Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-03-25
IN THE LOCAL FIELD.
BELLOWS FALLS


Cuba for stay of several weeks.
O. /. Perham has bought farm in
Westminster and has moved there.
Miss Abbic Griswold is visiting her friend
Miss Carrie Porter, i'm Ware, Mass.
The public schools will begin Monday
April 1, after two weeks vacation.
Rev. S. S. McCollester, ID. d., will preach
in the Univcrsalist church on Sunday.
j. A. Eaton has been confined to the
house several days this week by illness.
The annual school meeting will be held
in the High school room Tuesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Stllwell have taken rooms
at Mrs. c. f. Holbrooks on School street
Stairs "a barrel of money" will be
given at the opera house next Wednesday
evening.
DIR. f. X. Woods returned Saturday from
Baltimore, Md, where he has been study
ing dentistry.
Mr. Tracy, of the firm of Stone, Tux
bury e Co., was in Boston last week, buy
ing spring goods.
Miss Dascomb's kindergarten will reopen
in the vestry of the Congregational church
Monday, April t.
Miss Clara Carpenter of Langdon, who
has been employed in the Times Office, has
gone to Bennington to work.
H. F. Bond has bought the old bridge
over the canal here in the village and will
use the timber for other purposes.
The ladies of the Methodist church will
give their annual Easter sale next Friday
evening at the parlors of the church.
Frank /. Fish, Esq, of Vergennes, was
on Monday elected as superintendent of
schools of the city. HonOrs come thick.
Mrs. John Robertson and Mrs. Fred Bah
bit gave the supper of the ladies aid sOcie
ty of the Universalist church last evening.
Walter, the little son of Frank Adams,
who has been dangerously i'll for week or
two with congestion of the lungs, is i'm
proving.
Jas. Mcdonald, working at the paper
mill of Guild Il Wetherbce, had one foot
badly bruised last week, by heavy roll
falling on it.
The ladies sewing society and the mis-
sionary society of the Episcopal church
meet together ON Fridays during Lent, to
do missionary work.
Will X. Bennett, formerly painter here,
has been engaged the past month in deco
rating and painting the new hotel at Bran
don, which is to be one of the best in Yer
mont.
Miss Mary Wales returned last Saturday
from Burlington, where she has been spend
ing the past four weeks, and Mrs. Pratt and
daughter from Brattleboro spent Sunday
with her
The children connected with st. Peters
church at North Walpole held an enter
tainment in the hall of the church on the
evening of St. Patrick's day which netted
the church fund 500.
A. L. Proctor, former well-known
meat dealer in our village, is now well es-
tabished in the same line of trade in SOM
ervile, Mass, his change to Massachusetts,
having proved lucrative one.
Pat Donnegan and David Harrison were
taken before Justice Swain last Friday on
the charge of drunkenness. Donnegan
was fined 1919 and Harrison S14.75, the
latter being up for second offence.
Mrs. Austin, wife of the late Rev. j. II.
Austin, former Methodist minister here
had a serious fall recently, which resulted
in a broken arm Mrs Austin is now in
Vergennes with her daughter, Mrs. Ford
Taylor.
Miss Woodward. who has been suffering
with nervous prostration and spinal
trouble for two months or more, is still con-
fined to her room, but hopes to be able to
20 next week to her brother home in Wei
lesley, Mass.
Judge Read has spent the most of the
week in attendance upon the Rutland
county court. returning from there Thurs
day, and is to 90 back next week to try an
important case against the Central Yer
mont railroad.
Miss Louise Martin, for several years a
teacher of music in St. AgneS's hall, now
has a similar position in Golden Hill semi
nary at Bridgeport, Conn. She assisted at
a musical entertainment given at that sem
mary Tuesday evening.
The Universaist society has extended a
call to Rev. E. f. Marggraf of Tufts college,
which has been accepted and their new
pastor will assume the charge of the parish
April 1. Rev. Mr.. Marggraf has preached
here several times and has given much
satisfaction.
Ed. Geno, who had a leg broken while at
work for the Fall Mountain paper company
last summer, has been in the Mary Fletch-
er hospital in Burlington for surgical treat
ment. A piece of the thigh bone has been
removed to insure the proper reunion of
the fractured parts.
F. p. Ball is to go as a delegate to the
lay electoral conference of Vermont, to be
held in Montpelier April 10, for the pur-
pose of electing delegates from the Vermont
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church to the general conference to be held
in Omaha in May.
Mrs. II. A. Titus of Boston spent por-
ton of last week in town, returning Mon
day. accompanied by Miss Charlotte Day.
Miss Kate Titus is to graduate from her
four years course at Vassar college in June
and will engage in teaching in the fall.
Mr. Titus's mother is spending a few
weeks with them at their home Just now.
Mr. S. S. Wright, who is to succeed Mr..
Simpson as principal of the High school,
comes from Gardiner, Me. He is a gradu-
ate of Bates college, and has had 10 years
experience in teaching, the last few years
of which have been spent in Gardiner.
though he comes directly to this place
from SanbOrn, Ia, where he has been
spending few weeks. He is especially
recommended as being very fine linguist.
Fred Clark, employed by j. II. Straight
in painting the interior of the j. f, Pierce
drug store, had a narrow escape from ia
tai accident last week Thursday. He was
working on a step ladder and in some way
made a misstep and fell down the narrow
stairs leading to the basement His back
was severely hurt. He was taken to the
house of Mr., Straight, where he boarded,
and is slowly recovering.
Mrs. Esther Pattee Woods, wife of the
late George F. Woods, died of paralysis in
Brattleboro, Tuesday, March %, aged 4G