Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-05-29

audience.
Some of the public schools are to have
exercises appropriate to Memorial day in
their schoolrooms on Friday.
The arrangements for tO-morrow's OBJ
servance Of the day are even more extern
sivc than in former years, {. w. OsgOod
is president of the day, and the address by
Congressman Grout in opera hall is looked
forward to with much interest. Delega-
tions will, as usual, decorate the soldiers
graves in the different cemeteries of this
and neighboring towns.
A movement is being made by members
of the Masonic fraternity looking toward
the establishment of a commandery of
Knights Templar here. A petition has
been circulated during the past week ask
ing Beauseant cOmmandery at BrattlebOro
for the required permission. There are in
our village about 80 Knights, two-thirds of
whom belong to the Brattleboro command
cry, and the remainder to Hugh de Payne
commandery at Keene. Much interest is
felt in the matter, and it is hoped that at
the special meeting called for the purpose
at Bratteboro the Sir Knights will not OBJ
ieCt, as il seems an important matter to our
members here.
This item from the Free Press of the
23d inst. is of local interest: The manage
ment of the Central Vermont have in con-
temptation a train to leave st. Adams about
$3.50 p. NJ. and Burlington at 4:30, to ar
rive in Bellows Falls at 9 clock. Return
ing the train will leave Bellows Falls about
6:30 A. NJ. and Burlington at H. to arrive
in st. Adams at 1880 o'clock.
George and Julia Morrill, of Springfield,
Mass, have been in town for the past few
days, having come up to attend the inter
scholastic tield-day exercises of the High
school, of which they were so recently mem
bers. Both Gertrude and Julia have adj
vantageous positions i'm stores in that city,
and George is in the High school there.
Rev c. II. Merrill of the Vermont Do
nestle missionary society, preached at the
Congregational church last Sunday morn
ing, when the annual contribution to that
society was taken.
Miss Ora Hurd, whose coming marriage
with ID. p. Dewitt of Brattleboro is an
nOunced, is pleasantly remembered here,
having been for long time compositor
upon the Times.
Evidently the Rutland Herald was deal
ing in ancient news when it stated last Sat
uludN illdl llt pup MIL 1T DtllONS TdllS
is now lighted by electricity" The facts
are, we have seven different pulp mills, each
of which has been "lighted by electricity
since the summer of 1881, except the new
sulphide mill, which was built and so light
ed two years ago.
The reception and banquet of the Bellows
Falls club occurs next Tuesday evening.
The reception will be held in the parlors of
s. -,On -
followed by banquet in Union hall. The
arrangement of the hall, opening as it does
from the hotel, makes it very convenient
for large gatherings of this kind The club
has invited the board of trade with their
friends to be present, and large represent
alive attendance of the business and pro-
fessional men of the village is expected.
Invitations have been sent to several prom
inent public men of the state, and they have
signified their intention of attending The
subject for discussion will be, Glow can the
people of Vermont, with or without capital.
do most to promote the material interests
and welfare of the state?''
The st. Charles Catholic fair, which was
held three days last week, was, as these
fairs always are, a great success. The
amount realized was considerably above
the $4,000 required to pay the church debt
Tuesday evening ELY O'COnnor'' drew a
large audience; Wednesday evening the
concert was well attended, and Thursday
evening there was a crowded house to see
the drawing of prizes.
C. F. Meacham has taken dental Office
in Ludlow, and will soon move with his
family to that place. He intends to return
to Philadelphia next fall to complete his
dental studies.
This item is from the Burlington Free
Press of last Saturday: son Wednesday
night two negroes went through the pockets
of drunken man laying asleep at the depot
in Bellows Falls, taking a pocketbook CON
tanning $50. The colored men took the
next train for Rutland, arriving here at
$3.50 p. NJ. The Bellows Falls authorities
informed Rutland's chief of police. The
two men were seen here soon after their
arrival and We're about town on Thursday,
one of them purchasing a suit of clothes,
but they were not arrested" On Monday
the Free Press stated that the men, who
gave their names as Darius and Julius
Wheeler, were arrested in Castleton by
Sheriff Whitaker and brought to Rutland,
where they were turned over to the Bel
lows Falls officers"
Inc steam 1fe engine was taken out Sat
urday afternoon for practice 1t was the
first time it had been out for several months
as fortunately there has been no use for it.
S. Randall and his son, former residents
of this place, but now of Newton, Mass.
have been spending some time here and in
Chesterfield, n. II.
The regular meeting of the Bellows Falls
club was held Monday evening.
c. c. Beedle is very successful as a teach
er of the violin, guitar and banjo, and has
about so pupils in this vicinity.
The Minard's pond water was shut off
from the village Sunday forenoon for few
hours and the reservoir was thoroughly
cleaned. More than one family forgot the
notice which had been given out a day or
two before, and as a consequence were
Obliged to borrow from their neighbors who
had spring water.
III, l.. 1.