Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-11-06
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
BELLOWS FALLS

attack of fever
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Osgood and daughter
are i'm New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Fisher have been
visiting i'm Middlebury.
Mrs. John w. Flint is expected home
from Milwaukee today.
u. ID. Howard has moved into the A. N.
Swain house on Hapgood street.
f. II. Rabbit returned Saturday from
the hospital somewhat improved in health.
Mr. 5. F. Goodrich, whose illness was
mentioned last week, remains seriously i'll.
4 party from this place will attend the
Rcmcny concert at Brattleboro next week.
Bidwell ~ Cotton have bought the meat
business of \. 5. Proctor, and have taken
possession.
Mrs. Florence Osgool has been visiting
her parents, cX-Gov. and Mrs. Farnham,
at Bradford.
j. \. Eaton and family have moved into
their house, recently bought of Mrs, Bow
ers on Henry street.
There will be special examination of
teachers at 8 4. NJ Saturday, November
II, at the High school room.
Kate Lamb and A. j. Lamb have retnrn-
ed to Bellows Falls, and the former has
taken charge of a school here.
Mrs. f. Il. Campbell and Mrs. Chas.
Robertson gave a parish supper at the
Unversalist parlors last evening.
Miss Emma Fleming of Scarsdale, l.. l.,
is spending a week or two with her broth
.er, 5. c. Fleming and his family.
Several of the public school teachers are
attending the state convention in Mont
ttanlr will pOOtinnp thrnn
days.
Dr. A. J. Parker and Miss Jessie Sabin
of Westminster were married Tuesday at
the residence of Geo. p. Sabin, in West
minister.
+. J. Blake took the picture of the
Chester fire companies at their recent
parade and inspection, which was said to
be fine.
The first of a series of social assemblies
was given by the Odd Fellows Tuesday
night The cadet corps gave an assembly
Wednesday night, last week.
A. w. Emerson will move from the
Leonard house on Atkinson street to the
house on Hapgood street formerly occupied
by Mrs. O. F. Woodland later by F. b.
Bosworth.
Mr. Pierce, who has occupied part of the
Woolley house on Henry street for several
years, has taken the tenement vacated by
n. II. Pierce on School street, and moved
there last week.
The regular meeting of the Woman's
Auxiliary society will be held at the parish
house this afternoon, at which time the
report of the delegates to the state conven-
ton will be read.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. G. Williams gave a
.l,,r inn to lnn Nnn-
gregational Sunday school and all connected
with it. 1t was very largely attended and
thoroughly enjoyed.
DIR. Day of Providence, r. l., Mrs. III.
A. Titus and DIR. Parker of Boston, Miss
Simpson of Greenland, n. H., and Miss
Harmon from Great Falls, n. H., attended
the funeral of Mrs. j. c. Day.
The next entertainment in the Star lee
ture course will be an illustrated lecture on
Alaska, by Henry Ragan, December Is.
This lecture is spoken of by those who
have heard it as a very interesting one
The Northampton correspondent OF the
Springfield Republican states that two or
three Bellows Falls paper manufacturers
have been looking over the water power at
Loudville, Mass, with view to buying it.
At the state meeting of the Sons OF
Temperance in Putney last week, j. IL.
Head and Geo. l.. Kibby were among the
officers chosen. John o. Spring was chosen
delegate to the National convention to be
held in New York.
Last Sunday being the festival of All
Saints Rev. ID. l.. Sanford's sermon at the
morning service had special reference to the
day He spoke eXtemporaneously, and
paid eloquent tribute to the memory OF
those who have joined 1.-The silent major
ity"
NJ. d. Jackson of Livingstone, Mont,
returned there on Monday of this week
after having spent few weeks with his
family, who will remain here. His bust
ness there is that of IA jeweler, contrary tc
his determination when he gave up his
trade here.
A. l.. AthertOn, who has been employed
at the stable Of l.. II. Lowell for some
months, but who lives in Ludlow, has dur
ing the past week lost his wife and one
child by diphtheria at that place, and an
other child was not expected to live at las
accounts.
Mrs Stiles, who lives in one of G. l.
Barber's houses, is very low with con
sumption. The case is particularly hare
one, the husband having decamped severa
weeks ago, leaving his wife sick and per
fectly destitute of money, and with fam
lily of small children to care for.
Fairbank & Labaree are putting in thu
boiler and steam-heating arrangements TO
the Hotel Fullerton at Chester, and Allbe'
d Bodine have been setting boilers for thu
Springfield electric light works, as well a.
number of boilers for heating private
houses there. They did the piping at tn
Goddard hotel at Ludlow, also, in the sum
mer.
The Walter Emerson concert compan,
had large audience at the opera hous
Thursday night of last week. The violin
list, Miss Bertha Webb, was EXCEPTIONAL.
fine and her selections much enjoyed
Walter Emerson was enthusiastically re
ceived. Miss BabcOck, the contralto, ma
a fine voice. The elocutiOnist was gener
ally conceded to be not quite what wa
expected.
John F. Pierce, who has just Dough
the Bosworth drug store, is well known II
this vicinity, having been member OF IN
graduating class of Vermont academy Il
1888, and very popular with all his asso
ciates. After graduating there he spent
year in the drug store of his father, f. w
Pierce in Chester and for the past tw
years has been in the Massachusetts, colleg
of pharmacy of Boston, from which II
recently graduated, being awarded the sal
utatory in his class. All his many friend
in this vicinity will hope to see him maxim
marked success here.
Work on the new scythe Snath shop Q