Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-03-06
BELLOWS FALLS.

who II man between 60 aud 10 wears of
age mas until recently been EMPLOYED nv
Ine heene Furniture company. Last week
thursday he left his home. telling his wife
mat lie would be gone few minutes lie
mas not returned, aud it has been learned
from the railroad men that he bought a
ticket and came to this place, but he can he
traced no further. lie has been in in health
Tor some time, has not appeared right men
tally, and the belief at keene is that he
committed suicide 10y drowning in the Con-
nectcut
The keene Sentinel Of this week contains
the following
,.u IS reported that the Fitchburg road are
/ haklhg arrangements to move several GANGS of
uHih ana engtneintu from kpt'ue to Btllnys Fails
anu lilat some ni the engineers have already
II 'ies3eu To chhhge their place If residence
| handling ot freight that more of the train mon
should i've at the terminal o. the line where
freight is received. There are about mi FitcbIurs
| englnemen brakenen and conductors now living
| ~ heene. Probably not over ~ Of them viii I-,
! 'elulred TO move, at the outside"
wen, this is encouraging Twenty good
railroad men will make a snug addition to
our thriving village, and we eau accommo-
date them.
Iramps abound here, as everywhere. and
a request at any time in the forenoon. and
much IN the same manner that il might he
ordered at restaurant, for "a cup of cof-
lee ahd something to eat, - is of common
| occurrence. The GOODNESS, not TO say i'm
pudence of the demand, is only eaualled
by the meekness with which the average
woman" states that it's triAe late for
breakfast and early for dinner. but starts
MN of with as good a breakfast as posi-
PIE Occasionally, however, some busy
housekeeper rises to the occasion and makes
refreshing exception to the common rule
! A good story is told of a woman at whose
mousse tramp recently called with the usual
request for food, and when it was given TO
MN started along with some remark about
the food but without the least expression of
gratitude. Upon being asked II that was
his common way of receiving what bad been
given him, he turned aud said gruiIly,
Thank you, then, if that will do you any
good. This being too much for the madams
tpnanlmity she ordered him IN leave, add
ing, III You call at another house ON thus
street lll set the dog ON you" His tramp
snip suddenly concluded that lac had no use
Tor Atkinson street anyhow, and has not
been seen in that vicinity since
The town meeting on Tuesday was fairly
we'll attended, over 300 voters being pres
ent. Much curiosity was felt in regard to
the new method of voting aud there were
many visitors to the hall, ladies' included,
besides the voters. The arrangement of
the voting booths was tasteful and conven-
lent. The booths were we'll filed most of
the time for the first two bours tho ,,,t;n,,
going on as rapidly as usual Counting the
votes, however, took long time and con
tnued until late in the evening. The only
contest was as to selectmen and listers
twenty eight ballots for selectmen we're
thrown out because marked for four to six
candidates when the vote should have been
for only three. Two ballots were cast
without any check and were of course
thrown out Inc highest number OF votes
sor any cahuIuate was cast Tor -. y. Olcott
i"r town treasurer, wi. The tax Tor town
expenses Is - cents ON dollar, and what
ever there may he above expenses to lie ap.
pled on town indebtedness Last year the
debt was reduced over SIO,UO II was
'"'eu I" appropriate >oUW Tor the town
cemeteries, anu SiW Tor deiraylng the ex.
PenSeS OF Memorial hhy' Inc vote to mp
Pr"P''ate H'"U Tor the Rockingham Tree
Puohc library was unanimous 1t was also
NoteH Z" allow the Bellows Fails rornet band
the Tree use OF banquet nall IN the town
nan building Tor rehearsalS
The pupils in the four schools in No 3
ride Tuesday afternoon, to Westminster and
Walpole. Four four horse loads and two
or three two horse loads comprised the par
ty. and they evidently had the hest kind of
time.
The whistles ON the mills that have been
sounded 10 minutes later during the winter,
returned to their usual time March l. This
and the statement that somebody, some
where, has heard "A robin, are the only
Signs yet of spring. The cold weather of
this week and the heavy storm of Wednes-
day were decidedly like winter.
Wednesday, March 1. being the Tooth
anniversary Of the admission of Vermont
to the Union, appropriate exercises were
held 10y the pupils of the High school, con
sisting of readings and recitations from the
writings OF Vermont authors, and the read
ing oil original papers. rms was the pro
gram harly history oil vermont, Arthur
Dascoho' recitation ermont, Addle
Lahdoh Inc girls oil the "reen Mountain
state Byron Robinson selection from
Ihe Tory Daughter, Anne 7. Ballou
resources oil ermoht' Mabel Parsons our
nag fannie Chapman lhe Painters
prayer Ahce FlaVln selection from
=. ree" HVunVa'n noyS' SnaunVey ADAMS
l, nc "o'ei 'aSt u'ea'h' rIoren'e
II pus .W i',,I IN v eiimote's NeT n
comb reading frnm The Tnrv's 0sn~h-
ter " Gertrude Weston selection Vat
smith ,,Tha Frtura nf Vermont - ~ =
Eddy.
Rab.ar..Is ARA ho;,,, b.lJ for ,h.. o,,.r.
,f ,,Tbe Peclnse " ~ Iva s,;yan so,',a ii,,,a
in Anil unJer tba 5irsct;on of prnt ~,
con,b Who has had snccas.f ,,l ,,,,aio L.
here for the last six months II ia nndar-
stood that Mrs Hubbard Miss Williams and
Mic nrton Of RrattIahoro ,,;,L sa,,,,,.ai
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