Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-12-22

which there is SUNDAY scnOOl OelnS
marked by star
F.P. Ball is making business trip this
week through the states of New York and
Maine.
Miss Ethel Loveland of Springfield has
been spending a portion of her Christmas
vacation with Miss Alice Bean on Atkin-
son street
The first meeting of the creditors of O.
F. Peck, insolvent debtor, of Westminster,
will be held at the office of l.. NJ. Rea
Dec %, at 10 A. NJ.
c. Taggart of North Walpole has adver-
tised not to pay any bills of his son car
tie" from this time, owing to the way
wardness of the young man.
Among the recent additions to the cho-
rus choir at the Methodist church are En-
ma L. Moore and Alice NJ. Bean, sopranos,
and Charlotte NJ. Day, alto.
DIR. Arthur Gorham has moved into the
tenement of Arthur Coolidge on School
street, recently vacated by Mr. Boswell,
the baker, who has removed from town.
Conductor Woodfall and his family have
been suffering from the grip. He is able
to run regularly between here and Boston
been ont. The disease has not become ep-
idemic yet
Miss Nettie Wheeler is just recovering
from run of the measles. Mr.. Damon,
of Dunham's market. and his wife have
also been suffering from measles The dis
ease is gradually disappearing from the vii
lage, having had quite run among us.
Tina II. Allbee has been appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate of the late c. l..
King. Chas. H. Williams and o. NJ.
George are the commissioners. The first
meeting for the auditing of accounts by
the commissioners is to be held at Mr.. All
bees office January II.
Among the extra clerks in the different
stores for the holiday trade are Alverus c.
Moulton in j. j. Fenton's, Mrs Ed. Earle
in Waless, Mrs. II. NJ. Amadon in the
iewelry store of her husband, Mrs. Ingra-
ham in Eaton's, Misses Lu F. Ranville,
Susie Thompson and Ada Williams in the
New York Racket; and Mrs. Nat Wheeler
in Days.
When DR.. Beardsley was giving his re-
cent course of hygienic lectures here he
used before his audience in cooking his
dinner a very useful device known as the
Arnold steam cooker f. 5. Lawton has
recently taken the agency for this vicinity,
and is canvassing the town for it. 1t is an
invention which gives much assistance to
housekeepers
Mrs. II. II. Davis went to Boston last
Saturday, and will be joined there by Mr..
Davis next Sunday. This week Wednes-
day Mrs. Davis attended the wedding of
Miss Laura Orcutt daughter of Prof Hi
ram circuit, at his home in Dorchester.
Prof. circuit will be remembered as for
many years the principal of Tilden semi
nary at West Lebanon, n. II.
The Ludlow Tribune of last week has
this item under its Bellows Falls head
"Ned Green, only son of Hetty Green, is
at present in Texas with his father, E. H.
Green, who is in failing health. Ned has
become an expert locomotive engineer, and
pulls the throttle on an engine which is his
personal property, and runs on line own
ed by his mother
Sheriff Horace A. Perry of Cheshire
county has appointed as deputy, to sue
coed the late Jas. II. Head at. North Wal
pole, Patrick f. Griffin of that place. No
appointment could give greater satisfaction
to the residents. Mr.. Griffin is highly es-
teemed by all who know him. He has the
distinction of being the only Democratic
deputy sheriff of that county, has served
in the New Hampshire legislature three
terms, and in 1888 was the youngest mem
Der of that body. He has held various Of
fees of trust in his town and county,
among them selectman number of years,
member of the school board justice of the
peace, and town library committee. He
assumes the duties of his new Office at
once. He has been an employee of the
Fall Mountain Paper company many years.
The long-dstance telephone lines have
been completed within few weeks
through to Ludlow on the way to Rutland
and Burlington, and work discontinued on
them for the winter. The improvement
in the working of the lines to Rutland is
very great, there being no difficulty in talk
ing with Middebury and Burlington, which
has never been done from here until re-
Gently. The lOng-distarce wires have been
in use some weeks to Acworth, Newport
and Lebanon, which lines have heretofore
been very hard working ones. The COM
pany is discussing the putting of the me-
tallic circuits through to all the larger
places on the east side of the state early in
the spring, including Bradford, st. Johns
bury and Newport, Few places enjoy bet
ter telephone facilities than Bellows Falls.
Manager G. H. Burr is a wide-awake and
energetic business man, and is doing much
10 make the Bellows Falls exchange one of
the best in New England.