The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-14
PHENlX.

There was large number Of relatives
and friends attending the funeral services
over the remains of Perry Arnold on Fri
day at his late home. The Rev Mr.. Gra-
ham, pastor of the Phenix Baptist Church,
was the attending clergyman. Al the
close of his remarks the reverend gentle
man sang the hymn Nearer My God 10
Thee"
There were two beautiful tributes. one
"A large piece from Mrs. Olney Colyin and
family, and sheaf of wheat bearing the
word Father" in immortelles from the
children of the deceased. The body was
laid TO rest in the family burying ground
near the house.
The pail bearers were Edwin Potter,
Thomas Crandall, Benjamin Chace and
Charles Whitford.
Road Surveyor Il. T.. Card is building a
new sidewalk through a part of Lippitt
and Clyde besides making needed repairs
10 the highway in his district.
The addition TO the River Point Fire
Departments Hose House at Lippitt is
nearly completed.
William III. Levalley has a novel and
very interesting pet at his home on Maple
avenue. 1t is "A tame pigeon which was
picked up last winter where it lay on the
railroad track, helpless. IL can do num-
berless tricks, such IA tame crows often
do. Ii plays ball, hides articles as well
as steals them, and one of its delights is to
SiI Oh the Top vi the Piduo ho'ioh,e
while the young daughter of Mr.. Levalley
plays. IL is very affectionate and makes
no attempt TO leave its civilized home.
A family here have a dear friend who is
a widow. After her husband died she
was so glad TO think she could always
know just where he was at all times that
she wanted 10 celebrate. 80 she got en-
gagged to marry another man, whose
whereabouts possibly she may not always
be so sure.
The widow didn't wait many months
between husbands. The Phenix family
wanted TO send her a wedding present.
As she was poor, rather, and had not
much of this worlds goods, with the
usual conventional observance, not much
was to be sent her. III she had been pos
sessed of everything she would be given
lots more, a la society. The wife OF the
phenix man asked him to buy the present
in town, because she was too i'll to get it.
He said he wonld. But what? A souve-
mir spoon, she said, was now a popular
gift. He spent an hour looking after one,
and then bought IL. When his wife un-
did the package she called him names
newspaper intended for family reading
should not print. For he had got, TO send
to the almost brand new widow, the Mt.
Vernon spoon, which shows, in high re-
lief, the tomb of Gen. Washington!
Our residents were glad TO see out on
Friday three citizens who have been i'll for
some time; they were Charles y. Clifford,
j. III. Smith and Il. II. Thornton.
Work is under way now in building the
heavy bank wall on the land owned by
the Phenix Mills Company and SIS. Peters
and Paul's Church parish.
Miss Julia Lippitt, who has been on a
pleasure trip to California, has returned.
There may be many, there certainly Is
one law-abiding cotton manufactures
owning mills in the Pawtuxet valley.
This story was told by an eyewitness
One of the owners oJ the Phenix mills was
recently going through the different de-
partments of the factory when, while in
the spinning room, his attention centered
on the one little child there at work.
With stern tone the manufacturer
called his superintendent and said DO
YOU not know we are law-abiding citizens,
that we will allow no children of that age
in our employment ?" But it so happened
that the child in question was not an en-
ploye at all, but only little girl who had
gone in the place TO stay awhile with her
older sister, until time to shut down.