weeks ago.
Dea. Ira Goodhue, who died at West
minister West Thursday, was well aud ia
vOrably known 10 many of our citizens
The funeral occurs Sunday
The well known Bellows farm, located
two miles south of here on the New Hamp
shire side of the river, is advertised to be
sold at auction Oct. 2S. The house stands
upon the site of the old fort, and from il
one of the most commanding views of the
whole valley is to be had,
The entrance to the Times block has been
widened by taking eight or ten inches from
Mammoth block and adding it to the width
of the fight of stairs leading to the upper
stories of the two blocks, making a great
improvement.
Jed" Hurlburt of New York spent few
days in town last week, and was warmly
greeted by his old friends here, especially
among the Masonic fraternity
Chicago is this week shelterng Henry F
King, who left here Monday.
The noted actress Annie Pixley has made
a date here for Oct. 30,
Next Thursday evening the ladies of I'm
manuel parish give a supper at Banquet
hall, and close the evening 10y games and
amusements of various kinds.
A number of citizens have dubbed togeth
err and had fine crayon picture of the late
Col. Asa Wentworth made by Sherwin OF
Springfield and will present it to the library
as fitting remembrance of former well
known and public spirited citizen. The
picture has been shown in Clark Chase's
show window the past week and is a credi
table piece of work.
Rev. Mr. Hazen of Boston preached al
the Congregational church last Sunday.
Miss Edwina Lee and Miss Ida Richard
son of Chester have been engaged to sing
in the Baptist choir, They assisted last
Sunday evening at the missionary concert
The Fitchburg railroad has placed mile
! age tickets on sale here, only charging
Sl1 25 for 800 miles while all other roads
charge $l2 80 for the same. The 1000 mile
books are $50, the same as all others,
Charlie Davis, who formerly drove team
here for Whitney and afterward for the
the express company, is in town on a two
weeks vacation He is at work in gro
Gerry store in Auburndale Mass.
Rev. Father Feeney attended mass las
Sunday for the first time since his serious
illness of the past six weeks. Father Rey
nolds has ofiiciated in his place during tn,
time, in addition to his own parish.
When c. +. Capron opened his tailor
shop Tuesday morning he found that it haC
been entered during tire night by burglars
!, securing entrance by breaking a light o.
glass in the rear. Clothing to the amount
of some $3.50 had been taken, and the RES
was scattered about the shop in a very
mixed up manner Later in the morning
quite an amount of that missing was founC